tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post1635254990347527148..comments2023-10-22T06:15:30.760-04:00Comments on Boomer Musings: I'm Confused...Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-4495149122369210952015-02-05T08:05:08.269-05:002015-02-05T08:05:08.269-05:00Tal, I like your answer. I think you are close to ...Tal, I like your answer. I think you are close to "spot on", as they say.Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-46618984279882194742015-02-04T13:01:22.049-05:002015-02-04T13:01:22.049-05:00One reason may be to "establish an image or s...One reason may be to "establish an image or stereotype" of the storm.<br />Stereotyping something or someone is a subconscious form of "having control over" them.<br />We always feel somehow "safer" if we're able to either control or at least "get a handle on" the subject-in-question.<br />Naming a storm is the meteorologists' way of showing themselves as "being on top of" even the most menacing of storms.Tal Hartsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077424958233740898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-80209416062220536002015-02-02T17:49:15.273-05:002015-02-02T17:49:15.273-05:00I agree, a storm should whip up 100 mph winds befo...I agree, a storm should whip up 100 mph winds before it rates a name.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-36395754111337468912015-02-02T08:20:59.250-05:002015-02-02T08:20:59.250-05:00I had no idea that they were doing this ! I tend t...I had no idea that they were doing this ! I tend to regard things like this as " targeting the simple minded" :)Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.com