I guess this is the second year of TWC's experiment to annoy meteorologists my giving storms cutesy names. Check the footnote at the end.
http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-storm-names-2013-2014-20131001 *Atlas (AT-lus)*: From Greek mythology; on the losing side in the mythological war between the Titans and the Olympians, he was punished by Zeus by being forced to hold the sky on his shoulders. *Boreas (BOR-ee-us)*: Greek god of the cold north wind. *Cleon **(CLEE-on)*: A Greek statesman and warrior. *Dion* *(DEE-on)*: Short for Dionysus; Greek god of wine and winemaking, among other things. *Electra*: From Greek mythology; the princess of Argos. *Falco*: Roman governor of Britannia (today Great Britain). *Gemini*: From Greek mythology; two of the stars in the constellation Gemini are named for mythological twins, Castor and Pollux. Also, an air sign in astrology. *Hercules*: From Greek mythology; the son of Zeus, famous for his strength. *Ion* *(EYE-on)*: From the Greek word meaning “going;” introduced into English in 1834. *Janus (JEY-nus)*: From Roman mythology; the god of beginnings and transitions. January was named for him. *Kronos (KROH-nus)*: From Greek mythology; the father of Zeus. His Roman name was Saturn. *Leon (LEE-on)*: The Greek word meaning "lion." *Maximus*: The Latin word for “greatest” or “largest.” *Nika* *(NEE-ka)*: From Greek mythology; the goddess who personified winning or victory. *Orion (oh-RYE-un)*: From Greek mythology; a great hunter. *Pax*: Latin word for “peace.” *Quintus (KWIN-tuss)*: A common first name for ancient Romans, including Cicero’s younger brother. *Rex*: Latin word for “king.” *Seneca* *(SEN-nick-uh)*: Roman philosopher and writer. *Titan* *(TIE-tan)*: From Greek mythology; one of the gods (the Titans) who ruled the Earth before the Olympians, led by Zeus, overthrew them. *Ulysses (you-LISS-ees):* The Roman name for the hero of Homer’s epic, "The Odyssey." *Vulcan (VOL-can):* From ancient Roman mythology; the god of fire. *Wiley (WHY-lee):* A nickname meaning “wily” or “tricky” in Middle English (Note: there is no W in Greek or Latin). *Xenia (ZEEN-ya)*: An ancient Greek word signifying the concept of hospitality. *Yona (YOH-na)*: A word used in ancient India to designate a Greek person (the Greek letter Upsilon looks like a Y, but is the ancestor of the English letter U; the letter Y was incorporated into the Latin alphabet after Rome conquered Greece, but it was used to write words from Greek). *Zephyr (Zeffer):* From Greek mythology; the god of the west wind. *Note: Dion and Titan were names slightly shortened or modified. Cleon, Gemini, Ion, Nika, Pax, Seneca and Yona were names substituted into the list because the name submitted by the Bozeman students for each of those letters was either retired by the National Hurricane Center, had alternate meanings or were difficult for English-speakers to pronounce.* What was left out of the above footnote was the NHC again asking TWC not to do this shit. -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://sterlingnorth.vox.com http://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com Twitter: @westwit G+: http://plus.google.com/113413697748381364954 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wesleymcgee -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
