Please choose some Y names for tropical storms and hurricanes.

[NNadir]

Poll question: Please choose some Y names for tropical storms and hurricanes.

Now that global climate change is here, the world Meteorological Society finds itself running out of hurricane names and resorting to alpha, beta, gamma, and so on.

I think we at DU can help them be better prepared in future years.

We've done X, http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4179858

Now that tropical storm Beta is here and off of Nicaragua, we need to do Y

Let's vote on some Y names for hurricanes.

[-..__...]

1. Yeti

[kick-ass-bob]

2. Yoko.

Score one for Oasis.

:crazy:

(inside joke)

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

3. Yanni!

Hurricane Yanni!

[Blue-Jay]

4. Yngwie!

[realisticphish]

5. Yuppie

[flamingyouth]

6. Yma

[MrsMatt]

7. Sumac! n/t

[Deep13]

8. Yaphet, Yvette, Yussel, Yosef, Yo Yo Ma

[Hugin]

9. Yikes!

Isn't it obvious? ;)

[arwalden]

10. Yvette

[MrsMatt]

11. prounounced

"Why Vetty"

[arwalden]

13. That's Almost As Bad As...

Penny-Lope

[trof]

12. Ynez

[Ian David]

14. Baby Names that start with Y

http://www.babynames.com/Names/Y/

http://www.babynamesworld.com/browse_by_y_1.html

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

15. Yara (Brazilian name)

[NNadir]

16. Brazil had its first hurricane last year.

It was the first Southern Hemisphere Atlantic hurricane ever seen.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/02apr_hurricane.htm

I think they'll need to have a few more before they can insist on adding names.

[SoCalDem]

18. Spain had its first this year..

:shrug:

[Theres-a]

17. Yorgi

[underpants]

19. YIKES!

As in YIKES you guys f**k another one up?

[Meatwad]

20. I want to see a hurricane "Yam".

That'd be funny.

I don't know why it would be funny. Perhaps anything is funny when you get less than five hours of sleep at night.

[RedCloud]

21. (mama) you gotta move!

another Y name if it hits Joisey.

Yo hurricane! I gotcha hurricane right here baby!

[DS1]

22. Yellowbeard

Yaarrrr!

[XemaSab]

23. Yvr Girl

n/t

[kwassa]

31. that hurricane swept poor Eric Clapton away!!!!

[Lilith Velkor]

24. Yog-sothoth

[PittPoliSci]

27. that'd be a great name.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

25. Yuri (as in Yuri Gagarin) - the first man in space

[NNadir]

26. Gee, I forgot that one.

I don't know if it's an honor to have a hurricane named after you. I'm glad I don't have a kid named Katrina right now.

[LSK]

28. Yogi

[NNadir]

29. Yogi, how could I forget Yogi?

The hurricane season isn't over until it's over.

[Cathyclysmic]

30. Yo' mama

[kwassa]

32. Yowza!

[kwassa]

33. Yo! Adrianne!

a rocky-type hurricane

[kwassa]

34. Yeah! Whatever!

[TallahasseeGrannie]

35. Yosemite Sam