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January 19, 2007
Storm Names
In Germany you can name a weather system for a fee:
The name Kyrill stems from a German practice of naming weather systems. Anyone may name one, for a fee. Naming a high-pressure system costs $385, while low-pressure systems, which are more common, go for $256. Three siblings paid to name this system as a 65th birthday gift for their father, not knowing that it would grow into a fierce storm.
Posted by dag at January 19, 2007 9:30 AM