Tropical storm Gamma

Well we've run out of cute names for tropical storms and hurricanes and have started using the Greek alphabet. Anyone else fear Hurricane Omega? Sounds like a countdown to the apocalypse. Why do we name our hurricanes and nothing else? How come it's not Tornado Tommy of Typhoon Phil. Apparently only hurricanes are worthy for our pet names. Maybe people will stop bunkering down and trying to ride out Hurricane Happy if we just called it the huge fucking rip-roaring storm set to destroy the Florida coast.