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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Why does the weather channel name snowstorms? And how do they make sure to have diversity among ethnicity, gender, etc . so they won’t be called bigoted????


6 posted on 01/17/2019 11:27:38 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego
"And how do they make sure to have diversity among ethnicity, gender, etc . so they won’t be called bigoted????"

Good question. I've never heard of a winter storm (or a hurricane) named Shaniqua or Lafawnduh.

15 posted on 01/17/2019 11:33:16 AM PST by cweese (Hook 'em Horns!!!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Why does the weather channel name snowstorms?

They started doing that a few years ago, about a year before people started saying "last year had the most named storms ever seen ..."

31 posted on 01/17/2019 12:42:16 PM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
for the drama...
54 posted on 01/17/2019 3:36:56 PM PST by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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