Hurricane Sandy, the so-called “Frankenstorm”, was a combination of storms that created one monstrous storm. They’re saying on the news that this is a “once-in-a-lifetime event”, but it seems these New England hurricanes are becoming more and more common. This could be climate change, or it could be a cyclical weather trend, or (most likely) both. And we could see this kind of storm happen again.
And if these storms do occur again, I hope the weather center people will remember that this was “Frankenstorm”, and name these future storms appropriately, like “Bride of Frankenstorm”, “Son of Frankenstorm”, “The Ghost of Frankenstorm”, “The Curse of Frankenstorm”, “Revenge of Frankenstorm”, “Frankenstorm Must Be Destroyed”, etc. (But maybe they have to occur close to Halloween like this one did to truly be called “Frankenstorm”.)
But if hurricanes become more and more powerful, perhaps the World Meteorological Organization should begin to name them appropriately, using a system I’ve suggested before on this blog: name them after giant movie monsters, like: “Hurricane Godzilla”, “Hurricane Rodan”, “Hurricane Mothra”, “Hurricane Ghidorah”, “Hurricane Gamera”, etc. Then maybe people would be scared enough of them not to do stupid things like trying to surf in the storm surge, dancing around behind reporters during the storm, having hurricane parties, ignoring mandatory evacuation orders, etc. (But then again, maybe horror movie fans would all stay behind and go to the beach hoping to get to see the monsters in person, putting emergency responders in danger having to go rescue them.)
