If we don’t see some rain soon, you can expect plenty of dust storms \u2014 and maybe even half a dozen haboobs. Actually, that\u2019s not exactly accurate, so let\u2019s clear up one of the biggest misconceptions in West Texas weather: some rain can actually increase dust storm chances.<\/p>\n
A tiny bit of moisture doesn\u2019t settle the dirt. It can actually break it up into finer particles, making it easier for the wind to scoop it up and slap you right across the face. I couldn\u2019t begin to guess how much rain we\u2019d need before things stop getting dusty, but I\u2019m pretty confident it\u2019s more than the \u201csprinkle and a prayer\u201d we usually get around here.<\/p>\n
So if we\u2019re stuck with dust storms, we might as well have fun and name them like hurricanes. It may sound ridiculous, but earlier this week I heard someone describe which dust storm kicked off their adventure with Flonase \u2014 and honestly, that\u2019s as good a reason as any to start assigning names.<\/p>\n
Lubbock Weather: The Simple Difference Between a Dust Storm and a Haboob<\/p>\n
But before we go any further, let\u2019s pause for the people who cannot wait to argue about terminology. This is simple:<\/p>\n
A dust storm is what you get when strong winds pick up loose dirt.<\/p>\n
A haboob is the dramatic leading edge of a collapsing storm \u2014 the part that looks like a rolling wall of dust straight out of a disaster movie.<\/p>\n
Now that we\u2019re all on the same gritty page, it\u2019s time to name these things.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udf2a\ufe0f 15 Possible Dust Storm NamesTop 10 Best (and Worst) Places to Hide During a Haboob<\/p>\n
I’m usually so glued to Netflix, I don’t even realize when one rolls through town…<\/p>\n
Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n
5 Things About Lubbock That Blow Harder Than The West Texas Wind<\/p>\n
I don’t think anyone will send me crabby emails and tell me to “move somewhere else” after they scroll through this gallery. These things definitely blow. <\/p>\n
Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If we don’t see some rain soon, you can expect plenty of dust storms \u2014 and maybe even…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-193500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}