I was a little surprised watching the news last night when they started talking about "Tropical Storm Beryl," um, when did that form? It has been insanely hot (and pretty dry) so it would have been a little relief to have tropical rain blow through, but apparently it's pushing north and, besides some waves, NC won't see much from it.
And for just a moment, can I crack on the name? First there was Alberto - it's kinda funny and exotic. It will be remembered around here for the wild flooding we had (8 inches!).
But Beryl? I had to look it up for kicks to see what it means...
"Beryl: Pale Green Gem, Olde English" or "From the English word for the clear or pale green precious stone, ultimately deriving from Sanskrit."
The next 2 names are pretty normal/common... Chris & Debby, then we go back to the exotic with "Ernesto" (check out the Atlantic hurricane names for the next 6 years, will they use yours?!)
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1 comment:
Why??? Why name a storm "Beryl" when you could name it "Becky"? I'm not asking for much.. just a storm named after me! ;-)
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