Snowpocalypse, United States

During the evening preceding the first blizzard hitting Washington, DC, most of the United States federal government closed, and press coverage continued to characterize the storm using either "Snowmageddon", "Snowpocalypse", or both. The phrase was later popularized by the President of the United States, Barack Obama, on February 8, 2010, who used the term while speaking at the Democratic National Committee's meeting.
The term "Snowpocalypse" was used in the Pacific Northwest to refer to a snowstorm in December 2008.
The 2008 children's book Winter Blast by Chris Wright, uses the term "snowmageddon" in the storyline of the book.