I'd wondered what the system was for naming hurricanes. Huh. The answer is just as boring as I thought it would be.
It seems silly that they're worried about "running out of names." Just, I dunno, pick some new ones? What would happen if you chose more than 21 names per year? Would Satan rise? Oh right, too late.
That first link also links to "The Top Ten Natural Disasters!!!", and if you think that title makes it sound like an exciting party game, wait until you look at the site. Never has destruction seemed so cool outside of a Michael Bay movie! I'm gonna include some of the visuals they've concocted, because they are priceless.
#10 - Pacific Northwest Megathrust Earthquake
# 9 - New York Hurricane
# 8 - Asteroid Impact
# 7 - Los Angeles Tsunami
# 6 - Supervolcano (thanks for asking!)
# 5 - Midwest Earthquake - Goodbye, Flyover Country!
# 4 - Heatwaves
# 3 - East Coast Tsunami
(can anyone tell me what the hell this is a picture of?)
#2 - Gulf Coast Tsunami
#1 - TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE EARTH!!!
And under #1, there's a list of the "TOP TEN WAYS TO DESTROY EARTH!!!" These guys never stop, do they? Well, neither do I!
#10 - Total Existence Failure - which... huh? They describe it as all atoms just suddenly not existing anymore, in an instant. K.
# 9 - Gobbled Up By Strangelets - what the hell kind of list is this? Who are these people? What the hell is a strangelet? It's something about all of Earth being turned into strange matter. K.
# 8 - Sucked Into A Microscopic Black Hole - Ouchie!
# 7 - Blown Up By Matter / Anti-Matter Reaction - you're going to need "the fourth dimension" to accomplish this one. Sorry, Osama!
# 6 - Destroyed By Vacuum Energy Detonation - interesting factoid: the amount of "vacuum energy" within the volume of a lightbulb is enough to boil all the oceans of the world. What is it with science geeks and these sorts of theories? Why not say you could boil the world's cabbage supply for a week? Why are they always wanting to boil the oceans?
# 5 - Sucked Into A Giant Black Hole - frankly the microscopic black hole sounds more painful to me.
# 4 - Meticulously and Systematically Deconstructed - in which we dig up the Earth and fling each piece into space. I've got a spoon, I'm starting now. Right before I boil all the oceans, of course.
# 3 - Pulverized By Impact With Blunt Instrument - What? Like a giant leg of lamb?
# 2 - Eaten By Von Neumann Machines - This one is stupid. Von Neumann machines sound stupid, and nothing like the dancing robots I'd imagined.
# 1 - Hurled Into The Sun - The Sun really gets a bad rep.
It seems silly that they're worried about "running out of names." Just, I dunno, pick some new ones? What would happen if you chose more than 21 names per year? Would Satan rise? Oh right, too late.
That first link also links to "The Top Ten Natural Disasters!!!", and if you think that title makes it sound like an exciting party game, wait until you look at the site. Never has destruction seemed so cool outside of a Michael Bay movie! I'm gonna include some of the visuals they've concocted, because they are priceless.
#10 - Pacific Northwest Megathrust Earthquake
# 9 - New York Hurricane
# 8 - Asteroid Impact
# 7 - Los Angeles Tsunami
# 6 - Supervolcano (thanks for asking!)
# 5 - Midwest Earthquake - Goodbye, Flyover Country!
# 4 - Heatwaves
# 3 - East Coast Tsunami
(can anyone tell me what the hell this is a picture of?)#2 - Gulf Coast Tsunami
#1 - TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE EARTH!!!
And under #1, there's a list of the "TOP TEN WAYS TO DESTROY EARTH!!!" These guys never stop, do they? Well, neither do I!
#10 - Total Existence Failure - which... huh? They describe it as all atoms just suddenly not existing anymore, in an instant. K.
# 9 - Gobbled Up By Strangelets - what the hell kind of list is this? Who are these people? What the hell is a strangelet? It's something about all of Earth being turned into strange matter. K.
# 8 - Sucked Into A Microscopic Black Hole - Ouchie!
# 7 - Blown Up By Matter / Anti-Matter Reaction - you're going to need "the fourth dimension" to accomplish this one. Sorry, Osama!
# 6 - Destroyed By Vacuum Energy Detonation - interesting factoid: the amount of "vacuum energy" within the volume of a lightbulb is enough to boil all the oceans of the world. What is it with science geeks and these sorts of theories? Why not say you could boil the world's cabbage supply for a week? Why are they always wanting to boil the oceans?
# 5 - Sucked Into A Giant Black Hole - frankly the microscopic black hole sounds more painful to me.
# 4 - Meticulously and Systematically Deconstructed - in which we dig up the Earth and fling each piece into space. I've got a spoon, I'm starting now. Right before I boil all the oceans, of course.
# 3 - Pulverized By Impact With Blunt Instrument - What? Like a giant leg of lamb?
# 2 - Eaten By Von Neumann Machines - This one is stupid. Von Neumann machines sound stupid, and nothing like the dancing robots I'd imagined.
# 1 - Hurled Into The Sun - The Sun really gets a bad rep.
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