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Hurricane Names Go Politically Correct
The Hill ^
| July 29, 2003
| Bill Thomas
Posted on 07/29/2003 5:33:28 PM PDT by Southern California
Hurricane Latonya?
Hurricane Names Raise a Warning
The 2003 hurricane season is here, and that means a whole new list of names such as Larry, Sam and Wanda ready to make tropical-storm history.
Although Spanish and French names are included in this years lineup, among them Juan and Claudette, which struck Texas last week, popular African American names, like Keisha, Jamal and Deshawn, are nowhere to be found. Some black lawmakers dont seem to mind, but Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) does. All racial groups should be represented, said Lee.
The World Meteorological Organization began naming tropical storms after women in 1953. That made sense to scientists at the time who thought women and storms were both unpredictable. After feminist groups protested, mens names were added in 1979.
The National Weather Service says hurricane names are derived from languages spoken in areas that border the Atlantic Ocean, where such storms occur. Yet that doesnt explain why Gaston, Ernesto and Cindy were chosen and Antwon, Destiny and Latonya were passed over. Lee said she hoped in the future the weather establishment would try to be inclusive of African American names.
That could take a while. The current roster of hurricane names isnt due to be updated until 2007.
TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: diversity; dontknowbreaking; inclusion; langugage; pc; storms; weather
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To: Southern California
Funny, but not exactly "breaking" news...
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posted on
07/29/2003 5:35:31 PM PDT
by
Southack
(Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Southern California
LOL....we have passed the ridiculous and have entered the twilight zone X10
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posted on
07/29/2003 5:37:05 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
To: Southern California
"Hurricane Sheila".
I like it.
Tia .
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posted on
07/29/2003 5:37:42 PM PDT
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: Southern California
Will the redneck lobby insist on Hurricane Bubba and Hurricane Sissy?
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posted on
07/29/2003 5:38:13 PM PDT
by
Polybius
To: Southern California
Headline of the Future:
Hurricane Deshawn Be Doin' Some Mad Damage to da Coast
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posted on
07/29/2003 5:38:37 PM PDT
by
jgrubbs
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posted on
07/29/2003 5:38:49 PM PDT
by
mhking
To: Southern California
Hurricane Kweisi: The storm that destroys white America.
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posted on
07/29/2003 5:41:02 PM PDT
by
Pokey78
To: Southern California
but this is old news
To: Southern California
Complete insanity.
Hurricanes should be identified numerically and by category. For example Hurricane 3-1. The 1st Cat3 hurricane of the season. Hearing "well, Elaine is COMING TO FLORIDA!" isn't scary. Numbers aren't either, but at least it removes the PC crap.
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posted on
07/29/2003 5:42:06 PM PDT
by
xrp
To: Southern California
Seeing as how hurricanes bring damage, destruction & ruin to cities, I am (for the first time ever) in agreement with the Honorable Ms. Jackson-Lee. Those like her really should be more greatly represented among the names of disasters.
DWG
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posted on
07/29/2003 5:42:11 PM PDT
by
DownWithGreenspan
(The penalty for treason is death... liberalism IS treason... Q.E.D.)
To: Southern California
Is this a parody? I guess anything having to do with Sheila Jackson-Lee is inherently humorous--the woman is her own parody, monumental in her ignorance. Sheesh, imagine actually
wanting to have hurricanes named after your ethnic group. Mark my words, if the NWS had started naming hurricanes LaQuonda, Chanel, and Ja'Kaira Ajenique, Jackson-Lee would have been screaming that it was racist to do so.
By the way: Jackson-Lee is a pretty funny name for a black woman, considering the Confederate associations. Wonder why she hasn't changed it to something African.
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posted on
07/29/2003 5:42:32 PM PDT
by
Capriole
(Foi vainquera)
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To: Southern California
The liberal wackos simply can't leave any facet of society untouched by their PC hands. Sheila, get a life.
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posted on
07/29/2003 5:43:16 PM PDT
by
Schatze
(It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.)
To: tiamat
If Sheila's a blowin, you best be a ______.
*giggle*
To: Southack
Funny, but not exactly "breaking" news...
You know, it's Prudence Pinch-faces like you who got my brilliant post about how I just got a bag of M&Ms without any green ones moved from Breaking News to Chat.
" WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH"
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posted on
07/29/2003 5:47:28 PM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
("Europeans lost the will to live the moral life long ago." - Ben Shapiro)
To: xrp
Good idea, but you should also include the year of the storm for historical reference.
"For example Hurricane 3-1. The 1st Cat3 hurricane of the season."
This should be something like 3-1-2003, or 1-3-2003, or better yet for cataloging on a spreadsheet 2003.1.3.
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posted on
07/29/2003 5:50:20 PM PDT
by
Chewbacca
(No State shall make anything but gold and silver COIN a payment of debt. - Article 1, Section 10)
To: Southern California; Akira
This is a joke, right?
How dull our lives would be without Sheila Jackson Lee...
To: Southern California
Way out here
We got a name
Fer wind and rain and fi-yah.
The rain is Tess,
The fire's Joe,
And they call the wind
Sh-hee-la.
Sha-hee-la!
Sha-hee-la!
They call hot wind
Sheila.
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posted on
07/29/2003 5:57:52 PM PDT
by
Argus
To: MatthewViti
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posted on
07/29/2003 6:03:14 PM PDT
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
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