I’m new here, but I don’t think this is a nor’easter…
Update: Well, ok, the local newscasters are calling it a nor’easter. But I’m still not convinced what hit Virginia really qualifies.
On the CNN home page (about 4pm on Friday, November 13)…
CNN's Stellar Editors
If you go to the actual article, you see that the iReporter (a person not affiliated with CNN) made no mention of nor’easter. Someone on CNN’s editorial staff had to write the headline to place on the home page.
I am new to the area, but I don’t think the remnants of Hurricane Ida coming from the Gulf of Mexico, across the Southeastern United States and then from north to south on the eastern seaboard, qualifies as a nor’easter.
A nor’easter (also northeaster; see below) is a type of macro-scale storm along the East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada, so named because the winds come from the northeast, especially in the coastal areas of the Northeastern United States and Atlantic Canada.
Nor’easter. (2009, November 3). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:17, November 13, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nor%27easter&oldid=323626134
Heck, here’s an animation of the storm track that caused the barge to get stranded.
Still doesn't look like a nor'easter...
Big storm, yes. Nor’easter? I don’t think so.
Time to pay a few more pennies for editorial oversight CNN.
