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3 October 2012
Weather Channel Plan To Name Winter Storms Gets Frosty Reception
Forecast meteorologists seem to have come to a similar opinion today after the The Weather Channel announced that they are going to begin naming some winter storms. I think that opinion could be best paraphrased by: “Are you kidding??” Yes, hurricanes get names, but they last days or even weeks, whereas a blizzard may last two or three days on average. The 2010 blizzard in DC has acquired the name SNOWMAGEDDON, …