Poll question: Please choose some Z names for tropical storms and hurrican

[NNadir]

Now that global climate change is here, the world Meteorological Society finds itself running out of hurricane names and resorting to alpha, beta, gamma, and so on.

I think we at DU can help them be better prepared in future years.

We've done X, http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4179858

We've done Y:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4213481

Today we have learned that a tropical storm with the dull name "gamma" may form today off the coast of Panama. Let's all do our part to make mass destruction through global climate change more fun and personable. Vote on Z names.

[Lilith Velkor]

1. Ziggy

I always knew that fucker was evil.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

2. Zeke.

[NNadir]

5. There was a Doonesbury character with this name IIRC.

[XemaSab]

3. ZombyCane

n/t

[Zomby Woof]

18. After the burritos I had

That is a distinct possibility. :yoiks:

[LeftyMom]

4. Zilpha

After my great-grandmother.

[NNadir]

20. What did they call her "for short"

Zi? Zil? Zilf?

It is better, I think, to have an interesting name than no name at all.

:shrug:

[LeftyMom]

21. I have no idea

Great-Great Grandmother McFarland died decades before I was born.

[NNadir]

25. Most great-great grandmothers do that.

I did have the pleasure though, of introducing my own Grandmother (the only one of my grandparents I ever met myself) to her great-great grandchildren. The kids, then about 5 or 6 called her "little grandma," and also had grandma, and "big grandma."

Everybody called her "Frances" and no one called her "Fanny." I wish they'd called her "Zilpha" though. (The name "Hurricane Frances" I believe has been retired, and if you knew my grandmother, you would have expected it.)

I have an aunt who is in quite good health who is a great-great grandmother about 5 times over - I've lost count.

So I hope you will understand that the question is not completely absurd.

For myself - I am simply trying to make it to Grandfather one time. I'm not so sure I will.

[Arkana]

6. Hurricane Zelda

That would work, no?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

8. Did Link blow his whistle or something?

:D

[Arkana]

10. He must have played the Song of Storms!

:P

[obxhead]

9. Beat me to it. Nintendo fans every where would cheer...

and I bet Nintendo would put a hugh!!!11! storm/flood in the next release of the series.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

11. If it were a Nintendo release...

it wouldn't arrive until 10 months after it was supposed to, and then it'd be vastly inferior to the rest of the market. :D

[Arkana]

12. I think you just described "Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker"

perfectly.

[obxhead]

13. As do I...

All 'bling' no substance.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

16. What? You didn't like sailing endlessly for hours?

:sarcasm:

[obxhead]

27. The sailing didn't bother me so much, but

The simple, one way labyrinths did tremendously though

[ksilvas]

7. Hurricane Zippity Doo Da

Most appropriate for South Gulf Coast storm.

[ghostsofgiants]

14. ZOLTAN!

[In_The_Wind]

15. Zapata

[Dave Reynolds]

17. Zorba. /nt

[Catfight]

19. Zephyr. nt

[graywarrior]

22. Zappa

[NNadir]

26. How could I have skipped "Hurricane Zappa?"

A pox on me.

[KitchenWitch]

23. Zholtak

[FuzzySlippers]

24. Zuni, of course.