You know the National Weather Service names hurricanes.  Here on Long Island, we're all familiar with names like Gloria, Irene, and Hugo.

Now, we may learn names like Gandolf, Brutus, and Orko. 

The Weather Channel is planning on naming blizzards this winter!  Like with hurricanes, the names will go in alphabetical order.  However, they're not going to alternate male & female names. 

Here are the names you could hear Doppler Dave Maddux use for big snowstorms:

Athena

Brutus

Caesar

Draco

Euclid

Freyr

Gandolf

Helen

Iago

Jove

Khan

Luna

Magnus

Nemo

Orko

Plato

Q.

Rocky

Saturn

Triton

Ukko

Virgil

Walda

Xerxes

Yogi

Zeus

Some of these names are movie references, but many of them stem from mythology.

So...will you feel better having a name to mutter as you shovel-out your driveway?

Source: Weather.com