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Weather terminology is getting ridiculous.
Posted on 8/2/20 at 10:38 pm
Posted on 8/2/20 at 10:38 pm
Seems like they find words to put fear into people and make weather systems seem more intense. Cold fronts are now "polar vortex" and all tropical developments are referred to as "tropical cyclones". Yes, technically they are all cyclones, but that was reserved to distinguish systems that developed in the south Pacific and Indian oceans. Typhoon is used for the Northwest Pacific. Hurricane is used for the Atlantic. Now we don't hear tropical depression or tropical storm anymore because cyclone sounds so much scarier.
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Posted on 8/2/20 at 10:41 pm to Buck_Rogers
Got to scare people to keep watching. 24 hours of content ain't going to write itself
Posted on 8/2/20 at 10:44 pm to Buck_Rogers
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and all tropical developments are referred to as "tropical cyclones". Yes, technically they are all cyclones, but that was reserved to distinguish systems that developed in the south Pacific and Indian oceans. Typhoon is used for the Northwest Pacific. Hurricane is used for the Atlantic. Now we don't hear tropical depression or tropical storm anymore because cyclone sounds so much scarier.
lol wut?
The literal definition of a tropical system that reaches “storm” status is a “cyclone.”
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All tropical storms
They are all the same thing: tropical storms. But they are known by different names in different locations.
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It’s not so much the media fear mongering as it is the NHC not using the correct term for the last 50 years.
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A “tropical cyclone” is a generic term used by meteorologists.
Pretty hard to consider it “fear mongering” When it’s considered a “generic” term.
This post was edited on 8/2/20 at 10:47 pm
Posted on 8/2/20 at 10:47 pm to Buck_Rogers
Look out, there's an Arctic Blast coming, better stock up on bread and milk.
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:54 pm to DustyDinkleman
Weather Channel tried to be smart naming Winter mid latatude cyclones. Nobody remembers winter storm antesha from 2010 bitch ! Weather Channel has a hard on for attention. Most of those whores don’t have a degree in meteorology .
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:55 pm to Buck_Rogers
Gulf temps are hot
Posted on 8/3/20 at 12:05 am to LSUEnvy
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Gulf temps are hot
Water is wet.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 12:08 am to Buck_Rogers
TWC is calling the current one “CovidCane”....I mean....REALLY? 
This post was edited on 8/3/20 at 12:09 am
Posted on 8/3/20 at 12:09 am to Dlab2013
Why did they abandon Alberta Clipper? You never hear that one anymore.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 12:29 am to Buck_Rogers
Its pretty funny watching all these journalists that know the jig is up and no one respects them anymore running around the Florida beaches as its sunny outside with super huge solid 2 foot waves of terror trying to prove to us this is the worst hurricane season on record
What a bunch of morons.
What a bunch of morons.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 1:28 am to Buck_Rogers
Remember Hurricane Sandy? They started calling it "Superstorm Sandy", because no lowly hurricane can mess up East coast Yankees that badly, only dumb rednecks in the South. No, if a storm hits them that hard, then it must have been a SUPERSTORM.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 1:29 am to Buck_Rogers
Watch out for the new BOMB CYCLONES!!!!
Posted on 8/3/20 at 1:48 am to GeorgeTheGreek
The Monsoon Gyre was the newest one for me earlier this year.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 4:12 am to Shiftyplus1
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No, if a storm hits them that hard, then it must have been a SUPERSTORM.
I bet that really irks to ‘Katrina Survivas‘
Posted on 8/3/20 at 4:36 am to Vastmind
You know these nerds are sitting around micro dosing LSD on Epstein Island brainSTORMING.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 4:56 am to Shiftyplus1
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Remember Hurricane Sandy? They started calling it "Superstorm Sandy", because no lowly hurricane can mess up East coast Yankees that badly, only dumb rednecks in the South. No, if a storm hits them that hard, then it must have been a SUPERSTORM.
That, and because it was no longer a hurricane when it made landfall.
Post Tropical Storm Sandy didn't sound terrifying enough.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 6:11 am to Buck_Rogers
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Weather terminology is getting ridiculous.
Up vote because I generally agree with your point, but this doesn't seem to me a particularly new phenomenon. Weather Armageddon Hype has been with us since at least 2005.
To me, one of the most egregious examples is the naming of winter storms as tho' they were hurricanes. Please.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 6:16 am to Uptowner
Partly Sunny or Partly Cloudy today?
Posted on 8/3/20 at 6:27 am to Buck_Rogers
I blame the Weather Channel for glorifying the destruction and give every damn storm a name.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 6:28 am to BBATiger
I want to return to the days when "Witches tit, or some derivative of, was used to describe the degree of cold.
Speaking of the devil, how many times a year does Stephanie Abrams change the size of those silicone bags? She was way more of a spectacle when she had the ginormous chest cannons.
ETA: Why are the gays down voting tit talk? It really doesn't concern them.
Speaking of the devil, how many times a year does Stephanie Abrams change the size of those silicone bags? She was way more of a spectacle when she had the ginormous chest cannons.
ETA: Why are the gays down voting tit talk? It really doesn't concern them.
This post was edited on 8/3/20 at 3:52 pm
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