Alternative hurricane naming conventions
Interestingly, more names would be available if someone had not decided that "[t]he letters Q, U, X, Y and Z are skipped because not enough names start with those letters." It's interesting because, the last time I checked, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and so on weren't even names at all. Maybe the omissions are for the best. At least we won't ever have see George Bush Sr. and Bill Clinton stiffly urging us to open our pocketbooks for the victims of Hurricane Queenie.
It's not too late to consider alternative hurricane naming conventions:
- French names: e.g., Hurricane Jacques. You know certain people in the government would like that.
- Arabic names: e.g., Hurricane Khalid. You know certain people in the government would really like that.
- Internet chat-room slang: e.g., Hurricane LOL, Hurricane WTF, Hurricane NFW
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I meant French or Arabic names, exclusively, right down the line.
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