February 1-2 snowstorm

[Coyote machine]

Better tell the weather people. 'Cause they're naming 'em.:confused3:

 

[George2615]

Would need 100+ years of snowstorms (or any other weather) to prove/disprove global warning. I honestly don't care either way, but I do find it comical when people will cite a single weather event, or a single season, or even several years, and suggest that's evidence for/against. That isn't the right timescale for climate! Unless someone has data that stretches over centuries, you can pretty much ignore it all together.

Weathermen can't accurately predict what it's going to do in the next 24 hours let alone Global Warming in 20-30 years.

 

[Buggs67]

Better tell the weather people. 'Cause they're naming 'em.:confused3:

The whole "Naming" thing is so they hype up the anxiety level. That and calling them "Nor'easter" or "Clipper". I'd like to be as wrong as they often are and still keep my job.

 

[Amvcane]

The National Weather Service, NOAA , are the weather people. All weather data for all forecasts throughout the country comes from NOAA.

NBC is a tv broadcasting company who provides entertainment, hires tv personalities, and sells commercials. They seem to be making up names for weather events to advance their agenda. They are not the weather people.

 

[Coyote machine]

Weathermen can't accurately predict what it's going to do in the next 24 hours let alone Global Warming in 20-30 years.

Scientists are the ones who determine long term climate patterns, not 'weathermen'.

The whole "Naming" thing is so they hype up the anxiety level. That and calling them "Nor'easter" or "Clipper". I'd like to be as wrong as they often are and still keep my job.

I hear they're hiring!

The National Weather Service, NOAA , are the weather people. All weather data for all forecasts throughout the country comes from NOAA.

Correct, I was referring to them collectively.

NBC is a tv broadcasting company who provides entertainment, hires tv personalities, and sells commercials. They seem to be making up names for weather events to advance their agenda. They are not the weather people.

Correct again, and I don't remember saying they were the weather people, though they'd like to think they are.:confused3:

 

[radioman]

Winter storms do not have names.

say what?! :liar:

Better tell the weather people. 'Cause they're naming 'em.:confused3:

yeah! :drink:
Astro (as-tro) – In Greek, it means star.

Bozeman – In honor of the Miss Shupe’s Bozeman High School Latin class, which provided the 2013-2014 list of winter storm names.

Cato (cay-to) – The name of a Roman statesman and his great-grandson, who were both known for integrity.

Damon (day-mon) – From Greek mythology; known for his loyalty.

Eris (air-is) – From Greek mythology; the goddess of discord.

Frona (froh-na) – Greek, short for Sofronia; related to the word for wise.

Gorgon (gore-gon) – From Greek mythology, one of three monsters; serpentine humanoids.

Hektor (hek-tor) – From Greek mythology, the Trojan champion who was killed by Achilles.

Iola (eye-oh-la) – From Greek mythology, a variant spelling of Iolë, a beautiful woman who Hercules wanted to marry, but could not.

Juno (joo-no) – From Roman mythology, a goddess who looked after the women of Rome.

Kari (care-ey) – A Finnish name derived from the Greek name Makarios from old-Greek meaning blessed or happy.

Linus (ly-nus) – From Greek Mythology, a son of Apollo known as a great musician.

Marcus (mar-cuss) – An Ancient Roman name referring to Mars, the god of war.

Neptune (nep-toon) – From Roman mythology, the god of the sea.

Octavia (ok-tay-vee-a) – The sister of the first Roman Emperor, Augustus, who was also known as Octavian.

Pandora (pan-door-a) – From Greek mythology, the first human woman created by the gods.

Quantum (kwan-tom) – From the Latin word quantus, meaning how much.

Remus (ree-mus) – From Roman mythology, one of the founding brothers of Rome, along with Romulus.

Sparta (spar-ta) – Prominent Greek city that was the principal enemy of Athens during the Peloponnesian War.

Thor (thor) – From Scandinavian mythology, god of thunder and rain.

Ultima (uhl-tee-ma) – From Latin, feminine version of ultimus meaning last, furthest, final.

Venus – From Roman mythology, the goddess of love.

W ??? – Help us choose! Take the poll on this page.

Xander (zan-der) – Dutch form of Latin name, Alexandrus.

Yuli (you-lee) – Basque for the Latin name, Julius.

Zelus (zell-us) – From Greek mythology, personifies dedication, envy, jealousy, and zeal.

 

[Coyote machine]

You forgot: Bozo - a clown from the 20th century. Born & bred in America, from the TV mindset, also largely made up of clowns, many of whom became weathermen on the channel of the same name. Hence interchangeable: Weatherman=clown, clown =weatherman.
Case solved, next!:shocked:

 

[Amvcane]

sorry CM guess I misunderstood your response

Any way, 12" in NEPA for the Febuary 1-2 snowstorm.

Hope they don't start naming thunderstorms.

 

[Coyote machine]

Amvcane, no prob. I often misunderstand what I'm trying to say. It's the internet- a place of confusion.
Thunderstorms...don't give the geniuses any fuel.:laughing:

 

[E3A]

In Connecticut, a local news station has been naming storms as far back as I can remember so I never really thought anything of it. Since TWC now names them something different than my local news station I need a conversion chart to see which storm is which. So what I never considered weird has recently become weird.

Looks like NOAA doesn't buy into the names either...
Winter storm naming in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia