September 2, 2004
TV vs. REAL LIFE
With all of the reality television we're subjected to these days, some of us might benefit from a real dose of reality. Take the TV vs. Life Quiz to see how much television is like real life.
And, in case you hadn't noticed, there's another hurricane preparing to slam itself into Florida. With hurricane 'Frances' less than three days away from possible landfall, I can't help but think that hurricane names should be a hell of a lot more 'in-your-face' than they are. Look at 2004's names:
- Alex
- Bonnie
- Charley
- Danielle
- Earl
- Frances
- Gaston
- Hermine
- Ivan
- Jeanne
- Karl
- Lisa
- Matthew
- Nicole
- Otto
- Paula
- Richard
- Shary
- Tomas
- Virginie
- Walter
Okay, maybe "Ivan" is scary, but come one... Walter and Lisa? In 2005, Hurricane "Cindy" and "Dennis" are just two of the names we'll hear. We can come up with more descriptive names for terrifying storms such as these, can't we?
Posted by Mikal at September 2, 2004 6:28 AM
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Little factoid...Interestingly enough...the Hurricane names every year are decided by the World Meteorological Organization, and the six year lists are rotated through every six years. However, the source of the names come from contributing countries to the WMO, so the United States is not the only one responsible for naming the Atlantic region. The name lists are created for the differing tropical storm regions of the world, including the Atlantic, Australia, North Pacific, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Philippine, and Indian Ocean.
Ahahahahaha! My ex-boyfriend's first name was Richard and last name was Walter! He was one hell of a hurricane, too!
And I have a brother named Karl - with a K - who is currently sitting through Gaston.
Virginie was the name of Madame X, in John Singer Sargent's portrait. When it was unveiled in the 1880s, it caused a huge storm in the Paris art world.
Then, there is Jeanne d'Arc, who wrought havoc on the English in the 100 Years' War.
Bonnie from "Bonnie and Clyde," of course. They missed a great opportunity on that one when they named the next "Charley."
Otto von Bismark kicked some ass in nineteenth century Germany.
"Shary," however...they must have been smoking weed....or someone at the weather bureau had a really nasty divorce.
See, we need to go on a hurricane video expedition again soon, B!
What.. no names that begin with Q, U, V, or Z. How rude! ;-)
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