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hubbub about "haboob"

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hubbub about "haboob"

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Slop.@hexbear.net · 4 months ago

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20250826152542/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/05/31/arabic-weather-term-haboob-is-apparently-troubling-for-some-texans/

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But they actually unironically were like that back in the 80s when anti-Japanese racism was at its peak. They called them “tidal waves” despite having nothing to do with the tide.

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