Washington, D.C. derecho storm names: Derechosaurus Wrecks and Swelter in Place

UPDATE, 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 9: After more than 3,000 votes, the winning name for the June 29, 2012 derecho is “Swelter in Place” - earning 29 percent of the votes.

“Derechosaurus Wrecks” came in second with 24 percent of the votes.

As “Swelter in Place” doesn’t really describe the storm, perhaps it makes most sense to crown ”Derechosaurus Wrecks” as the winning storm name and give “Swelter in Place”the title for the aftermath.

Here are the runner-ups and the percent of the votes earned:

June 2012 derecho: 10 percent

Derechonator: 7 percent

Dereecho Loco, Mucho Derecho, De-Wrecko, Junnihilation; DerechOMG: 6 percent (each)

Derechonundrum: 1 percent

From July 3, 10:48 a.m.: Thank you for dozens of suggestions for storm names for the derecho that raked the Washington, D.C. area on June 29. Lots of creative ideas. We’ve narrowed down the most popular recommendations from the blog, Twitter and Facebook, so you can vote for your favorite. We will announce the winner Thursday. Monday.

[The poll for voting for best storm name - which had been here - has been closed]

Keep reading for honorable mentions for storm name suggestions...

Here are a number of great suggestions which almost made it onto the ballot:

Derecho of Doom

DCrecho

DCaster

DiStruck

Windamonium 2012

Swelter and Shelter

Derecho en Fuego

DCwrecko or DCrecko

CAPE Fear

DemoDerecho

Thundercane 2012

DeRechoning

DETREESGO (DERECHO +DERAINFLO + DEWINDBLO= DETREESGO )

Count Derecho-la

Derech-OH-NO!

Derecho de Pepco

Derecho Me Maybe

Derecherous

Cool Ranch Derecho

The Wall of Derecho

“The Fast and Furious Storm of 2012”

PepcoDismal