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[katallison]

I'm on an automated weather-alerts mailing list, and whoever is responsible for composing the alert messages has a wonderfully idiosyncratic and endearing way with capitalization. From a message just received:

"A frontal boundary extending across western Minnesota combined with a developing warm Front across northern iowa, Will Produce More thunderstorms this Afternoon, And Especially Tonight. Parts of central Minnesota received 3 to 6 inches of rain Overnight, And Additional Heavy rain could cause flooding. Across southern Minnesota, Thunderstorms With Heavy!
rain are Possible during the day, But A More organized system is expected to develop later this evening over southwest Minnesota and then move across much of southern Minnesota through Tuesday morning. Rainfall Amounts in the 3 to 5 inch range, Will Be Possible south of a line from near montevideo to the twin cities."

I especially like Heavy!rain. In keeping with such fine fannish locutions as Evil!Willow and I-Suck!Ray.

Comments

[dsudis.livejournal.com]

It almost made sense until I got to 'iowa' and then it was like... ooh! shift key! what fun! Those weather monkeys, they are strange strange people...

[harriet-spy.livejournal.com]

Yahoo uses the same feed for its weather. It's been entertaining me for months.

[ardent-muses.livejournal.com]

ROFL! As a former history geek, I always call this 18th Century capitalization. They did the same thing back then and it always cracks me up (and/or horrifies me) when I see it used today.

LOL on Heavy!rain.

I wonder if there's a code here? If you read all the capitalized words, will they form a secret message? *G*