Tell Us: Nemo or No Nemo?
Some choose to call the pending winter storm Nemo. Others aren't interested.
Whether this pending winter storm is a Storm of the Century or at least something we'll be talking about for the next several days, weeks, months or years—that won't be determined until it finally arrives and after it leaves and we can assess the impact. But when we do talk about it, what will we call it? The Weather Channel says you should call the storm Nemo, a name that makes most people think of a talking fish or a submarine captain. The cable station that some people consider to be the ultimate authority on all things weather decided that it would name all "noteworthy" winter storms in 2012-13 and every season going forward, just like what is done for hurricanes. Athena was the first Weather Channel-named winter storm. Then came …
Tisiphone
9:18 pm on Friday, February 8, 2013
Well, I thought that he would be familiar with Jules Verne and Capain Nemo. I don't ponder these things much, but I notice that in a generation "20,000 Leagues under the Sea" has been transformed from "kiddie Lit" to "adult fiction". Of course Captain Nemo's socilaist tendancies would make him a dastardly character to some. I dismiss it as 19th century egalitarianism. An aside. Does anyone know … more ›