Will It Stick?

Here in the suburbs of D.C. we don't just argue about federal policies, we also debate what to call our snow storms. Though the Weather Channel calls the snow that's supposed to start tonight "Saturn," the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang has named it Snowquester. And it's not giving up the fight.

Putting aside the more primary question — which is why, since "Snowmaggedon," we feel we must name our snow storms? —this naming convention does reveal an interesting turf war.

Apparently, the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang asked folks to send them storm names last Friday, and the winning response was "Snowquester." It's the perfect appellation for a March snowstorm in sequester-weary Washington. And much more apt than Saturn, people say.

Will the name Snowquester stick? More to the point, will the snow?

We will have to wait and see.