Honestly I don't like the Weather Channel feeling the necessity of naming every storm. Hurricanes happen so infrequently and we grew up with that standard it seems okay. But every snowstorm? Ridiculous. So the northeast had a blizzard yesterday. Even the Weather Channel set up shop for the day here with reports near Irondequoit Bay every hour. Storm Vulcan hit with 17+ inches and wind gusts up to 45mph. It was miserable.
But the Weather Channel got the storm name wrong. It should be "Storm Andrea". My daughter Andrea was born March 13. It was midterm week during my senior year of college. She made it tough to study and keep my mind on school. Ever since her birth it seems like we get a storm during this week. Anyone remember the ice storm where we lost power for 7 days? That was March, I was in graduate school. We heated the house with a wood stove and cooked meals on top of it. So much fun.
Oh yeah, Happy Birthday Andrea!
On a related note, MW came up with a new term; Snow Relocation. Perfect.
One nice thing about staying home from work yesterday was being able to go in my basement, put in a Spinerval dvd and ride 31 miles while looking at the warmth of Arizona. That sure beat the 3x I went out and did snow relocation.
The Erie Canal, Running Paradise
3 comments:
good post. On a related subject, is it just me or does the local news appear to be all weather, commercials and u tube replays of cute kids and pets? Yes, we had a lot of snow the other day. It's Rochester, it snows here. Especially in March as you point out. Historical ave snowfall for Rochester to date is about 88 inches. With this week's contribution, we are at about 102 inches, which means as of Tuesday night we were right on ave! Not a big deal, but all you see on the news is what a rough winter it has been. C'mon man
U R correct about local news. It's like reading the ridiculous headlines in yahoo. There is no substance anymore. Bring back Walter Cronkite!
Storm Vulcan isn't too far off a name. We have the Vulcan Statue standing guard over the city here. :) Although I do agree, storm naming is a little nutty.
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