NOR'EASTER NAMING? The nor'easter produced winds that gusted near hurricane force and major coastal damage from the Carolinas to New England. So should the storm have gotten a name? My answers are no and yes. So no, the National Hurricane Center should not have taken over the forecasting and communications surrounding the nor'easter. It was not a tropical system. It was a non-tropical storm technically called a warm seclusion – the mature stage of an extratropical (non-