m/f alternating names yeah I get that,but?

[Spartacus]

when are "they" going to start naming north american hurricane occurances with cultural names?
can I have a hurricane ackmahd?
understandbly probably not a good idea given the current political environment
what about hurricane heinz?
still too soon after WWII in europe?
hurricane kaneisha?
not touching that concept
hurricane theresa?
oh God?

 

[Spartacus]

I apologize for most likely fucking up the "ackmahd" spelling
ya know

 

[Spartacus]

not to mention hurricane Pat
or Terry
but Theresa will never happen

 

[redguru]

I think the list is actually rotated and names come back up every five years, except storms like Andrew, whose names are retired.

 

[nycgirl]

LOL!! Kaneisha wil definitely piss off the white people (Oh, I would love to see the threads on that) and the middle class & upper class black folk. So, I don't see that happening.

 

[EnderJE]

I'd be watching out for Hurricane "Oh Shit, We're Fucked".

 

[Spartacus]

I think the list is actually rotated and names come back up every five years, except storms like Andrew, whose names are retired.

"who" makes the pool list?
many names I encounter are never on the "list"

 

[Spartacus]

LOL!! Kaneisha wil definitely piss off the white people (Oh, I would love to see the threads on that) and the middle class & upper class black folk. So, I don't see that happening.

so in your opinion only lower class blacks would be pissed off?
is there any category they aren't pissed off at?

 

[redguru]

"who" makes the pool list?
many names I encounter are never on the "list"

I responded to a question similar to this a feew weeks back

 

[nycgirl]

"who" makes the pool list?
many names I encounter are never on the "list"

What names are you looking for?

The naming of hurricances goes back awhile. DG posted a link for the names used within the past 5 years.

I believe my name was a hurricane, but because it such a 1950 name, I assume it was done many years ago.

 

[lilred]

"who" makes the pool list?
many names I encounter are never on the "list"

maybe the National Hurricane Center, I am not sure.

 

[Spartacus]

I think "they" should go with Hebrew names for a stretch
try Hebrew names for a year and see how that goes over
well fuck hurricane joshua really creamed jacksonville
wiped out Matt's two mansions

 

[Spartacus]

I responded to a question similar to this a feew weeks back

yeah I read that too
doesn't explain why there is virtually no cultural diversity in the naming system
hurricane jerome ain't going to happen
seems the name attachment system is unfairly if not outright weighted against traditional anglo-saxon names

 

[nycgirl]

so in your opinion only lower class blacks would be pissed off?
is there any category they aren't pissed off at?

I think you misread my post. It wouldn't surprise me if some middle-class and upper-class black people would be pissed at having a hurricane named Kaneisha.

I swear the longer I'm on this board the more I'm beginning to understand why I always get "you don't look like a Brenda."

 

[Spartacus]

I think you misread my post. It wouldn't surprise me if some middle-class and upper-class black people would be pissed at having a hurricane named Kaneisha.

I swear the longer I'm on this board the more I'm beginning to understand why I always get "you don't look like a Brenda."

darling you quite well said "white people" and middle and upper class blacks would be offended
which leaves at least as far as black/white is concerned "lower class blacks"

 

[Spartacus]

darling you quite well said "white people" and middle and upper class blacks would be offended
which leaves at least as far as black/white is concerned "lower class blacks"

yeah I did get it "backwords" didn't I?

 

[Spartacus]

when you have a hurricane Michael come rippin through the countryside it's cool

 

[nycgirl]

yeah I did get it "backwords" didn't I?

Yes, you did. That's okay.

Let's just say, I don't see the Hurricane Center giving hurricanes "ethnic names" any time soon.

