[onyx]

I had no idea about the naming of winter storms! Thank you for that PC information. I have a Weather Radio, for such notices, because during foul weather, we often lose power, down here in the South, where our weather can change on a dime.

[TomGuy]

The Weather Channel announced Tuesday that they planned to start naming winter storms, similar to how the National Weather Service names tropical systems. Why?

• "-Naming a storm raises awareness.
  
• -Attaching a name makes it much easier to follow a weather system’s progress.
  
• -A storm with a name takes on a personality all its own, which adds to awareness.
  
• -In today’s social media world, a name makes it much easier to reference in communication.
  
• -A named storm is easier to remember and refer to in the future."

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Maybe, next, they can start naming sunrises and sunsets.

Of course, every big storm becomes the new storm-of-the-century.

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