My Friends Call Me "Broc" For Short

..."At first I was too excited about seeing my name all over TV," wrote another member in response, "but as this hurricane progressed I will always remember my name associated with tragedy."

Katrinas can expect three to five years of stoking bad memories before the sharpness of the pain recedes, said Katrina Cochran, a disaster relief psychologist who has worked with victims of the Oklahoma City bombings and the Sept. 11 attacks.

..."How about doing away with names?" asked Katrina Heron, author of "Safe: The Race to Protect Ourselves in a Newly Dangerous World" (HarperCollins 2005), and a former editor at The New York Times Magazine. "Every time this horrible natural disaster strikes some group of people gets sideswiped."

Ms. Heron has an alternative idea. "I think we should name hurricanes after vegetables we hate."

What's in a Name, Katrinas? [NYTimes]