TheRedRose
@TheRedRose
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:08 PM

Sending good thoughts for safety to friends in California as the rains hit hard.
TheRedRose
@TheRedRose
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:09 PM
Winter storm Titan will be picking up the moisture as it comes across the country, and we in Central PA are planning for a foot of snow or more Sun & Mon.
TheRedRose
@TheRedRose
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:09 PM
...so very ready for winter to be over...
Selena
@serra_anansi
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:17 PM
that is a LOT of rain... wow
ProfPaperclip
@BodhiPaperclip
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 1:43 PM
:-( We're going to remember this winter for years to come. And I hope that will be because it's a fluke and not the new normal.
dkronfeld
@dkronfeld
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 2:04 PM
I can't believe they started to name "winter storms".
Tanarian
@Tanarian
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 2:22 PM
I do.  It's marketing.
Samm Florian
@sammflorian
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 2:33 PM
It's th'Weather Channel namin' 'em, not NOAA or anythin'.
dkronfeld
@dkronfeld
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 2:41 PM
Oh! Okay, so it's only a commercial enterprise trying to inflate its relevance. (annoyed)
Stereo Nacht
@StereoNacht
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 2:51 PM
Professor, I worry the new "normal" is "more extreme weather"...
TheRedRose
@TheRedRose
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 2:53 PM
Samm Florian : dkronfeld : Marketing scheme for sure! "Watch our weathercast! See? See? These storms MUST be severe, they have names!"
TheRedRose
@TheRedRose
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 2:53 PM
But it has been quite a season for us around here.
ChefKarl
@ChefKarl
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 3:00 PM
Been raining steady since 11:15 last night. I am watching the weather radar looking for a slight break so I can walk Moxie.
Selena
@serra_anansi
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 3:49 PM
I was just reading the Wikipedia entery for naming winter storms and it interesting.
Selena
@serra_anansi
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 3:49 PM
The Weather Channel started it in 2011. NOAA and the US government publicly frown on it and ask their employees not to use the names
Selena
@serra_anansi
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 3:50 PM
but its hard not to when the local,cable media and even local governments keep using them
Magda K
@magzkam
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 4:01 PM
The rains are so very needed in Cali, but here's hoping they won't just wash away topsoil and trigger mudslides ...
Malthaussen
@Malthaussen
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 4:18 PM
Just heard from a correspondent in Erie that they've had over 107 inches of snow total -- that's over meters for the Imperially challenged.
Malthaussen
@Malthaussen
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 4:18 PM
And it is so cold, the seagulls have migrated... to Pittsburgh!
Ereh
@slerehwon
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 4:44 PM
we're glad for the rain out here, but it's not nearly enough. We'd need storms nearly every day to catch up.
Ereh
@slerehwon
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 4:45 PM
our water depends on the snowpack in the Sierras.
ChefKarl
@ChefKarl
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 5:14 PM
Yes, the local rain is good for the local reservoirs but we need a good wet snow pack in the Sierra Nevada mountain range and then a nice slow melt.
Kara Timtam
@SeleneSue
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 10:41 PM
Home from work in the San Fernando Valley. Really teeming out there water over the curbs. My patriotically-brown unwatered lawn area is loving this.
Kara Timtam
@SeleneSue
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 10:41 PM
It's going to be a moist Academy Awards Evening on Sunday, I fear.
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