On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 08:29:05 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, November 26, 2018 at 11:14:59 AM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
>
>> I think it's funny they give winter (snow) storms names just like they
>> do hurricanes. Did they always do that?
>
>No. The Weather Channel started doing that a while back. Probably
>to stoke panic and increase viewership.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

It isn't the Weather Channel's pervue . storms are named around the
world. Typhoons are named.