Good names for bad storms: Frankenstorm, Snowpocalypse and more

President Obama referred to the massive snowfall in February 2010 as Snowmageddon. The steps of the Supreme Court in Washington are pictured. Between 1 and 3 feet of snow fell in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware. Some reports called it the worst snowstorm in nearly a century.  (Alex Brandon / Associated Press)

Just three days after Snowmageddon came a storm that hit the Midwest, the Mid-Atlantic and New England, blasting them with hurricane-force winds. About 10 to 20 inches accompanied this storm, which swept areas already buried from Snowmageddon. Above, Navid Vardi clears a walkway to his men’s clothing store in the Georgetown shopping district of Washington.  (Cliff Owen / Associated Press)

Pedestrians walk along Wisconsin Avenue in Washington. Together, two major storms of February 2010 were dubbed by some media as “Snowtorious B.I.G.”  (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press)

Crews work to clear runways at Philadelphia International Airport. The December 2010 blizzard brought 12 to 32 inches of snow from northern Florida to Maine.  (Matt Rourke / Associated Press)

A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers. The storm, called the third-worst snowstorm on record for the area, dumped 20 inches of snow on Chicago.  (Kiichiro Sato / Associated Press)

More than 3 million people, from Virginia to Maine, lost power in an October snowstorm that brought a rare “white Halloween” to some spots back East. Winter storm warnings were in effect from Pennsylvania to eastern Maine and brought heavy snow and high winds.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

A massive storm battered Alaska’s western coast with winds topping 80 mph and towering sea surges.
More: Brutal winds, white-out blizzard in Alaska  (Peggy Fagerstrom / Associated Press)