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Why can’t people do this whenever there’s a tropical storm?

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All of you probably know what awareness ribbons are for. People see them and it helps a medical condition get recognition. All of you probably also know about how people name hurricanes and typhoons things like Typhoon Bob, Hurricane Spartacus, etc.


What I don’t understand is, why not combine the two?


Next year, for storm season, name the storms after things you want to spread awareness of. Nothing says awareness like seeing it on the maps.


I'm just one of those people still on the path of getting themselves out there in the world. If you're confused by my mug below you haven't read my profile. I point you to it.

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At 12/29/22 09:22 AM, art-dude wrote:All of you probably know what awareness ribbons are for. People see them and it helps a medical condition get recognition. All of you probably also know about how people name hurricanes and typhoons things like Typhoon Bob, Hurricane Spartacus, etc.

What I don’t understand is, why not combine the two?

Next year, for storm season, name the storms after things you want to spread awareness of. Nothing says awareness like seeing it on the maps.

Tornado Autismo

Blizzard Hitting The Griddy For Ukraine

Hurricaine Anal Seepage


I'm sure Hurricane Mental Health will go over well when it's a category 5 and wrecks various Caribbean islands.


As long as Hurricane Anal Seepage doesn't get me.


It would be very confusing. You want the names to be easily memorized and communicated.


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I thought you were going to suggest pinning ribbons or something to yourself so medical workers can know what conditions you have it you're hurt in a storm. But you went full retard instead. Those ribbons don't raise awareness, they just virtue signal that you're a goodie. You think anybody out there didn't know breast cancer existed before pink ribbons?


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At 12/29/22 10:16 AM, DingleberryClock wrote:I thought you were going to suggest pinning ribbons or something to yourself so medical workers can know what conditions you have it you're hurt in a storm. But you went full retard instead. Those ribbons don't raise awareness, they just virtue signal that you're a goodie. You think anybody out there didn't know breast cancer existed before pink ribbons?


Well whatever they do, whatever all the "light it up blue" and "awareness marathon" programs do, the concept is storms could too if it was combined with the current storm naming scheme. I always found it weird we name storms and figured this would make it practical. It seems oddly specific to me we name our typhoons and hurricanes things like Adam, Bree, and Chase like they're members of the family.


I'm just one of those people still on the path of getting themselves out there in the world. If you're confused by my mug below you haven't read my profile. I point you to it.

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At 12/29/22 10:53 AM, art-dude wrote:
At 12/29/22 10:16 AM, DingleberryClock wrote:I thought you were going to suggest pinning ribbons or something to yourself so medical workers can know what conditions you have it you're hurt in a storm. But you went full retard instead. Those ribbons don't raise awareness, they just virtue signal that you're a goodie. You think anybody out there didn't know breast cancer existed before pink ribbons?

Well whatever they do, whatever all the "light it up blue" and "awareness marathon" programs do, the concept is storms could too if it was combined with the current storm naming scheme. I always found it weird we name storms and figured this would make it practical. It seems oddly specific to me we name our typhoons and hurricanes things like Adam, Bree, and Chase like they're members of the family.


Originally, tropical cyclones were named because of the need to distinguish between two or more storms occurring at the same time. The most natural thing to do was to assign them short names. Names were nothing but labels.


Naming storms is not the proper way to raise awareness of certain things because it will ultimately makes the names difficult to remember and pronounce, defeating the original purpose.


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I mainly focus on WPac and NATL basin.