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No more bad winter storms with only the year and region. Are we ready for Brutus, Plato, Q, Xerxes, Yogi? Hmmm....Brutal Brutus? Ice Storm Q? Helen's Hell? With the last 3 years of terrible winter storms in many parts of the USA at once, naming the winter storms might make it easier to refer to the past storms in the future.
Why greek and roman names? Why not Frosty? Wendy? Chinchilla? Last ice storm I was in I called $#@(*&%!
Good idea? Bad idea? I must admit I like it. Still what's on the menu for 2013 to 2014 winter storms? Dog names? Russian names? Ancient Chinese names? What's the winter naming game plan weather bureau?
More at the link below.
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The Weather Channel wants viewers to be on a first-name basis with the foulest of winter weather. The cable channel announced Tuesday that it will give names to the worst winter storms much like the National Hurricane Center does for tropical storms.
Naming winter storms will raise awareness, which will lead to more pro-active efforts to plan ahead, resulting in less impact on the public overall, Tom Niziol, the Weather Channel's winter weather expert, said on the channel's website.
Niziol wrote that winter storms are commonly given names in Europe, but he said that the lack of a single authority over winter storms in the United States, like the hurricane center is the central authority on tropical storms, is one reason why the winter blasts are not named.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/02/are-you-ready-for-winter-storm-rocky/?hpt=hp_t3
Why greek and roman names? Why not Frosty? Wendy? Chinchilla? Last ice storm I was in I called $#@(*&%!
Good idea? Bad idea? I must admit I like it. Still what's on the menu for 2013 to 2014 winter storms? Dog names? Russian names? Ancient Chinese names? What's the winter naming game plan weather bureau?
More at the link below.
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The Weather Channel wants viewers to be on a first-name basis with the foulest of winter weather. The cable channel announced Tuesday that it will give names to the worst winter storms much like the National Hurricane Center does for tropical storms.
Naming winter storms will raise awareness, which will lead to more pro-active efforts to plan ahead, resulting in less impact on the public overall, Tom Niziol, the Weather Channel's winter weather expert, said on the channel's website.
Niziol wrote that winter storms are commonly given names in Europe, but he said that the lack of a single authority over winter storms in the United States, like the hurricane center is the central authority on tropical storms, is one reason why the winter blasts are not named.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/02/are-you-ready-for-winter-storm-rocky/?hpt=hp_t3
