Hurricane names raise a warning; not enough black names in it.

hillnews ^ | 08/01/03 | Bill Thomas

[Pikamax]

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 year’s 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 don’t seem to mind, but Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) does. “All racial groups should be represented,” said Lee.

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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, men’s 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 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.”

That could take a while. The current roster of hurricane names isn’t due to be updated until 2007.

[Chad Fairbanks]

We'd be set for years...

[Paul Atreides]

Expect homosexuals to want to have hurricanes named after them, what with all the blowing that goes on in a hurricane.

[I got the rope]

Could you imagine the death and destruction this thing would bring?

[Chad Fairbanks]

Gays? Oh no! "Hurricane Buttless Chaps reached landfall today in..."

[Oorang]

Hurricane Biff?

[umgud]

Hurricane-Black
Hurri-NOW
Hurri-Homo
Hurri-Hispanic
Hurri-Peta
Hurri-Muslim
Hurri-Demo
................ Too many people, so just name them by group.

[Paul Atreides]

Hurricane Blaine.

[maui_hawaii]

Here is some more... Hurricane Lil' Kim guaranteed to rock yo' world...

Hurricane Sug' Knight... guaranteed to bust yo' ass in the head...

[Oorang]

Way too much huffing and puffing going on in a hurricane for Biff and Blaine. I don't know if they would survive the second half, once the eye had passed.

[fatima]

You have a point,thank's for the laugh.

[nonliberal]

Hurricane O.J.
Hurricane Ludacris
Hurricane Kobe

[nonliberal]

How could I forget

Hurricane Buckwheat.

[maui_hawaii]

Hurricane Biff??? They are talking about black names, not gay names :o)

Hurricane Chip?????

[Oorang]

See post #62.

But, Chip is good.

[SeaDragon]

LOLOL

You are sooooooooo bad..

[maui_hawaii]

Quick, someone think of some black homosexual names!!! :o)

Imagine the stress at the National Weather Bureau...

Hurricane Tyrell...

[Let's Roll]

The bright side of this kind of thing is that it just marginalizes the race pimps even further.

[maui_hawaii]

Hurricane Esther...

LOL!

Florida you old weasel...I'm gonna bust you in the head...you betta get some insurance 'cause I am gonna knock you out...

[baseballfanjm]

What? This isn't the Onion? These are storms that have killed millions of people through the years and she WANTS african-american names on them, otherwise it's racist? She needs help.

[technomage]

Give the damn things numbers.

DITTOS

Or give them letters. A, B, C....

I am getting so damn sick of this race CRAP!!! SCREW UM!!!