TROPICAL STORM DEBBY: WIMPY NAME UNDERMINES THREAT

TROPICAL STORM DEBBY: WIMPY NAME UNDERMINES THREAT

MINNEAPOLIS (Wireless Flash) -- How threatening is the name Debby? Not very -- which is why a name expert thinks it shouldn't be used to describe the tropical storm currently brewing off the coast of Florida. Name expert Bruce Lansky says the moniker "Debby" brings to mind Debbie Reynolds or Debbie Gibson -- not a life- threatening storm. Weather experts predict Debby will pick up more steam and become a hurricane once again but Lansky fears her wimpy name will keep people from taking the storm threat seriously. Lansky now wants the World Meteorological Organization - - which names all hurricanes -- to change the name of the storm to "Delilah." He thinks "Delilah" conveys a bigger threat because it refers to the biblical character who brought down Samson, the strongest man in the world.