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That resembles what I remember from the pineapple Express when I first came out here.
Posted on 01/15/2010 11:55:12 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
That stuff works great.
Whoa....how are the skiers gonna get to the slopes.?
Bush’s fault!
darn. I could use a nice insert too.
any timber sales yet?
I need to fire up my generator, just a dinky one 4,000 watt I think. I haven’t done much with it since I bought it way back when Loma Prieta shook it up. fingers crossed.
I’m still distilling the handsome comment. Thanks!
Timber sales are coming this summer.......permits are in place!!
Huzzah!! (I need the $$$)
I thought Karl Rove had to surrender the keys to the weather makin’ machine.
True: Earthquakes are caused by rain water and mud in excessive amounts. The “series of storm systems” for So Cal starts Sunday 01/17 and will give us a week of slick roads, healthy agriculture, snowy mountains and rough ocean waves. Then the water sinks into the ground. Then the tectonic plates get slippery and move.
The Sierra Nevada could get more than 10 feet of fresh snow, Reynolds said, with snow levels around 5,000 feet.
The Sacramento River may overflow its weirs into flood-control bypasses, he said, including the Yolo Bypass. Coastal rivers could be in flood mode by the end of next week.
The cause is a turbocharged jet stream streaking across the Pacific Ocean from the tropics at 240 mph. That's nearly double the usual speed of the jet stream, and it's a hallmark of the El Niño pattern, Reynolds said.
It is expected to bring a fresh storm to California every 24 to 36 hours, and may be with us well into February, he said.
"This could be a real blessing to the state," Reynolds said. "We may get some wind damage and coastal erosion, but the fact that the snowpack is going to increase by leaps and bounds is really good news."
The first storm late Saturday and Sunday will be light. The biggest in the forecast so far is expected Wednesday and Thursday, along with high winds.
It is my understanding that while rainwater does in fact “lubricate” faults, it does so over a much longer time frame ie many months as opposed to a few days.
While on earthquakes and rainfall, there is another school of thought that says the weight of additional rainfall also stresses fault systems.
I suppose we would be wise to keep our seatbelts fastened :)
The Rain God is angry at California.
Timber sales are coming this summer.......permits are in place!!
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if ya need help shooshing the spotted owls and 6-toed salamanders off your timber stand, let me know.
I hear they taste just like chicken. ;-)
turbocharged may be a bit of overkill.. sure hope it doesn’t blow any chimney smoke in anyone’s eyes.
This could be a rough few days for many at that rate.
Thanks for the Ping, Ernest. From the latest weather reports, it sounds like we're going to get a deluge.
Most of 'em now use "grey wa-wa" from the sewers....catch a steamy humid August day and if you're in the right wind direction, the funk factor is obvious.
We locals know better than to graze on local golf turf for our arugula.....
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That resembles what I remember from the pineapple Express when I first came out here.
GOES Western US SECTOR Water Vapor Image
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Interesting little formation as these things get hitched up offshore..
I prefer pineapple upside down cake myself.
240 mph jet streams can mess up a lot of stuff quick
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