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Call for Perth Veto on Storm Names After Austen; ‘We Want One Called Derek’
Met Office naming shared across services; Perth wants a local option.
Storm clouds over Scotland. Photo: Maxime Raynal from France, “Port and lighthouse overnight storm with lightning in Port-la-Nouvelle”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
PERTH — After Storm Austen and with Boelo next, a fictional civic group has demanded Perth & Kinross get a say in storm names.
“Austen is fine,” said a spokesperson. “But we’d like Derek, Agnes, or Cone. Something we recognise.”
The Met Office was not asked and will not reply.
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