HOW COME HURRICANES HAVE NAMES, BUT OTHER LARGE NATURAL DISASTERS DON'T?

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[+] ballot by Cherri
ACTIVE Tue Sep 28, 04 - Sun Apr 04, 10
What about Earthquakes? Tsunamis? Heat waves? etc..

Because they're speshul
Because God plays favorites
They do! we recently had an Ernie Earthquake.
Heatwave Horace
We name them because they are cyclic and expected.

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COMMENTS:
No, I don't care if heat waves aren't considered a natural disaster, ok!?

by Cherri on Tue Sep 28, 04 9:23pm [+]

It seems like I've sparked a wave of Natural Disaster ballots.

by Simple_Kind_Of_Man on Tue Sep 28, 04 10:02pm [+]

It seems that the deadliest hurricanes have the stupidest names. Well, you can't blame some of them for being pissed off about their names!

by nuckinfutz on Tue Sep 28, 04 10:23pm [+]

Earthquakes are usually just named for the location of the epicenter
or ground zero or whatever the hell you want to call it.

It does beg the question though, Why do they give Hurricanes cute names?

What's the point?

by SCREAMING_FROG on Wed Sep 29, 04 1:58am [+]

Some names make the 'canes sound less threatning. Try to imagine how seriously you'd take it if Hurricane Mary-Lou was headed your way.

by Cherri on Thu Sep 30, 04 5:26pm [+]

Ivan isn't a cute name.

by Dingleberry on Fri Oct 01, 04 1:04am [+]

Voted : We name them because they are cyclic and expected.
They are named because they are cyclic. In a short time we can use up lots of names and have fun picking out new ones. The cyclic and expected nature of hurricanes makes them well-known but unwanted guests.

by forgetmenot on Thu Sep 10, 09 9:20pm [+]