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nadinbrzezinski

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2. Ok, now officially not looking forwards, even if we need the water

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat Mar 29, 2014, 12:52 AM

Mar 2014

“It’s something we haven’t really seen since the '97 El Niño,” Blake said of the westerly wind bursts and ocean observations. Instead of having trade winds blowing from the east at five to 10 mph, some locations in the western Pacific have had winds from the west blowing at up to 30 miles per hour, Blake says. This is important because it has ripple effects on the sea and below the sea surface.

That was a nasty series of bad floods.

Not happy memories...

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Unusually Intense El Nino May Lie Ahead, Scientists Say [View all] RandySF Mar 2014 OP

I found this link, but what I'm interested in is the summer in the Pacific Northwest... freshwest Mar 2014 #1

Ok, now officially not looking forwards, even if we need the water nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #2

That whole Yosemite fire area won't be anywhere near grown back. NBachers Mar 2014 #3

The one in the early 80s was worse. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2014 #5

Wouldn't that mean more water for California? Kablooie Mar 2014 #4