Tropical Storm Karen
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Overview
Tropical Storm Karen is a tropical storm which began developing in the Atlantic Ocean in September of 2019. Upon the spread of news about the developing tropical storm, Twitter users joked about the name of storm by connecting it to jokes about the Karen character who appears in memes as an angry, middle-aged white woman who often demands to "speak to the manager."
Background
On September 22nd, 2019, the National Hurricane Center[1] reported a tropical storm had formed in the Atlantic Ocean, and issued a warning for St. Vincent and the Grenadines, along with Grenada and its territories. That day, meteorologist James Spann[2] tweeted about the development, warning it could turn westward and hit the United States (shown below).
Developments
In response to Spann's tweet, Twitter users began making jokes about the storm by referencing the Karen meme. User Parker Molloy[3] photoshopped a stereotypical "Karen" haircut onto a map of the storm's trajectory, gaining over 90 retweets and 590 likes (shown below, left). User @JWButta[4] joked the cone behind the height of the storm represented "the rising anger of everyone in line behind #Karen as she argues with the manager because her coupons are not working," gaining over 820 retweets and 3,500 likes (shown below, right). "Karen" jokes about the tropical storm were covered by Time[5] and Twitchy.[6]
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External References
[1] CNN – Tropical Storm Karen forms, watch issued for Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
[3] Twitter – Parker Molloy
[5] Time – Tropical Storm Karen Has the Internet Saying the Storm 'Wants to Speak to a Manager'
[6] Twitchy – She’d like to speak with YOUR manager! Possible Hurricane #Karen trend the funniest damn thing you’ll read on Twitter today
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