Maybe we should name the blizzard snowzilla? It certainly seems to be taking over Chicago and the burbs, shutting down everything and messing with our lives. Thanks to Rod LaFleur of Chicago for this great illustration, which is making the rounds on Facebook.
Courtesy of Rod LeFleur
Why do people have to make up goofy names for the white stuff?
Can't anyone just call it a blizzard?
Whenever there's a major weather event, new words become part of the lexicon.
Last winter, the word "snowpocalypse" was popular, and President Barack Obama referred to last year's storm in Washington D.C. as "Snowmaggedon."
Now, this year's storm has clever names, too.
Some of the names overheard to describe this snowstorm include:
snOMG
winterruption
snowtrastrophe
blizzaster
the whoppa
sNOOOOOOOO!
shovelpalooza
snoverkill
snowzilla
blizzageddeon
Snowtorious B.I.G. (or Snowtorious B.L.I.Z.)
snownado
snonami
blizzerk
Blizzo the Blizzard
A snow day for adults
Blizzgojevich
Any name that rhymed with "snow" became fodder, be it 1990s band Bel Biv DeSnow or Chicago mayoral candidate Carol Snowsley Braun.
If you're not amused by any of these, there's always the old joke: "I hope the snow keeps up." Why? "So it won't come down."
Daily Herald Staff contributed to this report
Emmanul Alejandres, from left, Liseth Leal, and Fernando Perez brave the blizzard as snow hits the Fox Valley area on Tuesday. The Larkin High School students were trying to make their way home.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Looking West from Powers road in Gilberts as Snow falls along Interstate 90 on Tuesday. Increased snowfall will make travel difficult.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Maybe we should name the blizzard snowzilla? It certainly seems to be taking over Chicago and the burbs, shutting down everything and messing with our lives. Thanks to Rod LaFleur of Chicago for this great illustration.
Courtesy of Rod LeFleur
Snow hits the Fox Valley area on Tuesday as Larkin High School students make their way home.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com