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Here comes Bertha - a but sister
Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly, Edouard, Fay
Gonzalo, Hanna, Isaias, Josephine, Kyle, Laura Marco, Nana, Omar, Paulette, Rene, Sally, Teddy Vicky, and Wilfred Arthur was a surprise squall that went the wrong way until it was given a name - some respect. Then nothing until Bertha. This one is far enough south to be a threat to east cost US. Butt ... predications say it will stay well off that coast on Tuesday. Some pictures demonstrate how well formed this storm has been. Meanwhile the American Pacific coast is now having its ninth storm for the year. Butt no strikes. |
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nice song UT!
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Could this be Cristobal? Does any music exist for her? We should know soon since it is on track for the East Coast US.
Meanwhile, the eastern Pacific (ie west coast) has already seen 13 topically storms. But then America tends to be more creative there. After this is "Hello Dolly". |
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Won't Cristobal be a "him"?
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And how did the name of Cristóbal Colón ever become Christopher Columbus in English?
Columbus' name in English is actually an anglicized version of the Columbus birth name. According to most accounts, Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy, as Cristoforo Colombo, which is obviously much more similar to the English version than is the Spanish one. |
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An agent looked into their cristobal and saw more potential fame and riches with an anglicized name
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Colon became Columbus because he had a cold so he was all stuffed up and regularly sneezed Colon > Colob >Colob-ashoo!>Colobash>>>
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here's a song for Cristobal. kinda
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NSFW
This was a marching cadence song (with many variations) way back when:
Columbo In fourteen hundred and ninety-two A sailor from Bordilli Was walking down the streets of Spain A-yankin' his tamale He said the world was round-o He said it could be found-o That hypothetical, masturbating, son of a bitch Columbo He walked right up to the Queen of Spain And asked for ships and cargo He said, "I'll be a son-of-a-gun if I don't bring back Chicago" He said the world was round-o He said it could be found-o That hypothetical, fornicating, son of a bitch Columbo Said Isabelle to Ferdinand His plan sounds mighty hazy Said Ferdinand to Isabelle I think the fucker's crazy He said the world was round-o He said it could be found-o That hypothetical, calculating, son of a bitch Columbo The queen she gave him 3 broad ships They all were triple deckers The Queen she waved her handkerchief Columbo waved his pecker He said the world was round-o He said it could be found-o That hypothetical, masturbating, son of a bitch Columbo For forty days and forty nights They sailed the broad Atlantic If it wasn't for the sheep on board The crew, they would have panicked He said the world was round-o He said it could be found-o That hypothetical, fornicating, son of a bitch Columbo The first mate yes the first mate My he was a big'un He wrapped it twice around the mast And used the rest for riggin' The second mate yes the second mate Loved him like a brother Took him down below the deck And they cornholed one another He said the world was round-o He said it could be found-o That hypothetical, observating [sic], son of a bitch Columbo The cabin boy, the cabin boy My he was a nipper Lined his ass with shards of glass And circumcised the skipper He said the world was round-o He said it could be found-o That hypothetical, reciprocating, son of a bitch Columbo |
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He's alive! He's alive!
... and coming. |
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Goodbye Dolly.
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Arizona is suffering record rains now that Nobert has made desert fall. That is the 14th Tropical Storm for the west coast. East coast lags again with only four.
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A pity storm Norbert couldn't have brought its precip farther west than it did. Palm Springs and surroundings got some inches, and fast. This county... busy layers of strato-cumulus, and that was about it. Local whiffs of drizzle; we could smell where it had sprinkled.
Arizona really can't be said to "suffer" when it rains, nor even when it floods. Flash flooding is how southern Arizonans know there's been a proper rain, which may amount to half a given year's precip anyway. Atlantic storm season just had its statistical peak week, too. Been a very quiet season.
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