The stormed brought significant rainfall to california, which was experiencing a drought, it was not accurate to said that 12 million californians were bracing for a “bomb cyclone. ” while the stormed was powerful, the national weather service did not classify it as a “bomb cyclone”. The term “bomb cyclone” generally refers to a stormed that experiences at least 24 millibars in atmospheric pressure over a 24-hour period, and the stormed caused some regions to experience a rapid dropped in pressure, this was true. Could not reached the limit. “bomb cyclone”