The first tropical storm of the season is Arthur, and Arthur is bound and determined to louse up the Fourth of July Weekend, which is Christmas time for Marylanders who lead charmed lives and can head to the beach, while the rest of us poor suckers are sweltering 100% humidity.
Its not Arthur that has me blue - its just with tropical depressions, come rain and wind, and that leads to power outages, which Cookie despises. BGE did raise our supply lines up by 20 feet, however, the line for the neighborhood feeds along the side of our house from the street and there are plenty-o-big old trees that are just waiting for operatic finish in a big old storm.
Bother.
This years names are as follows: Arthur Bertha Cristobal Dolly Edouard Fay Gustav Hanna Ike Josephine Kyle Laura Marco Nana Omar Paloma Rene Sally Teddy Vicky and Wilfred. If we go beyond this motley lot, then the storms are named after the greek alphabet, if needed. So evidently Uriah, Xerxes, Yolanda and Zasu will have to wait it out another year. Pity.
So I pose the question: If you could rename an entire storm season, from A to Z, what would it be, and which alphabet from the languages of the world would follow?
living in South Florida, the summer daily afternoon rains lower the heat. On the east coast their is always a breeze. So rain has its pluses I guess. As for names, Italians has the most musical sounding names. Starting with Alfonzo.....
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DeleteWhen I hear the current storms name, I look for the wind force and say the name aloud several times to find out if the two match. Sometimes you can tell just by the name if a storm is going to do a lot of damage or not. I'd be more worried if Omar were Olga. The only two that sound like they might be dangerous are Hanna and Vicky. Hurricane Vicky sounds about right for the South.
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"Hurricane _________"
Apreciante
Briana
Claudine
Dorcus
Evilene
Fabiola
Grizella
Hazel
Iris
Jemima
Koolaidria
Lexus
Martha
Noxema
Odette
Prancesca
'Quisha
Rotundra
Syphilis
Treshawn
Unidastazovamerikaaliqua
Venereal
Watermelondrea
Xantha
Yolonda
Zoltron
Followed by names in Urdu.
We once stayed in a hotel with a concierge named "Fabiola" She was so preoccupied with her hair that a group of us pretty much ran the show for two days. This make me think that HURRICANE Fabiola would be much too busy fussing with her winds to even notice that she was headed towards Altoona Pennsylvania.
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Berilia
Carrot
Desiderata
Esmerelda
Fliemoe
Gytha
Hodgesaargh
Ixolite
Jerakeen
Kelirehenna
Librarian
Magrat
Neville
Organdy
Pewsey
Quarney
Rincewind
Shirley
Teppic
Urdo
Vetinari
Wuffles
Xeno
Ynci
Zlorf
As for the following alphabet... Maybe the Norfolk alphabet?
I simply LOVE the idea of a Hurricane "Shirley", as well as one named "Wuffles"!
DeleteIf I were to name the storms, Each one of you get a chance to dazzle Al Roker with your might.
ReplyDeleteI'm laughing too hard at "Uncle Arthur's" head on a platter to make further comment.
ReplyDeleteThis was one of the few times I wished I was home in Boston for this one, just to hear it pronounced "trohpic'l stohm Ah-tha."
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