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redundant, not oxymoron.Read and laugh as narrow-minded, bigoted Texans (is that an oxymoron?) freak out over a meteorologists proper use of a middle eastern term describing a dust storm.
CaféAuLait;8796143 said:Why did the man not feel an obligation to speak English in Texas?
Is that what they speak in Texas?
If the word is not commonly used in Texas ( which I have no clue if it is or not) the weather forecaster should use a word which those listening are familiar with, if for no other reason to assure his warning was understood.
The American Meteorological Society's Glossary of Meteorology defines a haboob as a strong wind and sandstorm in Sudan. Not Texas or anywhere in the US.
Haboob - AMS Glossary
redundant, not oxymoron.Read and laugh as narrow-minded, bigoted Texans (is that an oxymoron?) freak out over a meteorologists proper use of a middle eastern term describing a dust storm.
as for the term, my guess would be that it was used because it was the most precise and correct term for the storm - meaning that 'dust storm' alone was less descriptive than the more specific 'haboob.'
Duststorm
A duststorm usually arises suddenly in the form of an advancing dust wall that may be many kilometers long and and a kilometer or so deep, ahead of which there may be some dust whirls, either detached or merging with the main mass. Ahead of the dust wall the air is very hot and the wind is light. In U.S. weather observing practice, if blowing dust reduces visibility to between 5/8 and 5/16 statute mile, a "duststorm" is reported; if the visibility is reduced to below 5/16 statute mile, it is reported as a "severe duststorm." Duststorm winds can also be associated with thunderstorm outflows and gust fronts. While these are often shorter-lived than synoptically forced duststorms, they can be quite intense, with an impressive leading edge of the dusty gust front, sometimes called a dust wall.
haboob
(Many variant spellings, including habbub, habub, haboub, hubbob, hubbub.) A strong wind and sandstorm or duststorm in northern and central Sudan, especially around Khartoum, where the average number is about 24 a year.
The name comes from the Arabic word habb, meaning "wind." Haboobs are most frequent from May through September, especially in June, but they have occurred in every month except November. Their average duration is three hours; they are most severe in April and May when the soil is driest. They may approach from any direction, but most commonly from the north in winter and from the south, southeast, or east in summer. The average maximum wind velocity is over 13 m s-1 (30 mph) and a speed of 28 m s-1 (62 mph) has been recorded. The sand and dust form a dense whirling wall that may be 1000 m (3000 ft) high; it is often preceded by isolated dust whirls. During these storms, enormous quantities of sand are deposited. Haboobs usually occur after a few days of rising temperature and falling pressure.
CaféAuLait;8796143 said:Is that what they speak in Texas?
If the word is not commonly used in Texas ( which I have no clue if it is or not) the weather forecaster should use a word which those listening are familiar with, if for no other reason to assure his warning was understood.
The American Meteorological Society's Glossary of Meteorology defines a haboob as a strong wind and sandstorm in Sudan. Not Texas or anywhere in the US.
Haboob - AMS Glossary
Wildman, who lives in the SW, said that meteorologists use the term all the time. Not to mention, those in the OP don't have a problem with not understanding it. Their problem is that they DO understand what it means. Their gripe is with the origin of the word.
CaféAuLait;8796270 said:CaféAuLait;8796143 said:If the word is not commonly used in Texas ( which I have no clue if it is or not) the weather forecaster should use a word which those listening are familiar with, if for no other reason to assure his warning was understood.
The American Meteorological Society's Glossary of Meteorology defines a haboob as a strong wind and sandstorm in Sudan. Not Texas or anywhere in the US.
Haboob - AMS Glossary
Wildman, who lives in the SW, said that meteorologists use the term all the time. Not to mention, those in the OP don't have a problem with not understanding it. Their problem is that they DO understand what it means. Their gripe is with the origin of the word.
Honestly, why not use the word which is associated with the US. Why don't we call Hurricane's, cyclones? Each region has their own descriptive definition of different weather events.
As for their reason in being upset, if it is purely because the word is Arabic and not because it may cause confusion, then it's silly IMO.
Read and laugh as narrow-minded, bigoted Texans (is that an oxymoron?) freak out over a meteorologists proper use of a middle eastern term describing a dust storm.
