[Southack]

Funny, but not exactly "breaking" news...

[wardaddy]

LOL....we have passed the ridiculous and have entered the twilight zone X10

[tiamat]

"Hurricane Sheila".

I like it.

Tia .

[Polybius]

Will the redneck lobby insist on Hurricane Bubba and Hurricane Sissy?

[jgrubbs]

Headline of the Future:

Hurricane Deshawn Be Doin' Some Mad Damage to da Coast

[mhking]

Are you sure this isn't from The Onion?

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[Pokey78]

Hurricane Kweisi: The storm that destroys white America.

[FreeTheHostages]

but this is old news

[xrp]

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.

[DownWithGreenspan]

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

[Capriole]

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.

[Schatze]

The liberal wackos simply can't leave any facet of society untouched by their PC hands. Sheila, get a life.

[LibertyThug]

This is a joke, right?

How dull our lives would be without Sheila Jackson Lee...

[Argus]

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.

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

“All racial groups should be represented,” said Lee.

ROTFLMAO

[L.N. Smithee]

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 doesn’t 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.”

It's simple. "African American names" are made up, for the most part, and are not part of any distinguishable language -- unless you want to stir up that Ebonics nonsense again.

"Destiny" is not a name, it's a English word. I don't know of any women named "Destiny." I've heard of Destiny's Child, the R&B singing trio, but none of the women in the group are named "Destiny." I suppose now Jackson-Lee will insist on a Hurricane Beyonce in the future.

On the other hand, "Antwon" is a name, but it's a bastardized version of "Antoine," French for "Anthony." Same goes with "Latonya" -- it seems to be faux French, although the name "Tanja" has Eastern European roots.

Much too often, "African American names" are either deliberately or unintentionally misspelled and/or mispronounced, such as in the cases of pro basketball players Antawn Jamison (pronounced "Antoine") and Dwyane Wade (pronounced "Dwayne").

Earlier this year, there was some stuff about how "black names" were being discriminated against in job applications. Maybe that will make some black parents think twice before choosing a name for their sons or daughters that have "I'm ghetto" written all over it.

Let me interject at this point that I am black myself.

[andy58-in-nh]

OK, kids: a little ditty for a Tuesday night:

Old Hurricane Jimmy just blew himself out
But did lots of damage from out of the South,
And who can forget the blows on the Hill,
That came from the Tropical Storm named Bill?
But we'll batten the hatches and head underground
When Hurrican Hillary blows into town!

[rockfish59]

Damn!
They've already got 'Hurricane Carter!'
What the hell more does the bitch want?

How about:

Ass Kicker
Boody Whipper
Calamity Jane
Death Blow
Eternity Wind
Freakin' Windy
God***n Gusty
Hell Of A Blow

etc.

[Sweet_Sunflower29]

Hmmm.

I've always been bothered because my name, including the unique spelling my parents gave to me has never been used for anything.

Hurricane AMI, should it ever come to be, should strike fear in everyone...

Hehe..

[azcap]

“All racial groups should be represented,” said Lee.

Hurricane Ossama?

Tropical Storm Ouday?