Weather terminology can be a bit scary at times. Terms like "Arctic blast" and "typhoon" create some disturbing mental images. But residents of Oregon, Northern California, and Washington are dealing with a somewhat rarer one this week that is (in name, at least) one of the most terrifying: "bomb cyclone."
Even in the often hyperbolic field of weather prediction, that's an eye-catching name, but what does it mean? And how bad will it be if you're in the path of one?
