Message: "British/Irish wind storm names (inspired by spacealien's post)"

[Opinions] British/Irish wind storm names (inspired by spacealien's post)

by m4yb3_daijirou

2/3/2016, 1:41 AM

Right now, like the United States, we have storms taking place in the winter that are named, however unlike the names for winter storms in the US, where it was semi-officially named (by the Weather Channel) like Storm Jonas, the naming of our wind storms went to the Met Office in Britain and Met Éireann in Ireland as part of a pilot project.

Here are the list of names for these windstorms (used names in bold):
Abigail
Barney
Clodagh
Desmond
Eva
Frank
Gertrude
Henry
Imogen
Jake
Katie
Lawrence
Mary
Nigel
Orla
Phil
Rhonda
Steve
Tegan
Vernon
Wendy

WDYT and how would you compare the list here with the ones used by the Weather Channel in the US?

Link: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/in-depth/name-our-storms

My PNL: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/149249
My blog: https://maybeitisdaijirou.wordpress.com

#British #Irish

This message was edited 2/3/2016, 1:41 AM

Replies

- Loads of Randomness

2/4/2016, 4:02 PM

Love: Desmond, Eva, Henry, Katie, Phil, Steve
Like: Abigail, Barney, Clodagh, Frank, Mary, Nigel, Orla, Tegan
Dislike: Imogen, Jake, Rhonda
Hate: Gertrude, Lawrence, Vernon, Wendy

- schandrou +1

2/3/2016, 8:35 AM

I don't actually understand why they name the storms.. It's just a storm, it doesn't need a name?

- speakofthewolf

2/3/2016, 11:59 AM

I agree. I think it's just something to do 'cause they're bored.

- spacealien

2/3/2016, 3:16 AM

Huh! It seems like the Mets chose more common names than the Weather Channel. All our storms sound like small children or super villains! But there are some that might sound like little kids-- like Imogen, that's only been popular the last couple years, hasn't it? I like how they chose some Irish names-- it's like how the Weather Channel has been putting in names like Nacio and Waylon, to better represent all the cultures here.

View Message

Replies