Weather the storm comes to us from ships on the seas - to remain at one's location during a storm to wait until it passes, as opposed to evacuating. The other variation is to "ride out the storm". This is an expression that has been used since the mid 1600s and the word weather has been with us since at least 795. The blog article is Weathering the Weather in Word History. It is HERE.
"It would be natural to suggest that at one time the word weather had a neutral meaning and that later, since people seldom speak about weather when the sun shines brightly, it began to mean “bad weather,”
Our own multi-day snow event will hopefully be concluding today - its third day.
The Hamilton newspaper started its weather coverage with this headline: "Winter has packed a wallop and Hamilton is digging out from its wake on this Friday morning."
Here are some amusing headlines from the past in this article here:
Ice Scream! Fury as city is paralyzed by blizzard
Now, Melt! Blizzard stops city cold, and transit officials warn today's no picnic either
The Brrrfect Storm
From now to whoa: 60-degree temps coming this weekend
Gee blizz! New York socked by snow
Snow fly zone
No-mageddon: The Washington, D.C. snow hole
And then these: S'no Foolin', the Snow must go on, Have you been plowed?
You can see more headlines and then scroll down to see all the ads. Things like; Do this once every morning to clear toenail fungus, stars secret to hiding their curves finally revealed, scaling your teeth without going to the dentist is now possible, restaurant meals don't taste as good due to the labor shortage... and so on.
Here is a snow orchard image from a snow day where you can still see the trunks of the trees.
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