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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
A tale of two storms: Millions of Americans across the Northeast are warned to brace for a polar plunge as Storm Nancy blows in sending temperatures plummeting by up to 30 degrees before Storm Oaklee is due to batter the area days later
2022-02-22
We’ll see such global warming that our children will never see snow again.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Large parts of the US are facing major winter storms this week - Storm Nancy and Storm Oaklee

  • Storm Nancy will send temperatures plummeting by up to 30 degrees in the Midwest and Northeast

  • The worst of the storm is expected within 24 - 48 hours, and could bring over a foot of snow in some places
    We're lookin at 70 tomorrow, down to 30 tomorrow night w/22mph winds
  • The National Weather Service sent widespread winter weather alerts and warned of treacherous conditions

  • Nancy will be followed by Storm Oaklee later this week, which will track across the US from the Southwest

  • Oaklee is expected to make landfall in California on Tuesday but will gather strength as it sweeps eastwards

  • The storms represent yet more misery for millions who were battered by brutal weather late last week
Posted by:Skidmark

#8   hurricanes with trans names.

Like Hurricane Bobbitt?
Posted by: SteveS   2022-02-22 10:56  

#7  Wait til we start getting hurricanes with trans names.

The thought never crossed my mind. Sheesh!
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed   2022-02-22 10:18  

#6  Her name was McGill, and she called herself Lil. But everyone knew her as Nancy.

Wait til we start getting hurricanes with trans names.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-02-22 10:02  

#5  I'm surprised they named a storm Nancy. Kind of like the Xi variant.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed   2022-02-22 10:00  

#4  They were predicting 15" here in the Missenota backlands; looks like 5" at most. OTOH it IS colder than a tiche's wit.
Posted by: Mercutio   2022-02-22 09:19  

#3  We basically have named raindrops and named puffs of wind now. And I guess it's all down to diversity that what used to be called a "strong line of thunderstorms" is now a "derecho."

I live for the annual report of the "official end of hurricane season" where they basically play state funeral dirge music in the background while the talking heads mumble about "maybe next season will begin early."

Ghouls...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-02-22 09:03  

#2  me too magpie, I still think it is. Also this "bomb cylone" that seems to be every winter storm now.
Posted by: Chris   2022-02-22 08:54  

#1  I'm old enough to remember when they thought naming Winter Storms was asinine
Posted by: magpie   2022-02-22 01:54  

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