Do you remember the Blizzard of ’ 96 ? really , okay , if you did n’t live on the Eastern seaboard plausibly not . But ! For a thrilling snowpocalypse it sure had one irksome ass name . Well , the Weather Channel desire to posit that problem by giving wintertime storm superbly geeky name .
start with this winter , the Weather Channel will name violent storm that have a potent chance of make a “ substantial shock on populations . ” This is a good thing because when you give severe storms a name , it makes the great unwashed pay attention , which increases the likelihood that they ’ll make . A grouping of “ senior meteorologist ” got together and came up with thisfantastic list of name calling for this class ’s storms .
Pallas Athena — The Greek goddess of wisdom , bravery , breathing in , judge , mathematics and all things marvellous
Brutus — Roman Senator and best known bravo of Julius — Title used by Roman and Byzantine emperor
Draco — The first legislator of Athens in Ancient Euclid — A mathematician in Ancient Greece , the Father of Geometry
Freyr — A Norse god associated with fair conditions , among other things
Gandolf — A character in a 1896 phantasy novel in a pseudo - knightly countryside
Helen – In Greek mythology , Helen of Troy was the girl of Zeus
Iago — Enemy of Othello in Shakespeare ’s play , Othello
Jupiter — The English name for Jupiter , the Roman divinity of visible radiation and sky .
Kahn — Mongolian conqueror and emperor of the Mongol Empire
Luna — The divine embodiment of the moon in papistic mythology
Magnus — The Father of Europe , Charlemagne the Great , in Latin : Carolus Magnus
Nemo — A Grecian son ’s name import “ from the valley ” , mean “ nobody ” in Latin
Orko — The thunder god in Basque mythology
Plato — Greek philosopher and mathematician , who was key out by his wrestling omnibus
Q — The Broadway Express subway personal line of credit in New York City Rocky — A single mountain in the Rocky Mountains
Saturn — Roman god of time , among other affair who had a major planet named after him
Triton — In Grecian mythology , the courier of the deep ocean , boy of Poseidon
Ukko — In Finnish mythology , the graven image of the sky and weather
Virgil — One of ancient Rome ’s sterling poets
Walda — Name from Old German meaning “ ruler ”
Xerxes — The 4th king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire , Xerxes the Great
Lawrence Peter Berra — People who do yoga
Zeus — In Greek mythology , the sovereign rule of Mount Olympus and the divinity who live there
Wow . That ’s what we get for rent a clump of meteorology nerd name the storms ! They are geeky and awesome , yes , but are you really go to be afraid of spartan Winter Storm Ukko ? [ Weather UndergroundandThe Weather Channel — Thanks , Matt ! ]
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