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Winter storms to be named like hurricanes.....with Greek and Roman mythological names -WTF!
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 24646905:MV8yMDA2NjI2XzMzNzc3MTk3X0U0QTMyN0Y2] they should name them after old north european rulers. like eric the bald, pepin the short, bart the lame, harald the one-eye, etc. [/quote]
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Starting this year, big winter storms in the U.S. will be named, just like hurricanes.
But it will be the Weather Channel naming the storms, not the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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link to www.kgw.com
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Here are the names lined up for this year:
Athena
Brutus
Caesar
Draco
Euclid
Freyr
Gandolf
Helen
Iago
Jove
Khan
Luna
Magnus
Nemo
Orko
Plato
Q
Rocky
Saturn
Triton
Ukko
Virgil
Walda
Xerxes
Yogi
Zeus
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link to www.weather.com
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