Bomb cyclone: What can Canadians expect for winter?

A "bomb cyclone" off Vancouver Island has resulted in severe weather warnings across British Columbia, leaving tens of thousands without power.
The storm, characterized by strong overnight winds, has prompted the closure of several highways and disruptions to BC Ferries services.
Global’s chief meteorologist Anthony Farnell breaks down the storm’s impact, what makes these weather events so rare, and what Canadians coast-to-coast can expect as winter approaches.
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[@zigzavioour]

Will they stop using fear words for every little thing?

[@deletedcomment2478]

You mean like all the vicious attacks and words they used against Trump for the last 8+ years?

[@darylwilliams7883]

They have to tell you what to expect. Fear has nothing to do with it. These are all NEW weather phenomena, at least to the public.

[@Dellelonaronno]

It’s you who adds the fear.

[@dirtbag68]

Yep, no more pineapple express. No more winter storms. They gotta come up with a nuclear something next.

[@milesharbord9339]

What would you replace the words with, these are metrologist terms, nothing to do with these guys

[@halon7476]

Fear mongering about the weather

[@shawnhambler9305]

Weather gaslighting at its finest

[@ddtproductions]

Business as usual

[@Kioooi]

Wheres the fear mongering? Did we watch the same video?

[@l.c.3150]

@@halon7476 one person died already. I guess trying to warn people for their own safety is fear mongering???

[@billwhitis9997]

@@l.c.3150 according to the far right

[@BEED0GG]

Wasn't even that bad last night. Im outside now for fresh air enjoying a coffee.

[@Dellelonaronno]

Power has been on for and hour. 13 hrs without. Dinner and breakfast? Nope

[@bunnymassacre]

13? You're making that up. It was from 6pm until about 9pm. You going to sleep with it off doesn't mean it was off the whole time. Come on.

[@georgekustner3440]

I did not hear anything.

[@ChrisJericho-yf4db]

Lol true canadian ❤

[@KennyVo120]

Beedogg says that everything is fine because he woke up that morning and had coffee outside. Guess all the meteorologists should just pack it in now, theyre useless 😂

[@thegreatplague9748]

When I was your age we called this.. Winter.

[@Dellelonaronno]

Funny winter isn’t here til Dec 21st officially. 😂

[@raynwolfsbane2084]

Which is why you shouldn't ask for any government assistance if the winter devastates your area or even remotely makes life more difficult. It's normal after all ;)

[@FlowKio]

@@Dellelonaronnoweather is what it is when it decides not when we point at a calendar 😂

[@Dellelonaronno]

@ So your the righteous expert? Let us know next time what the minions should be doing in your sanctimonious opinion. Were you divined by God. Did your power go out? If not? You know where to stuff and cement over your comment ROFLMAO 🤣

[@frasertones8519]

When I was young we used to HAVE winter. Now we don't.

[@thet3504]

Bomb Cyclone?? Stop it.. now you are getting ridiculous

[@wesbriggs1709]

“IT GONNA RAIN” - Thanks Ollie

[@seangregory932]

Bomb cyclone , atmospheric river, global boiling!!!!! Havnt we paid enough taxes yet for the weather to be better? What am I missing.

[@jasonj4326]

carbon taxes are proven to work the problem is when the money gets siphoned off and misused for general budgeting which it has here

[@ThomwoththeWeather]

a clue, you are missing a clue. grab one!

[@seangregory932]

@@jasonj4326 yea it's not working. It's just making us poorer.

[@leegrant7333]

millenium terms for......weather

[@AverageJoe-vx5xs]

Funny if you said “bomb cyclone” on an airplane you would be arrested

[@Dellelonaronno]

Can you guarantee it?

[@UTUBESUXS2024]

@@AverageJoe-vx5xs Try it. See what can happen.

[@WC_Happy_Sharing_Platform]

Thanks for sharing 😮

[@danperry6217]

"Hi Jackson"

[@SerbiAna47]

Only the legacy media is allowed to spread fear. 😂

[@grannybee]

Wow, talk about drama. You guys definitely qualify for an academy award 😂

[@billwhitis9997]

yeah, it's only real if you are affected

[@JavaMan2000]

Emmy award for sure

[@danphilbert7908]

What’s with all the new weather names they are using to put fear in people?

[@Dawna-gp1zk]

Ridiculous, isn't it?

[@FlowKio]

Media buzzwords keep getting more ridiculous

[@roberttremblay1981]

I came from an island where every year we get cyclone..hearing them saying bomb cyclone etc like if its a nuclear bomb coming make me laugh

[@martyreking5487]

Trudeau is definitely gonna start using "Bomb Cyclone" a lot...probably working on a "Bomb Cyclone" tax as we speak.

