[AgThorn]

I didn't read that this hurricane originated in the "western pacific", did I miss something?

And since it's in the "eastern pacific" it is correctly named Hurricane.

But if I did miss that this storm crossed the entire pacific, I can understand your question ...

[nathanbedford]

typhoon - a tropical cyclone occurring in the W Pacific or Indian oceans

Isn't Mexico on the western Pacific?

I kinda like this new explanation about the international date line as being easier to apply.

[nathanbedford]

I just got out the atlas and was shocked to see that they recently swapped the names of the Easter and Western Pacific oceans.