A so-called weather bomb is in the news. High winds and huge waves have hit the northwestern coast of Britain earlier today. Northern Ireland and Scotland are hardest hit. Some seventeen-thousand people have ended up without power. There are flood alerts in many areas. Travel is hazardous and allowed speeds are low. A Spanish fishing boat had to be rescued after being hit by a wave. And so on. Whence the funny name, though? Apparently, a weather bomb is a term used to describe something that scientists call explosive cyclogenesis, which is when a storm intensifies as the pressure at its center drops rapidly. Gosh. All things considered, a better name should be invented for explosive cyclogenesis. Weather burp would be just fine, I reckon. The alarming term bantered about today should be reserved for much more serious weather conditions. And there can be no doubt that there will be weather bombs galore in just a few years. So, why rush things? As for weather burps, they do not deserve so much prominence in the media. Warnings are fine, but more than that is just silly.