[@Pav316]

If we were able to stop theft in Canada for two years we would never have to pay taxes again for 10 years. Why haven’t a party for the middle class not rised up yet

[@checkfactschecking]

You have Trudeau derangement syndrome. You should take a year off from TY, and stop listening to political propaganda. They have really messed with your head.

[@fitcher-armchair-sleuth]

His lords and and masters.

[@AverageJoe-vx5xs]

51 year old Norma me raise Canadian. Loved in Calgary and Vancouver island. “Bomb Cyclone” never even heard of it. “Atmospheric rivers”? Same never heard of it. Pull out all the scary terms propaganda machine. Scare tactics.

[@Dellelonaronno]

Why are you scared Marilyn?

[@raynwolfsbane2084]

You've never heard of proofreading either, apparently. Conservative loves scare tactics. That's what they're motivated by the most: fear. They've literally done studies confirming it 😂

[@ricknielsen3660]

Unfortunately, they’re scaring the dumbest of the dumbest they’ll fall for anything😂😂😂😂

[@tanyaharris1335]

Huh ?

[@beyondfossil]

Your admitted ignorance doesn't mean it's "scare tactics".

[@BarbaraCarty-zc8dn]

Alarmist presentation. Being 71, I’ve seen it all before.

[@billwhitis9997]

OK boomer

[@Kioooi]

2 people died, and 200k lost power. I think age is taking its toll on your ability to think.

[@raywagner8016]

@@Kioooi. 2 people die every day. I think your inability to think is coming out your mouth.

[@raywagner8016]

@@billwhitis9997 Whatever Drama Queen.

[@TFAmbience]

​@@raywagner8016 I haven't heard anyone except grandparents say that about little children. Go to sleep, it's past your nap time, old man

[@clydemifflin3600]

What can Canadians expect?.. Missile Blizzards, Grenade Squalls and perhaps even some Winchester Whiteouts.

[@Idontcare-1z1]

So dramatic.

[@clarkemacdonald3159]

This meteorologist sounds a lot like Justin Trudeau, right?

[@Dawna-gp1zk]

haha!

[@stargazer8681]

Haha, so much of nothing was said. Get to the damn point, Anthony!

[@SerbiAna47]

He does sound like him, but with a significant less amount of stuttering.

[@ceciortiz8763]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-JesusSonofGod777]

Thanks to Geoengineering 😒😒😒😒

[@dunkydog1676]

Exactly

[@Marvin-fn7ks]

Bomb Cyclone ? Polar Vortex , atmospheric river… new names to normal weather to make the climate emergency seem to be right on our doorstep!

[@gittarollke3102]

Why does this even need three newscasters to talk about . One person can report it much more concisely. Doesn’t need to be talked to death.

[@joeskill4663]

Because they want to make sure we know it’s a “bomb cyclone “….🤷‍♂️🤪🤣

[@frobbsy27]

U guys are doin waaay too much with the whole "bomb cyclone "thing😂

[@Dawna-gp1zk]

Agree. So stupid.

[@dianedenham5259]

It's an unusual phenomenon, people aren't sure what to expect. I was concerned about the wind blowing in from a different direction as I live an old tall house with an old tall chimney. Turns out it was fine, have felt worse winds & gusts from regular storms.

[@ijsk7930]

I guess we’re all not paying enough in carbon taxes, please up the taxes so these weather anomalies don’t happen.

[@pl9466]

It was not a bomb, it was a fizzle!

[@markdaigle9756]

Lol bcyclone no need to panic it's just a bad storm just another made up term

[@billwhitis9997]

Gotta love that "low information" voter!

[@UTUBESUXS2024]

Just another big storm.

[@Dellelonaronno]

Another record broken. Meh

[@LiplessEagle]

@@Dellelonaronnoanother ‘joined 1 month ago’ troll

[@clydemifflin3600]

@@Dellelonaronno Are you sure you're not referring to the 3 day rain storm in October?

