 | Did you know that Weather.com has been naming winter storms since 2012? The first storm in that year was Athena, and -- according to Weather.com -- the current blizzard moving up the east coast is Jonas (but they didn't specify for which Jonas it is named -- Nick, Joe or Kevin). However, many people are not satisfied with "Jonas," so there have been various polls online to determine "what should we call the blizzard?" |
According to Slate (@slate on Twitter), the winner is "Davidsnowie." The 1st runner-up is "Make Winter Great Again," and the 2nd runner-up is "Snowzilla." (NOTE: I haven't pulled a "Steve Harvey" here -- I have double and triple checked the results). Ms. Congeniality went to "SnowNino," and other names in the poll were "The Snow Awakens," "Snowden," "Snoverit," "Snowball Warming" "Snowtastrophe," and "Snomageddon (Redux)."
Another poll on Twitter (@EricHolthaus") is still open, and it includes four choices: "DavidSnowie," "SnowballWarming," "Tsnownami," and "BlizzardOfTheCentury." People responding to that poll have offered other ideas too: "ThunderSnownado," "ThanksSnowbama," "SNOW-M-G," "SnowYouDidnt," "Snowmapocageddonalypse." and more.
Interestingly enough, "Snowzilla" was a name given to a storm back in the late 1800s -- a storm which was immortalized in a poem by Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request), Dickinson's poem, "Snowzilla's breadth with chilly madness" (below on the left) inspired third cousin Emily to write "Snow beneath whose chilly softness" (below on the right).
Another poll on Twitter (@EricHolthaus") is still open, and it includes four choices: "DavidSnowie," "SnowballWarming," "Tsnownami," and "BlizzardOfTheCentury." People responding to that poll have offered other ideas too: "ThunderSnownado," "ThanksSnowbama," "SNOW-M-G," "SnowYouDidnt," "Snowmapocageddonalypse." and more.
Interestingly enough, "Snowzilla" was a name given to a storm back in the late 1800s -- a storm which was immortalized in a poem by Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request), Dickinson's poem, "Snowzilla's breadth with chilly madness" (below on the left) inspired third cousin Emily to write "Snow beneath whose chilly softness" (below on the right).
| By Emmett Lee Dickinson: Snowzilla’s breadth with chilly madness Some forever say Makes the landscape Freeze this Winter I admonish Thee Blanket Heavily our Neighbor On Canada bestow For they’re acclimated Creatures Wilt Thou, Snowzilla? | By Emily Dickinson: Snow beneath whose chilly softness Some that never lay Make their first Repose this Winter I admonish Thee Blanket Wealthier the Neighbor We so new bestow Than thine acclimated Creature Wilt Thou, Austere Snow? |
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