More Snow?

[sdelmonte]

1. As I noted, NYC got spared the big storm of the weekend. Completely. A dusting of no importance at all. I was disappointed, but also not entirely surprised because the good folks at AccuWeather.com forecast four inches at most. I trust their snow forecasts ahead of those at Weather.com and from the National Weather Service.

Therefore, I have to say that NYC might have its chance to be buried in snow after all, as this is in AccuWeather's forecast:

Wednesday, Feb 10
High: 30 °F RealFeel®: 10 °F
Blizzard conditions with strong winds, low visibility and heavy snow, accumulating 10-15"

Gotta say, as much as I know that blizzards are dangerous and costly and so on...I want a snow day!!

Of course, given how snowstorms like to fool meteorologists, this could amount to nothing. But my inner child is cautiously optimistic.

2. I heard that Pres. Obama called the huge storm that buried DC "snowmageddon." I was of the opinion that the proper term is "snowpocalypse." Is our president out of touch in using the wrong term? Or is he a trendsetter? What do you prefer? (Personally, the adult in me doesn't care for either term, but if I have chose, -pocalypse has more of a ring than -mageddon.)

Comments

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

I think it must be that snowmageddon is the preferred Chicago term.

[bcgphoenix]

I know some folks have been using the two terms to differentiate between the two (!!!) blizzards we've gotten this winter: "snowpocalypse" for the one in December, "snowmageddon" for the one this past weekend. I've been sticking with "snowpocalypse" myself, though.

(One reader of a local blog said we should call the upcoming Tuesday storm "snow gotta be f***ing kidding me." I'm inclined to agree. *wry*)

[gramarye1971]

I prefer 'snowpocalypse'. That said, down here in Snowpocalypse Day 4 -- where I'm once again working from home because there's no public transport to get me to work -- I am making a decidedly DO NOT WANT face at the prospect that my planned trip this weekend will run into moar snow whut.

I do understand the inner child's desire for a snow day! It's mostly that I miss living in a place where a snow day was a rare and much-sought-after occurrence, rather than the 'two inches and panic!' situation that's more common here.

[skygiants]

SNOW CANNOT DEFEAT US *DETERMINEDFACE*

*teleports you to New York*

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

ALL YOUR SNOW ARE BELONG TO US

[skygiants]

you have no chance to build snowpeople

make your time

[gramarye1971]

*reads weather forecast calling for another 10 inches, cries* SOMEBODY SET UP US THE SNOW

[skygiants]

*roundhouse kicks snowclouds out of the way*

FOR GREAT JUSTICE

[blueraccoon.livejournal.com]

I'm hearing the upcoming storm described as "snoverkill"...

[bigscary.livejournal.com]

Strictly speaking, it was a Snowpocalypse when the weatherman told you it was coming, Snowmageddon when it hit the ground.