[@Dellelonaronno]

@@clydemifflin3600 The low pressure drop was rapid. You can add the deadly storm, sure. The power was fine that time. Everything blew all over hell’s half acre and the gutters and drains were plugged in Oct. I don’t know about you, it was way too hot at my place and it didn’t cool to below 25°C indoors till that storm. Most days it was 30-35C in my place. In the sun all day. No ventilation besides two bathroom sized windows. Extremes of “weather”. Calm it what you like. IMHO it’s more extreme more often. Suns out and it’s hot instantly. Gotta move! Hard to find a place that accepts dogs for $2k. Landlords assume men party and are filthy. Last landlord said I was quieter and cleaner than they were. Can I get that in writing? Rents are ridiculous. Hopefully the glut of condos will make rents more affordable and inline with interest rate drops. Suites used to be mortgage helpers. Now everyone is a real estate hedge fund. My fault. I take the blame for everything! 🙏

[@clydemifflin3600]

@@Dellelonaronno Yeah, I was referring to the record broken for the cyclone, couldn't find any info in the story, was it wind speed, rain fall?..matters little. Anyhow, yeah, things are tough right now, I hope you get by OK.

[@carllafrance5510]

If you watch the weather Channel all the time You would never go Out side !

[@macdavidson6168]

Geo engineering at its finest

[@Dellelonaronno]

Prove it, troll!

[@frobbsy27]

​@@Dellelonaronnoummm geo engineering is a real thing😂 Look it up troll

[@LiplessEagle]

@@Dellelonaronnocloud seeding. Been proven. Let me guess… you partook in the experimental jabby

[@l.c.3150]

@@macdavidson6168 But can they produce a bomb cyclone?? Geo engineering has effects but minimal.

[@SerbiAna47]

It's definitely geoengineering. Many former US Air Force employees have corroborated that they have geoengineered severe weather events. It's not a conspiracy, it's reality.

[@johnnyboyvan]

What a stupid name for a storm. Ho hum.

[@Mini-Super-ding-dong]

surely paying more taxes will help?

[@G45and47]

We need to pay more towards carbon tax so the government can better control the weather.

[@davidm9214]

Can you stop saying bomb 😂

[@Dellelonaronno]

Bum?

[@LiplessEagle]

@@Dellelonaronno‘Joined 1 month ago’

[@Dellelonaronno]

@ Capiche 👍🏼

[@DennisWest-fn9mx]

There is no such thing as a bomb cyclone! Or an atmospheric river for that matter! It is called a storm, but that doesn't sound dramatic enough.

[@The411]

B... cyclone? I think they're making up terms now.

[@oliverquach9614]

5 seconds on google would’ve showed you that it’s a real thing.

[@StephenRoss-po1rp]

Not a common term And only used in BC in last few years Not sure why people are getting upset about technical definitions People don’t like change I guess

[@FlowKio]

It’s called a supercell wtf

[@Dawna-gp1zk]

THEY ARE!

[@The411]

@@oliverquach9614 It's real name is bombogenesis, but I guess the latest name is more catchy.

[@Atheist7]

and if Donald J. Trump had said.......

[@axelzilm778]

I was just talking about the BOMB cyclone on my WestJet flight and got arrested for saying BOMB WTF

[@kjw1603]

Ok so its going to be windy again?

[@enchantedape8180]

We definitely need to increase BC carbon tax. These atmospheric rivers and bom b cyclones have gotten way out of control. Dont take my word for it. Those condensation trails have nothing to do with this.

[@vaninec]

"Pineapple express" sounds better

[@StephenRoss-po1rp]

I like that better myself

[@Ancaryvan]

😑 Hate that! Because that means No Snow.

[@darylwilliams7883]

It's the name of a kind of BC grown cannabis. That's why they don't use it anymore.

[@Dellelonaronno]

But the rain wasn’t enough and there was some snow. How does a pine apple relate to wind and severe low pressure?

[@vaninec]

@Dellelonaronno That's real original name

[@pabrodi]

I wanna see the reaction of the same people who say this is fearmongering when their houses become uninsurable in the same way it happened to Florida.

[@tbwright7304]

Weather hustlers. You sell fear and anxiety. Disgusting.

[@pavelhardin7850]

Looking nice and quiet here in New Westminster

[@joeskill4663]

Abbotsford had some cold wind 💨… no bombs tho..🤷‍♂️🤪

[@marlene8344]

Yes, we’re going to get a lot of rain; geoengineering, cloud seeding Anthony?

[@Dellelonaronno]

Source?? Cringe dot com?

[@joeskill4663]

True

[@rodneydowd4739]

I’m in Niagara and this outlook is just peachy for me

[@ChrisJericho-yf4db]

Around there to. Hey neighbour,lol.

[@rodneydowd4739]

@ hi 👋

[@emartinezr]

Bomb cyclone? Will this mean more taxes?

[@duelenigma7732]

The nuclear threat hardly bothers me….but the rain storm is terrifieing.

[@dianedenham5259]

At least I have house insurance to cover storm damage.

