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Redbird ([personal profile] redbird) wrote2012-10-02 07:15 pm
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Is this the best they can do?

The Weather Channel is going to start naming North American winter storms to help people keep track of them afterwards. The list for this coming winter starts with A for Athena, B for Brutus, C for Caesar—and runs aground at Q is for…Q. Which they helpfully gloss as the name of a New York City subway line.
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[personal profile] onyxlynx 2012-10-02 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
What was wrong with Quintus? And even with the global warming, does North America have that many storms?

[identity profile] sbisson.livejournal.com 2012-10-02 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Quentin. Friendly old Uncle Quentin who keeps getting kidnapped by spies...

[identity profile] bugsybanana.livejournal.com 2012-10-03 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
Quirinus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quirinus)? Quintilian? Quetzalcoatl? Qingniao (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingniao)?
Edited 2012-10-03 00:48 (UTC)

[identity profile] brithistorian.livejournal.com 2012-10-03 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
After seeing Draco and Luna on the list, I half-expected H to be Harry.
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[personal profile] ellarien 2012-10-03 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
Quintus, Quartus, Queenie, Quasimodo ...

I do hope they don't get as far aa Q, though.

[identity profile] beginning.livejournal.com 2012-10-03 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
We've always named winter storms in New England, at least during my lifetime. I don't know whether this makes us ahead of the curve or dopey.
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