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El Nino turns ‘el mean yo’ for California
wattsupwiththat.com/ ^ | 15 hours ago January 7, 2016 | Anthony Watts

Posted on 01/08/2016 1:57:11 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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Over the last few days California has been hit by a series of winter storms that have been driven by an El Nino aimed Jetstream pattern that has pushed further to the south and with more zonal flow than usual.

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It has been comical to watch some of the television news coverage of these events related to weather especially in Los Angeles. Incidence of minor street flooding and stalled cars from people that were unobservant enough to drive thru knee deep water at road speed turned into almost comical rescue events.

On Fox News 11 in Los Angeles there were scenes of people on top of the cars in flooded intersections avoiding knee deep water. Television news helicopters were covering one such intersection, and as a person got off the top of their car and started walking towards the curb through knee deep water the commentator said “and there is a person making a break for safety! ”

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Elsewhere interstate 5 had snow at the summit over the Tehachapi Mountains yesterday and that called the number of people that weren’t paying attention to the weather to get caught up in that drama.

All in all though from what I’ve seen in Southern California it’s all pretty much business as usual for an El Nino winter it’s just that people haven’t been used to such weather for quite a long time.

Of course that hasn’t stopped some pundits from declaring all of this as being driven by “climate change” and claiming that “severe weather is getting worse due to climate change”.

But those who are in the know and who have studied the California weather for decades know that this is no extraordinary event nor is it connected in any way to climate change it’s just a natural pattern this part of ocean cycles that have been going on for millennia.

They are getting a break in California from the train of storms now but the next one will be coming through on Monday hopefully by then some people will have wised up on how to deal with plain old weather events.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; climatechange; epa; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; popefrancis; romancatholicism
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To: Mark17

I live in N Nevada. Most of the ski resorts opened at least 1 week earlier than they anticipated. There is lots of snow at Squaw Valley & other Sierra Nevada resorts.

Temp overnight here was 27, with more snow -90% chance- due tomorrow. With 4 years of drought, we need every drop of moisture.


21 posted on 01/08/2016 7:12:39 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: justa-hairyape

I remember Jan of 1980. Prediction? 1/2 inch of rain in LA on one day.

10 days & almost 3 inches later, it finally stopped raining.


22 posted on 01/08/2016 7:15:09 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Well, yeah, it hasn’t rained in southern California for so long that drivers have forgotten what rain is.


23 posted on 01/08/2016 8:11:55 AM PST by Thud
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To: ridesthemiles

I used to ski Heavenly, Squaw and Sugar Bowl. After 4 years of draught, it is a good start. Let’s hope it continues.


24 posted on 01/08/2016 8:40:11 AM PST by Mark17 (Thank God I have Jesus, there's more wealth in my soul than acres of diamonds and mountains of gold)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

We had a nice break yesterday ,, more on the way tonight or sooner, clouds are pretty dark outside.

about 2 inches in 4 days here so far this week.


25 posted on 01/08/2016 8:55:26 AM PST by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: atc23

The last major drought 75-78 was over in 6 weeks.


26 posted on 01/08/2016 2:01:54 PM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
All you can do is go along with the conditions this el nino
produce. At least your getting some snow replenishment in
mountain areas that in the spring will provide badly needed
water.
27 posted on 01/08/2016 3:29:36 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Galt level is not far away......but alas! Honor must be earned...)
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To: atc23

El Nino is just starting on us! More chains of storms are on the way—wait til you see houses floating down river to the sea? Bridges wasked out, dams failing, dead bodies! It will be Biblical! It will be enough to force Brown back into the priesthood! It will rain way into march and April. Then—by May—talk of Droughts will be a sick joke.


28 posted on 01/08/2016 3:59:38 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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