Nemo. Nemo? What in hell is the Weather Channel doing by naming Winter storms?

So, blizzard Nemo is scheduled to hit the NorthEast. NBC keeps cutting to Al Roker in Boston for a blizzard update and it ain't snowing there - LOL.

Is this just a Weather Channel thing to increase the hype?

Yomama wrote:So, blizzard Nemo is scheduled to hit the NorthEast. NBC keeps cutting to Al Roker in Boston for a blizzard update and it ain't snowing there - LOL.

Is this just a Weather Channel thing to increase the hype?

Stephanie's in New York and Jim's in Boston....they are beside themselves waiting on the snow. Jim finally said there is a "very very light faint snow" in Boston....WTH!

You just figured out they're naming storms now?

http://www.weather.com/news/why-we-name-winter-storms-20121001

Lurch wrote:You just figured out they're naming storms now?

http://www.weather.com/news/why-we-name-winter-storms-20121001

Hey, I don't claim to be the sharpest knife in the drawer. I don't sit in front of the Weather Channel unless there is a hurricane.

Hell, I didn't notice it. A buddy mentioned that to me yesterday, LOL.

Yomama wrote:So, blizzard Nemo is scheduled to hit the NorthEast. NBC keeps cutting to Al Roker in Boston for a blizzard update and it ain't snowing there - LOL.

Is this just a Weather Channel thing to increase the hype?

In "TV meteorology" circles, anything that is not a sunny day needs to be a "named storm". That's when they put Cantore in his platform shoes out on the street to tell us all how unsafe it is to be out on the street. Apparently that's the script which pumps the ratings and sells more commercials.

The next ice age is coming

I found this funny article about the weather.com freak out

http://gawker.com/5982593/snow-panic-has-driven-weathercom-completely-insane?utm_source=gawker.com&utm_medium=recirculation&utm_campaign=recirculation

Yomama wrote:So, blizzard Nemo is scheduled to hit the NorthEast. NBC keeps cutting to Al Roker in Boston for a blizzard update and it ain't snowing there - LOL.

Is this just a Weather Channel thing to increase the hype?

I would like to see one named John Philip Sousa, I've always liked his music.
Hell, they named the sousaphone after him.

I'm so glad I don't live in NY/NJ anymore! Had enough of that as a kid. It is no fun.

Dreamsglore wrote:I'm so glad I don't live in NY/NJ anymore! Had enough of that as a kid. It is no fun.

30+ inches of snow on Long Island.