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1. morph (morph@gs.morphtown.de)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 03:19:59 EST morph

   Storm is here.

   1. therubackup (therubackup@theru.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 03:42:54 EST therubackup

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      same here - with sleet. I'll work from home today no reason to get outside in that
      1. morph (morph@gs.morphtown.de)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 03:51:19 EST morph

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         @theru That’s good. Don’t mess with Mr Wind.

   2. zoowar (zoowar@indy.im)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 04:13:11 EST zoowar

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      Do you mean Eleanor?
      1. ☠️ Grumpy Oldman (grmpyoldman@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 04:39:10 EST ☠️ Grumpy Oldman

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         @zoowar Did you mean Elanor?
         1. morph (morph@gs.morphtown.de)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 05:39:07 EST morph

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            @grmpyoldman @zoowar @theru Don’t know its name. I find this naming of weather systems annoying anyway. I guess its made for news tv and polititians. So they can talk about it for years and the public has still an idea about. Sounds catchier than " low pressure area #12345 2018-01-04".

            1. ☠️ Grumpy Oldman (grmpyoldman@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 06:21:45 EST ☠️ Grumpy Oldman

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               @morph Elanor was only for kidding around ;) http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Elanor
               1. morph (morph@gs.morphtown.de)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 08:01:20 EST morph

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                  @grmpyoldman I think @zoowar was referring to me calling it Mr Wind. So of course Mrs would be correct.

                  1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 08:15:59 EST lnxw48a1

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                     @morph @zoowar @grmpyoldman In the US, "The Weather Company" started naming Winter storms because it increases viewership of the Weather Channel and their web sites. It is just marketing. #NOAA (the part of the US government that contains #NWS, the national weather service) does not do this.
                     
                     It annoys me when people refer to "Winter Storm Ariel".
                     1. morph (morph@gs.morphtown.de)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 08:35:07 EST morph

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                        @lnxw48a1 @ghostdancer @grmpyoldman @zoowar @theru I imagine that especially people with the same name of a storm that caused many deaths are annoyed to hear their name in that context up and down the transmissions.

                        1. ghostdancer (ghostdancer@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 09:25:14 EST ghostdancer

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                           @morph Maybe children will mock friends but an adult should give no importance to it @grmpyoldman @zoowar @theru @lnxw48a1 . I am the storm!
                           1. morph (morph@gs.morphtown.de)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 09:48:22 EST morph

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                              @ghostdancer @lnxw48a1 @grmpyoldman @zoowar @theru I read the current one was named "Burglind". Should not be too common since medieval times.

                              1. ☠️ Grumpy Oldman (grmpyoldman@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 12:35:52 EST ☠️ Grumpy Oldman

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                                 @morph so let's call @ghostdancer by the real name: Burglind … cc @lnxw48a1 @zoowar @theru
                              2. zoowar (zoowar@indy.im)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 13:54:35 EST zoowar

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                                 I see you are being serious https://indy.im/url/5798583
         2. zoowar (zoowar@indy.im)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 12:38:10 EST zoowar

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            I'm using the British spelling @luke
            1. ☠️ Grumpy Oldman (grmpyoldman@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 12:40:18 EST ☠️ Grumpy Oldman

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               @zoowar https://quitter.se/notice/21972679
               1. zoowar (zoowar@indy.im)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 13:31:38 EST zoowar

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                  Can't say I retained this knowledge from my youth.