Mastodawn

So the UK Met Office is inviting people to suggest up to 5 names for storms. And apparently lots of people have been suggesting "Storm Bigoil", along with BP, Equinor, Exxon & Shell... This is obviously appalling & definitely not to be emulated via this link:

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-our-storms-call-for-names

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jayfell 2d ago

@Natasha_Jay I followed your advice and didn't do that, but somehow a screenshot appeared on my laptop

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econads 2d ago

@johnflomax @Natasha_Jay I would try to stick to the same names because they will probably only look at the most popular ones. 50 BeePee 50 BP and 90 Alice, Alice wins. It's not as good as 100 BP 90 Alice.

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MacCruiskeen 1d ago

@econads @johnflomax @Natasha_Jay it’s not like any of these names will ever actually be used. we should give them a large and creative list.

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econads

@maccruiskeen @johnflomax @Natasha_Jay no for sure, or Boaty McBoatface taught us nothing :D
But I assume the point is to make a news article about it. Top of the list being BP is more newsworthy (i.e. simpler to verify) than 1000 variations on BP. Anyway, I'm just some internet rando, do whatever you like :-)