El Niño conditions may be developing in the Pacific

Sign on San Diego ^ | AP

[socal_parrot]

End of the six year drought in So Cal?

[So Cal Rocket]

Is this the third or fourth year in a row that they've been predicting an El Nino condition? They're bound to be right one of these years.

[Euro-American Scum]

It's Bush's fault.

/sarcasm

[ECM]

The year I moved here (Aug. '97) was the last time Cali got hit with this. I had never seen that amount of rain in my entire life and I grew up in upstate NY, which isn't exactly known for its lack of moisture.

[COEXERJ145]

It's Bush fault for not accepting Kyoto.

[rhombus]

Oh my God! El Nino! ... Paging Al Gore, paging Al Gore...

[Mikey_1962]

Good we could use a mild winter here in Ohio.

[EggsAckley]

It DOES seem like we've been hearing about this year after year.

[socal_parrot]

It might be nice for them to be wrong one more year and give the burn areas from last fall a chance to get more foliage.

[Zeppelin]

this is the direct result of the mixture of hot-air spewing from the liberals' mouths and the cold-hearted commies of east asia. is it any coincidence this happens in the pacific?

[skeeter]

They're catching bluefin tuna like crazy off Santa Cruz, which usually indicates warmer than usual water this far north.

But whether warm water translates to rain is anyone's guess.

[BlueLancer]

"It's Bush fault for not accepting Kyoto."

Women, children, and minorities hardest hit.

[So Cal Rocket]

It's really a Catch-22, isn't it... we don't want a lot of rain so the burn areas can grow, so we can avoid mudslides. But at the same time, we want lots of rain so the areas that haven't burned can turn green, so they won't burn so readily.

[RockinRight]

Headline:

Bush Failure on Kyoto causes El Nino

[cripplecreek]

We could use a little warmth here in Michigan. It got down into the 40s last night and hasnt gotten above 65 degrees yet today. It is August right?

[dead]

“For those of you who don’t habla espanol, “El Nino” is Spanish for “The Nino.”

[Zeppelin]

solution: prevent el nino by implementing affirmative action. give the smaller, minority storms a chance for once!

[socal_parrot]

It might be. They've tried to tie El Nino to the spewing of hot air before...

Volcanic Eruptions May Affect El Nino Onset

[Who dat?]

… I grew up in upstate NY, which isn't exactly known for its lack of moisture.

Lived in Watertown once. They had plenty of “moisture” but you got it in its frozen form. Snowing-est place I’ve ever seen.

Well, it snows a lot in Wyoming too but it all gets blown into Nebraska or somewhere. It doesn't really accumulate.

If you want to see rain just go to southeast Texas or southwest Louisiana. You'll see plenty.

[socal_parrot]

LOL. I was at UC Santa Barbara for a function and saw a sign that said that the university yearbook, "La Cumbre" was available. I started asking around as to what La Cumbre meant and no one knew. Although one graduating student did tell me he thought "it means 'the' something".