# Black hurricane names...necessary? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 5, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hurricane-names-necessary/193149 "2003-08-05T17:31:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hurricane-names-necessary/193149/41 "2003-08-06T21:22:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Roger\_Mexico \* > \*\*Here in Hawaii they use Hawaiian names like Iwa and Iniki. \*\* Self-evidently, Hawaiians are all racist bastards who deserve to be shot. Not to generalize, of course. Sua ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hurricane-names-necessary/193149/42 "2003-08-06T22:47:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Erika > Fabian > Grace Fabian? Grace? who the hell comes up with these names? ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hurricane-names-necessary/193149/43 "2003-08-06T23:55:31Z")
They should have Ancient Latin names! \*\*Hurricane Urbanus Caecilius Julius \*\*would kick arse. ---
**Author:** ![davidw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hurricane-names-necessary/193149/44 "2003-08-07T01:12:05Z")
Does anyone have a source for this story besides worldnetdaily? They say the original story is from The Hill, but I couldn’t find it over on their website. ---
**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hurricane-names-necessary/193149/45 "2003-08-07T06:03:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by treis \* > \*\*Fabian? Grace? who the hell comes up with these names? \*\* Thanks a lot, it turns out Grace is my mother’s name. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hurricane-names-necessary/193149/46 "2003-08-07T06:09:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Thanks a lot, it turns out Grace is my mother’s name. Hehe, ‘it turns out?’ You sound surprised. “Your name is Grace? Why did you tell me your name was ‘Mom’?” ---
**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hurricane-names-necessary/193149/47 "2003-08-07T06:12:22Z")
I meant… Aw, screw it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hurricane-names-necessary/193149/48 "2003-08-07T12:35:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Topaz \* > \*\*Thanks a lot, it turns out Grace is my mother’s name. \*\* You have to admit, in terms of what the word “grace” means, it seems awfully strange to name a hurricane that! ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hurricane-names-necessary/193149/49 "2003-08-07T12:50:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by norinew \* > \*\*You have to admit, in terms of what the word “grace” means, it seems awfully strange to name a hurricane that! \*\* You’d almost expect to hear of Hurricane Faith, Hurricane Hope, and Hurricane Charity. Hurricane Charity being the strongest of the three, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hurricane-names-necessary/193149/50 "2003-08-07T12:56:16Z")
Screw the names, they should go for colourful nouns. Hurricane Splatter, Hurricane Slaughter and Hurricane Giant-Wave-of-Death… now I can support that! ---
**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hurricane-names-necessary/193149/51 "2003-08-07T18:17:40Z")
Tamoeka Yafooka Shaweeka Pareena LaZootra ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hurricane-names-necessary/193149/52 "2003-08-07T18:38:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjung \* > That sound you hear is the whoosh of a joke over **andros’** head. 😉 Hmpht. Hmpht, I say. ---
**Author:** ![tramp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tramp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tramp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hurricane-names-necessary/193149/53 "2003-08-07T18:43:09Z")
Hurrican Hmpht? ---
**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hurricane-names-necessary/193149/54 "2003-08-07T19:44:08Z")
Hurricane… Horrendous Earth KABLOOIE! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hurricane-names-necessary/193149/55 "2003-08-07T23:58:51Z")
Let’s name hurricanes and storms after cartoon characters. Hurricane Mickey, Tropical storm Snoopy, Typhoon Calvin… ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hurricane-names-necessary/193149/56 "2003-08-08T00:30:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjung \* > \*\*Let’s name hurricanes and storms after cartoon characters. Hurricane Mickey, Tropical storm Snoopy, Typhoon Calvin… \*\* Yeah, that’ll look _really_ good. “Hurricane Goofy just landed in Cocoa Beach, and will be making its way northwest towards Orlando through the day.” What about profanities? Hurricane Asshole, Hurricane Bitch, Hurricane Cocksucker … uhh, never mind. I never said that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hurricane-names-necessary/193149.md?page=2)