Forecasters say ‘virtually all’ daily rainfall records broken in Los Angeles

The Hill ^ | 08/21/2023 | MIRANDA NAZZARO

[ChicagoConservative27]

Weather forecasters are noting buy merchants of fear porn these days.

[FlipWilson]

Ahh yes, “forecasters.” Can’t predict the weather that happened yesterday, but dead sure about the date the polar ice caps will melt.

[njslim]

7 in in 2 days ??

During Hurricane IDA (2021) we got that in 5 Hours !!!

The flooding was epic ..........

[SaveFerris]

We need some of that rain in the Midwest

[BenLurkin]

If only there was a way to measure how much rain falls.

[JZelle]

Albert Hammond needs to change that song.

[wildcard_redneck]

Odd, I thought rain in California was a thing of the past with global warming/climate change/Climate Crisis. Drought was to be the “new normal.”

[broken_clock]

This morning the rain gauge at my parents house in Torrance was at 2.5”.

[SkiKnee]

...“virtually all” of the city’s daily rainfall records have been broken...

Yeah? And?

[Iron Munro]

Maybe it will clean up L.A. somewhat and wash a little of the discarded drug parapenalia and human feces off the streets and into the ocean.

[BenLurkin]

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

Water, water, everywhere
But not a drop to tax.
Water, water, everywhere
Fell free, approval lax.
Newsom sad, the deficit
Was broadened, to the max,
As water, water everywhere
Fell free from his state's tax.

[pas]

10 inches overnight in 2003 here in central Indiana.

[devere]

The 2022 underseas Tonga volcanic eruption

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/tonga-eruption-blasted-unprecedented-amount-of-water-into-stratosphere

seems to have been triggering historic rainfalls in many places on earth: Ireland, Beijing, and now LA.

[1Old Pro]

Malibu got more rain than Compton, now how is that equitable?

[rktman]

Well by their telling it, snow is done. Except Mammoth ski area (IIRC) closed Aug 6 after 250+ ski days. And there is still lots of snow in the Seirras.

[Karliner]

This is why we need more climate change policies and send money to the UN so they will make sure weather will not happen again

[CodeToad]

“Can’t predict the weather that happened yesterday,”

I have literally seen the weather posers in Denver claim it was sunny while standing outside and getting snowed on.

[PGR88]

They could save this water for the future, but its too bad all their reservoirs were built by racist white men 60 or more years ago

[Mr.Unique]

It drizzled here in north San Diego County. The highest gust was around 20 mph.

I saw way more rain just this past winter.