Why is the name Storm2k?

[Kazmit]

This just crossed my mind randomly. Why is Storm2k called Storm2k? What does it mean?

[WeatherGuesser]

I don't know. There is little discussion of or interest in land based storms. I only count 5 or 6 threads on the front page of Active Topics that are about land based weather, a few more than that on board related subjects. The rest are all Tropical storms. Even some of the land weather thread like TX and FL often mention off-shore storms that may or may not affect those areas.

The focus seems to be on off-shore storms, so maybe the site should be renamed -- Tropical2K ?

[LarryWx]

Excellent question! I'm almost certain that the "2K" refers to the year 2000. This BB was created not too long afterward (2002?), and I think it was sort of an offshoot of an older BB that possibly had something to do with a Palm Beach newspaper. I think that the word "storm" was also in that Palm Beach newspaper BB's name, but I may be remembering this incorrectly. That newspaper's focus was on tropical threats to FL. That is from where I recall the tropical focus for storm2K originating.

[BobHarlem]

Palm Beach post used to call their storm section storm 98, 99, etc.. Earliest spotting of the board on the archive.org site http://web.archive.org/web/200102112018 ... k/bbs.html (the timeline at the top lets you move to later days)

[Kalrany]

You know, that is something that I always wondered, but never saw an answer for. That is really cool! Thanks for the history lesson!

[floridasun78]

i remember going to their chatroom when hurr was coming i bet alot weather people on that site

[LarryWx]

Palm Beach post used to call their storm section storm 98, 99, etc.. Earliest spotting of the board on the archive.org site http://web.archive.org/web/200102112018 ... k/bbs.html (the timeline at the top lets you move to later days)

OMG, I distinctly remember the name "duskwee" even though I probably haven't seen that name in 8-10+ years! I think he was a fellow Georgian (Athens). Anyone else remember him?

[LarryWx]

i remember going to their chatroom when hurr was coming i bet alot weather people on that site

florida, were you possibly in those chat rooms under a different name? I feel like I remember a Miami poster from way back around then whom you remind me of.

[floridasun78]

i remember going to their chatroom when hurr was coming i bet alot weather people on that site

florida, were you possibly in those chat rooms under a different name? I feel like I remember a Miami poster from way back around then whom you remind me of.

my name was hurr789

[LarryWx]

i remember going to their chatroom when hurr was coming i bet alot weather people on that site

florida, were you possibly in those chat rooms under a different name? I feel like I remember a Miami poster from way back around then whom you remind me of.

my name was hurr789

Oh yeah, that name seems somewhat familiar!