Frankenstorm coined

[Benjamin Barrett]

My apologies.

Yesterday, Victor Steinbok provided this word, "snowicane" and better links (such as http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-new-york-storm-snowicane.html?mid=facebook_nymag).

I'm tempted to make a pun about being showed under as an excuse, but I will refrain myself in a fit of apophasis.

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On Oct 26, 2012, at 2:04 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> 
> Not a particularly surprising coinage, but coining is being given clear =
> credit, to NOAA forecaster Jim Cisco. I can't find a coinage date; =
> October 24 is the earliest citations I can find (such as =
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/trick-no-treat-forecasters-predict-=
> pre-halloween-freak-hurricane-winter-storm-mix-for-east/2012/10/25/4934cd2=
> 6-1e6e-11e2-8817-41b9a7aaabc7_story.html).

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