The Weather Channel Will Start Naming Winter Snow Storms

When I first heard that the Weather Channel would be naming blizzards I thought that Santas reindeer would make great storm names…The Weather Channel thought differently. They say it will raise awareness, make it easier for people to follow a winter storm’s progress, and give the storm a personality.  They go through the alphabet, just like hurricane names do.  The first storms this winter will be named Athena, Brutus, Caesar, Draco, and Euclid.

I personally think Blizzard Prancer sounds much more relate able and much less scary!

Just like with hurricanes, the blizzard names go in alphabetical order, one for each letter.  UNLIKE hurricanes, they aren’t alternating male and female names.  Here’s The Weather Channel’s list of winter storm names for THIS winter:

#1.)  Athena.  (–The Greek goddess of wisdom and courage.)

#2.)  Brutus.  (–The guy who killed Caesar.)

#3.)  Caesar.

#4.)  Draco.  (–The first legislator in Athens . . . and the kid who bullied Harry Potter.)

#5.)  Euclid.  (–The mathematician who invented geometry.)

#6.)  Freyr.  (–A Norse god of weather.)

#7.)  Gandolf.  (–Yeah, they spelled it wrong.  The wizard in “The Lord of the Rings” was Gandalf.)

#8.)  Helen.  (–The daughter of Zeus in Greek mythology.)

#9.)  Iago.  (–Othello’s enemy in the Shakespeare play.)

#10.)  Jove.  (–The Roman god of the sky.)

#11.)  Khan.  (–A Mongolian emperor . . . and the villain in “Star Trek II”.)

#12.)  Luna.  (–The Roman goddess of the moon.)

#13.)  Magnus.

#14.)  Nemo.  (–The name of the captain in “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” . . . or the fish in the Disney movie.)

#15.)  Orko.  (–The Basque god of thunder.)

#16.)  Plato.  (–The famous Greek philosopher.)

#17.)  Q.  (–Just Q.  It’s possible they named it after James Bond’s gadget guy, or the villain in some of the later “Star Trek” TV shows . . . but we don’t know for sure.)

#18.)  Rocky.  (–Yeah, they definitely seemed to struggle to keep up with the mythology theme as they went deeper into the alphabet.)

#19.)  Saturn.  (–The Roman god of time.)

#20.)  Triton.  (–The son of Poseidon in Greek mythology.)

#21.)  Ukko.  (–The Finnish god of weather.)

#22.)  Virgil.  (–The famous Roman poet.)

#23.)  Walda.  (–Another “Lord of the Rings” character.)

#24.)  Xerxes.  (–The king of Persia.)

#25.)  Yogi.  (–The former catcher for the Yankees who said, quote, “It’s not over ’til it’s over.” . . . or a cartoon bear that steals picnic baskets.)

#26.)  Zeus.  (–The most powerful of the Greek gods.)

via Weather.com