1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgAnna Faheyhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/anna-fahey/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Z2Cc5Vz7CO"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2012/11/06/climate-and-hurricane-sandy-whats-in-a-name/">Climate and Hurricane Sandy: What’s In a Name?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2012/11/06/climate-and-hurricane-sandy-whats-in-a-name/embed/#?secret=Z2Cc5Vz7CO" width="600" height="338" title="“Climate and Hurricane Sandy: What’s In a Name?” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="Z2Cc5Vz7CO" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/new-york-air-national-guard-responds-to-Sandy-DVIDSHUB.jpg640457What's in a storm's name(s)? In hopes of avoiding a "Hurricane Cassandra" (yet another wake-up call that we simply ignore as Joe Romm fears) and moving us closer to a Cuyahoga---the name of the river in Ohio that caught fire in 1969 and set the stage for our major national environmental laws, I'm doing my part to pull something productive from the wreckage. Seeking lessons for communicating about extreme weather in the context of climate change, I plumb the storm's names and nicknames for useful and memorable takeaways.