Let's talk about Winter Storm Athena!

What has the world come to? Weather.com is now naming winter storms. This seems at the least rather absurd and over the top.



Winter Storm Athena

Winter Storm Brutus

www.weather.com/news/why-we-name-winter-storms-20121001

btw, parts of New Jersey got a foot of snow.

You're too obsessed with this stuff IMHO.

Mystery Man in 3D said:

You're too obsessed with this stuff IMHO.

I should become a meteorologist.

I'm naming this one Bruce

"Weak tornadoes have been observed within the Hobart area, and may occur in the warning area."

Tornadoes are a rare event around here and I'm not looking forward to what the weather may have in store for us.

EDIT - The storm cell's moving away and the warning's been downgraded, they're no longer mentioning tornadoes. Not much happened in my neighborhood apart from some rain, thunder and a noticeable drop in temperature.