To: Fiji Hill
When did they start naming snowstorms? It wasn't the National Weather Service. It was one of the alphabet networks. I think NBC. There is no official designation for naming snowstorms.
To: Focault's Pendulum
It was one of the alphabet networks. I think NBC. There is no official designation for naming snowstorms.
IIRC, it was the Weather Channel.
34 posted on
02/09/2013 8:18:20 AM PST by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Focault's Pendulum
Weather Channel...owned by NBC
To: Focault's Pendulum
It wasn't the National Weather Service. It was one of the alphabet networks. I think NBC. I believe it was the Weather Channel. It gives them a shorthand way to talk about the storms. Right now they're still talking about 'Nemo' in the Northeast, and 'Orka' in the Western Plains.
43 posted on
02/09/2013 10:12:01 AM PST by
SuziQ
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