Do you remember Boaty McBoatface?
So the UK Met Office is inviting people to suggest up to 5 names for storms. And apparently lots of people have been suggesting "Storm Bigoil", along with BP, Equinor, Exxon & Shell... This is obviously appalling & definitely not to be emulated via this link:

metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-ou…

in reply to Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)

Well, the MetOffice have asked for it : “ Is your grandma a force of nature? Does your best friend cause an impact wherever they go? Now you can give them the recognition they deserve, by naming a storm after them.” “Impact”… yeah, Dave or Amy don’t really hit the mark, do they?
in reply to Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)

@MurmeltHier Here’s a link with the most polluting companies in the world, in case someone needs inspiration

thecorporategovernanceinstitut…

in reply to Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)

Darren
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Alexey
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First names of CEOs of top oil firms - ExxonMobil, National Iranian Oil Co, Gazprom, and Aramco, who have personally lobbied against climate action or under whose leadership the companies continued to expand oil extraction. As a result their legacy can be directly attributed to elevated risk of destruction caused by more powerful storms affecting the UK.

This also fits the naming convention already employed of using common names

in reply to Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)

We need to tell the Met Office we need names for Heatwaves, say any temperatures expected to be 5 to 10 degrees C above the seasonal (or monthly) average for location, and possibly other names for those 10 to 15 degrees above the seasonal (or monthly) average!
Not just the Met office figures from above 25C to 28C (dependent on location in UK)
#NamedHeatwaves #NotJustSummer

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