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Originally Posted by upthesaukee
National weather service does not name winter storms.
It is part of the NBC hype that has changed the Weather channel from just that...a weather channel with meteorologists...into an extension of its parent network.
Hated to see the change...
The reason they wanted to name storms was to ensure that people pay attention to powerful and or dangerous storms..
Gee, I thought that was the job of the meterologists.  |
Hype or not, I like "The Weather Channel"...and...I like the idea of them putting a name to a major winter storm.