Thundersnow! Bomb Cyclones!
What's this got to do with coercive control?
New Times, New Words
As I tip-tap on the keyboard on the one year anniversary of the January 6th “incident,” the importance of words, new words and their definitions pass through my mind.
Anyone over the age of thirty will not remember the word “thundersnow” being used in their youth. The thought of snow and thunder happening at the same time seemed impossible before 2010. But here we are, in 2022, and thundersnow is a part of our lives. So are “bomb cyclones,” which sound like weapons of war for the ancient Teutonic gods. And this is all it is:
To put it simply, a bomb cyclone is the speedy deepening of a low-pressure area within the atmosphere. To be considered a bomb cyclone, the area must deepen by at least 24 millibars within 24 hours. When this pressure drop occurs, winds end up forming around the pressure-drop area, and it quickly becomes stormy. See here.
But somewhere along the way to telling us if it is going to rain tomorrow, “thundersnow” and “bomb c…
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