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Hurricane? Nor'easter? Typhoon?

Sitting in the school cafeterial, we're all watching the huge storm
rush through the area. The winds are raging and all the electronics
have been unplugged... it's expected that we'll be loosing electricity
any moment. Perhaps school will even be cancelled tomorrow.

Now for the question of the day... what do we call huge, destructive
storms that hit the PNW coast? They aren't hurricanes or nor'easters.
Do typhoons come this far north? I thought they were just in the south
pacific... "winter storm" just doesn't seem to cover it.

Comments

Anonymous said…
I remember a TV meteorologist who was thumping to have them called "Columbo" storms, in honor of the Columbus Day Storm:

http://oregonstate.edu/~readw/October1962.html
12:55 PM
Mr. McNamar said…
I put up a few of my newly suggested names for these storms, come on over and vote. Oh yeah, enjoy the weekend before the WASL storm.
7:12 PM
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