Fargeol@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWe should give names to heat waves like we give names to hurricanes.message-squaremessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1171arrow-down1message-squareWe should give names to heat waves like we give names to hurricanes.Fargeol@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square36linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBambiDiego@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoUnless we name them more “kiki” and less “bouba” then we’ll have the same issue with people not taking them seriously. Hurricane “Katrina” sounds like an annoying neighbor, but Hurricane “Windsmasher” is easier to explain how to lose a whole coastline. I dub the current one: Heatwave “Pedofire” in honor of the ones who deny it’s a problem.
Unless we name them more “kiki” and less “bouba” then we’ll have the same issue with people not taking them seriously.
Hurricane “Katrina” sounds like an annoying neighbor, but Hurricane “Windsmasher” is easier to explain how to lose a whole coastline.
I dub the current one: Heatwave “Pedofire” in honor of the ones who deny it’s a problem.