The weather channel has recently decided to start naming winter storms, beginning this winter. NY Daily News reports that this is an attempt to start raising awareness and a buzz around them to keep people interested and engaged in the forthcoming storms.
"Armed with a list of possibilities like “Brutus,” “Khan,” and “Nemo,” Weather Channel specialists say the move will give winter storms “personality” and help raise much-needed awareness."
According to the article storms will be named based on the type and amount of precipitation as well as the strength of the winds associated with the storm.
"Winter weather certainly has an attitude and takes on a certain personality,” said Tom Niziol, a winter weather expert for the Channel, who also explained that the team will seek “names with attitude."
I'm not sure about storms having an attitude but agree that naming winter storms will definitely get people talking about them and possibly heeding them a bit More.
It will be interesting to see what types of names they use and how they decide which ones to implement where.
Which storm would win in a fight, Godzilla or The Abominable Snowman?
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