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Opportunities to Buy a Hazard

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Blizzard Courier Service (Toronto, Ontario, 2022).

Café the Volcano beside the Lava Bar (Lyttelton, New Zealand, 2005).

Chocolate Lava advertisement (Toronto, Canada, 2025).

Chocolate Lava (Toronto, Canada, 2025).

Climate (London, U.K., 2026).

Climate Comfort (Varna, Bulgaria, 2019).

Climate Comfort (rather than climate hazard?) (Varna, Bulgaria, 2019).

Design Air Climate Care (Thornhill, Ontario, 2023).

D. J. Rain & Co. lawn sprinkler systems (Toronto, Ontario, 2021).

D. J. Rain & Co. (Toronto, Ontario, 2021).

Feu Rouge (Port Louis, Mauritius, 2019).

Fire nightclub (London, U.K., 2022).

Fire (London, U.K., 2022).

Fire and Fromage Café (London, U.K., 2022).

Fire and Fromage (London, U.K., 2022).

Fire & Sage restaurant (Washington, D.C., 2016).

Fire & Sage (Washington, D.C., 2016).

Fire & Slice pizzeria (Bermuda, 2025).

Fire & Slice (Bermuda, 2025).

Fireaway Pizza and Salad Bar (London, U.K., 2022).

Fireaway (London, U.K., 2022).

Firebean Mexican Kitchen (London, U.K., 2016).

Firebowl (Heidelberg, Germany, 2023).

Fire On The Beach (St Leonards-On-Sea, U.K., 2026).

The Fireplace Club (Thornhill, Ontario, 2023).

Fireplace Club (Thornhill, Ontario, 2023).

Fireside Fusion Jamaican Cuisine (Toronto, Ontario, 2024).

Fireside Fusion (Toronto, Ontario, 2024).

Firezone service station for cars (Leeuwarden, Netherlands, 2018).

Firezone (Leeuwarden, Netherlands, 2018).

Firezza - for pizza (London, U.K., 2023).

Firezza (London, U.K., 2023).

Flame Grill (Red Hill, U.K., 2024).

Flames Grill House (London, U.K., 2024).

Flames (London, U.K., 2024).

Flamez restaurant lounge club (The Hague, Netherlands, 2018).

Flamez (The Hague, Netherlands, 2018).

Flamin Spice (London, U.K., 2025).

Fogtown Flower (Toronto, Ontario, 2024).

Frost clothing (Lompen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway, 2019).

Frost (Lompen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway, 2019).

Hakka Flame Restaurant (Toronto, Ontario, 2019).

Hakka Flame (Toronto, Ontario, 2019).

Heat Hair Salon (London, U.K., 2022).

Het Stormt (Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2023).

Hotel De Los Volcanes (Puerto Varas, Chile, 2016).

Huracán Coffee in Vilnius, Lithuania (2018).

Huracán Coffee (Vilnius, Lithuania, 2018).

Hurricane Car Gun (Heidelberg, Germany, 2023).

Hurricane Factory, offering a wind tunnel (Berlin, Germany, 2023).

Hurricane Factory (Berlin, Germany, 2023).

Hurricane Room, a club and bar with pool and snooker (London, 2014).

Hurricane Room (London, U.K., 2014).

Hurricane Tea Room (Nicosia, Cyprus, 2025).

Hurricanes Roadhouse restaurant (Toronto, Ontario, 2017).

Hurricanes Roadhouse (Toronto, Ontario, 2017).

Party Ice (Nicosia, Cyprus, 2025).

Ice (Nicosia, Cyprus, 2025).

Ice Bar (Honningsvåg, Norway, 2018).

Icebar by Icehotel (Stockholm, Sweden, 2023).

IceBody (Nicosia, Cyprus, 2025).

Ice Factory (London, U.K., 2026).

Ice Health Cryotherapy Spa (London, U.K., 2022).

Ice Health Cryotherapy (London, U.K., 2022).

Iceman (Toronto, Canada, 2025).

Icybelle Café (London, U.K., 2025).

Il Vulcano (Valencia, Spain, 2023).

Inferno Grill and Pizza (London, U.K., 2019).

Inferno (London, U.K., 2019).

Inferno Online (Stockholm, Sweden, 2023).

iStorm Apple Store (Nicosia, Cyprus, 2025).

iStorm (Nicosia, Cyprus, 2025).

LaunDRY Zone (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2026).

Lava club and lounge bar (Adelaide, Australia, 2017).

Lava (Adelaide, Australia, 2017).

Lava Grill (Markham, Ontario, 2025).

Lightning Strike lightning protection and earthing specialist (London, U.K., 2019).

Lightning Strike (London, U.K., 2019).

London Fog Vapery (London, U.K., 2023).

Magma Art Gallery (Stockholm, Sweden, 2023).

Molten Sports (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2026).

Molten (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2026).

Monsoon clothing (London, U.K., 2014).

Monsoon (London, U.K., 2014).

Monsoon Indian Cuisine (London, U.K., 2016).

Monsoon (London, U.K., 2016).

Monsoon Indian Takeaway (London, U.K., 2019).

Monsoon (London, U.K., 2019).

Oriflame (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2026).

Pakhlava Tea Room (Baku, Azerbaijan, 2025).

Pakhlava (Baku, Azerbaijan, 2025).

Punto Clima (near BLQ, Bologna Airport, 2024).

Punto Clima (near BLQ, Bologna Airport, 2024)

Restaurant Storm (Terschelling, Netherlands, 2018).

Rum Fire bar (Honolulu, Hawai'i, 2018).

Rum Fire (two hazards in one?) (Honolulu, Hawai'i, 2018).

