Could they not just spell it normally?

[SayingwhatIreallythink]

So the next storm is on its way. But really, what is wrong with calling it Debbie or Deborah. Why do they have to make the storm sound chavvy with its Debi spelling?

I misread that as Storm Elvis. I guess six storms would make anyone feel "all shook up"... 🕺

I'm easily amused but is love to name a winter's worth of storms with the least menacing names imaginable. Storm Alan, Storm Barry, Storm Clive, Storm Debi/Debbie, Storm Ernie, Storm Fred, Storm Gary, Storm Heather,

Yiu think that’s bad? We had Hurricane Bawbag a while back.

That was just a nickname though. Wasn't an official named-by-the-Met-Office storm

Noooooo, really?! 😳I had no idea!

(although it was used in mainstream media including local councils and parliaments, and apparently was instrumental in the naming of storms in the UK!)

has anyone mentioned the Mitfords or whether storms are U or non-U

Also OP, they couldn't name it Debbie. Ireland got hit by Hurricane Debbie in 1961 which caused a lot of destruction apparently

Though I was under the impression that due to our latitude and surrounding sea temperatures we don't get actual hurricanes here. Beaufort scale hurricane force winds and ex hurricanes yes, actual hurricanes no.

We don’t. Hurricanes need a sea temp of approx 27 degrees.

Thanks for sharing this - it is really interesting to know where the names came from!

OP - I can't think of anything less chavy than a recently retired senior policy officer who worked in flood prevention!

I read it in the same way you might have a Storm Trev or Storm Kev, so it seemed a bit too casual.

I'm sure Trev and Kev wouldn't consider themselves chavvy!!!

I like this. There was that Storm Betty that someone mentioned earlier on this thread, which just makes me think of Frank Spencer saying "ooh Betty!"

Sure, but in Dutch the G is pronounced like -ch in loch, and with rolling Rs. Come to think of it, Scottish people and some dialects will be absolutely fine with Gerrit, Southern English people not so much.

Fair enough, and I apologise unreservedly to Debi, the flood expert.

I'm not sure I would take it as a compliment to have a devastating storm named after me. If indeed Debi was named after Debi Garft.

A star or a rose bush named after me? Great!
A storm? Not so much!

Storms are U so long as one happens to be in one's hice in the shires. Shudders. One must of course ensure one is not caught in a storm anywhere that is not U.

Hurricanes and tornadoes are American and new-fangled. They are therefore not at all U.

😂😂😂

Bravo OP 👍

Thank you!

Being caught in a storm in an Asda car park - decidedly non U

Getting caught in a storm at the Chelsea Flower Show - U

Has Debi finally left Dallas to do a sequel?
Debi does Dudley doesn't sound quite the same really.

Debi blows is already trending

Was that camp pigeon man in ja zuster nee zuster called Gerrit?

Being Dutch I can totally pronounce Gerrit!

Glad to see she's still claiming fame all these years later. Hope she's claiming royalties 😂

Correct! 'duifies, duifies, kom maar bij Gerritje' - the actor was indeed gay. Though storm Gerrit is for weather presenter Gerrit Hiemstra.

Snobbish people are always dim by definition

Love that film!