Comments on: Tropical Cyclone Names 2012

By: Shawn Smith

Shawn Smith — Mon, 28 May 2012 23:26:40 +0000

And, to pile on with Anat’s corrections, I’m pretty sure it’s Xenophilius, unless there’s some character that I completely forgot.

Anat — Mon, 28 May 2012 23:00:38 +0000

But with Scottish climate, who knows how many storms they have. Yes, you need Z. If not Zacharias, there’s (maybe) Zonko.

Greg Laden — Mon, 28 May 2012 18:49:43 +0000

Traditionally, hurricane name lists seem to stop at W. Our X is going too far, perhaps. We don’t need no stinking Z’s

Black Lake is the lake at Hogwarts. It is sometime referred to as The Great Lake.

Paulino — Mon, 28 May 2012 18:07:09 +0000

Z=Zorak (combo breaker? no?)

Achrachno — Mon, 28 May 2012 17:30:19 +0000

“Julia and I made this up.”

So I was right for once!

But, how’d the Black Lake Basin get into this?

Greg Laden — Mon, 28 May 2012 17:24:33 +0000

In reply to Anat. Don't forget ... There needs to be more than one season

Anat — Mon, 28 May 2012 14:54:31 +0000

It’s Bellatrix.

Everard is a surname. Ernie would have been better.

Irma is a more prominent in-world name (Isla is from the Black Family Tree, so not canonical enough for book-purists)

JK is out-world. James would be better.

N should be Nymphadora! (or Nicolas, or Nicholas or Narcissa)

Quigley is a surname, but there’s Quentin (equally obscure) or Quirinus (not canonically pure enough)

If we avoid Muggles (because wizards would), V should be Viktor (or Verity or Violet).

U might be Urquhart (used as a first name once, very obscure)

Z is Zacharias.

Still not happy with Y.

Greg Laden — Mon, 28 May 2012 14:18:00 +0000

Wow. So, there are no X Blog readers who have read Harry Potter or seen the movie? I had no idea.

Julia and I made this up.

Drivebyposter — Mon, 28 May 2012 03:50:02 +0000

At the very least, most of these are Harry Potter characters. Not really a fan so I don’t recognize all of the names.

Uncle Glenny — Mon, 28 May 2012 01:04:18 +0000