Monster Bay Area storm dubbed #hellastorm, #stormageddon on Twitter

A storm expected to be one of the windiest and rainiest in five years pushed across parts of Northern California early Thursday, canceling schools and knocking out power. But clever people couldn’t help but make references to Godzilla, X-Men and Gene Kelly when it came to tweeting about the rainy storm.

This story was originally published December 11, 2014 at 9:42 AM with the headline "Monster Bay Area storm dubbed #hellastorm, #stormageddon on Twitter."