Blurricane

 Derivative work: NASA Hurricane Sandy (10/31/2012) with NASA GOES-13 Project


Blurricane - The extremely unfortunate portmanteau of blizzard and hurricane.  Late last month (October ~ 29th, 2012) the Atlantic spawned a tropical cyclone that became the almost 1000 mile wide storm known as Hurricane Sandy.  Blurricane now seems to be trending on Twitter. 

Blurricane is the preferred definition in this instance as it blurred the line between cyclone,
hurricane and a blizzard.  Other suggested names
would have been: blizzacane or hizzicane or huzzicane.  All extremely unfortunate. 

For more: NASA orbiting earth satellite observing Sandy: http://mobile.arc.nasa.gov/public/iexplore/scripts/v15/getnewsitem.php?id=430240 ; Climate Scientist - Sandy just a taste of things to come (CNN): http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/01/climate-scientist-sandy-just-a-taste-of-things-to-come/
Sandy death toll keeps rising (BBC News):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20171227

                     

Hurricane Sandy from Birth to Landfall latest NASA video Credit: U. S. Government Work; http://www.youtube.com/user/NASAexplore




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