Current Events > R.I.P. Coastal elites in California?

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https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-california/california-risks-severe-whiplash-from-drought-to-flood-scientists-idUKKBN1HU23W

OSLO (Reuters) - California will suffer more volatile weather this century with a whiplash from drought to rain and mounting risks a repeat of the devastating Great Flood of 1862, scientists said on Monday.

Climate change, driven by man-made greenhouse gas emissions, would drive more extreme shifts between hot and dry summers and wet winters in the most populous U.S. state, they wrote in the journal Nature Climate Change.

Global warming is making California and other regions with similar Mediterranean-style climates, from southern Europe to parts of Australia, drier and warmer in summer, said lead author Daniel Swain of the University of California, Los Angeles.

In California in winter an opposing trend toward a strong Pacific jet stream is projected to locally enhance precipitation during the core months of the rainy season, he told Reuters.

Natural precipitation variability in this region is already large, and projected future whiplash increases would amplify existing swings between dry and wet years, the authors wrote.

They projected a 25 percent to 100 percent increase in extreme dry-to-wet precipitation events this century.

California had its worst drought in recorded history from 20102016, followed by severe rains and flooding that culminated with evacuation orders for almost 200,000 residents as a precaution near the Oroville Dam last year.

The study said that major urban centers, including San Francisco and Los Angeles, were more likely than not to suffer a freak series of storms by 2060 similar to ones in 1861-62 that led to the Great Flood.

The storms swamped the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, flooding an area 300 miles (500 km) long and 20 miles wide. Storms washed away bridges, inundated mines and wrecked farms.

A repeat would probably lead to considerable loss of life and economic damages approaching a trillion dollars, the study said...

Also, California is also due for The Big One, a catastrophic earthquake. Related reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodom_and_Gomorrah
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nah we good.
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The weed will keep the weather chill
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Old NoiseTank posted...

nah we good.

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Still the best state in the damn country

I've been hearing about how we're due for "the big one" my whole life. All the way back to the 80s. The big one, save the rainforests, the hole in the O Zone layer, running out of oil. While I'm sure it will happen someday, these "experts" are due for a kick in the nads a lot sooner.

And as far as the rich people that live on the mountainsides or on the cliffs over the ocean who are all at risk of rain. They're all elitist dopes. Anyone stupid enough to build or buy on mountainsides where it's obvious there's danger from both fire and mudslides and in flood zones deserves whatever comes. How stupid can you be. They're all rich enough to rebuild anyway. Every time one of these things happens and they're standing where their house once was in a polo shirt and PGA golf hat they always make the same ass statement to the reporter. "We know the risks but it's just so beautiful. We plan to rebuild." My sympathy can't go lower for those people.
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JordanPeterson posted...

Also, California is also due for The Big One, a catastrophic earthquake. Related reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodom_and_Gomorrah

o rly?
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EternalDivide posted...

I've been hearing about how we're due for "the big one" my whole life. All the way back to the 80s. The big one, save the rainforests, the hole in the O Zone layer, running out of oil. While I'm sure it will happen someday, these "experts" are due for a kick in the nads a lot sooner.

Best to be pro-active not re-active...

Hopefully the assholes get it first in that regard.
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JordanPeterson posted...

Related reading:

don't worry, someone will firebomb mar-a-lago soon enough
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BatmanWTtP posted...

Old NoiseTank posted...

nah we good.

u sure?
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JordanPeterson posted...

BatmanWTtP posted...

Old NoiseTank posted...

nah we good.

u sure?

ya
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don't worry about us, dude.
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eggcorn posted...

don't worry about us, dude.

k.
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It's pretty creepy when you consider how happy TC seems about this
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I assure you the elites are not the ones who will suffer the most from our changing climate
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Antifar posted...

I assure you the elites are not the ones who will suffer the most from our changing climate

that's absolutely true. But in TCs head the entire state of california is elite.
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thanks for destroying things republicans. gj
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Doom_Art posted...

It's pretty creepy when you consider how happy TC seems about this

There were people who laughed at Florida during Hurricane Irma so it doesn't surprise me.
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iamintents posted...

thanks for destroying things republicans. gj

> Implying it isn't the reckoning of God.
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