Snowball Café (Macau, 2016).

Snowball (Macau, 2016).

Snow City Cycle Marine (Toronto, Ontario, 2024).

Snow City (Toronto, Ontario, 2024).

Snow Peak (London, U.K., 2026).

Snow White Dry Cleaners (London, U.K., 2022).

Snow White (London, U.K., 2022).

Stonefire Bar and Grill (Thornhill, Ontario, 2023).

stonefire (Thornhill, Ontario, 2023).

Storm Brasserie and Bar (Bergen, Norway, 2023).

Storm (Bergen, Norway, 2023).

Storm Design Art Fashion (Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018).

Storm (Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018).

Storm nightclub next to a pub called 'The Moon Under Water' (London, U.K., 2015).

Storm (nightclub inundates the moon?) (London, U.K., 2015).

Stormfront computers, an Apple dealer (Durham, U.K., 2015).

Stormfront (computers - apples can be hazards too, as Sir Isaac Newton allegedly discovered) (Durham, U.K., 2015).

Stormpress Express (Exeter, U.K., 2015).

Stormpress (Exeter, U.K., 2015).

Storm Watches (London, U.K., 2022).

Storm Watches (before storm warnings?) (London, U.K., 2022).

Sunny Town Sunny Center (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2026).

Surge Building (Christchurch, New Zealand, 2025).

Tempest Security (Stockholm, Sweden, 2023).

The ferry Cyclone Clipper (London, U.K., 2019).

Thames Clipper: Cyclone (London, U.K., 2019).

The ferry Hurricane Clipper (London, U.K., 2019).

Thames Clipper: Hurricane (London, U.K., 2019).

The ferry Meteor Clipper (London, U.K., 2019).

Thames Clipper: Meteor (London, U.K., 2019).

The ferry Monsoon Clipper (London, U.K., 2015).

Thames Clipper: Monsoon (London, U.K., 2015).

The ferry Storm Clipper (London, U.K., 2019).

Thames Clipper: Storm (London, U.K., 2019).

The ferry Tornado Clipper (London, U.K., 2015).

Thames Clipper: Tornado (London, U.K., 2015).

The ferry Typhoon Clipper (London, U.K., 2019).

Thames Clipper: Typhoon (London, U.K., 2019).

Tornado Pizza Burgers Shakes (Plymouth, U.K., 2023).

Tornado (Plymouth, U.K., 2023).

Tornado Renhold AS (Høvik, Norway, 2019).

Tsunami bar (Honolulu, Hawai'i, 2018).

Tsunami (Honolulu, Hawai'i, 2018).

Tsunami restaurant (Fitzrovia, London, U.K., 2015).

Tsunami (Fitzrovia, London, U.K., 2015).

Tsunami bar and restaurant (Clapham, London, U.K., 2017).

Tsunami (Clapham, London, U.K., 2017).

Tsunami Axis company (London, U.K., 2015).

Tsunami Axis (London, U.K., 2015).

Twister roller coaster (Stockholm, Sweden, 2023).

Twister (Stockholm, Sweden, 2023).

Twister Karaoke (Toronto, Ontario, 2018).

Volcanic coffee bar (London, U.K., 2017).

Volcanic (London, U.K., 2017).

Volcano Vape Shop (Honolulu, Hawai'i, 2018).

Volcano (Honolulu, Hawai'i, 2018).

Volcano Stores (Nicosia, Cyprus, 2025).

Vulcan metals distributor and processor (Invercargill, New Zealand, 2025).

Vulcan (Invercargill, New Zealand, 2025).

Vulkan shopping and recreational area (Oslo, Norway, 2016).

Vulkan (Oslo, Norway, 2016).

Whirlwind Sports (Penzance, U.K., 2023).

Wildfire Pizzabar and Grill (Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, 2016).

Wildfire (Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, 2016).

Wildfire Steak House (Toronto, 2014).

Wildfire (Toronto, Ontario, 2014).

Windcraft Music Center (Nicosia, Cyprus, 2025).

Wind mobile phone company (Toronto, Ontario, 2016).

Wind (a mobile phone company with presumably deliberate irony) (Toronto, Ontario, 2014).

Wind Tre telecommunications shop (Sorrento, Italy, 2022).

Wind Tre (Sorrento, Italy, 2022).

Wok and Fire, a takeaway restaurant (London, 2019).

Wok and Fire (London, U.K., 2019).

Bonus: It is all relative

Breezes SuperClubs (New Providence, Bahamas, 2011).

A human's breeze is an ant's gale (New Providence, Bahamas, 2011).

Bumblebee Preschool and Montessori (Baku, Azerbaijan, 2025).

Some get nectar (or small amounts of honey), some get a stinger, some get both, some get neither (Baku, Azerbaijan, 2025).

Hot Numbers Coffee (Cambridge, U.K., 2019).

Some like it hot... (Cambridge, U.K., 2019).

Hotter shoes (Durham, U.K., 2015).

...some like it hotter... (Durham, U.K., 2015).

One Hot Agency (Riga, Latvia, 2018).

...and some are one with hot (Riga, Latvia, 2018).

Sunshine clothes shop (Paris, France, 2018).

One human's Vitamin D is another's skin cancer is another's clothes (Paris, France, 2018).

Waves restaurant (Penzance, U.K., 2023).

Waves to surf, to be hazardous, or to eat (Penzance, U.K., 2023).

Washaway Café (Avatele, Niue, 2025).

Not an optimistic name for a café (Avatele, Niue, 2025).

Katastrof Bar (east coast of Mauritius, 2019).

When vulnerability makes a hazard lead to a disaster (east coast of Mauritius, 2019).

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