In last Saturday’s column, I got a few things off my chest.
I thought it only fair to then ask if you had any weather pet peeves you might like to share; well, the answer was a resounding YES.
Because space is limited, I’m not going to comment, only share them.
From Ken MacRury:
“On Saturday you asked readers to drop you a line about their pet peeve, so here is mine. It relates to the terms “whiteout” and “blizzard.” As background, I spent 31 years living on Baffin Island and there was no confusion at that time as to the difference between these two weather conditions. A blizzard was characterized by strong winds, blowing snow and from reduced visibility to zero visibility. A whiteout was a condition where there was no visible horizon, no shadows, no wind and was very dangerous to travellers as one could trip over invisible sastrugi or step off an unseen cornice. In Nova Scotia, a little bit of blowing snow seems to have been renamed to “whiteout” with a lot of quite unnecessary hype.
Perhaps you could clarify these terms for your readers.”
Kay wrote:
“This is not specific to the weather but I hear it often during weather forecasts. “Tomarrow” meaning tomorrow! Thank you for the opportunity to get this off my chest."
Kevin Dingwell:
"I just read your article today about pet peeves. I do have one of my own related to weather.
It involves the term nor’easter. I find it odd that storms coming up the eastern seaboard from the south and west are referred to as nor’easters. I can understand the term applied to storms coming from Quebec or Newfoundland but it would seem more appropriate to call the storms from the south and west sou’westers.
My friends tell me that the predominant winds are from the northeast and therefore storms are referred to as nor’easters but I still find this a little bothersome. So that is my peeve for the Day. I enjoy your articles and Grandma’s advice. Keep up the good work.”
This from Blake Cromwell:
“I have a problem when the weather is like 30+ and some Rodeo Clown is sitting in an air-conditioned building and keeps saying what a beautiful nice day it is. Get real people will u ...”
The last word goes to Jim Martin, from Valley, N.S.
“My pet peeve is what I call “The sky is falling” crowd. They take an ordinary snowy day and turn it into weather armageddon. These folks manage to turn a snowy day into something negative instead of a beautiful thing. This is Canada, sometimes it snows, rains, the wind blows, etc. – all beautiful things.”
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Cindy Day is the chief meteorologist for SaltWire Network
