Is The Weather World Serious Trying To Name This Snow Storm “Athena?”
What the fuck is this shit about? We gonna give everything a name now? 3 inches of snow and some sleet deserves its own name? For sure not. You start naming some snowfall here and there and you open up Pandora’s Box. Next thing you know we’ll be naming average thunderstorms. Overcast days. Gonna have Lonnie Quinn reporting on “Cloudy Day Clarence.” Maybe we’ll just name individual clouds. Stratus Sam and Cumulus Caitlin. Buncha bullshit. If someone tries to talk to me about the weather and says something like “How are you holding up through Athena?” I’ll punch them square in the face.
Sandy just kicked our fucking ass. Some sleet storm doesn’t deserve to be put on her level. Certainly not with a dramatic name like “Athena.”
PS – I said this during Sandy on twitter but the fact that we don’t name hurricanes and what not with black people names is a crime. Hurricane Moesha or Winter Storm Shadynasty would be so much more fun.
I am so glad you pointed this out. I just went on a ten-minute office rant about this whole bullshit after hearing some people casually – like it’s perfectly normal – discussing “Snowstorm Athena.” I think I might have told the head of A/P to fuck himself, I don’t recall. But I’m glad you pointed this out. A+
“Gonna have Lonnie Quinn reporting on “Cloudy Day Clarence.”
A+
“Cloudy Day Clarence” – Three funniest words I’ve ever read on this site.
KFC FTW
These idiots decided they were going to do this in Oct. I think they may have gotten a little excited.
http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/weather/weather_news/weather-channel-to-start-naming-blizzards-snowstorm-this-winter
They have been doing this for years up in Connecticut, nothing to see here
Shady nastys?
Good blog man. Even better get one of those ultra-black names with two apostrophes like A’zera’shanti
When you’re on, you’re the best blogger at Barstool, but you suck a lot of the time too.
once they finally name a tropical storm “Silky Shmoove” I will have nothing left to look forward too.
@Macca – It’s Sha Dynasty
On one hand, I’m sure it would be made out to be racist. On the other hand, the way they make up names the list would be endless.
I’m calling it Snowstorm Minerva because the Roman Empire was way more badass than the Greeks so fuck that.
How pissed off are you right now if you live in the tiny spot in south NH?
Winter Storm Shadynasty- A+
Drizzle D’Brickashaw
Wife is a teacher, gets a couple great names a year. All time favorite, between Definest Blackman and the twins, Mary and Jesus.