I’m old enough to remember when winter storms were called things like “Nor’easter” and “Clipper”...
Now they are called hyperbolic names like “River of destruction” “Snowmaggedon” “Bomb Cyclone” “Polar Vortex” “Atmospheric Lake” “Mega-death Snow Bomb” (OK I made that last one up)
Plus they are now given names. Like winter storm Bob.
I guess IF they are a named storm, like a hurricane, they sound more ominous.
It mus t be a conspiracy by the MILK and BREAD producers to increase their sales. Every grocery store in the storms path will sell out the day or two prior.
What has SOLD OUT here in southern NH is ROCK SALT, CALCIUM CHLORIDE and other ICE MELTER products.
On Saturday you could not find a bag of any ice melter products in the area. Every store was sold out.
I guy posted on the local Facebook page that Lowes had a pallet in stock. You better get some before its all gone.
FYI, my company sells Ice melter products by the truckload.
Our largest supplier is American Rock Salt out of Retsof, NY. About 40 miles south of Rochester. It is the largest rock salt mine in the world. However, we have NOT been able to buy any salt from them for about a month now. That is because the NY State government took ALL of the salt they could produce to clear the state roads. They had run out because of the large amount of LAKE EFFECT snow they have been receiving down wind from both Eire and Ontario.
There are spots about 20-30 miles north of Syracuse that just keep getting hammered. Multiple FEET from each storm.
In the Green Mountains of VT the northern most ski areas like Smugglers Notch, Stowe and Jay Peak have received the most snow in years. Jay went over 300 inches this week for the season.
No, they’re names that meteorologists have been using for years.
Except the ones the media made up.
“Now they are called hyperbolic names like “River of destruction” “Snowmaggedon” “
Also, they tack on “event”, for example, a rain event.