Here Comes NEMO!

[AGDee]

The weather channel did it.

The Weather Channel announced Tuesday that they planned to start naming winter storms, similar to how the National Weather Service names tropical systems. Why?


"-Naming a storm raises awareness.
-Attaching a name makes it much easier to follow a weather system’s progress.
-A storm with a name takes on a personality all its own, which adds to awareness.
-In today’s social media world, a name makes it much easier to reference in communication.
-A named storm is easier to remember and refer to in the future."

They are actually all mythical names.. gods, goddesses, etc.

Very funny article about it here:
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.co...rm-named-nemo/

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by AGDee

The weather channel did it.

The Weather Channel announced Tuesday that they planned to start naming winter storms, similar to how the National Weather Service names tropical systems. Why?


"-Naming a storm raises awareness.
-Attaching a name makes it much easier to follow a weather system’s progress.
-A storm with a name takes on a personality all its own, which adds to awareness.
-In today’s social media world, a name makes it much easier to reference in communication.
-A named storm is easier to remember and refer to in the future."

They are actually all mythical names.. gods, goddesses, etc.

Very funny article about it here:
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.co...rm-named-nemo/

This storm is also being referred to as Charlotte. Apparently another station (I forget which) has also taken it upon themselves to name winter storms. Of course, Nemo seems to be the more popular name.. for obvious reasons..