Next up will be either Ivo or Pewa

We’ve seen what Flossie and Gil brought to the fight, and now there’s Hurricane Henriette whipping things up in the Pacific.

Who’s next?

It depends.

The National Weather Service develops naming lists for each region of storm origin in the U.S. bailiwick.

There are separate alphabetical rosters for tropical cyclones in the Atlantic, the Eastern North Pacific (from which most of the current threats to Hawaii come) and from the Central North Pacific (the source of Iwa and Iniki, years ago).

The lists recycle every six years, meaning there could be another Flossie in 2019.

So if 2013 storms still in the wings are generated in the Eastern North Pacific region, next up will be Ivo, followed by Juliette, Kiko, Lorena, Manuel, Narda, Octave, Priscilla, Raymond, Sonia, Tico, Velma, Wallis, Xina, York and Zelda.

The Central list is not tapped very often. The last call was Omeka in 2010, with Pewa coming … at some point.

Take your time, Ivo and Pewa.

Hawaii does well in obesity ranking

The first national decline in obesity among preschoolers in low-income families has been recorded, and — as has been the case since 2008 — Hawaii ranked lowest among some 43 states and territories examined.

The Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention reported Tuesday that about 9 percent of Hawaii’s low-income children aged 2-4 were obese in 2011.

Puerto Rico ranked highest, at nearly 18 percent, followed by California at 16.8 percent.

Nationwide, about 1 in 7 low-income preschoolers in 2011 was obese.