[matt1234]

Why on earth would the weathermen use that name? It is famous for being a place that John Brown killed people. Is that why?

Yes, they identified w/ John Brown. The WUO explain their rationale for choosing that name here (on page 2): http://www.antiauthoritarian.net/sds_wuo/osawatomie_no_2/osawatomie.html

[Mercat]

Don’t want to go to those sites. yuk. evil.