"Storm Names" which displayed nicknames of somewhat strange snowstorms on Google Maps

There are many cases of heavy snowstorms coming to the United StatesThe Weather ChannelAnd the local media, but the nickname of the snowstorm that I visited in the past was displayed on Google Maps "Storm Names"is.

An Imprecise Geography of Obnoxious Snowstorm Nicknames - Atlantic Cities Staff - The Atlantic Cities
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/03/imprecise-geography-obnoxious-snow-storm-nicknames/4879/


America's snowstorm's name isThe Weather ChannelAlthough it is often attached by, it is often that a nickname is attached by the local media separately from the nationwide name.Washington PostHad decided the nickname of the snowstorm by the proposal of the reader and the vote so far, but the late snowstorm that is currently visiting the United States is "Snowquester(A snow seeker) "and was named. This name is a photographer'sPhil YabutIs on Washington Post on TwitterCapital Weather GangI posted a tweet to me, and it was adopted because the response from other followers was also good.

The tweets by Capital Weather Gang when the nickname was decided to Snowquester are as follows.


The name of the snowstorm by The Weather Channel is "Saturn", and the heading of the article is also "Saturn".


On the other hand, a lot of Tweets with hashtag "#Snowquester" are posted on Twitter.


Until now, even if local media got an interesting nickname for snowstorm, its name rarely spread outside the district. there,The Atlantic CitiesCreated the names of past snowstorms on Google Maps "Storm Names"is. On the map is displayed a slightly strange nickname of a large snowstorm visited from 1862 to 2013. The nickname uses what the local media reported, etc, and the name given by the Weather Channel is excluded.

Actual Storm Names look like the following.

Storm Names - Google Maps

On a larger mapStorm NamesShow

The map includes "February Fury (Feast of February)" visited in 2007, "The Storm of the Century" in 1888, "The Perfect Storm" in 1991, 2012 A slightly different nickname such as "Frankenstorm (Frankenstorm)" of the year is displayed.


In addition, the Snowquester (snow seeker) which is currently visited was also displayed on the map.