Such a funny little guy...Originally Posted by KG4CGC
Such a funny little guy...
I think the NWS comes up with the names. Just wonder how money changed hands in this case to give them names. Maybe they wanted Winter Storms to have a name distinctive enough that you can tell by hearing the name the difference between a Summer and Winter storm.
Nemo, Orco, what's the next one gonna be called? Poontang?
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You know it won't be Pamela.
Oh, so it is just a Weather Channel thing. In that case it's meaningless and should be discontinued.BOSTON -- Meteorologists might not be sure whether the storm heading into the East Coast will drop 12 inches or 24, but they are sure about one thing – this storm is definitely, absolutely, not called Nemo.
But that’s what the Weather Channel has decided to call it, part of a policy announced in the fall in which the TV station will give names to winter storms so that people can more easily follow them.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/n...0,401412.story
Am I correct in saying that your U.S. weather people are now giving names to winter storms??
......stupidest thing i've ever seen....... a storm to remember named after a Disney cartoon.... I would've gone with Poontang myself....
Why,driving into a brick wall at 60 miles per hour, would I expect it not to hurt!
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Not weather people, reality entertainment programming.Am I correct in saying that your U.S. weather people are now giving names to winter storms??
......stupidest thing i've ever seen....... a storm to remember named after a Disney cartoon.... I would've gone with Poontang myself....
https://forums.hamisland.net/showthr...-Channel-Water
some serious snow here too, 1 inch on the ground ;) LOL
Edit, make that 2 inches and counting..
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I certainly hope so. "The wettest storm in recorded history!"
:rofl:
I think that this is going to lead to 'product placement.' That is, I think that eventually, the Weather Channel will be selling these names to the highest corporate bidder to be put on their storm names list.
This could end up being the Oreo™ storm by next year. Color me suspicious.
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