A disastrous megaflood is coming to California, experts say - Upgoat

"Experts" say. Which part of California? It's a large state with very different geographies, and all of them have planned for flood control on a large scale. So who are these "experts" and why are they making these grave predictions of a megaflood? Where will it happen? When will it happen?

California is large enough where the weather in the north has little or no effect on the south. Weather is generally driven from the north, except for Pacific ocean weather, which blows into the south.

Paul ... seriously ... have you ever been to California? It's enormous. It's larger than it appears on a map.

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[ - ] paul_neri [op] 0 points 2.7 yearsAug 13, 2022 23:34:50 ago (+0/-0)

Unlike you, Hugh, and the other Americans on this site I-trust-the-experts (perhaps too much, I agree)!

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[ - ] HughBriss 0 points 2.7 yearsAug 14, 2022 17:54:56 ago (+0/-0)

Then you should listen to me, too. I'm an expert. Trust me.

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[ - ] diggernicks 0 points 2.7 yearsAug 13, 2022 23:36:31 ago (+0/-0)

You should off yourself if you willingly live there

[ - ] observation1 3 points 2.7 yearsAug 13, 2022 21:50:22 ago (+3/-0)

"... I was a passenger on the old steamer Gem, from Sacramento to Red Bluff. The only way the pilot could tell where the channel of the river was, was by the cottonwood trees on each side of the river. The boat had to stop several times and take men out of the tops of trees and off the roofs of houses. In our trip up the river we met property of every description floating down—dead horses and cattle, sheep, hogs, houses, haystacks, household furniture, and everything imaginable was on its way for the ocean. Arriving at Red Bluff, there was water everywhere as far as the eye could reach, and what few bridges there had been in the country were all swept away."

[ - ] observation1 1 point 2.7 yearsAug 13, 2022 21:33:58 ago (+1/-0)

"The catastrophe began in December 1861, when nearly 15 feet of snow fell in the Sierra Nevada. Repetitive atmospheric rivers dropped warm rain for 43 days thereafter, dumping water down the mountainous slopes and into the valleys.
Four thousand people lost their lives, one-third of the state's property was destroyed, a quarter of California's cattle population drowned or starved, and one in eight homes were a complete loss by floodwaters.
In addition, one-fourth of California's economy was obliterated, resulting in a state-wide bankruptcy.
Swain warns a megaflood like this will happen again, [...]."

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[ - ] localsal 5 points 2.7 yearsAug 13, 2022 21:44:25 ago (+5/-0)

That damn human-caused climate change in the 1860s!!! Curse those timber loving, horse-drawn industries! And now we are doing it again 160 years later!

[ - ] Steelerfish 0 points 2.7 yearsAug 14, 2022 09:02:58 ago (+0/-0)

Is this before or after the massive earthquake abruptly sheds the entire coastline into the sea (to the cheers of everyone east of there)…

[ - ] Psychicrussiaspy 0 points 2.7 yearsAug 14, 2022 08:20:31 ago (+0/-0)

[ - ] Anus_Expander 0 points 2.7 yearsAug 14, 2022 05:13:49 ago (+0/-0)

I rarely pray, but I hope a tsunami wipes out Marin County

[ - ] binrobinrro 0 points 2.7 yearsAug 14, 2022 01:12:42 ago (+0/-0)

"disastrous flood happening in California in the next four decades"
Plenty of time for people to forget about this article.

[ - ] Version6 0 points 2.7 yearsAug 14, 2022 00:07:03 ago (+0/-0)

Fingers crossed. The sooner the better.

[ - ] ymihere 0 points 2.7 yearsAug 13, 2022 23:06:50 ago (+0/-0)

In the next 4 decades, we'll all be dead anyway... So the sooner the better

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[ - ] diggernicks 0 points 2.7 yearsAug 13, 2022 23:12:06 ago (+0/-0)

Better not

I need to reach old age so I can be a crotchety pensioner

[ + ] Spaceman84

[ - ] Spaceman84 0 points 2.7 yearsAug 13, 2022 23:29:33 ago (+0/-0)

What pension? You'll work until you die.

[ + ] diggernicks

[ - ] diggernicks 0 points 2.7 yearsAug 13, 2022 23:33:45 ago (+0/-0)

Fuck I will nigger

[ - ] RabbiKinderschtupper 0 points 2.7 yearsAug 13, 2022 21:21:32 ago (+0/-0)

Sweet

[ - ] discarded_cybernetic_eyeball -1 points 2.7 yearsAug 13, 2022 21:04:09 ago (+0/-1)

One can only hope.

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A disastrous megaflood is coming to California, experts say submitted by paul_neri to America 2.7 yearsAug 13, 2022 20:52:34 ago (+1/-1) (edition.cnn.com)https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/12/weather/california-megaflood-study/index.html

A disastrous megaflood is coming to California, experts say
submitted by paul_neri to America 2.7 yearsAug 13, 2022 20:52:34 ago (+1/-1) (edition.cnn.com)
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/12/weather/california-megaflood-study/index.html