The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #94102   Message #1818274
Posted By: Rapparee
24-Aug-06 - 07:55 PM
Thread Name: Why DO they call the wind Mariah?
Subject: RE: Why DO they call the wind Mariah?
"By gum, that Crystal joe has gone and burned over 210,000 acres! Sure hope we get some tess before it burns up INL!"*

Nah. I live out in the Far West and I've never heard anyone call the wind anything except "that #@$%!!&*#@@!! peice of ##@$(!+!!" -- generally followed by a phrase like "blew my roof off" or "blew down the elm in the front yard."



*The Crystal Fire was just brought under control, it HAS consumed over 210,000 acres (they're measuring it in square miles now!), and it DID nearly burn up Atomic City and the Idaho National Laboratory.