Is blizzard getting too much hype? No, experts say

WASHINGTON (AP) — You can call it a snowstorm of historic proportions. You can call it the return of New England’s blizzard of 1978. You can call it simply dangerous. And you can even call it Nemo.

But don’t call it hype.

The new director of the National Weather Service says some may be getting carried away in describing the winter storm bearing down on the Northeast. But he says the science is simple and chilling.

Louis Uccellini is an expert on snowstorms. He says meteorologists are telling people that this is a dangerous storm because it is.

Jeff Masters, meteorology director of the private...