# What have the past weeks been like for Ladies named Katrina? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 16, 2005, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-the-past-weeks-been-like-for-ladies-named-katrina/321938 "2005-09-16T07:25:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-the-past-weeks-been-like-for-ladies-named-katrina/321938/1 "2005-09-16T07:25:40Z")
I just thought of something. Hurricane Katrina was so bad, and such a newsmaker, that every girl and woman named Katrina must have heard a few jokes or awkward remarks. So I want to know, what was it like? ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-the-past-weeks-been-like-for-ladies-named-katrina/321938/2 "2005-09-16T08:08:48Z")
I am not a Katrina, but a recent hurricane did carry my name. The jokes were lame, but I clipped and saved some headlines: LARGE MARGE SLAMS INTO COAST and LARGE MARGE SHOWS FLORIDA NO MERCY etc., etc. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-the-past-weeks-been-like-for-ladies-named-katrina/321938/3 "2005-09-16T09:27:48Z")
I just wonder if [Katrina and the Waves](http://www.katw.com/) are still walking on sunshine. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-the-past-weeks-been-like-for-ladies-named-katrina/321938/4 "2005-09-16T10:51:10Z")
Or, there’s the ‘name the baby after the storm’ trend, as evidenced [here](http://www.mcbg.com/babies/baby.asp?ID=2005-8-31-960537) . ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-the-past-weeks-been-like-for-ladies-named-katrina/321938/5 "2005-09-16T12:28:37Z")
And now all the people named Ophelia will go mad. ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-the-past-weeks-been-like-for-ladies-named-katrina/321938/6 "2005-09-16T12:47:41Z")
I know my friend Andrew enjoyed having been the most expensive disaster to hit the US, and he’s now disappointed to have been dethroned. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-the-past-weeks-been-like-for-ladies-named-katrina/321938/7 "2005-09-16T14:08:57Z")
[Katrina](http://www.katw.com/) seems to be rather upset about it. You need to go to the Katrina Leskanich link, it doesn’t link directly for some reason, and then pick “message from Katrina.” ---
**Author:** ![BigBadPodcaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a587f6/32.png) [@BigBadPodcaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBadPodcaster)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-the-past-weeks-been-like-for-ladies-named-katrina/321938/8 "2005-09-16T14:14:55Z")
> [@WotNot](#): > > I just wonder if [Katrina and the Waves](http://www.katw.com/) are still walking on sunshine. I heard she was making a come-back tour and all… flooded a city (with fans, I guess) and packed a stadium. Nice for her! ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-the-past-weeks-been-like-for-ladies-named-katrina/321938/9 "2005-09-16T14:25:39Z")
[Here’s one Katrina’s reaction.](http://www.monroenews.com/articles/2005/08/30/columnists/todays_columnist/news01.txt)