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[Misc] Naming storms

What do you think of the met office naming storms?

  • Love it, makes being battered by the wind cute

    Votes: 7 16.7%
  • Don’t give a f*** (why did you bother opening the thread?)

    Votes: 16 38.1%
  • Find it irritating as hell

    Votes: 12 28.6%
  • Other

    Votes: 7 16.7%

  • Total voters
    42


Bakero

Languidly clinical
Oct 9, 2010
14,982
Almería
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pasty

A different kind of pasty
Jul 5, 2003
31,170
West, West, West Sussex
The names are chosen in advance and alphabetised. Hence Bert, then whatever C was, now Darragh. It just aids communication
I think they alternate between male and female names as well don’t they ?
 


Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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Oct 8, 2003
56,729
Faversham
The names are chosen in advance and alphabetised. Hence Bert, then whatever C was, now Darragh. It just aids communication
Would you like a clue?

:wink:
 


Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat
Oh yes they did, but in conjunction with their Irish and Dutch peers.

(Good job it's panto season)

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It seems ironic that this storm was given an Irish name and Ireland is getting the brunt of it. I was awake in the night, and fascinated by flights trying to get into Dublin. The RyanAir Newcastle flight gave up & returned to Newcastle. Some of the trackers looked like a child’s crayon drawing.
 


Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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Oct 8, 2003
56,729
Faversham
I think they alternate between male and female names as well don’t they ?
Given that storms are never local and usually trans-national, I think that's appropriate.
 




Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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Oct 8, 2003
56,729
Faversham
Plus all the traveling Liverpool fans from the Brighton Kop, every (storm) cloud and all that...
Is the trip to the King and Queen likely to be troublesome? Are they all holed up in Palmieri Square, praying for respite?
 




Bodian

Well-known member
May 3, 2012
14,669
Cumbria
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?

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
It helps later on as well.

Since I have been working up here, we have had a number of severe storms that have damaged infrastructure - which has led to funded projects to repair stuff. I can tell you it's a lot easier in retrospect to refer to Storm Arwen damage, Storm Desmond damage and so on, as opposed to 'the storm we had in 2009' or 'the windstorm without rain in around 2005'.
 






darkwolf666

Well-known member
Nov 8, 2015
7,728
Sittingbourne, Kent
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' :rolleyes:
I think you may be confusing the BBC and Met Office with Radio Norfolk…😀
 


Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat
It seems ironic that this storm was given an Irish name and Ireland is getting the brunt of it. I was awake in the night, and fascinated by flights trying to get into Dublin. The RyanAir Newcastle flight gave up & returned to Newcastle. Some of the trackers looked like a child’s crayon drawing.
Dublin now accepting landings as diverted from Knock.

 






portlock seagull

Well-known member
Jul 28, 2003
17,933
Anyone else had a piece of patio furniture blown over? It’s crazy out there, has COBRA been called? G-Force? The Magnificent 7?
 


Driver8

On the road...
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Jul 31, 2005
16,292
North Wales
Anyone else had a piece of patio furniture blown over? It’s crazy out there, has COBRA been called? G-Force? The Magnificent 7?
So far we’ve lost the felt off a shed, some glass in the greenhouse, part of a chimney, and quite a few branches off trees. It’s still blowing a hoolie.
 




dazzer6666

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Mar 27, 2013
56,064
Burgess Hill
Anyone else had a piece of patio furniture blown over? It’s crazy out there, has COBRA been called? G-Force? The Magnificent 7?
Not yet, but one of the covers was partially removed. CARNAGE. I very bravely went out (in flip-flops, shorts and a tee shirt), ignoring the warnings, and replaced it.
 




BrightonCottager

Well-known member
Sep 30, 2013
2,865
Brighton
I know someone who works in communication of flood and storms. It's her job to raise awareness of the risks associated with them. Naming storms does just that.
 


chickens

Have you considered masterly inactivity?
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Oct 12, 2022
2,792
It’s rubbish until a storm arrives bearing the name of a good friend or close relative.

Then each time said friend/relative breaks wind for ever after that point, the entire family can take it in turns to say something along the lines of “Storm (person name) still causing problems I see.” Or “Met office warning that Storm (person name) brings risks of follow-through.” Etc etc.

We’re a classy bunch here.
 






rippleman

Well-known member
Oct 18, 2011
5,032
I know someone who works in communication of flood and storms. It's her job to raise awareness of the risks associated with them. Naming storms does just that.
It does? Really?

A storm is a storm; giving it a name doesn't tell me the strength of the wind or the level of precipitation. Naming storms is childish and pathetic; right out of CBeebies. And don't forget, someone is being paid to dream up these names.
 


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