"Blue Northern" [was "Nor'easter"]

[Alice Faber]

Bill Palmer wrote:
> I loved the Ian & Sylvia song you just excerpted, Geoff. And it's the only
> time I've ever heard the expression "blue norther" (sans "n", I believe, if
> I was hearing it right).  I never knew Ian's surname, BTW, so thanks.
>
> Never spent any time in the NW, so I wonder if "blue norther" is a common
> term there.

When I was in Texas for grad school some 30 years ago, "blue norther"
was a fairly standard term for a ferocious winter cold front coming from
the northwest.


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