[@nikoonikoo]

The names of typhoons in Asia are more adorable and less threatening 😂

[@kenwithers1258]

After watching the news, I always contemplate signing up for MAID..... I'm sure my government wouldn't let me down on that request.

[@sojourneroftheland]

New weaponry tactics require new outlandish names

[@Dellelonaronno]

Get over it. It’s not a blanket to snuggie

[@LiplessEagle]

@@Dellelonaronnoexperimental booster time?

[@Dellelonaronno]

@ Could be. I saw Elon, Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden testing defence projects, flying a plane of immigrants to an expensive hotel, unloading semi trucks of stacks of $100 dollar bills and riding a magic carpet that makes clouds rain and has a stadium sized magnifying glass for fires starting and evaporation of lakes. True story. Trump said it so it’s true. Endorsed by Marjorie Taylor Green and Jagmeet and the Bloc guy so it’s 1000% legit. 😆

[@jamesbrown6473]

Just a simple autumn day in newfoundland

[@bobbylee2853]

It’s Winter already?

[@Blewsi-p1e]

Atmospheric river? When did they make this word up. Bomb cyclone? Honestly you people are fear mongers. When I was a kid we walked to school in -25. Please stop this wording.

[@JJ-bf6dx]

Winter is now referred to as a BOMB

[@FishAreGoodSwimmers-ph3xb]

"Bomb Cyclone" ....terrifying and catchy at the same time! lol

[@cookingwithdave5300]

Where are you getting all this new weather descriptions? This is just another high wind storm surge

[@re8ksam]

you fear for warm winter when ski resorts don't have enough snow. and you anyway fear for cold wet winter, which is normal winter by the way. and funny thing is that both are because of so-called "climate change"

[@joeskill4663]

So true..💥

[@niftydom]

Bomb cyclone. Sensationalism sells. We get wind storms, snow storms every year. Nothing new here. Stop dramatizing.

[@joeskill4663]

Imagine all the crappy storms our ancestors survived and even died to… But apparently bad weather only happens now…🤷‍♂️🤔

[@alexandernobre6450]

They can expect the weather modifications they do every day. Stop spraying the skies.

[@joeskill4663]

👍🏽

[@MsRock205]

Don't worry, the carbon tax with stop these from happening.

[@mitcholineck5345]

This is called winter global dipsticks

[@TerpyNugsCA]

They’ll say this and then we will have a mild winter with 1 semi bad storm.

[@Joesmith-dt9sy]

Canada can expect more and more fear mongering, got to push that climate hysteria..

[@chuckizowsky4181]

Happens every year at this time .

[@ac130canada]

People that dont cant comprehend different weather terms are hilarious. "We call this winter" cool story bro

[@-LightningRod-]

i am grateful to find at least one comment that makes sense

[@francineDee-l2y]

It seems that this generation lives in FEAR constantly, scared of everything, everyday. Soon they will call Summer Rains as BOMBING RAINS, OMG, we are all going to die .. LOL ..

[@roylee410]

"13 to 17 meter waves" eh?

[@darkagentJAY111]

Can you make it simpler... Storm. You're welcome BC 🇨🇦🤣

[@nicolaspronovost3463]

What a gong show...

[@gnrrailroad1531]

Should start talking about possible nuclear attacks thanks to Joe Biden.

[@joeskill4663]

True…

[@eugenelavrinenko9346]

How about that looks like a hurricane. Thanks HARP...

[@Dellelonaronno]

Prove a stringed instrument caused a weather record to be broken

[@ddtproductions]

If you're going to talk about High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP), you should st least know how to spell it. Now, can you show us some rings to prove your point?

[@ryanyoung8245]

This happens every winter, it was windy and rainy, thousands without power.

[@edwardweiszbeck1649]

I like this meteorologist Anthony 👍

[@Stonesour1]

What I can expect is not tuning to Global

[@MelanieFromCanada]

Stop acting like Canada is the US. Just tell us the weather, man.

[@cd5098]

Your 'Bomb Cyclone' totally Bombed last night.

[@Kioooi]

2 dead 200k without power, I guess it did bomb.

[@rezolutelasillyoo5474]

if we get 15-20 feet of snow this winter, i'd say hell yeah we need it.

[@orenestrada2007]

as a person who does snow removal i dont think one bit that we need it. lol

[@darylwilliams7883]

What's really happening with the weather news is that even TV personalities are having to get informed about meteorological realities. Like the man said, anyone who's actually been tracking meteorological events have been hearing the terms 'bomb cyclone' and 'atmospheric river' for 4 decades. Most people have not been aware of these things because they've been rare and usually not in places where they have been of concern to cities. So try and pry open the rusty hinges of your brain and start learning for the sake of your own kids.

