You'll have to forgive me for not doing my research before blasting off. But I swear to Goodness, I read this article days ago and maybe just now it's gettin' my panties in a wad. I wasn't drunk, I didn't dream it...it was real and I googled and googled this evening and couldn't find the article...but you people out there are more up on current events than I. I'm doing my ostrich impersonation which gives me a view of my own ass since I am too apathetic at this point to actually dig a hole in the sand in which to bury my head. I just lean over and look up and go, Is that my ass? Damn! I swear I'm running 2 miles...tomorrow.
But, this kinda ticked me off. Ok, the crux of the article from some government yahoo or another, rep or senator or governor...I don't remember...is that he petitioned the pot heads who have their think tank meetings at our expense to come up with the names for the next years hurricanes. This persons' rant was that all of the names for hurricanes were "too anglo". He was actually pissed that horrible, destructive events were not "ethnically" correct. Excuse me? Hurricane Katrina is not exactly and anglo name...and she kicked ass.
Here is 2008 list: Arthur, Bertha, Eduoard (not anglo), Fay, Gustav (?), Hanna, Ike, Josephine, Kyle, Laura, Marco (hello? I'm on raft in 30 foot swells with ya, "Marco!" "Polo!"), Nana (now who wants a destructive force of nature named after Nana!),Omar (oopsie!), Paloma (now we're digging on Spain?), Rene, Sally (okay, gotta give anglo a smack here), Teddy (Smack again, by this point they're stoned and lazy), Vicki (see?) and Wilfred (okay, stoned and laughing their butts off by now).
Well, that was so much fun let's look at 2009's list: Ana (not anglo spelling), Bill, Claudette (getting some input from the French Quarter here, glad Claudette didn't hit N'awlins), Danny, Erika, Fred, Henri (French guy pops his head every fourth name...), Ida, Jaoquin (Paloma's lover), Kate, Larry, Mindy (okay, can't get much more anglo than that), Nicholas (there's an ethnically ambiguous name), Odette (don't ask me where that one came from!), Peter (Hurricane Dick), Rose, Sam, Teresa,Victor, and lastly, Wanda.
OK...lets have a poll here on how we can appease our African-American Rep who thinks destructive natural forces are too anglo and see if we can appease every culture on the planet. I'll go first
HURRICANE:
Alberto (mexico)
Babydaddy (american ghetto)
Cootie (mississippi tramp)
DammitRobin (texas daughters name until 5th grade?)
E
Fuggetaboutit (ain't nothin' gonna kill us...we bad)
Get out! (white american teen speak, like, you mean, you're like, serious? We could die? OMG!)
Hiroshima (Japanese...notsofunny nagasaki)
Ingrid (russia)
JuanMoore (anglo/spanish...we might die? Give me "one more" beer...)
Karaoke (universal, we all sound like idiots after two margaritas with a microphone)
Lucy (karma, got some 'splainin' to do...)
M
NoloContendre (universal..."Ain't sayin' I did it...ain't sayin' I didn't)
Oscar (American puppet, he deserves a hurricane named after him...he'd like that).
Peter (Must be downgraded to "tropical storm." If he is doing damage..upgrade to "Dick")
Roshanna (jewish)
Sal (italian...bet it hits Jersey)
Tanika (there...happy?)
Valentine (rooted in greek mythology...where did Athens go, by the way?)
WhatTheHell? (isn't that what most people would say after ignoring warnings and looking out the window?)
As you can see, didn't put much thought into this...never do when on a rant. May update later but I would love to hear your input on how we could name hurricanes and still be PC...just know...would like R reserved for myself...always wanted to be a force of nature...just can't fathom why it's now a political issue! Would love to be a force of nature but I'd be a nice hurricane, I would, I'd be like, "Hey folks! Don't be scared! It may get a little windy but I'll give you some rain, if your house starts to flood or the levee ain't dry no more here's my cell, call me, I'll quit but in the meantime, just stay inside and consider it a couple of days off at my expense!" I wouldn't be no ghetto/white trash type hurricane wreaking havoc, drowning peoples home and then stealing their 42"color, hi-def color television set. I damn sure wouldn't kill people. So quite frankly, name a nice tropical storm after me. You can upgrade it to Hurricane Robert or something if it becomes a dickhead
I thought Political Correctness was ridiculous, but this takes it to a whole new level. Or is just me?
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Does this have anything to do with the email that you sent me...
"I can hear it now: A weatherman in New Orleans says...'Wazzup, mutha-f*&^! Hehr-i-cane Chamiqua be headin' fo' yo ass like Leroy (that's my Daddy's name...very white by the way) on a crotch rocket! Bitch be a category fo'! So, turn off dem chitlins, grab yo' chirren, leave yo crib, and head fo' de nearest FEMA office fo yo FREE shit!'"
I don't consider myself racist, but this is pretty dang funny!
Yellowdog: figured you would take off on this one!
Corrie: LOL! I forgot where that had come from and you say it came from my own darned self?! Thank you, that did tickle me! Drop me a line and tell wassup wich u biatch!
The story came out in early July and it was courtesy of Rep. Shiela Jackson Lee. This is not the first time that she has complained that "African American" names have been left off of the hurricane list. She made the same complaint in 2003, when French and Spanish names were included. I'd argue that we should use numbers, but as Corrie so adroitly pointed out, some would complain that "Hurricane Four" doesn't relfect eubonics (remember that farce?). I think that all hurricanes should be named after my ex-wife.
At what point in history did we suddenly feel the need to quantify and/or personify storm systems?
I guess if we had the technology to predict tornadoes in advance we would probably give them a name, too.
Maybe our future weather alerts will sound something like this:
¡HOLA!LATEST SFC ANALYSIS IN CNTRL TX SHOWS A 990 MB TORNADO, ALSO KNOWN AS "JACQUES" MOVING ESE AT 45 MPH. THIS IS COMBINED WITH A 50 TO 55 KT HURRICANE CENTERED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO, ALSO KNOWN AS "迪斯科电话/電話". THESE STORMS ARE CREATING FAVORABLE BOUNDARY LAYER SHEAR PROFILES. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN'? THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SOME REALLY BAD CHIT SHOULD EXIST NEAR JACQUES' ROTATING CELLS CURRENTLY EMBEDDED IN A LINE MOVING INTO SE TX. DISCRETE SUPERCELLS MAY DEVELOP EAST OF THE LINE AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO YOUR HOOD IN THE 02Z TO 04Z TIMEFRAME....PEACE OUT.
Nope you're right. Some people will make a political issue out of anything. The probably don't like white toilet paper.
My advice to the plaintiff...get a life!!!
While working at a Family-Themed Resort (coughdisneycough) hotel in Florida, I knew of a housekeeper by the name of "Odette" -- she, along with most every other housekeeper there -- was Haitian.
And Robin, although your name *is* too white, it is also 'ambi-gendered' so, the gender non-specificity cancels out the blatantly racist. It would make a fine, non-racist, non-homophobic, non-misogynistic Hurricane Name.
You Rock On with your politically neutral name, grrrl!
I love politically neutral status Solard~Thanks!
But I'm freaking out here. I got the list from the NWS and they done gone and changed it? TS Julio is on the move. Julio is supposed to be Josephine, when these things are born, do the look for a tail? How'd they know it was a boy? And What happened to Gustav,Hanna, and Ike? Why are people determined to ruin my version of reality?
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