Un-American Weatherman Uses Arab Word: It's The End of Civilization!

[evildevil]

Haboobs to Be Renamed "Freedom Desert Dust".

‘Haboobs’ Stir Critics in Arizona

The massive dust storms that swept through central Arizona this month have stirred up not just clouds of sand but a debate over what to call them.

The blinding waves of brown particles, the most recent of which hit Phoenix on Monday, are caused by thunderstorms that emit

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[theguindo]

don’t forget that in these parts our dust is mixed with the whoop of the Indian’s dance, the progression of the cattle herd and warning of the rattlesnake as it lifts its head to strike.

what the fuck did i even just read

[aviv]

MTE

[theguindo]

Also my first thought when I read “How do they think our soldiers feel coming back to Arizona and hearing some Middle Eastern term?” was "welp better avoid zeroes then"

I was pleased to see it mentioned by a voice of reason

[quizzicalsphinx]

The long-lost fifth verse of "Home on the Range"?

[captain_emily]

That confused me, too. I had to reread it twice to make sure I wasn't misreading/misunderstanding.

[cupcakery]

bad fanfic?

[nycscribbler]

It sounds like a missing piece from a Sarah Palin speech.

[alryssa]

So... a howling, rattling pile of cow shit?

*squints* Justin Bieber, is that you?

[mercaque]

I just mentally read it in Derek Zoolander's voice, if that helps.

[elmocho]

This is really the best we've got. It's not even copper, climate, cattle, citrus and whatever the other C is. I'm surprised the writer didn't wax on about the mighty saguaro or something else, but that word sounds a little too... un-English.