Earlier, we told you about the devastating news of the passing of Dolly Parton.
Then, this news from the National Hurricane Center.
Aug 25 2pm EDT: NHC is monitoring 2 areas (#AL95 & #AL96) across the basin. The high-latitude low could become a short-lived tropical cyclone, while the tropical Atlantic system (#AL96) is likely to become a tropical depression during the next day or 2. https://t.co/GrztW6mQJV pic.twitter.com/BZ6KqtvJlt
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 25, 2026
It may seem those two things are not at all related. Unfortunately, they are.
Not a joke: Whichever system identified here becomes a tropical storm first, it will be named Tropical Storm ... Dolly https://t.co/gkmp49gfvl
— Steven Shepard (@SteveShepard_) August 25, 2026
This is not the time, Mother Nature.
The simulation is running out of ideas.
— Rob Newton (@strakedev) August 25, 2026
Clearly.
*checking Gulf Coast and East Coast states for any towns named Jolene*
— Rob (@wikimapper) August 25, 2026
That's a fair point.
She always had a sense of humor and great timing.
— 🐝 deborahbetterton 🦜 (@msdeb903) August 25, 2026
She absolutely did. Pure class and style.
In the history of no-brainers, making an executive decision to skip "Dolly" this year has got to be at the top of the list
— Joe Light (@joelight) August 25, 2026
In honor of Dolly, that would be best.
Bad idea. Her name shouldn’t be associated with anything destructive
— Sleepy P (@Sleepy___P) August 25, 2026
And Dolly would never.
Then it will never hurt us.
— Maria ✞ (@vondrachek) August 25, 2026
👍🏽❤️🌀
Can’t make this up. 🙂
— G Anne Manske (@manske_g) August 25, 2026
Truth really is stranger than fiction.
It’ll be the first hurricane on record to cause widespread improvements
— College Football Travel Guy (@cfbtravelguy) August 25, 2026
The Atlantic needs to get itself together before it starts singing pic.twitter.com/w2nctkwwQc
— niels (@TSC) August 25, 2026
Then it shall be a kind and benevolent system, meaning no harm to all humans in its path.
— vicki (@vicki4088389843) August 25, 2026
Rest in eternal peace, Ms. Parton. 🕊️
Singing with the angels.
Well, if it does I'm sure it will be "flirting " with us all and singing along nicely and everyone will remember it...
— RealNeil (@RealNeil1793093) August 25, 2026
And everything in its wake will be left better than it was found.
HOPE IT HITS MAR-A-LAGO and ONLY MAR-A-LAGO
— SufiMindtricks🇵🇸 - Cure Fascism with Guillotines (@Sufimindtricks2) August 25, 2026
And of course, those with Trump Derangement Syndrome cannot comment on any topic without making it about Trump.
"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain" https://t.co/AvK2ZnOzm6
— Rory Cooper (@rorycooper) August 25, 2026
We didn’t appreciate her enough so she is coming back to destroy us https://t.co/UlUS8lsImd
— TMLA (@magicsincemac) August 25, 2026
Even though we never deserved her, she would never seek revenge on us.
And let it be as gentle as our country queen.
— Nook (@EJames9029) August 25, 2026
Seems a little divine. https://t.co/HnMi9El8om
God bless Dolly. She will surely be missed.