Whiteout (weather) moving. Local, short-duration whiteout conditions can be created artificially in the vicinity of airports and helipads due to aircraft operations. Snow on the ground can be stirred up by helicopter rotor down-wash or airplane jet blast, presenting hazards to both aircraft and bystanders on the ground. Whiteout (weather) Whiteout is a weather condition in which visibility and contrast are severely reduced by snow or sand. The horizon disappears from view while the sky and landscape appear featureless, leaving no points of visual reference by which to navigate. Whiteout has been defined as: "A condition of diffuse light when no shadows
Fear of missing out and made it popular in 2004 when he published an op-ed in "The Harbus", the magazine of Harvard Business School, titled "McGinnis' Two FOs: Social Theory at HBS", in which he referred to FOMO and another related condition, FoBO (Fear of a Better Option) and their role in social life at the school. The etymology of FOMO has also been traced to the 2004 "Harbus" article by academic Joseph Reagle. Fear of missing out results from the new and increasing addiction to social media. Scholars Blackwell et al., discuss the effects of certain predictors that social media addiction can have.