We give huricanes human names. Many mountains and volcanoes have human names of some sort. The practice can work both ways. Let's start naming our children after natural disasters:
Twister Smith
Earthquake Stokes
Tidal Wave Burke
If we feel like there aren't enough general disasters to use, we can start using specific incidents or disasters other than natural ones:
Mount St. Helena's Eruption Murphy
Challenger Explosion Gates-- smizzou, Jun 28 2001 El Nino http://www.pmel.noa.../el-nino-story.htmlNot to be confused with Al Nino. [mrkillboy, Jun 28 2001, last modified Oct 21 2004] erm... Id rather not be called any of them...-- RobertKidney, Jun 28 2001 I gather you haven't heard of the Snarfy Custard Factory explosion of 1964...-- snarfyguy, Jun 28 2001 Hurricane Carter. Should include minor events for people without overblown egos: Light Drizzle McDougal, Foggy Marx.-- Dog Ed, Jun 28 2001 That's "Mount St. Helens", not "St. Helena's".-- egnor, Jun 28 2001 One of my favorite stories I've heard is how an American man called Al Nino gets abuse from people affected by the El Nino phenomenon.-- mrkillboy, Jun 29 2001 Like the sisters: Hope, Faith, Charity, Joy and Trauma-- lsenater, Sep 26 2001 Just call me Squall Arghblah.-- arghblah, Sep 26 2001 Halifax AfroAssault?-- wiml, Sep 30 2001 souffle po-- po, Sep 30 2001 Avalanche Froggy-- Shz, Jan 14 2003 This is sort of baked in the slowest and dullest game in the world, snooker. Two of it's most famous proponents being 'Hurricane' Higgins and 'Whirlwind' White. Though these are nicknames rather than their actual given names. To my mind they would be more correctly designated as 'Light Breeze' and 'Gentle Zephyr'. And as for the infamous Eddie Charlton. 'Continental Drift' would seem appropriate.-- DrBob, Jan 14 2003 thumbwax Meltdown-- thumbwax, Jan 31 2003 Sounds like something particularly obnoxious from McDonalds. I'll have that with fries, please.-- DrBob, Jan 31 2003 Cyclone Cindy, Twister Twyla, Gale Gail.-- bristolz, Jan 31 2003 Gail-- hippo, Jan 31 2003 // Halifax AfroAssault? //
I just got that now. A year and a half later...-- waugsqueke, Jan 31 2003 I once saw an Oprah episode with a guy who legally changed his name to "Bass Fishing In The Rivers Of America". Not really a disaster, but I did have this horrible experience with a treble hoook once...-- RMNixon, Jan 31 2003 Gail <hah>-- po, Jan 31 2003 They give hurricanes names, like Andy, and Bob (why the fuck they gave it that name) why not tornadoes?-- The Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy, Mar 08 2004 Duration?-- bristolz, Mar 08 2004 Twister Smith would be a great name for a rockabilly guitar player.-- doctorremulac3, Sep 27 2007 Avalanche Blob . . . kind of has a ring to it.-- Brett-Blob, Sep 27 2007 Plague David, Blight Johnson, George W Bushfire.-- marklar, Sep 27 2007 Blair Blair.-- MaxwellBuchanan, Sep 27 2007 I have a good friend named Katrina. Now everybody knows how to spell her name.-- normzone, Sep 28 2007 random, halfbakery