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Anyone aware of the new buzz phrase? "Atmospheric rivers"
Listen to this from British Columbia...today from a friend.
...major highways are closed down to our region. Essential goods travel only. So no retail trucks coming in ... Gas shortages as pipeline is closed down. Limited milk and produce, meat ext.
Hundreds out of their homes due to flooding. Water boil advisory for many. Hubby is doing 12 hour days in emergency services clean up. Long drive there and home.
More rain on the way. Where I live no flooding but lots of businesses closed due to no stock, first Covid 19 lock downs, summer of wild fires and now flooding. Where is it all going to end ????
Anyone aware of the new buzz phrase? "Atmospheric rivers"
Listen to this from British Columbia...today from a friend.
...major highways are closed down to our region. Essential goods travel only. So no retail trucks coming in ... Gas shortages as pipeline is closed down. Limited milk and produce, meat ext.
Hundreds out of their homes due to flooding. Water boil advisory for many. Hubby is doing 12 hour days in emergency services clean up. Long drive there and home.
More rain on the way. Where I live no flooding but lots of businesses closed due to no stock, first Covid 19 lock downs, summer of wild fires and now flooding. Where is it all going to end ????
The phrase is not that new, just being made more aware of because of climate change. It was apparently coined in 1998.
The heating of the oceans make these atmospheric rivers carry more water and hence do more damage.
I'm not sure where your friend lives, or when they sent you that info, but goods are flowing as two of the four highways are open again, but I do believe they still want people only to travel if it's essential.
Friends that live in the Okanagan did say panic buyers did buy out some grocery items, but that was immediately after the storm, and that things there are normal again.
Here in Vancouver I didn't see any shortages at all, except one store did run out of eggs, but living downtown I have multiple grocery stores within walking distance and the one I went to did have eggs.
Here in Victoria we were short on gasoline for a few days. The highway connecting Victoria to the rest of the island was closed for a day and then overnight for a few nights so no gasoline deliveries could be made. The situation was made much worse by panic buying. Things are getting back to normalish.
Some of the damage to the highways was truly catastrophic. In places the spot where the highway used to run no longer exists.
Here in Victoria we were short on gasoline for a few days. The highway connecting Victoria to the rest of the island was closed for a day and then overnight for a few nights so no gasoline deliveries could be made. The situation was made much worse by panic buying. Things are getting back to normalish.
Some of the damage to the highways was truly catastrophic. In places the spot where the highway used to run no longer exists.
Atmospheric rivers aren't a new concept. They were just previously called pineapple expresses. I'm guessing they aren't using that term so much anymore because of the movie and association with cannabis.
Atmospheric rivers aren't a new concept. They were just previously called pineapple expresses. I'm guessing they aren't using that term so much anymore because of the movie and association with cannabis.
The Pineapple Express is a particular Atmospheric River, but is not all Atmospheric Rivers.
I’ve lived in WA my whole life and this isn’t a new term for me, happens every November. The only unusual thing is just how many storms/low pressure systems have rolled in this month. It’s not not uncommon to have a string of them hit, hence the term atmospheric river, but I don’t remember so many of these “rivers” hitting us?
Looks like another massive flood in the US yet again, DFW region this time with 6-12'' of precipitation occurring in under 12 hours. Warming climate means more extremes in terms of drought and floods, and this is exactly what keeps happening.
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