Monster names for hurricanes: a modest proposal

          To:

 National Weather Service

          1325 East West Highway

          Silver Spring, MD   20910

 

          Dear National Weather Service:

 

         I write to propose a new system for naming hurricanes. Instead of giving hurricanes ordinary people’s names, I propose that hurricanes be given the names of deadly monsters and villains of myth, legend, and fiction. Category names (Vampire) are okay, and so are individual names (Dracula, Lestat). No names of actual people, living or dead.

This is to avoid insulting ordinary folk by accident, and also to dramatize the dangers of hurricanes. Which would people rather flee from: Hurricane George or Hurricane Godzilla?

          Attached find a list of names of monsters and villains. Feel free to add to this list. My thanks to GD Nordley, Barbara Berman, and Leslie Fish, for their suggestions.

 

 

-         Nathaniel Hellerstein

paradoctor@aol.com

 

Monster names for hurricanes       

 

 

        Abbadon

        Alastor

        Alien

        Ancalagon

        Apophis

        Asura

        Azathoth

        Azazel

        Baba Yaga

        Balrog

        Bandersnatch

        Banshee

        Basilisk

        Beelzebub

        Behemoth

        Bigfoot

        Bluebeard

        Bogle

        Borg

        Cartagia

        Catoblepas

        Charybdis

        Cenobite

        Chimera

        Chuckie

        Chupacabra

        Circe

        Cloverfield

        Cockatrice

        Cthulhu

        Cruella

        Cyclops

        Cylon

        Dalek

        Decepticon

        Demon

        Devil

        Dracula

        Drakh

        Dragon

        Dybbuk

        Echidna

        Eachy

        Edimmu

        Ekek

        Enki

        Eris

        Fafnir

        Fenrir

        Frankenstein

        Gamera

        Gargoyle

        Ghoul

        Glaurung

        Gnome

        Godzilla

        Gojiru

        Goblin

        Golem

        Gorgon

        Gremlin

        Grendel

        Harpy

        Humbaba

        Hyde

        Hydra

        Ichneumon

        Ifrit

        Imp

        Incubus

        Inumgami

        Invunche

        Itbarak

        Jabberwock

        Jaws

        Joker

        Jubjub

        Kaiju

        King Kong

        Kobold

        Kraken

        Lector

        Legree

        Leshy

        Lestat

        Lich

        Loki

        Lucifer

        Manticore

        Medea

        Medusa

        Megalon

        Melusine

        Mephistopheles

        Ming

        Minotaur

        Morgoth

        Moriarty

        Mothra

        Nazgul

        Necromancer

        Nessie

        Nemesis

        Nosferatu

        Nyarlathotep

        Ogre

        Orc

        Ozai

        Palpatine

        Pennywise

        Phantom

        Phoenix

        Poltergeist

        Rancor

        Ring-wraith

        Rodan

        Sasquatch

        Satan

        Sauron

        Scylla

        Sea Witch

        Set

        Shadow

        Shelob

        Sith

        Slenderman

        Smaug

        Sirene

        Succubus

        Thanos

        Thing

        Titan

        Umgoliant

        Umibozu

        Uruk-Hai

        Vader

        Vampire

        Voldemort

        Vorlon

        Wendigo

        Werewolf

        Wicked Witch

        Witch

        Wraith

        Xenomorph

        Yeti

        Yog-Sothoth

        Zahhac

        Zombie