Now the airwaves are filled with the "first" and "worst" linked to almost all weather events. Crap, we are even naming blizzards to make them seem like they are something new.
The entertainment industry masquerading as "news" thrives on finding misery and the weather channel loves to interview a local with a torn t-shirt saing "I never saw nuthin' like this before and I lived here for 20 years".
Include in your weather sensationalism the media now calling dust storms Haboobs.