A haboob refers specifically to a wall of dust created by cool, dense air blowing away from a thunderstorm or along a cold front, said meteorologist Jerome James.
But it signaled something even more threatening to some of the stations Facebook fans.
Never had a haboob until we got that muslim boob for potus, said viewer Jeff Bertrand, referring to President Barack Obama, who is believed by some of this critics to secretly be a Muslim.
Meteorologists have used the word haboob since at least the 1950s, James said.
He said dry conditions in Texas had made the phenomenon, with its distinctive brown skies, more common in recent years.
The English language uses many words with Arabic origins, including cotton, algebra, candy, lemon, alcohol, and sofa.
Good God, people. The normal world would take you more seriously if you weren't such unabashed nutcases.
a rather insignificant piece of non-news. that it bothers you so says more about your intolerance of certain people in America than you want to admit
YAWN
Just out of curiosity, how would you know? It requires a certain amount of personal competence to be able to recognize an ordinary American walking down the street and an exceptional American who is a member of a freedom loving political movement.Y
Every time I pass a TeaBagger on the street I wave my hand and yell "Hey Boob!"
um; ok leftard; but the Tea Party isnt the reason your community organizer is a failure; your Progressive agenda is a failure
au contraire, Sweetlips.
If you idiots hadn't voted those uneducated idiot teabaggers in 2010, Congress could have been able to pass some serious legislation to help the country.
Boob.
CaféAuLait;8796270 said:CaféAuLait;8796143 said:If the word is not commonly used in Texas ( which I have no clue if it is or not) the weather forecaster should use a word which those listening are familiar with, if for no other reason to assure his warning was understood.
The American Meteorological Society's Glossary of Meteorology defines a haboob as a strong wind and sandstorm in Sudan. Not Texas or anywhere in the US.
Haboob - AMS Glossary
Wildman, who lives in the SW, said that meteorologists use the term all the time. Not to mention, those in the OP don't have a problem with not understanding it. Their problem is that they DO understand what it means. Their gripe is with the origin of the word.
Honestly, why not use the word which is associated with the US. Why don't we call Hurricane's, cyclones? Each region has their own descriptive definition of different weather events.
As for their reason in being upset, if it is purely because the word is Arabic and not because it may cause confusion, then it's silly IMO.
CaféAuLait;8796256 said:redundant, not oxymoron.Read and laugh as narrow-minded, bigoted Texans (is that an oxymoron?) freak out over a meteorologists proper use of a middle eastern term describing a dust storm.
as for the term, my guess would be that it was used because it was the most precise and correct term for the storm - meaning that 'dust storm' alone was less descriptive than the more specific 'haboob.'
Yet, it wasn't, it is just where they take place.
Duststorm
A duststorm usually arises suddenly in the form of an advancing dust wall that may be many kilometers long and and a kilometer or so deep, ahead of which there may be some dust whirls, either detached or merging with the main mass. Ahead of the dust wall the air is very hot and the wind is light. In U.S. weather observing practice, if blowing dust reduces visibility to between 5/8 and 5/16 statute mile, a "duststorm" is reported; if the visibility is reduced to below 5/16 statute mile, it is reported as a "severe duststorm." Duststorm winds can also be associated with thunderstorm outflows and gust fronts. While these are often shorter-lived than synoptically forced duststorms, they can be quite intense, with an impressive leading edge of the dusty gust front, sometimes called a dust wall.
haboob
(Many variant spellings, including habbub, habub, haboub, hubbob, hubbub.) A strong wind and sandstorm or duststorm in northern and central Sudan, especially around Khartoum, where the average number is about 24 a year.
The name comes from the Arabic word habb, meaning "wind." Haboobs are most frequent from May through September, especially in June, but they have occurred in every month except November. Their average duration is three hours; they are most severe in April and May when the soil is driest. They may approach from any direction, but most commonly from the north in winter and from the south, southeast, or east in summer. The average maximum wind velocity is over 13 m s-1 (30 mph) and a speed of 28 m s-1 (62 mph) has been recorded. The sand and dust form a dense whirling wall that may be 1000 m (3000 ft) high; it is often preceded by isolated dust whirls. During these storms, enormous quantities of sand are deposited. Haboobs usually occur after a few days of rising temperature and falling pressure.
From the American Meteorological Society's Glossary of Meteorology.
