c/climate · by silence7@slrpnk.net · 2yShould we name heatwaves as we do other extreme weather events? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/19/naming-heatwaves-hurricanes-cerberus-europe-prepare-extreme-heat93 points · 19 comments · view on lemmy.world
19 Comments
GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 2y
We should name them after car manufacturers.
Palerider@feddit.uk · 26 pts · 2y
Oil companies.
silence7@slrpnk.net · 17 pts · 2y
I'd be perfectly fine with coal companies too, but they're mostly not household names
GreenMario@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y
They can be lol
sik0fewl@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
Exactly!
qaz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
“This heat wave is sponsored by Aramco”
Jaysyn@kbin.social · -2 pts · 2y
Container Ships
Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
Yes. Name them after the corporations and politicians most responsible for global heating!
Uranium3006@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y
And their CEOs too
qaz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
That would probably be a better option, it would make it possible to sneak a couple names in before anyone notices.
DavyJones@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y
OMG THIS!
mookulator@mander.xyz · 12 pts · 2y
We’ll run out of names pretty quick
yip-bonk@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y
There are a lot of executives at oil companies.
silence7@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 2y
Hurricane names are periodically reused. These can be too.
Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 2y
Please no, I'm already annoyed by this damn fad of naming the 'phenomenon of the week'. I can't really point my finger on why (so it's probably irrational) but it has always irked me.
christophski@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 2y
To me, it infantilises a potentially devastating phenomena
cerement@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 2y
‘People need to be riled up’: meteorologist names US heatwaves after oil and gas giants
baruchin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
We'll run out of names soon.
mr_washee_washee@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 2y
Chevrona
https://mastodonapp.uk/@CheRosach/110932694391268915
https://imgur.com/a/1vMSrgD