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SC: Actually sounds kind of cool; is there a story to go with the name?

Regarding natural disasters, think about what would happened if the New Madrid Earthquake had occured in 1912 instead of 1812. 100 years is a blink in geologic time, soo, we midwesterners dodged the bullet that time.

Not really so much of a story. I just had liked the sound of Fletcher at the time. Xiphias is the Latin name for swordfish, I was trying to catch one about then. In fact, the night that my son was due, I was out all night in my open boat drifting North in the Gulf Stream, fishing (unsuccessfully) for swordfish. I called in on the radio a couple times, intended to head for the dock if Jeanne went into labor.

Anyway, he wasn't born for a couple more weeks, we still hadn't picked a name yet. 2 days after his birth we were still trying to think of one. However that problem was suddenly solved as (major) Hurricane David came barreling out of the Carribean towards Miami and our son became "David."