The National Weather Service Should No Longer Be Allowed To Name Anything
Okay, that’s it, the National Weather Service should no longer be allowed to name anything. Winter Storm Nemo is it. They’ve lost their privilege. Holy crap, someone stop them.
I mean, I know that this is a pretty petty problem and it doesn’t matter what the heck we name a winter storm or a hurricane or anything like that, but Winter Storm Nemo is just ridiculous. Sweet little Winter Storm Nemo who is creating havoc and destroying lives over much of the northeast United States. Winter Storm Draco was better, but we clearly cannot trust the National Weather Service to exercise any kind of prudent judgment.
We should set some ground rules. For one thing, why not set a rule that hurricanes/winter storms/whatever have to be named after famous fictional villains? These storms are never a good thing, some are just less bad than others. I don’t think we should glorify real villains, but fictional villains would more adequately describe hurricanes/winter storms/whatever.
Think about it. We could even start a kickstarter page or something similar where sci-fi/fantasy/horror or such fans could vote on which of their favorite villains gets picked for the next name. These audiences spend money and this could be a real source of willing revenue for the federal government. Then we wouldn’t have to feel as bad if they wasted the money on something frivolous, because the whole thing would be frivolous.
Just imagine:
- Hurricane or Winter Storm Darth Vader
- Hurricane or Winter Storm Freddy Krueger
- Hurricane or Winter Storm Sauron
- Hurricane or Winter Storm Cthulhu
- Hurricane or Winter Storm Patrick Bateman
The possibilities are endless, and wouldn’t this be a better system? It would certainly better convey the appropriate attitude regarding these storms. At the least, it would be a tiny bit less ridiculous. Sometimes that’s just all we can hope for.
