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"?

[poddleduck]

I think meteorologists obviously want to use the term because it's shorter than 'massive dust storm' and has the word 'boob' in it, and for that I can hardly blame them. Grow a sense of humor, xenophobes.

[tekiclutch]

Ah, nothing quite like a bit of linguistics fuckery on a nice, sunny afternoon

[x_butterfly19_x]

“How do they think our soldiers feel coming back to Arizona and hearing some Middle Eastern term?”

*snigger*

[hinoema]

But isn't 'soldier' French? And Arizona is definitely Spanish.

[romp]

Correction: how do they think our harmans feel coming back to Silverland?

"Arizona" may come from an Aztec language in which case it isn't even European!

[x_butterfly19_x]

Wont somebody think of the soldiers!

[dark_puck]

Oh.

For.

Fuck's.

Sake.