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I seem to remember when hurricanes had easy to pronounce female names like Betsy, Donna, and Cleo. Then PC kicked in and brought us to this stage in unpronounceable hurricane names.
1 posted on 07/31/2020 10:04:21 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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Sheila Jackson Lee (D) Texas, wanted more ‘African-American’ names on storms....................


2 posted on 07/31/2020 10:05:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'..........................)
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They should have used a Japanese name like Irene.

Then, next year, we can use the American version, Ilene.


3 posted on 07/31/2020 10:05:57 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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PING!


4 posted on 07/31/2020 10:06:08 AM PDT by PJ-Comix (Trump 2020 Victory Cruise Is Definitely ON!!! Embarking Dec. 6 from Port Everglades)
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This storm exploits dyslexics
12 posted on 07/31/2020 10:14:32 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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I’m surprised they didn’t name it Hurricane Injustice.

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14 posted on 07/31/2020 10:15:08 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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Should evacuations be required in locked down states, will shelters be opened?


15 posted on 07/31/2020 10:15:51 AM PDT by fso301
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There’s a million different possible paths!


16 posted on 07/31/2020 10:17:14 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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The name of the hurricane is but the Spanish pronunciation for the Biblical name Isaiah...one of the greatest prophets that has ever lived.


18 posted on 07/31/2020 10:21:44 AM PDT by sasportas
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So which is the “worst” ... the name or the hurricane? Maybe both if it strengthens...


22 posted on 07/31/2020 10:26:40 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps
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I Say Ass ?


23 posted on 07/31/2020 10:27:02 AM PDT by butlerweave
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With Ivan, Ike and Igor retired, the male I names are Isaac, Isaias and Ian. The lists are picked from English, French and Spanish names for the languages of the countries in and surrounding the Caribbean.

The good news is that we have five more years before Hurricane Karen comes in and and demands to see the management.

27 posted on 07/31/2020 10:34:57 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (In 2016 Obama ended America's 220 year tradition of peaceful transfer of power after an election.)
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The singular version Isaia is a very high end men’s and women’s clothing brand.


29 posted on 07/31/2020 10:38:41 AM PDT by TheConservativeBanker ($;)
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2020-1
2020-2


36 posted on 07/31/2020 10:52:21 AM PDT by butlerweave
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Isaias Officially Becomes Worst Named Hurricane of the Tropical Storm Season

Yeah, but consider the timing, Isaiah 40:1-26

Shabbat of Consolation

The Shabbat after the Ninth of Av is called Shabbat Nachamu ("Shabbat of Consolation") after the opening words of the day's reading from the prophets ("haftara"). This is the first of the series of readings known as "The Seven of Consolation" read in the seven weeks from the Ninth of Av to Rosh Hashanah.

https://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/day.asp?tdate=8/1/2020

Isaias: “God is my salvation.”

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Isa 40.3. A voice cries, Prepare in the wilderness the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God: 4. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:

Prophets - always on a mission from God.

40 posted on 07/31/2020 11:02:41 AM PDT by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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How about:

Karen1, Karen2, and Karen3 up to and including the last hurrican of this season.


47 posted on 07/31/2020 11:17:17 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Does anyone know of any Democrat, who does the right thing today?)
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How about:

Karen1, Karen2, and Karen3 up to and including the last hurrican of this season.


48 posted on 07/31/2020 11:17:36 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Does anyone know of any Democrat, who does the right thing today?)
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Maybe Hurricane Isaiah will bring about the coming of the Messiah!


49 posted on 07/31/2020 11:18:30 AM PDT by montag813 (Nonsenze)
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Just declare ALL names racist/sexist/homophobic/figure out what you want/etc

and just call them hurricanes with no name, no initial etc etc

LIBs can fix anything

Then we can make it illegal to name animals and work our way up to humans.

What better way to say fair than NO ONE can have a name or whatever you call it to be made fun of.

ANOTHER SLIDE DOWN THE RAZOR BLADE OF LIFE....


51 posted on 07/31/2020 11:22:56 AM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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Nothing wrong with the name. It’s the obviously forced unnatural pronunciation that’s a problem. We speak English here.

Some politically correct wacko thinks it’s inclusive to name hurricanes with “diverse” names.

I realized the whole thing was insane when a hurricane with a female name, like Glenda, was referred to by the weather babe as “SHE”.

So it’s an honor now to be named for a hurricane.


52 posted on 07/31/2020 11:24:45 AM PDT by I want the USA back (BLM is a violent marxist movement designed to overthrow the US constitutional form of government.)
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That’s incorrect. Names are on a multi-year rotation and are only switched out when the previous name is retired. A name is retired because it was so destructive and/or deadly that to use the name again would be inappropriate.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames_history.shtml

For example, the name Betsy was retired after the 1965 category 4 Hurricane Betsy after killing 81 people and causing $1.42 billion in damage ($11.62 billion today).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Betsy

Can you imagine how freaked out people would get if Andrew, Katrina or Camille were used again? For the letter “I”, these eleven storm names have so far been retired:
Ione, Inez, Iris, Isidore, Isabel, Ivan, Ike, Igor, Irene, Ingrid, and Irma.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_retired_Atlantic_hurricane_names
Combined, these storms killed 1,362 people and caused an unadjusted $164.839 billion in damage ($195.110 billion adjusted for inflation).

There are only so many names available. Eventually, the common names get retired and we end up with storms with uncommon names, such as Isaias.


53 posted on 07/31/2020 11:24:54 AM PDT by DrGunsforHands
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