The Met Office has asked for a helping hand in naming storms which could hit the UK and Ireland this autumn and winter. It used Twitter to ask for people to suggest stormy monikers using the hashtag #nameourstorms.
Twitter decided to have a bit of fun with the idea of tagging weather.
First up, the appreciated genuine suggestion
@metoffice 'Millicent' (work and strength) please :) #nameourstorms
— Sempivara (@Sempivara) September 7, 2015
Then the sport joke
@metoffice @officialcoolfm Hurricane Higgins #nameourstorms
— keith law (@keithlaw007) September 8, 2015
If we don't get a Hurricane Higgins as a result of #nameourstorms, there's no justice.
— Oliver Johnson (@BristOliver) September 8, 2015
The ‘our storms aren’t really bad enough’ for this
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
My name!
@metoffice what about hurricane Maria or hurricane Hannah? #nameourstorms
— Maria McCann (@citybeatmaria) September 8, 2015
Please help me get a Storm named after me in the UK and Ireland! Tweet #nameourstorms Kuuleme to @metoffice ! pic.twitter.com/RIFWkTn1zS
— Kuuleme Stephens (@kuuleme69) September 8, 2015
@metoffice #nameourstorms, will you use an alphabetical list like other places? I suggest TESSA & ABIGAYLE as names to use.
— Tessa Ede (@Vodka_Lass) September 8, 2015
Some mild reference to wind – and not the storms
@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
The absolute best ideas
@metoffice #nameourstorms after superheroes – "Watch out for the Spider-Man, Hulk or Super-girl storm". "The Thing is expected on Saturday"
— Zoe Melarkey (@zoemelarkey) September 8, 2015
#nameourstorms In A Teacup
— Freya (@speelingmstake) September 8, 2015
#nameourstorms Can companies sponsor storms in the names of other companies? Coke could pay for the headline 'Pepsi destroys village'
— Freya (@speelingmstake) September 8, 2015
