The East Coast experienced unusually cold temperatures the last week of December, and conditions are projected to only get worse during the first week of January. Yesterday, after everyone began recovering from the holidays and heading back to work, weather reports said a storm is heading for the region. Should we all be worried? Well, forecasters are calling it a “bomb cyclone,” which definitely doesn’t sound scary. Nope, not at all. Just the words bomb and cyclone put together.
https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/948255400851378176
The Washington Post called out the panic-inducing term in a tweet about the storm.
A monster storm is headed for the East Coast, but don't worry, it's only expected to become a [squints at notes] "bomb cyclone" https://t.co/tLjbbRCQiD
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 2, 2018
Reading “bomb cyclone” in headlines unsurprisingly caused many people to freak out. Other people joked about it.
"bomb cyclone" sounds like good weed and bad weed at the same time
— Desus MF Nice💯 (@desusnice) January 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/tomgvellner/status/948309081244274688
We must bomb the bomb cyclone before the bomb cyclone bombs us
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) January 3, 2018
cool to be acquainted with a new hellworld phrase like "bomb cyclone" so early in the year
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) January 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/Remy_Anne/status/948579123840143360
"Bomb Cyclone" is clearly the name of a Jaeger and I can't believe Guillermo del Toro is going to kill us all as part of a viral marketing campaign after we said so many nice things about the sex fish movie.
— Alexandra Erin | patreon.com/AlexandraErin (@AlexandraErin) January 3, 2018
Forecasters have previously used the term “bomb cyclone” to describe a system that rapidly drops in pressure. That definition doesn’t sound as scary as the actual term. It’s just a winter storm, right? We’ll find out tomorrow.