Comments on: Meteorology requires fun names http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/05/meteorology-requires-fun-names/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cyde Weys http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/05/meteorology-requires-fun-names/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Cyde Weys Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:47:32 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/05/meteorology-requires-fun-names/#comment-135 Kelly: Very perceptive. Obviously Doppler comes from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Doppler" rel="nofollow">Christian Doppler</a>, inventor of the Doppler effect. But yes, Stormy does come from the pornstar Stormy Daniels (sorry, no link, I just saw the name somewhere in a recent article about porn choosing HD-DVD over Blu-ray and it stuck in my mind). Put it together and you have Stormy Doppler, which is an interesting name because it sounds like a porn star and because it's a great meteorologist name. Darmok: It's very hard to believe that's his real name, but yep, it is! He was born to be a warcaster (war newscaster). Kelly: Very perceptive. Obviously Doppler comes from Christian Doppler, inventor of the Doppler effect. But yes, Stormy does come from the pornstar Stormy Daniels (sorry, no link, I just saw the name somewhere in a recent article about porn choosing HD-DVD over Blu-ray and it stuck in my mind). Put it together and you have Stormy Doppler, which is an interesting name because it sounds like a porn star and because it’s a great meteorologist name.

Darmok: It’s very hard to believe that’s his real name, but yep, it is! He was born to be a warcaster (war newscaster).

]]> By: Darmok http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/05/meteorology-requires-fun-names/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Darmok Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:37:14 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/05/meteorology-requires-fun-names/#comment-134 I always thought “Wolf Blitzer” was cool name (yes, I know, he’s not a meteorologist. I always thought “Wolf Blitzer” was cool name (yes, I know, he’s not a meteorologist.

]]> By: Kelly Martin http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/05/meteorology-requires-fun-names/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Kelly Martin Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:36:42 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/05/meteorology-requires-fun-names/#comment-133 "Stormy Doppler" sounds like a porn name to me. “Stormy Doppler” sounds like a porn name to me.

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