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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_64802" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.weather.com/news/winter-storm-names-20121001"><img class="size-medium wp-image-64802" title="naming-winter-storms_650x366" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/naming-winter-storms_650x366.jpeg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(Photo: The Weather Channel)</p></div></p>
<p><a href="http://www.ifc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/game-of-thrones-hbo.jpg">Winter is coming</a>, at least according to every <em>Game of Thrones</em> fan on Reddit. This year, the witty folks at the Weather Channel have <a href="http://www.weather.com/news/winter-storm-names-20121001">decided</a> to name every winter storm. As it turns out, whoever was tasked with writing these names is kind of a huge sci fi nerd.</p>
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<p>D is for Draco--perhaps as a nod to Mr. Malfoy in the <em>Harry Potter</em> series? <em>Lord of the Rings</em> fans will recognize the G name--it's Gandolf; for <em>Star Trek</em> fans, there's Khan for K and "Q," the devious God character who drives Captain Picard insane, for the letter Q.</p>
<p>The best part is that the Weather Channel refuses to cop to the fact that the names are ripped out of sci fi/fantasy lore. For each name, they provide context to demonstrate where it's from. Gandolf is "a character in a 1896 fantasy novel in a pseudo-medieval countryside," they reason. Q is "the Broadway Express subway line in New York City."</p>
<p>We hope this season's biggest Nor'easter comes in time for the letter K so that we have an excuse to clench our fists and scream KHAAAAAN at the angry sky.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_64802" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.weather.com/news/winter-storm-names-20121001"><img class="size-medium wp-image-64802" title="naming-winter-storms_650x366" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/naming-winter-storms_650x366.jpeg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(Photo: The Weather Channel)</p></div></p>
<p><a href="http://www.ifc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/game-of-thrones-hbo.jpg">Winter is coming</a>, at least according to every <em>Game of Thrones</em> fan on Reddit. This year, the witty folks at the Weather Channel have <a href="http://www.weather.com/news/winter-storm-names-20121001">decided</a> to name every winter storm. As it turns out, whoever was tasked with writing these names is kind of a huge sci fi nerd.</p>
<p><!--more--></p>
<p>D is for Draco--perhaps as a nod to Mr. Malfoy in the <em>Harry Potter</em> series? <em>Lord of the Rings</em> fans will recognize the G name--it's Gandolf; for <em>Star Trek</em> fans, there's Khan for K and "Q," the devious God character who drives Captain Picard insane, for the letter Q.</p>
<p>The best part is that the Weather Channel refuses to cop to the fact that the names are ripped out of sci fi/fantasy lore. For each name, they provide context to demonstrate where it's from. Gandolf is "a character in a 1896 fantasy novel in a pseudo-medieval countryside," they reason. Q is "the Broadway Express subway line in New York City."</p>
<p>We hope this season's biggest Nor'easter comes in time for the letter K so that we have an excuse to clench our fists and scream KHAAAAAN at the angry sky.</p>
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