I think we should stop giving them Proper People names and switch to flowers or animals or even insects. “We ask that everyone evacuate the area as Hurricane Black Widow comes ashore~NWS”... it could perhaps help hammer home the severity. Unless, of course a cat 5 storm named “Ladybug” is headed our way. My point: Sometimes it’s hard to be scared of a storm which shares the name of a person you know that wouldn’t hurt a soul, much less destroy an entire region.
I think we should stop giving them Proper People names and switch to flowers or animals or even insects. “We ask that everyone evacuate the area as Hurricane Black Widow comes ashore~NWS”... it could perhaps help hammer home the severity. Unless, of course a cat 5 storm named “Ladybug” is headed our way. My point: Sometimes it’s hard to be scared of a storm which shares the name of a person you know that wouldn’t hurt a soul, much less destroy an entire region.