Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Euclid?
Polistra likes the new Weather.com technique of naming significant winter storms. More distinct than "The Blizzard of 1988", and much less annoying than calling every big storm Snowpocalypse.
This year's pattern is clear: classical Roman and Greek stuff.
The first four names were excellent. Athena, Brutus, Caesar, Draco. Fearsome-sounding gods and emperors. Storms that will stab you in the back! Or invade you! Or cover you with molten lava! Or pop out of your head full-grown!
But EUCLID?
For heavens sake, who's afraid of Euclid? Well, maybe Lobachevsky.
A much scarier E-god would be Enceladus, the bugler of the Titans, with serpent-like legs. Perfect for a storm that produces tornados in the South.
¶ 2:37 AM 
