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Tuesday Video: Climate name change


I have a friend named Andrew. When we were younger, he would swing his arms like a windmill yelling  "here comes Hurricane Andrew!" and I would run away from his flying fists. This certainly impacted his development as years later, he would drink excessively and clumsily fall into things, often leaving apartments in wreckage. The name stuck. 

Questionable coordination and alcohol tolerance aside, I have to wonder if the more damaging scenes of those later years could've been avoided if the evil World Meteorological Organization hadn't been mysteriously naming extreme storms since 1954.

Did a forecaster have an ex-wife named Katrina? How does Mitt Romney feel when he meets somebody named Sandy? Probably anything but super. 

Thankfully 350.org proposed a new naming system. "One that names extreme storms caused by climate change, after the policy makers who deny climate change and obstruct climate policy," they said.

The results are pretty hilarious and they have a petition too

Do it for Andrew.

Watch after the jump. 



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