Re: mammatus
- From: "George" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 05:34:16 GMT
"Skywise" <into@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Alan) wrote in
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>
>> In article <11o7ck7oh8scm9d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> into@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Skywise) wrote:
>>
>>> "Landy" <bill.landenberger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>> news:1132699372.994625.11150@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>>>
>>> > Are we all too politically correct here or am I the only one who is
>>> > game to say the the root meaning of the word "mammatus" means that
>>> > these clouds are "breast shaped". Always a favourite topic of
>>> > titillation with climatology students (pardon the awful pun).
>>> > cheers
>>> > Bill
>>>
>>> mammatocumulus - a cumulus or cumulostratus storm cloud having
>>> breast-shaped protuberances below; from the latin 'mammatus'
>>> meaning 'having breasts'
>>>
>>> Brian
>>
>> Nothing to do with this then?
>>
>> http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/november2005/221105weaponizedweather
>> .htm
>
> hahahahahaa....that's a joke, right?
>
> Brian
Yeah, these urban legends keep getting repeated. One wonders what drug a
person could take that would make one so delusional.
George
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