I blame the news for starting that "wOkE" shenanigans. The National Hurricane Center has been using the exact same naming convention since 1953, primarily to make tracking different storms easier. The names start with A at the beginning of the storms season, and ascend alphabetically, alternating gender. Additionally, even years start with a male name, odd years start with a female name. I highly doubt a bunch of scientists really give two shits about the naming convention when they're really just trying to tell your dumb ass, "Hey, a storm's coming."

Also, Beryl is an old school woman's name. Get the net. The previous storm was named Alberto, the next one will be Chris. These lists are predetermined many years in advance.

https://geology.com/hurricanes/hurricane-names.shtml

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 11 points 4 months ago

I insist Don Jr. pronounce his name differently, it sounds way too much like the female name Dawn and I'm worried people might think he's a woke leftist calling himself a feminine name.

[–] Hextubewontallowme@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago

Let's just name, idk, the next Hurricane comin', "Hurricane Ash" or "Hurricane Alex"... to mess with the chuds

What Don T. Jr. thought was the next plan for WOKE...