“Some AccuWeather.com meteorologists have even been referring to the storm as a ‘snowicane’ rather than a blizzard,” reports AccuWeather.com, “in order to express the fierce extent of the snow and wind expected from the storm.”
Because ‘blizzard’ clearly can’t convey the extent of snow and wind that confronts us.
‘Blizzard’ is such an awesome word—the punch of the ‘b,’ the white-out fuzz of the double ‘z’… Blizzards were the best parts of the Little House series, when they got to play word games by the potbellied stove and had to go between buildings by rope. Also: starvation! Blizzards will kick your a**! We have Blizzard of 1888 to thank for buried utility cables in New York City:
English teachers of America, where did we go wrong? How can anyone pass up an opportunity to say ‘blizzard’? Say it today!
(AccuWeather quote via)
