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If your in a bad storm with rain and wind hitting down on you why not call it Peter storm????

Interesting discussion point - I have wondered this in the past myself, not sure I ever came to an answer to be honest!
To build on nylonmacs point above, if you are out in a storm you would want it to ‘peter out’ and so maybe that’s what your cagoule is doing, peter-ing out the storm??!!

I remember reading why along time ago but forget,
Obviously storm as in the weather, Peter was his son was it? Or someone from his military career?
Also remember he founded it in the 1950’s.

By the way he wasn’t just ‘some guy’ he was a WW2 Royal Marine Commando, so hard as nails!!!

I have wondered about this myself. There is nothing on the Peter Storm website to give any indication. "Peter Storm was founded by one man in 1954, who had had enough of the damp and unpredictable British weather. Noel Bibby was a British royal marine who served during World War Two. It was his experiences fighting across the world that lead him to combine his love for the outdoors with his proactive and resourceful nature, and create the original nylon cagoule in 1954. 100% waterproof, lightweight, packable and representing great value, the first cagoule was everything you needed for a day exposed to the unpredictable British weather, and not-surprisingly it was an immediate success."

I like the name and it has been with me since I can remember. I have even had some fun with it, using it as my alter ego.. It is very amusing to arrive at a restaurant and say "reservation in the name of Peter Storm". More difficult these days as reservations are online and not done by phone.