Talk:December 2009 North American blizzard

Merge with Blizzard of 2009

I saw the merge was proposed. I believe that the merge should be to this article, not from this article to Blizzard of 2009, because the past blizzards such as North American blizzard of 2007 and North American blizzard of 2008 follow this naming convention, and this blizzard was certainly not a global event. In fact, calling it Blizzard of 2009 could cause a problem given that there is another blizzard brewing in Europe at the moment and we would face a naming conflict. --Shirik (talk) 03:42, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Capitalization

I think blizzard in the title needs to be capitalized. --98.26.187.80 (talk) 15:24, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

The manual of style for naming similar articles (see Category:Blizzards in the United States) doesn't capitalize 'blizzard'. APK whisper in my ear 16:35, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Someone made this capitalization change. I undid this change per WP:MOS and APK. The lowercase "blizzard" is correct. --Shirik (talk)

North American?

If this is a North American, as opposed to an American, blizzard why are there no references to anywhere other than the US? 71.110.67.204 (talk) 16:33, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

There are references mentioning the storm's impact on Nova Scotia (ex: AccuWeather) and the soon-to-be-added reference from the CBC. APK whisper in my ear 16:48, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

I know it may be hard to believe for some people on the east coast, but there actually are people who live in the US/Canada but DON'T live on the East Coast. With this shocking revelation, and with the fact that there has not been a single flake of snow on the west coast, shouldnt this be named the East Coast Blizzard?Crd721 (talk) 21:28, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

sarcasm =/= constructive criticism APK whisper in my ear 21:51, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Still though, isnt the articles name bad? I mean if I were to see this articles name and not see the outside, I would be waiting to see loads of snow when I looked out my window, while in fact it is raining, and yesterday it was over 50 degrees. This really should be renamed "East Coast Blizzard of 2009" That is a much more accurate title. 22:14, 21 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crd721 (talk • contribs)

Merge with December 2009 North American snowstorms

I oppose this proposed merge. From that article, "Although the initial storm had virtually subsided by December 11, further snow was expected to fall." This seems to indicate to me that the article is a different topic, and the two should be left independent. The article was drafted before meteorologists even identified this one and has references from the 14th of December indicating that the storm had "passed". --Shirik (talk) 18:45, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Ditto. I'm removing the merge template because the topics are unrelated. APK whisper in my ear 20:27, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Add Obama?

The news is saying that U.S. President Obama left the U.N. climate conference early in order to beat the snow storm. Is that a fact to put in this article? Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 20:41, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Description too strong

Regarding the caption for the photo Cars_buried_by_snow_in_Silver_Spring,_Maryland,_blizzard_of_2009.jpg ... I wouldn't say these cars are buried. Some appear to be covered (and some aren't even that), but if you can read the license plate, a car's not buried.  ;-) Flagstonia (talk) 04:44, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Mention of closings?

The federal government was closed Monday in Washington. and Northern Virginia schools will not reopen until Jan 4th. (closed Mon-Wed, then Christmas break.) thatmarkguy (talk) 07:18, 22 December 2009 (UTC)