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leftbehindslast Monday at 9:07 AM2 repliesview on HN

Giving weather fenomenons a human name is the silliest thing humanity have invented.


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pikerlast Monday at 9:09 AM

On the contrary, it helps underscore a storm's significance and allow for memetic spreading of information around the storm. You obviously didn't grow up in a hurricane-prone area.

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ameliuslast Monday at 9:09 AM

Can't they just reuse Ubuntu version names?