Why are they called haboobs? What to know about Arizona dust storms

Turns out it was Arizona scientists who first called the state's dust storms haboobs. One also was the first to call it the monsoon.
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[@poultryinmotion5721]

Arizona born and raised. Yes. We do call them a haboob. Only an out-of-stater transplant or the kids of a transplant would be ignorant to the term haboob. Not all duststorms are haboobs and both the news and social nedua is always full of awed accounts of a person's first haboob.

[@HectorGonzalez-gf4ps]

Yes thank you.
I remember a channel 3 newscaster had a boyfriend that returned fron a tour in the middle east, and that yerm began to try and get a footing in our vinacular. But Pheonions will continue to call in a duststorm as we have for 60 years.

[@HectorGonzalez-gf4ps]

😂
No there called duststorms
Been in the valley for 50 years.
Only new peeps call em haboobs. The rest of us just laugh and say newbies

[@HectorGonzalez-gf4ps]

We don't call them that in PHX. They are called duststorms. When someone says a Haboob is coming No one knows what that is. When someone says a dustsorm is coming. It's self explained

[@jeramy9787]

Stop being such a sensible person!!!! Become "cultured!" Climate Change!!!