It’s not new and it’s not a euphemism.
“” atmospheric river,” The new euphemism for “rain.” Language keeps changing —keep in mind who controls and is changing it.”
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They certainly do come up with some interesting descriptions of what we used to call either “summer storms” or “winter storms”. It’s become rather comical. I remember several years ago when I first heard “Polar Vortex”, and thinking “What the heck?” It was the usual once-a-year winter storm coming down from the extreme north and then moving down across the nation, bring snow, then sleet, then freezing rain once in arrived in the south. The way they hyped it, you would have thought such had never happened before.
No wonder young people are suffering from “climate anxiety”. Each normal seasonal weather occurrence is presented as a “first ever” and an historical storm that has never happened before. And every storm must be named and assigned not only pronouns but previously unused adjectives as well.
“atmospheric river,”
Yes. Ludicrous term.
All sensationalism, all the time.
” atmospheric river,” The new euphemism for “rain.”
It’s actually an accurate description.
They used to say Pineapple Express or conveyor belt.
It all describes a long train of moisture dropping on one area over a multi day timeframe
Coined in the 90s - when Al Gore was just warming up....
Indeed the media would be at a loss without a thesaurus.
If you can’t baffle with BS dazzle them with words.
atmospheric river = Jet Stream