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I hear this applied to all kinds of situations that aren't really that unusual. "It's a perfect storm of bad news!" No, not really.

FranksWildYears

Like every popular phrase this one has been degraded from it's overuse to the point that it no longer means an incredible confluence of contributory factors to something more akin to having the exact fare for the bus.