Sandstorm - AMS Glossary
CaféAuLait;8796256 said:redundant, not oxymoron.
as for the term, my guess would be that it was used because it was the most precise and correct term for the storm - meaning that 'dust storm' alone was less descriptive than the more specific 'haboob.'
Yet, it wasn't, it is just where they take place.
haboob
(Many variant spellings, including habbub, habub, haboub, hubbob, hubbub.) A strong wind and sandstorm or duststorm in northern and central Sudan, especially around Khartoum, where the average number is about 24 a year.
The name comes from the Arabic word habb, meaning "wind." Haboobs are most frequent from May through September, especially in June, but they have occurred in every month except November. Their average duration is three hours; they are most severe in April and May when the soil is driest. They may approach from any direction, but most commonly from the north in winter and from the south, southeast, or east in summer. The average maximum wind velocity is over 13 m s-1 (30 mph) and a speed of 28 m s-1 (62 mph) has been recorded. The sand and dust form a dense whirling wall that may be 1000 m (3000 ft) high; it is often preceded by isolated dust whirls. During these storms, enormous quantities of sand are deposited. Haboobs usually occur after a few days of rising temperature and falling pressure.
From the American Meteorological Society's Glossary of Meteorology.
Sandstorm - AMS Glossary
Jody James, warning coordinator meteorologist withe the national weather service in lubbock, tx, disagrees.
Is every dust storm a haboob? - KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock
"The differentiation between a haboob and just those days when we get blowing dust everywhere and the whole sky turns brown has to do with more of that wall of dust coming in," James said... You get cold, dense air that not only hugs the ground, but picks up dust several thousand feet in the air."
Duststorm - AMS Glossary(Or dust storm;
also called duster, black blizzard.) An unusual, frequently severe weather condition characterized by strong winds and dust-filled air over an extensive area.
Prerequisite to a duststorm is a period of drought over an area of normally arable land, thus providing the very fine particles of dust that distinguish it from the more common sandstorm of desert regions. A duststorm usually arises suddenly in the form of an advancing dust wall that may be many kilometers long and a kilometer or so deep, ahead of which there may be some dust whirls, either detached or merging with the main mass. Ahead of the dust wall the air is very hot and the wind is light. In U.S. weather observing practice, if blowing dust reduces visibility to between 5/8 and 5/16 statute mile, a "duststorm" is reported; if the visibility is reduced to below 5/16 statute mile, it is reported as a "severe duststorm." Duststorm winds can also be associated with thunderstorm outflows and gust fronts. While these are often shorter-lived than synoptically forced duststorms, they can be quite intense, with an impressive leading edge of the dusty gust front, sometimes called a dust wall.
Hollywood liberal commie pimping for Arabic-named product:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agWYy3L02gM
Gaa! Circle the wagons!
Read and laugh as narrow-minded, bigoted Texans (is that an oxymoron?) freak out over a meteorologists proper use of a middle eastern term describing a dust storm.
A haboob refers specifically to a wall of dust created by cool, dense air blowing away from a thunderstorm or along a cold front, said meteorologist Jerome James.
But it signaled something even more threatening to some of the stations Facebook fans.
Never had a haboob until we got that muslim boob for potus, said viewer Jeff Bertrand, referring to President Barack Obama, who is believed by some of this critics to secretly be a Muslim.
Meteorologists have used the word haboob since at least the 1950s, James said.
He said dry conditions in Texas had made the phenomenon, with its distinctive brown skies, more common in recent years.
The English language uses many words with Arabic origins, including cotton, algebra, candy, lemon, alcohol, and sofa.
Good God, people. The normal world would take you more seriously if you weren't such unabashed nutcases.
Hollywood liberal commie pimping for Arabic-named product:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agWYy3L02gM
Gaa! Circle the wagons!
Perhaps the massive ignorance moment is summed up in the one phrase in the screenshot:
"Muslim vocabulary"
Of course by this logic the word "vocabulary" is "Catholic vocabulary" because it's Latin.
Religions invent languages. Who knew.
CaféAuLait;8796551 said:Hollywood liberal commie pimping for Arabic-named product:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agWYy3L02gM
Gaa! Circle the wagons!
Huh?
Boraxo is an American brand of powdered hand soap.
Sounds like people are reaching in both directions.
