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  1. Really, really dry august so far, I think based on the (incomplete) xmACIS viewer, this'll be a top-10 driest august for mt. pleasant. Can tell, grass is very brown and some trees are losing leaves a little prematurely. Hoping this mid-week system gets us a good soak, but I don't think it'll be more than a 1/4 inch.

  2. 2 hours ago, BarryStantonGBP said:

     

    oi, would you look at these lists

    remember when it was all proper names, now it’s like the YOOKAY weather report

    used to be Andrea, Barry, Karen, now it’s “Humberto,” “Imelda,” “Lorenzo,” “Nestor,” “Pablo,”

    and next year we’ve got “Gonzalo,” “Isaias,” “Omar,” “Imani,”

    2027 comes along, suddenly it’s “Imani” and “Julian” and “Odette”

    then you scroll a bit further, and it’s “Idris,” “Farrah,” “Idalia,” “Jose,” “Miguel,” “Rafael”—what is this, the Notting Hill Carnival?

     

    just waiting for the day they throw in a “Deshawn,” “Aaliyah,” and “Tyrone” for full diversity bingo

    if “Wendy” ever gets replaced, I’m betting it’s “Lashonda”

    won’t be long before a Category 4 makes landfall and it’s “Storm Kwame” battering Cornwall

    multicultural britain strikes again—soon you’ll need a pronunciation guide just to read the NHC update

     

    back in my day, a storm was called Bob, not “Gonzalo”

    progress, they call it

    pass me the PG Tips

     

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    right, so i’m looking at this year’s hurricane names and i’ve got to ask

    when did we swap out Bob and Wendy for Humberto and Imani?

    can’t even read half the list without feeling like i’m on the night bus through brixton

    proper british storms used to be called something you’d name a golden retriever—barry, karen, bill

    now it’s “farrah,” “gonzalo,” “imelda,” “lorenzo”—what’s next, “storm shaniqua” and “hurricane deshawn” making a landfall in devon?

     

    can’t wait for the NHC to start posting pronunciation guides in punjabi, just for inclusivity

    soon as “Wendy” retires, bet your last rich tea it’s getting replaced by “Laquisha” or “Adebola”

    back in the day under thatcher, storms hit with names like bob and andrew—flattened your house and didn’t need a passport

    now it’s “humberto” and “idris”—i’m half-expecting the shipping forecast to start with “big up to storm leroy” battering the channel islands

     

    progress, they call it

    one day you’re tracking hurricane bill, next thing you know, it’s hurricane omar raving it up over the isles of scilly

    this is what multicultural britain looks like—YOOKAY 2025, mate

    where’s my PG Tips and a proper storm called Nigel?

    Take your meds, man

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