Given that hurricanes aren’t a specifically American phenomenon, those names aren’t chosen by an US authority, but by some intertional body of meteorologists or something similar. So US culture and demographics are irrelevant.
Don’t you mean an ‘H’
Gee, do you think?
We eagerly await your opinion on the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Eh, the idea that “vaguely Anglo is the default” is not an exclusively US phenomena. Look at how many countries happily consume blond haired blue eyed babies dolls despite not being particularly blond haired and blue eyed.
My point is that the previous hurricane names were “ethnic” names. Bob and Susan are equally as “ethnic” as Jamal and Xiao-Li.
Given that the ethnicity and culture referenced by the names doesn’t really have much to do with hurricanes (it’s not like hurricanes come from Manchester or primarily strike Brighton) it is a little weird. Why not change it? It’s not like it costs more money to write “Julio” rather than “Jacob.”
She’s a clown, and has been for years. Lord only knows why her constituents continue to vote her in- she’s an idiot, and a loudmouth.
Of course, at the risk of sounding racist, it seems that in predominantly black electoral districts, being black, a loudmouth and racist on behalf of black people will get you elected, regardless of actual competence.
It worked for John Wiley Price in Dallas and Sheila Jackson Lee in Houston, and Ray Nagin in New Orleans.
We’ve already had Tropical Storm Jose this year, and the first one next year will be Alberto. The fifth is Ernesto.
Late to the party–again!–but I nominate “Condoleezza”.
I think we should stop giving them human names entirely.
Hurricane House Mangler or Hurricane Gator Flinger would be far more likely to get get people to evacuate. And imagine the irony if they petered out at the last second.
" Tropical Storm Petered Out has petered out. In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. Good night, and have a pleasant tomorrow. "
Hurricane Carter might cut it.
I’m going to very heavily paraphrase Lewis Black here, but the gist of the joke remains:
“Hurricane names should inspire fear, and dread! What the hell kind of name for a hurricane is Katrina? That doesn’t scare anybody! How about we name the next hurricane Hurricane JESUS H CHRIST ON A STICK!! Or Hurricane Ho~ly Fuck!.”
<------ belly laugh. Brilliant !