> I thought we were moving away from naming storms The UK is moving towards naming winter storms. A reason for this is this, is that the storm that hit Scotla

> I thought we were moving away from naming storms The UK is moving towards naming winter storms. A reason for this is this, is that the storm that hit Scotland in December 2011 was not referred to by a name, so the Scots come up with an "unofficial" name for it anyway: "Hurricane Bawbag". (1) You can find out for yourself what "Bawbag" is Scottish for, but using official names was seen as preferable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Bawbag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Bawbag