# Snow storm Linus. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533 "2015-02-01T19:04:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/21 "2015-02-01T23:56:50Z")
It’s so much more interesting to hear your weather if we know where you are. If you don’t have your location in the upper right corner of your posts, please make explicit where you’re talking about. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/22 "2015-02-01T23:59:06Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > 12-18"? Meh. > > That’s a dusting, a flurry, nothing more, I’ve seen worse, lived through worse, and no, I’m not referring to that previous minor snowfall that the weather channels hyped up either… > > We New Englanders are made of sterner stuff, this “storm” is a dusting at most. > > Yes, the expanse of the storm is impressive for sure, but nothing we can’t handle, Bring It On, Mother Nature! > > We’re ready for your worst… It’s the “on top of” part that distresses me. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/23 "2015-02-02T00:10:09Z")
Since when do you bother to name a 10" snowstorm? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/24 "2015-02-02T00:24:44Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I expect that before long we’ll have commercial sponsorship of weather events, not just the Weather Channel making up its own names to boost coverage. > > It might seem counter-intuitive for a company to pay for naming Winter Storm Preparation H, Typhoon Charmin’ or Hurricane Pepsi, but hey, all publicity is good. It’ll be more like, “And now your 6:10 pm Pepsi® Local Forecast[sup]TM[/sup] here on the Huawei® Weather Network[sup]TM[/sup]. Ice Storm Sunwing Vacations® Wouldn’t You Rather Be On A Beach In Cuba?© continues to move eastward across the Greater Toronto Region…” ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/25 "2015-02-02T06:55:22Z")
I want the “T” shirt concession. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/26 "2015-02-02T07:06:07Z")
Metro West Boston (the 'burbs) here. > [@Sunspace](#): > > I got new winter boots yesterday. 🙂 Ironically, I was in an LL Bean that was having a sale on Saturday, and did NOT buy new winter boots. Oh well the Yaxtrax on the old boots work fine. Another 12-16 inches forecast here (though the Weather Channel says up to 24"). Yadda yadda yadda. It’s only February 2, so I imagine there will be another one. My dad (who’s in Florida) tends to let me know when we’re going to have a snowstorm. He watches the weather in New England and posts to my wall on FB asking how I’m doing in the snow (I’ve lived here for 7 years). This causes a lot of amusement among my friends from New England. I’m a Floridian, and my whole family lives there. They seem to think that I’m in danger of getting stuck on an ice flow in Boston Harbor. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/27 "2015-02-02T14:21:53Z")
Well 14 inches. It’s hard to believe that is the one day record around here with as much water as there is all over the place. Hell we got 6 inches of rain in 5 hours back in August how can 10.4 be the snow record for a day? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/28 "2015-02-02T14:58:49Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Since when do you bother to name a 10" snowstorm? Slow news week. Seriously, it’s February, and it’s snowing. Are they going to name sunshine in June? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/29 "2015-02-02T15:40:51Z")
Just shoveled out, moved my car from the school lot where we’re allowed to park in a snow emergency to an open spot in front of the house. Must have been someone leaving a Superb Owl party late last night. Probably 10-12" of light snow, easy to shovel. Just say No to naming snowstorms. ---
**Author:** ![Shark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/30 "2015-02-02T16:20:06Z")
We got a blanket of snow. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/31 "2015-02-02T16:34:40Z")
For those asking, the naming snowstorm thing is just The Weather Channel. It is not endorsed by the National Weather Service or any other news agency. So if you don’t watch that particular channel or use their website (as I have refused to do since they started with the dumb a few years ago), you will be unaware of any name for any snowstorm. My lil neck of the woods got lake effect and a total of 19". Today it’s sunny and beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/32 "2015-02-02T16:49:41Z")
OK, SE Michigan got socked with ~16" of snow. In one day. Fuuuu-uuuck. How do people in places like Buffalo or the Upper Penninsula put up with this? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/33 "2015-02-02T17:33:30Z")
Seems like the news outlets think Maine is a province in Canada. All this talk about terrible weather in the Midwest and then all the up through . . . Boston. They’d get far more dramatic pictures if they took a look up here in Coastal Maine. We don’t even know how much we’ve gotten so far, and it just keeps coming. If you have to go out, even just on city streets, it’s like driving in sand. Yet, the plows have been out for a week and a half. God, I miss San Diego! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/34 "2015-02-02T17:45:54Z")
It’s steadily coming down here, but the ride in was OK. They’re keeping up with clearing it so far. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/35 "2015-02-02T18:04:25Z")
gigi-- are you coastal? you guys may be handling but we sort of … aren’t. How terrible that NH town that lost all its snow plows to fire! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/36 "2015-02-02T19:03:48Z")
There were all sorts of semi-apocalyptic news reports on the Toronto media, and there have been some problems with the trains. But meanwhile here in Peterborough, everything is completely… normal. It snowed. We plowed. No big deal. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/37 "2015-02-02T19:06:19Z")
10" here in the western suburbs of Boston. A few more inches coming. I just removed the snow from my SUV and moved it to a parking space that the plow has cleared. (I live in an apartment complex.) It’s just an annoyance if you don’t have to drive in it. I feel for people who can’t work from home. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/38 "2015-02-02T19:06:59Z")
Over two feet where I live. Naming snow storms! That’s so cute! Imagine if we did that in Canada? Ha, ha, ha! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/39 "2015-02-02T19:38:50Z")
> [@tapu](#): > > gigi-- are you coastal? > > you guys may be handling but we sort of … aren’t. > > How terrible that NH town that lost all its snow plows to fire! ☹ No, I’m on the NH/VT border. Yes – my co-worker from near Henniker was telling me about that, and that it’s a suspicious fire. Way to make all of your neighbors pay. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533/40 "2015-02-02T19:40:51Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Over two feet where I live. > > Naming snow storms! That’s so cute! > > Imagine if we did that in Canada? Ha, ha, ha! Really, it would be like “Storm Winston III.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533.md?page=3)