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Originally Posted by William Davis
...I will say over 50 years experience on the waterfront including a weather forecasting correspondence course while in the CG I never heard of a “ Bomb Cyclone” Do they make these names up for TV ratings ?
William
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YES! Dean said it previously. And just yesterday I heard that these current storm "names" (like Grayson) are NOT attached by the National Weather Service.
They are a total creation of The Weather Channel. Why? Ratings and viewership!
How's that? Because any storm with a "name" is subconsciously connected to a hurricane, which is presumed to be horrific. And BAD weather gets viewers. Nobody tunes in to hear how sunny, warm and pleasant it is.