Experts Are Fighting Over Whether to Treat Heat Waves Like Hurricanes
www.bloomberg.com
There’s a growing push to improve public risk awareness by giving heat waves names, just like hurricanes. Meteorologists are skeptical.
  • Sabata@ani.social
    32·
    6 months ago

    Top news: The Exxon-Moble Conflagration of Souls shows no signs of letting up temperatures soar as per usual.

    • lechatronEnglish
      15·
      6 months ago

      I suggest we name them after the executives rather than the corporations.

      • SlippiHUD@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        6 months ago

        I think we keep the company names to make it more digestible for the not terminally online. And use executive names as the sub titles.

        • lettruthout@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          6 months ago

          Yeah, like this… “Our top story tonight, the Chevron/Mike Wirth heatwave, was responsible for 10 more deaths yesterday."

          How do we get this started? If we can erroneously associate a VP candidate with intimate furniture acts, then this must be possible.