Michael Kelly Mort Kondracke Ch. All that was missing was the actual blizzard. It's usually associated with the vengeful and jealous God of the Old Testament.
Wrath is a punishing anger, greasing the skids for lots of smiting and the laying waste of cities.
This week's storm hype was nothing new. Surveys regularly reveal that weather is the top ratings-getter for local news, above even crime and sports. And since local news programs are money-making enterprises, it's not surprising that the hype has a payoff for the news directors. But the payoff for everybody else is more cynicism about the press. But it's one thing for local news outlets to hype local weather.