" We've gotta stop naming weather. "....
The original idea made sense, at least I thought so anyway. The first Atlantic Depression of each year to reach Hurricane strength was given a name...beginning with A, next one got B, Hurricane Brenda or any name beginning with B. It made it easy to refer to.... eg: Hurricane Carla 1961 and know that C was 3rd Hurricane of the year, 1961. ( I was 5 days in that one, that's why I chose it...
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A simple name and year seems a lot easier when researching or recording than a long string of figures of a reference number, but I have the IQ of a chocolate mouse, so others may disagree.
All went swimmingly until someone decided that giving nasty weather a ladies name was politically not on, fair enough, so the names alternated male/Female. But now the world needs drama, we are all going to die from bacon sandwiches, freeze or bake to death depending on your point of view on Climate change, so bad weather cannot just be that. Come on now, which is more dramatic?..... It's going to be very windy with possible structural damage...or Stand by Government Red Warning, Storm Harold is gonna rip yer roof off...