Forecasters asked Twitter for help naming storms and it was hilarious

Lifestyle

Sep 8, 2015

Forecasters have asked the public to help them come up with names for storms that are due to hit Ireland sometime in the autumn and forthcoming winter.

Met Éireann, and the UK Met Office, reached out to twitter users to provide them with some suggestions for new names to attach to the storms. As you can imagine, once people got wind of the #nameourstorms hastag, the puns started come in rapidly.

We imagine it could be because some of our storms can be a touch more tranquil than the tropical monsoons we see abroad, but there were plenty of users out there who couldn’t wait to have some fun with the idea.

If we don't get a Hurricane Higgins as a result of #nameourstorms, there's no justice.

— Oliver Johnson (@BristOliver) September 8, 2015

Light Breeze #NameOurStorms @metoffice

— Sarah (@thesaharadesert) September 8, 2015

#nameourstorms Hurricane Winnie, Typhoon Tea, Hurricane Quite Breezy Hurricane Geordie Girl Wears A Coat

— Joe (@JoeJoewin20) September 8, 2015

@metoffice #nameourstorms – Lionel – after my late grandfather he was known to regularly cause 'medium' and 'high' wind impacts on the UK!

— Ross Antrobus (@rossantrobus) September 8, 2015