Warming causes cooling, and drought causes mudslides.
A small portion on the lower side of one of the glaciers broke
off and starting melting at a much faster rate, causing the
mud slide. Normal thing to happen....we have much better
pictures in our local rag.
Warming causes cooling, and drought causes mudslides.
Drought can cause mudslides. When there is plenty of water in the winter and spring, lots of ground cover plants grow and thrive. These plants become part of a hillside. They can last for so many months without water. Then, during the next year’s rainy season, rain mostly runs down the hillsides with the surface intact, protected by the plants. If there wasn’t enough water to support surface plants, the rain after months of dry dust will wash down the side of the dusty mountain and cause the soil to slip with no support.
This is why when we joke that California has two seasons, fire and mudslides, it’s partly true. Fire removes all that protective small bushy growth from a hillside as well.