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Gee, maybe some of that should have gone to northwest North America.
I actually clicked on and read the article.
Not once does it actually mention the amount of rain they received and in what time period. Journalism 101. Who, what when, where, how. Of course, this is CNN.
For example, last Friday here in NH we received 2.5-3.5” in about 12 hours. The remnants of tropical storm Elsa.
What is on occurrence of every 100 years or so in earth time? It’s a cycle representing small blips.
The earth does not know what humans call “normal” in terms of weather and climate. All the earth knows is constant dynamic change; often in small degrees and eventually in large measures.
Wikipedia says this about Italy:
The 1966 flood of the Arno in Florence killed 101 people and damaged or destroyed millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. It is considered the worst flood in the city’s history since 1557.
Stuff happens.
So 100 years ago there was Gorebull worming? Cool.
At second glance this reared it’s head: ‘not seen in 100 years’. Uh, maybe there’s no one over a hundred years old left in the village that could have seen it? Just a thought. Bueller?
Article from Mar 15 2021
Liars gonna lie.
So it rained a lot a century ago, too.
I grew up in Sherman, TX. Two years straight we had a "100 year" flood. No one said anything about climate protection measures.
Our effect on the climate is minimal at best. It's been changing since the dawn of time. Weather patterns happen. Oceanic changes happen. Heck ... weren't all the continents once one big blob of land?
It’s a shame that algore was right and (one of) Obama’s mansion(s) is now underwater. Not to mention the Kennedy compound, Bernie’s vacation homes.....
It’s amazing some of the water marks for the Rhine River, for example.
Other than trivia there does not seem to be a correlation.
Same headline used for Bucks county PA rain storm on tuesday.
Too many prayers were answered...
Since mid-April, water levels of the Rhine River, Europe’s most important waterway, have begun to drop to critical levels. This could disrupt shipping operations, in particular on the stretch from Koblenz to Rotterdam.
As of May 3, water levels at Kaub, one of the Rhine’s narrowest points south of Cologne, remained around 135 cm, a level that typically forces shipping lines to impose low-water surcharges on shipments. This increases costs for river-dependent industries such as chemicals, metallurgy, and energy that move raw materials between terminals and suppliers from the Netherlands all the way to Switzerland.
Low-water surcharges apply at critical water levels
Fluctuating water levels pose a threat to barge operators and manufacturers relying on river shipping as they can reduce the transportation capacity of ships, which requires companies to organize more costly alternative modes of transportation, such as road and rail, for large volumes of cargo. When water levels on the Rhine River fall below 135 cm, ships are only able to load as much as 50 percent of their usual capacity to avoid running aground.
In 1315, it rained heavily in Europe throughout the spring and summer, stifling grain growth and leading to widespread crop failures. A cascade of events followed, including surface run-off, grain and hay failures (leading to livestock starvation), disease, inflation and political collapse.
The famine lasted until 1325, when food supplies finally met demand. Urban and village populations were (literally, finally for the use of this word) decimated, losing some 10-15% of their population.
Rain is good. Too much rain sucks.
