The fourth nor’easter in just three weeks is pummeling the East Coast, bringing heavy snow and sleet to the most populated part of the U.S., from Washington, D.C. northeastward to Boston on Wednesday.
The storm formed overnight on Tuesday as a …
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So much for spring: Another historic storm is coming to paralyze the East Coast
The fourth nor’easter in just three weeks is taking shape across the Mid-Atlantic states.
The storm is expected to become the biggest late-March snowstorm on record from Washington, D.C. to New York City.
The fact that the storm is hittin…
Another nor’easter is on its way and you’ve got to be f*cking kidding
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*Stretches widely*
*Inhales deeply and peacefully*
Aaahhh! A snowstorm!
Time to bundle up with all your blankets. Time to sip hot chocolate while staring wistfully at the accumulating snow. Time to ask yourself the age old question: “If I order deliv…
People have a lot of opinions about this nor’easter’s ‘unofficial’ name
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As the latest, greatest nor’easter ramps up along the Mid-Atlantic coast, more and more people are choosing to stay home until the snowfall stops.
Which means they have lots of time to spend online.
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On Twitter, the joke du jour seems to be about the storm’s unofficial name, Quinn, which was given to it by The Weather Channel in a transparent attempt at weather marketing. (The National Weather Service does not name winter storms.)
This naming of storms is out of control – I just saw a segment on @weatherchannel where they referred to the inbound storm as “Winter Storm Quinn, First of Her Name, Queen of Flakes and The First Drifts, Khaleesi of the Great Frozen Sea, Breaker of Plows, Mother of Snowmen.”
— Jonathan Betz (@jtbetz) March 6, 2018 Read more…
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