My mother was ranting about this the other day, but I'm sure she didn't hear it from the Seattle Times (seeing how we live in Illinois, and she can't figure out what a keyboard does, let alone browse the internet). And her knowledge of weather is limited to "Its raining", "Its snowing", and "Oh, the weather must be getting bad. Andrew just flew out the door like a bat outta hell."
She must've heard it on Good Morning America.