Environment & Energy

like they're some new weather phenomena. I don't think that's a good thing. Are we going to start calling thunderstorms Lightning Bombs next? Plus these are very hard to forecast precisely. Any thunderstorm can collapse without a "cold pool" and cause a sudden downburst/microburst. Simple rain can mix down 50+ mph winds from 10k feet in the right conditions. Calling them Rain Bombs is just going to give people with there faces stuck to their phones something else to complain about. "OMG, we got hit by a Rain Bomb and there was no warning!! Eeeek!" lol. Good Doc for awareness but call it what it is. (And trust me, unless you live in the desert you aren't likely to see one coming)