- Mar 23, 2023
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I find it irritating, I don’t know why, it is irrational I know.
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[Misc] Naming storms
- Thread starter HeaviestTed
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Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
I think minutes of the meetings should be published.
The attendees, their job titles, other names proffered and how long the whole f###ing thing took.
The attendees, their job titles, other names proffered and how long the whole f###ing thing took.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
There must be alternatives for each letter, keeps someone in a job.
Sorrel
Well-known member
If you want, you can suggest names: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-storm-centre/index
Agreed. Since this became a thing, I have given the Met Office a whole raft of fun and jaunty suggestions including
Stormin’ Norman
Stormy Daniels
Puffing Billy
Windy Miller
Stormzy
…. and yet they just keep using really dull and worthy ones like Storm Darragh ffs.
bluenitsuj
Listen to me!!!
It's tinpot and embarrassing.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Bad weather has always had names, Big Freeze of 63, Great Storm of 87, the Beast from the East and whatever else the tabloids think up.
If it helps the Met Office, why not?
If it helps the Met Office, why not?
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
The Met Office didn't name this storm.
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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Name it for a celeb in the news/eye of a storm at the time, this could have been 'Storm Gregory Wallace,' and then everyone pointlessly bashing it out on the GW thread could have piled onto this thread too.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Who did?
Just another sign of dumbing-down and infantilisation. And also anthropomorphising the weather.
Doesn't affect me personally, of course, but I do think it is a little sad that we need to treat much of the population like children.
Indeed, the Met Office and BBC now seem to dramatise or sensationalise all sorts of weather to grab people's limited attention:
a bit of snow is invariably 'a killer blizzard', 5 minutes of moderate rain is a 'torrential downpour', a couple of claps of thunder is 'a violent thunderstorm', a couple of days with temperatures of 4 C is described as 'bitterly cold', or 'a big freeze'
Doesn't affect me personally, of course, but I do think it is a little sad that we need to treat much of the population like children.
Indeed, the Met Office and BBC now seem to dramatise or sensationalise all sorts of weather to grab people's limited attention:
a bit of snow is invariably 'a killer blizzard', 5 minutes of moderate rain is a 'torrential downpour', a couple of claps of thunder is 'a violent thunderstorm', a couple of days with temperatures of 4 C is described as 'bitterly cold', or 'a big freeze'
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Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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It’s also the hype that comes with it.
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Ruel Fox
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
They’re in competition with the Express & Mail.Just another sign of dumbing-down and infantilisation. And also anthropomorphising the weather.
Doesn't affect me personally, of course, but I do think it is a little sad that we need to treat much of the population like children.
Indeed, the Met Office and BBC now seem to dramatise or sensationalise all sorts of weather to grab people's limited attention:
a bit of snow is invariably 'a killer blizzard', 5 minutes of moderate rain is a 'torrential downpour', a couple of claps of thunder is 'a violent thunderstorm', a couple of days with temperatures of 4 C is described as 'bitterly cold', or 'a big freeze'
I see the last ever Merseyside derby at Goodison has just been postponed - which will be particularly disappointing for that Everyon fan who flew over from Australia especially for it 
www.bbc.co.uk
Aussie Everton fan jets in for Goodison's last Merseyside derby - BBC News
A young Australian Everton fan says he had to be at Goodison Park for its final Merseyside derby.
www.bbc.co.uk
Oh yes they did, in conjunction with their Irish and Dutch peers.
(Good job it's panto season)
Met Éireann I believe, the Irish version of the Met Office
It seems to help co-ordinate messaging around severe weather between the likes of Ireland, the UK, Netherlands, France etc. which can only be a good thing, plus I believe the studies say that people pay more attention to named storms than unnamed ones
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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Plus all the traveling Liverpool fans from the Brighton Kop, every (storm) cloud and all that...I see the last ever Merseyside derby at Goodison has just been postponed - which will be particularly disappointing for that Everyon fan who flew over from Australia especially for it