…not Gandalf.
The huge winter storm that was wreaking havoc on the northern plains of the U.S. last week was NOT a misspelling of the Grey Wizard’s name or the news industry’s attempt to be “relevant”. In fact, the name “Gandolf” is the character from an 1896 fantasy novel by William Morris called The Well at the World’s End.
And now you know!
[Via io9]
And here is the legally-free eBook copy of the book from Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/169
FWIW the NWS has refused to reference the silly TWC winter storm names in any of their official products.