 

[Spartacus]

btw "michael" is easily the most universally and/or culturally prominent male name

 

[sublime35]

well you'll get Micheal next year and Teresa(diff. spelling) in 09. Here's the list from the NHC.
Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Names
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Atlantic Names
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Arlene
Bret
Cindy
Dennis
Emily
Franklin
Gert
Harvey
Irene
Jose
Katrina
Lee
Maria
Nate
Ophelia
Philippe
Rita
Stan
Tammy
Vince
Wilma

2006
Alberto
Beryl
Chris
Debby
Ernesto
Florence
Gordon
Helene
Isaac
Joyce
Kirk
Leslie
Michael
Nadine
Oscar
Patty
Rafael
Sandy
Tony
Valerie
William

2007
Andrea
Barry
Chantal
Dean
Erin
Felix
Gabrielle
Humberto
Ingrid
Jerry
Karen
Lorenzo
Melissa
Noel
Olga
Pablo
Rebekah
Sebastien
Tanya
Van
Wendy

2008
Arthur
Bertha
Cristobal
Dolly
Edouard
Fay
Gustav
Hanna
Ike
Josephine
Kyle
Laura
Marco
Nana
Omar
Paloma
Rene
Sally
Teddy
Vicky
Wilfred

2009
Ana
Bill
Claudette
Danny
Erika
Fred
Grace
Henri
Ida
Joaquin
Kate
Larry
Mindy
Nicholas
Odette
Peter
Rose
Sam
Teresa
Victor
Wanda

2010
Alex
Bonnie
Colin
Danielle
Earl
Fiona
Gaston
Hermine
Igor
Julia
Karl
Lisa
Matthew
Nicole
Otto
Paula
Richard
Shary
Tomas
Virginie
Walter

 

[Spartacus]

well you'll get Micheal next year and Teresa(diff. spelling) in 09. Here's the list from the NHC.
Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Names
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Atlantic Names
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Arlene
Bret
Cindy
Dennis
Emily
Franklin
Gert
Harvey
Irene
Jose
Katrina
Lee
Maria
Nate
Ophelia
Philippe
Rita
Stan
Tammy
Vince
Wilma

2006
Alberto
Beryl
Chris
Debby
Ernesto
Florence
Gordon
Helene
Isaac
Joyce
Kirk
Leslie
Michael
Nadine
Oscar
Patty
Rafael
Sandy
Tony
Valerie
William

2007
Andrea
Barry
Chantal
Dean
Erin
Felix
Gabrielle
Humberto
Ingrid
Jerry
Karen
Lorenzo
Melissa
Noel
Olga
Pablo
Rebekah
Sebastien
Tanya
Van
Wendy

2008
Arthur
Bertha
Cristobal
Dolly
Edouard
Fay
Gustav
Hanna
Ike
Josephine
Kyle
Laura
Marco
Nana
Omar
Paloma
Rene
Sally
Teddy
Vicky
Wilfred

2009
Ana
Bill
Claudette
Danny
Erika
Fred
Grace
Henri
Ida
Joaquin
Kate
Larry
Mindy
Nicholas
Odette
Peter
Rose
Sam
Teresa
Victor
Wanda

2010
Alex
Bonnie
Colin
Danielle
Earl
Fiona
Gaston
Hermine
Igor
Julia
Karl
Lisa
Matthew
Nicole
Otto
Paula
Richard
Shary
Tomas
Virginie
Walter

quick glanze through the list I can see an effort to incorporate "hispanic" names
not many "new" african-american names
what gives?
shit most african-americans have been"in country"generations before the euro-asian influx of the first half of the last century(i.e. 1900-1950)

 

[Spartacus]

btw there is a signaficant difference betw
"Teresa"
and "Theresa"

 

[velvett]

If I may channel Matttheskywalker for a moment ... perhaps the general public are too poor, uneducated and ignorant to understand such names. In fact, it's amazing they used Ophelia at all, hell they should have changed the spelling to O F E E L Y A so those dumb common folk could read it.

 

[Spartacus]

thereoretically an entirely balanced nomenclature system could be developed
which would use all the names of the newborns as the database
make it weighted or whatever so that the most recent names have more prominence
but that system,even if perfectally developed and adminstered
might still yeild a hurricane "Jesus"
and well fuck...

 

[Spartacus]

thereoretically an entirely balanced nomenclature system could be developed
which would use all the names of the newborns as the database
make it weighted or whatever so that the most recent names have more prominence
but that system,even if perfectally developed and adminstered
might still yeild a hurricane "Jesus"
and well fuck...

http://www.astrosdaily.com/players/Alou_Jesus.html

 

[Spartacus]

I'm bumping my own thiuhgts
heh