Comments on: The wild rivers above California http://boingboing.net/2012/11/30/the-wild-rivers-above.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/11/30/the-wild-rivers-above.html#comment-1596388 awjt Sat, 01 Dec 2012 19:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197510#comment-1596388 That's what Mono Lake is for. That’s what Mono Lake is for.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/11/30/the-wild-rivers-above.html#comment-1596084 Antinous / Moderator Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197510#comment-1596084 Palm Springs. Palm Springs.

]]> By: ghoti http://boingboing.net/2012/11/30/the-wild-rivers-above.html#comment-1596012 ghoti Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197510#comment-1596012  Who's we, white man?  Who’s we, white man?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/11/30/the-wild-rivers-above.html#comment-1595979 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197510#comment-1595979 We've had 1.7 inches of rain in the last year.  If the drought holds for another three weeks, that'll be 3.25 inches in two years. We’ve had 1.7 inches of rain in the last year.  If the drought holds for another three weeks, that’ll be 3.25 inches in two years.

]]> By: Bob Cruse http://boingboing.net/2012/11/30/the-wild-rivers-above.html#comment-1595945 Bob Cruse Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197510#comment-1595945 My one major worry for Southern California: With weather patterns being grossly changed by Global Warming, if a hurricane from south of San Diego were to hit the city, it would be catastrophic!  Everything is focused for earthquake-proofing,  not flood/high wind proofing.  And the outlying suburbs would be pretty much wiped out.  -*( TQQdles™ My one major worry for Southern California: With weather patterns being grossly changed by Global Warming, if a hurricane from south of San Diego were to hit the city, it would be catastrophic!  Everything is focused for earthquake-proofing,  not flood/high wind proofing.  And the outlying suburbs would be pretty much wiped out.  -*(

TQQdles™

]]> By: Mark Dow http://boingboing.net/2012/11/30/the-wild-rivers-above.html#comment-1595822 Mark Dow Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197510#comment-1595822 MIMIC-TPW has a similar Pacific map (derived total precipitable water) that animates the last 3 days, each hour: http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/mimic-tpw/epac/main.html MIMIC-TPW has a similar Pacific map (derived total precipitable water) that animates the last 3 days, each hour:
http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/mimic-tpw/epac/main.html

]]> By: KWillets http://boingboing.net/2012/11/30/the-wild-rivers-above.html#comment-1595800 KWillets Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197510#comment-1595800 Agreed, it seems like we've been watching these on satellite for years.  Usually they move around and don't flood one spot, but every once in a while they stay for a few days or weeks and disaster happens. Native Americans in the area do seem to have a lot of flood stories, I've noticed.   Agreed, it seems like we’ve been watching these on satellite for years.  Usually they move around and don’t flood one spot, but every once in a while they stay for a few days or weeks and disaster happens.

Native Americans in the area do seem to have a lot of flood stories, I’ve noticed.  

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2012/11/30/the-wild-rivers-above.html#comment-1595741 GawainLavers Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197510#comment-1595741 And dry summers. In SF we don't just rely on snowpack for water -- we rely on it for power as well. And dry summers.

In SF we don’t just rely on snowpack for water — we rely on it for power as well.

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2012/11/30/the-wild-rivers-above.html#comment-1595738 GawainLavers Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197510#comment-1595738 Welcome to the new normal. Welcome to the new normal.

]]> By: nrgindeepndnt http://boingboing.net/2012/11/30/the-wild-rivers-above.html#comment-1595719 nrgindeepndnt Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197510#comment-1595719 It could be that there is a correlation with solar maximum cycles. In 1862, the west coast of North America was subjected to the largest recorded so called ARK storms, for nearly a month straight. Coincidentally, 1859 was the year of the Carrington event--a repeat of either event will be difficult to cope with... It could be that there is a correlation with solar maximum cycles. In 1862, the west coast of North America was subjected to the largest recorded so called ARK storms, for nearly a month straight. Coincidentally, 1859 was the year of the Carrington event–a repeat of either event will be difficult to cope with…

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/11/30/the-wild-rivers-above.html#comment-1595698 awjt Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197510#comment-1595698 It looks like a fist punching San Francisco in the face. It looks like a fist punching San Francisco in the face.

]]> By: Joe Buck http://boingboing.net/2012/11/30/the-wild-rivers-above.html#comment-1595674 Joe Buck Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197510#comment-1595674 In California we've used the term "Pineapple Express" to refer to this phenomenon for a lot longer than since 1998: a whole series of storms with lots of rainfall over a period of weeks. We rely on most of that water winding up as snow in the Sierra Nevada, where it melts at a nice steady rate so we have plenty of water in the dry season (which is bone dry: virtually no rain at all from mid-May to mid-October). If that winter precipitation winds up as mostly rain instead of mostly snow, Sacramento may be in serious trouble in wet winters. In California we’ve used the term “Pineapple Express” to refer to this phenomenon for a lot longer than since 1998: a whole series of storms with lots of rainfall over a period of weeks. We rely on most of that water winding up as snow in the Sierra Nevada, where it melts at a nice steady rate so we have plenty of water in the dry season (which is bone dry: virtually no rain at all from mid-May to mid-October). If that winter precipitation winds up as mostly rain instead of mostly snow, Sacramento may be in serious trouble in wet winters.

]]> By: Aloisius http://boingboing.net/2012/11/30/the-wild-rivers-above.html#comment-1595672 Aloisius Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197510#comment-1595672 Sadly, since these atmospheric rivers originate around Hawaii, they keep temperatures up meaning this is coming down mostly as rain even in Tahoe. Sadly, since these atmospheric rivers originate around Hawaii, they keep temperatures up meaning this is coming down mostly as rain even in Tahoe.

]]> By: KWillets http://boingboing.net/2012/11/30/the-wild-rivers-above.html#comment-1595657 KWillets Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197510#comment-1595657 Why would a 200-year event be expected soon?   Why would a 200-year event be expected soon?  

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