With the puddles of Storm Ciaira barely evaporated from our streets, another is on the way.

Thankfully for me – a blogger of pointless waffle – Mother Nature’s latest hissy fit has been named Storm Dennis.

The good thing about that is unlike ‘Ciaira’, there are many famous people named Dennis…

DENNIS Wise

• One is a little rodent with sharp teeth. The other was my pet hamster. Boom!

Les DENNIS

• Presented Family Fortunes in ye olde days, before Vernon Kay.
• Gail Platt’s bit on the side. I haven’t watched Coronation Street for years, so for all I know, his character could be dead.

DENNIS (The Menace)

• The chubby blonde with the pig nose had his own TV show. I watched it as a child. Weekend mornings on Channel 4.
• After years of mental torment, drove his neighbour, Mr Wilson, to an early grave.
• The black haired Dennis with a dog, was a lead character in The Beano – a popular comic in the 20th century. A bit like The Sun, but for more advanced readers.
• ‘Beano Dennis’ was known as “The Menace”, although should have been “The ASBO”, as some of his menacing was borderline GBH.
• His dog, Gnasher, would have been euthanised under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.
• Nowadays, both Blondy and ASBO would be ‘on the spectrum’.

Time will tell if Storm Dennis will be as weak and disappointing as Les, or as violent and wild as ‘Beano Dennis’.

Based upon the way these storms are named, the next one will be a girl’s name, beginning with ‘E’.

To help me do another blog of celebrity namesakes, I’ll be hoping for Storm Emma – although it will probably be something like Storm Eglantine.