[@billwhitis9997]

You can't reason with the far right.

[@checkfactschecking]

Actually longer than 40 years. It was coined in the 1940's to better describe Cyclogenesis which was first seen in print in 1925. It was probably a meteorological term in scientific circles long before that.

[@2FLIPS3.5TWISTS]

"bomb cyclone" hahaha, so dramatic, we need new leader. Climatologists all disagree with the hysteria, you cannot make people spend billions if its not loowering the tempersture in this freezing co0untry.

[@cleigh113]

Stop with a new weather terms global Do you have to fall in line with the United States on everything?

[@joeskill4663]

They like to fall in line with the leftists..💨

[@thomboy892]

its a warning that those containers need to be opened up

[@user-fy7ru4ii1i]

"Wet and colder than previous winters". They say that every year.

[@maxblair3317]

Man we really gotta come up with dramatic new words whenever we get a change in seasons nowadays huh?

[@Cyclersix]

It’s the climate change narrative to try and scare us……Trudeau uses it to increase carbon tax…

[@GRWD_62]

Sensationalistic 🐂💩 Winter comes every year

[@Dellelonaronno]

Winter is Dec 21. Just say you were cozy in your house and you’re entitled and condescending. Period

[@GRWD_62]

@ I’ve lived on my sailboat on the British Columbia coast for 30 yrs anchored out ,get stuffed flat lander

[@ramit439]

Nothing in Surrey no storm

[@Dellelonaronno]

Power out for 13 hrs here. And?

[@katherinem456]

Stop scaring old people and children.., my friends daughter came home and told her the teacher mentioned something about a tornado.

[@Dellelonaronno]

And you set her straight. Good adult. 👏🏼

[@Kioooi]

2 people died and 200k lost power.

[@Dellelonaronno]

@ 200k homes. Where was the death?

[@bluetarantulaproductions6179]

🎵 Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful, but since we got no place to go. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.🎵

[@517-i9p]

Atmospheric river???? BAHAHAHA these clowns are hilarious!

[@RovePaths]

Spokes like a bike? My wheels don't look like that, that would be dangerous.

[@Steph_7d7]

We can expect a winter for our winter

[@ADebsLife]

Isn't it a little insensitive to call a storm a bomb when there's a holocaust being committed on Earth?

[@Carnage1975]

They use the word "B*MB" because it is a weather weapon. Not natural. What's up with these apocalyptic words to describe weather, we never did this before.

[@Kioooi]

No its because its sudden and intense, thats literally why they called it bombogenesis in the 1940's.

[@delningit7033]

The map says near normal in Manitoba? Am I reading aomething wrong? Its mid November and its raining... Sounds like the storm is drawing hot humid air off the Pacific and spreading it over the country. Wow, a way of saying it without screaming "the sky is falling"

[@Dellelonaronno]

They said BC not Manitoba. Whole coast. More low pressure, record breaking. Listen and comprehend please

[@delningit7033]

@Dellelonaronno look at the map and listen to what they say about the prairies. And whats your point? Theyre acting like the world could end over it. Try your own advice

[@joeskill4663]

The meteorologist at the end even admitted the exaggeration… “ oh that’s what we are going with,,, “ bomb cyclone””.. 🤦‍♀️🥶

[@johnbehneman1546]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE PLAN AHEAD!!!!

[@lorrainehagan9044]

Still windy east coast Vancouver Island.

[@topher6399]

OMG Global actually talking about TRUE news!?!?! Hell must have frozen over.

[@billwhitis9997]

It's only news when they say what you agree with. Got it.

[@raywagner8016]

True news is a made up term. Just like bomb cyclone and atmos-fear-ic river.

[@bonniebonbasa3257]

Come on these storms are no different then 50 years ago. It's a winter storm.

[@canadianpureblood9277]

What Covid shot should I take to protect myself against this bomb

[@cameronmarshall6819]

The east always gets easy winters and the west always hard

[@Steph_7d7]

On the east coast weve had bomb cyclones during the winter, lotsa wind lotsa snow and life somehow carried on as usual.

[@davidm9214]

So. Social media is having control on how you speak of the weather. 😂 Nice what a joke

[@Dellelonaronno]

Call it a fart stir stick. Who cares?

[@davidm9214]

@@Dellelonaronno Seems like someone needs a job

[@Dellelonaronno]

@ I’m at work now. No dinner last night, no breakfast. Will you be ok preaching Boomer?

[@davidm9214]

@@Dellelonaronno maybe you should have a snack and a little nap 😴

[@davidm9214]

@Dellelonaronno since your not actually working 🤣