TimesReporter.com - 12/30/12
Statue of Athena in Vatican Museum
Athena, Brutus, Caesar ... all are mythical characters in Greek mythology. Thanks to The Weather Channel, those names have become much more this winter season. The cable channel — home of weather stud Jim Cantore and weather geeks everywhere — was in its element recently as a winter storm barreled through Ohio.
But this wasn’t just any winter storm. We know the name for our wintry attacker, thanks to a new policy in which major winter storms receive names, just as hurricanes have been named for decades.
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