I scan the news each day with an eye out for items that would lend themselves to a
Not finding much. There's a hurricane named "Sandy" heading for the east coast. I am not sure a name like "Sandy" is appropriate for a massive storm that can cause billions in damage and kill people. I have known a couple of people named Sandy; only one was her real name, the other (a guy) a nickname. Neither struck me as dangerous. Perhaps, whoever it is who think up these storm names should have something more ominous sounding... Like... well, I don't know, female names are, by design, non-threatening.
I went looking here, hoping to find something more fitting or at least more threatening, but came up empty.
The first hurricane name I ever heard was "Hazel" in 1954. That name reminded me of something called "Witch Hazel", an astringent, that my mother would put on my cuts and scrapes. It stung, it hurt, it smelled. That was fitting for a big storm.
How about Satana?
2 comments:
Satana would be a better name!
Sandy is kind of unappropriate for a storm that is going to tear up the beaches. I wonder who thought of that one?
I believe they select the names years in advance. Here:http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml
This may explain why they seem inappropriate from time to time.
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