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sillykinesis t1_j32jbzu wrote

Reply to comment by mynextthroway in Satellites watch 'atmospheric river' bring extreme rain to California — Satellites of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are monitoring the weather system, revealing its various aspects including wind speeds and expected amount of rain. by BlankVerse

Umm… none of these is even accurate. We rarely get rain, we hardly had any fires this year, and crushing snow isn’t a thing. We get our water from the snow melt, so more snow = less drought. Oh and better skiing!

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BowwwwBallll t1_j32j515 wrote

Reply to comment by mynextthroway in Satellites watch 'atmospheric river' bring extreme rain to California — Satellites of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are monitoring the weather system, revealing its various aspects including wind speeds and expected amount of rain. by BlankVerse

This needs to be spread more. California is closed. Besides, it’s a hellhole. Nobody come here. Don’t ask why, just trust me and stay away.

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Eru_started_it_all t1_j32i325 wrote

Reply to comment by TropicalGraffiti in Satellites watch 'atmospheric river' bring extreme rain to California — Satellites of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are monitoring the weather system, revealing its various aspects including wind speeds and expected amount of rain. by BlankVerse

I think it was coined in 1994 and just started coming into use in the last 10 years or so by meteorologist.

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Motor_Grand_8005 t1_j32fu17 wrote

Reply to comment by mynextthroway in Satellites watch 'atmospheric river' bring extreme rain to California — Satellites of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are monitoring the weather system, revealing its various aspects including wind speeds and expected amount of rain. by BlankVerse

Difference today is how it’s reported and social media. Historical data is sometimes overlooked. Doesn’t generate tv ratings or likes.

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buzzwrong t1_j32eebu wrote

Reply to comment by TropicalGraffiti in Satellites watch 'atmospheric river' bring extreme rain to California — Satellites of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are monitoring the weather system, revealing its various aspects including wind speeds and expected amount of rain. by BlankVerse

The amount of computer modeling that has progressed since then is astounding, and pretty necessary to understand something so complex as climate

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alainreid t1_j32czun wrote

Reply to comment by fangedrandy in Helium-3 by fangedrandy

I'm not sure what the "this" is that you are referring to, meaning I don't know if you mean AIs or space mining, but AIs can be trained. I don't really think they'd surf the web without being instructed to do so.

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TropicalGraffiti t1_j329wuo wrote

Reply to comment by mynextthroway in Satellites watch 'atmospheric river' bring extreme rain to California — Satellites of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are monitoring the weather system, revealing its various aspects including wind speeds and expected amount of rain. by BlankVerse

I just remember one huge flood in 1998? I know my parents survived a flood in 1992. Their entire apartment was flooded out. Could just be the news cycle. Breaking News has been perpetual since 9/11. It's kinda annoying and minimizes truly important news...

I really hope we're not screwed. California is so beautiful 😔 I wish we had more climatologists in this sub lol

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mynextthroway t1_j329ap5 wrote

Reply to comment by TropicalGraffiti in Satellites watch 'atmospheric river' bring extreme rain to California — Satellites of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are monitoring the weather system, revealing its various aspects including wind speeds and expected amount of rain. by BlankVerse

I don't know the actual stats for the 90s, but it did seem as though California didn't make the news so often by th 90s. But, by then, I was finishing school and newly married, so my attention was elsewhere. And CNN/HNN/Weather Channel were showing freak weather from around the world. 70s-80s, 20 years of rain. 90s 10 years of transition, 00s-10s 20 years of drought. Now the 20s transition back to rain for the 30s and 40s. Time will tell.

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TropicalGraffiti t1_j327idm wrote

Reply to comment by mynextthroway in Satellites watch 'atmospheric river' bring extreme rain to California — Satellites of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are monitoring the weather system, revealing its various aspects including wind speeds and expected amount of rain. by BlankVerse

Really? That's surprising. I grew up in the 90s & 00s. I must not remember them. It was rare to see rain here. I know we get the occasional downpour. But we've been getting record rainfall. It's sorta concerning. I've been watching the trees outside my house for years and they keep turning later and later. It seems like the climate itself is shifting, little by little. But that's just my observation.

Thanks for your response btw. It's enlightening. Maybe it's just a new phrase coined?

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mynextthroway t1_j326nvu wrote

Reply to comment by TropicalGraffiti in Satellites watch 'atmospheric river' bring extreme rain to California — Satellites of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are monitoring the weather system, revealing its various aspects including wind speeds and expected amount of rain. by BlankVerse

I do. In the 70s and 80s, this weather pattern was common. There was also no talk about the rains being unprecedented, indicating that while not necessarily normal, it was within the normal, expected range. That's just the normal for the west - flooding rain or drought with little in between.

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Hard_Six t1_j326flf wrote

Reply to comment by MacDugin in Satellites watch 'atmospheric river' bring extreme rain to California — Satellites of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are monitoring the weather system, revealing its various aspects including wind speeds and expected amount of rain. by BlankVerse

I think op mentioning damming dry washes is meant to emulate beaver dams that essentially slow down the water during rain events and let it recharge ground water and the close to surface water table. Many dry washes used to be more perennial. Poorly planned human agricultural development lead to desertification.

Beavers and salmonids go hand in hand

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mynextthroway t1_j324hj1 wrote

Reply to comment by trite_post in Satellites watch 'atmospheric river' bring extreme rain to California — Satellites of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are monitoring the weather system, revealing its various aspects including wind speeds and expected amount of rain. by BlankVerse

That is just how it works. Growing up in the 80s, I always wondered why people wanted to live in California, with fires all summer, mudslide causing flooding rains and massive snow dumps in the winter and earthquakes whenever. In the 2010s, the flooding rain and crushing snow vanished, and California discovered drought. Still don't know why people want to live in California, but it seems like California has two modes-flooding rain and crushing snow or drought.

Edit: (looks at downvotes) gee. I guess child me seeing all the news of fire and flood and earthquakes and me not wanting to live there has offended Californians, lol. People interviewed saying they worried every summer about fire. They've been burned out several times and lost homes to mudslides. Weird that an 12 year old might think California isn't the best of places to live.

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jivatman t1_j320bp1 wrote

Reply to comment by IsayNigel in NASA planetary science budget remains under stress by Lolbitable

If there's one takeaway I'd like you to have from this conversation, it's that being the lowest bidder in competitive, fixed price contracts is a very different thing from a subsidy.

Because subsidies actually do exist. So do cost-plus contracts, which, without oversight, actually are similar to subsidies.

These are important, basic principles of how the government spends money. Lack of understanding them is ultimately an impediment to having a cost effective government.

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