Stormy Weather 2
A squall line near my brother’s place in Virginia’s Northern Neck:
These days, I believe that squall lines are called “derechos,” which is a foreign-sounding word and therefore ever so much more frightening and important.
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July 31, 2013 at 6:28 pm
Yeah, whose blowhole did that first come from, Americans not exactly known for being wordsmiths…
July 31, 2013 at 9:52 pm
It’s a perfectly legitimate Spanish word, which has one usage that means “straight line.”
http://spanish.about.com/od/spanishvocabulary/a/derecho.htm
My brother’s comment was that it was the weather-world equivalent of “physicality,” a new word intended to help broadcasters feel erudite.
I gave my brother a quick tutorial on The GIMP over Christmas (no tutorial can beat a demonstration) and he has been practicing. I posted the picture exactly as received, except for resizing it to fit in the column.