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re: Weather terms you hate to hear….
Posted on 5/9/24 at 2:41 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
Posted on 5/9/24 at 2:41 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
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Dead like me (2003-04) The main character noted that her mother , Joy, hated the word *moist*. The character would intentionally slip it in conversation, knowing this, just to annoy her.
Probably where the phenomena came from then
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Posted on 5/9/24 at 3:10 pm to Datbawwwww
I cannot stand when someone says “Be weather aware!”
Posted on 5/9/24 at 3:40 pm to AlumneyeJ93
"polar vortex"
This one is annoying and was just made up out of the blue literally within the last 3 or 4 years. Annoying because those who came up with the term act like a portion of the vortex that encompasses the arctic being displaced well south into the continental US is suddenly a new and rare thing when it literally has done so every 2 to 4 winters on average since records have been kept.
December 1983, January 1985, and December 1989 were three pretty extreme examples from my childhood of this not uncommon displacement of arctic sourced air or "polar vortex" being displaced all the way down to Florida. They just called it an arctic outbreak or an "arctic blast" back then.
Not so much a term but more of a common statement you hear now during tornado outbreaks is the dreaded...
"a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado is located near __________" wording used to alert the public that a large damaging tornado is ongoing in an area.
This one is annoying and was just made up out of the blue literally within the last 3 or 4 years. Annoying because those who came up with the term act like a portion of the vortex that encompasses the arctic being displaced well south into the continental US is suddenly a new and rare thing when it literally has done so every 2 to 4 winters on average since records have been kept.
December 1983, January 1985, and December 1989 were three pretty extreme examples from my childhood of this not uncommon displacement of arctic sourced air or "polar vortex" being displaced all the way down to Florida. They just called it an arctic outbreak or an "arctic blast" back then.
Not so much a term but more of a common statement you hear now during tornado outbreaks is the dreaded...
"a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado is located near __________" wording used to alert the public that a large damaging tornado is ongoing in an area.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 3:45 pm to George Dickel
Sharknado…
Posted on 5/9/24 at 6:03 pm to fr33manator
Posted on 5/9/24 at 6:20 pm to George Dickel
the muggies
Posted on 5/9/24 at 6:30 pm to George Dickel
Atmospheric river
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