“California has no freaking clue about weather....”
The geophysical properties don’t correlate. The West is largely sand..it tends to turn into flash floods and large landslides. A couple of inches of rain can cause huge problems in the West.
In the East you have topsoil, stone and deep rooted trees to hold the soil in place, so you can withstand a much larger deluge.
stilloftyhenight:The geophysical properties don’t correlate. The West is largely sand..it tends to turn into flash floods and large landslides. A couple of inches of rain can cause huge problems in the West.
Absolutely correct stillofttyhenight. We had a half hour thunderstorm last August that brought a wall of water four feet high and 100 feet wide that roared down a canyon and took several simi-trucks off the highway and buried the road under four feet of mud. Right now it is snowing heavily here in the Sierra, with 110 mph winds predicted for tomorrow and a high danger of avalanches. So yes, we know about weather here in California.