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The Weather Channel Plans to Starts Naming WInter Storms

The Weather Channel plans to start naming Winter storms. Names include:
•Athena: The Greek goddess of wisdom, courage, inspirations, justice, mathematics and all things wonderful.
•Brutus: Roman Senator and best known assassin of Julius Caesar. 
•Caesar: Title used by Roman and Byzantine emperors. 
•Draco: The first legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece. 
•Euclid: A mathematician in Ancient Greece, the father of geometry. 
•Freyr: A Norse god associated with fair weather, among other things. 
•Gandolf: A character in a 1896 fantasy novel in a pseudo-medieval countryside. 
•Helen: In Greek mythology, Helen of Troy was the daughter of Zeus. 
•Iago: Enemy of Othello in Shakespeare's play, Othello. 
•Jove: The English name for Jupiter, the Roman god of light and sky. 
•Khan: Mongolian conqueror and emperor of the Mongol empire. 
•Luna: The divine embodiment of the moon in Roman mythology. 
•Magnus: The Father of Europe, Charlemagne the Great, in Latin: Carolus Magnus. 
•Nemo: A Greek boy's name meaning "from the valley," means "nobody" in Latin. 
•Orko: The thunder god in Basque mythology. 
•Plato: Greek philosopher and mathematician, who was named by his wrestling coach.
•Q: The Broadway Express subway line in New York City. 
•Rocky: A single mountain in the Rockies. 
•Saturn: Roman god of time, also the namesake of the planet Saturn in our solar system.
•Triton: In Greek mythology, the messenger of the deep sea, son of Poseidon. 
•Ukko: In Finnish mythology, the god of the sky and weather. 
•Virgil: One of ancient Rome's greatest poets. 
•Walda: Name from Old German meaning "ruler." 
•Xerxes: The fourth king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, Xerxes the Great. 
•Yogi: People who do yoga. 
•Zeus: In Greek mythology, the supreme ruler of Mount Olympus and the gods who lived there.


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10/03/2012 6:01AM
The Weather Channel Plans to Starts Naming WInter Storms
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