The National Weather Service has something like eight rotating lists of names, and every time a storm gets to the status of Tropical Storm (which is a notch above Tropical Depression and a notch below Hurricane), they name the storm. The lists are rotated every year.

They keep using the names until a hurricane is a bad one, which usually involves killing a lot of people. They then cross this name off the list and will never be used again.

In recent memory...

Hurricane Andrew all but leveled Homestead, Florida in 1992.

Hurricanes Charlie and Frances seriously fucked up Daytona Beach, Florida (as well as other parts of Florida as well) in 2005. (have YOU ever been to Florida, in August, and not had any air conditioning and unable to drive anywhere? TRUST ME when I say you don't want to. We had trees through our house that were definitely not there when we moved in.)

Hurricane Katrina might have done something to New Orleans in 2005. I donno. Maybe someone else will remember.

In short: There has already been a Hurricane Georges.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Georges

Hurricane Season. Fucking shit, I'm glad I left Florida for Chicago. I still vote there, though, which means my vote actually matters.