"Sandy".. What the hell kind of a name for a major storm is "Sandy"?

[annabanana]

Might as well call it Chip or some other silly nickname.

[Scootaloo]

1. Your post, in illustrated form:

[justiceischeap]

6. She also has her own soundtrack

[dipsydoodle]

7. lol

she can cross my path any time.

[a la izquierda]

19. Lol, that's funny.

Our families in NJ might not laugh

[neverforget]

2. Maybe Hurricane Satan?

They are at "S" on the alphabet

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. They are generated by computer every year

look on the bright side, every bad storm, like Katrina, and now Sandy. the name is retired

It is better than storm 1-34, like it used to be.

[glowing]

4. My aunts name is Sandra.. And all of my

cousin's girlfriends have called her Sandy, for some reason... Needless to say, not too many of the g.f.'s have met out qualifications for deserving of him. But that has nothing to do with the storm name..

[quinnox]

5. lamest storm name in recent history

[malaise]

13. No one will forget her

trust me on that

[cbrer]

8. Believe me. Take it literally in the desert... nt

[JI7]

9. isn't it based on some alphabetical order ?

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. Yup, it's been a very active season

But remember, they can't use the same name twice. There will only be one Sandy.

[Mariana]

27. Oh, they do reuse names now.

Names get retired if a storm is big and bad enough to get famous, but other than that the names are recycled. I believe they started this about the same time they started naming tropical storms as well as hurricanes, but I may be wrong about the timing. I thought it was stupid to start naming tropical storms, but reusing names for nothing storms is all right. Eventually they were going to run out of names if they didn't start rotating them.

Edited for clarity.

[randome]

10. I think the idea is to choose non-gender specific names.

And there aren't that many of them.

[TexasBushwhacker]

18. They used to only use female names

They started using alternate male and female names in 1979. So you might have Alice, Biff, Clara, Deen

[randome]

28. If it was going to be female and start with an 'S', it should be Sigourney.

[darkangel218]

11. You guys remember Wilma?

Well you know what happend with the ever so pleasent Wilma..

[elleng]

12. KOUFAX good enough for you???

[NCarolinawoman]

15. Agree.

At the very least, It should be called "Sandra".

[regnaD kciN]

16. On that point...

http://www.christinelavin.com/index.php?page=songs&category=COLD_PIZZA_FOR_BREAKFAST&display=563

[annabanana]

21. Oh VERY good!

Hurricanes are scary hurricanes are mean
need names like Pugnacia
names like Agoneen
names like Cadavra
names like Deathretta
chances are good you'll never forget a
Hurricane with a name like that
when it knocks your entire neighborhood flat
by the way a hurricane and a typhoon
are the same damn storm
form over oceans when the water is warm

worth a trip to the link !

[Horse with no Name]

17. I like Sandy better than Rita

[Kingofalldems]

20. A great beach song from 1966:

[Whovian]

22. Sandy? I know a Sandy and love her to death. But I would not want to get in her way.

[MFM008]

23. sounds like a cookie

should be hurricane Sampson or SOMETHING.
Glad its not Hortense or Minnie or Candy....
Princess.
Bubba
Sunshine.
Spirit.
Rainbow.
Moon.
Fantasy.
Bambi.
Sparkle
Quanshe,
Chlamydia
Apple
Pumba
Bear
Moose
Ethel
Fifi
Bluebelle
Hula
Rumor
Peaches
Rex
Star
Ziggy
Kiwi
Diva
Pepper
Barbie
and on and on

[kentauros]

24. It could be worse:

she could have been Nadine

[Jennicut]

25. 2012's list of Hurricane names is rather interesting.

Alberto, Beryl, Chris, Debby, Ernesto, Florence, Gordon, Helene, Isaac, Joyce, Kirk, Leslie, Michael, Nadine, Oscar, Patty, Rafael, Sandy, Tony, Valerie, William

Beryl? Really? Debby is as bad as Sandy. And Chris is weird for me since it is my husband's name and brother's name. My aunt is Christine and my daughter is Christa.

I hope we do not encounter Tony, Valerie or William.

[tinymontgomery]

26. Bruce likes Sandy

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