When’s a hurricane going to be named after your buddy Ignacio?

As Tropical Storm Erika comes barreling toward Florida and Tampa Bay sits menacingly inside the cone of uncertainty, the Tampa Bay Times wants you to know a bit about where those names come from and why some of us will sadly never become a hurricane. According to the Times, the National Hurricane Center used a combination of letters and numbers to describe hurricanes. But apparently that wasn’t easy enough to market and lended to a bit of confusion. With names,…