Posted on 07/01/2012 7:00:04 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
“Has ANYBODY ever heard that term before”
Yes. It is a correct saying.
That part of the country has a different type of heat because of the humidity factor. I wll take 115 here in Yuma over 100 in Atlanta any day. That sticky heat sucks. Even the humidity we experience during our Monsoon season doesn’t compare to what the experience in the Southeast. That is why I love living in the desert!
It looks like he chose the spanish word for “straight” to describe these storms because he thought that tornado was based on the spanish word for “turn”.
That is why I love living in the desert!...and my swamp cooler. It will be over 100 here today but sitting outside on my back patio with the sliding door wide open it will will be a wonderful 80 degrees.
Can't use those swamp coolers in that eastern humidity. The whole place feels like a sweltering swamp. I'm with you. Keep the humidity.
82 degrees in Sacramento... feels like 81.
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