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More dust storms called haboobs are coming to California, thanks to climate change
(www.latimes.com)
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this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2025
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Ha, boobs.
High Availability Boobs!
Hah boobs
Massive. Haboobs.
Enormous Californian haboobs.
I will not be using that term thanks.
In Arabic, "habūb" means "blowing furiously." This word has proven to be quite useful to describe the strong sandy winds blowing across the Sudan, but other desert climate residents have also adopted the word. - some article I found.
ICE should be doing something about this.