I have heard the term "Blue Norther'" since childhood, used to describe winter blizzards on the northern great plains, for the most part. It may have been one of Ian Tyson's "Four Strong Winds" in fact. Another weather-driven line is from Tom Paxton's "Panhandle Wind," a reference to the biting, wind-driven snow storms in the Oklahoma and Texas panhandle country.

"It's a low wind, and a moaner,