I didn't know that winter storms were named these days but evidently they are. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Hurricanes have names and so do tropical storms and wild fires, so why not large winter storms? Today I heard on the national news that Winter Storm Eboni is dropping lots of snow across the midwest (except for northern Indiana evidently). Eboni? Isn't that the dark wood from which black piano keys are made? I know that the wood is spelled 'ebony' but still it sounds the same. Wasn't there an old song "Ebony and Ivory?" It seems to me that if someone wants to name a SNOW storm they might have considered a more appropriate name. I know, you're probably going to point out that this is the 5th named big snow storm (who knew?) so the name had to start with 'E.' But why not Eggshell or Ecru? Too bad it has to start with 'E.' Alabaster would have been catchy or Ivory. Although maybe the namers were thinking of all the potential black outs from downed power lines. In that case Eboni might make sense.
Just out of curiosity I googled the definition of 'Eboni.' It is an Egyptian baby name which means Black. So now you know. Can't wait to hear what they name the next big snow storm. I vote for 'Frosty.'
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