British Columbia got hit by 3 "atmospheric rivers" in one week a couple months ago. Catastrophic flooding after a summer of drought and suspicious wildfires. Up until then I had never even heard of an atmospheric river but suddenly it's the new meteorological buzzword we all just need to get used to.
When I see buildings disintegrated in non-forested areas, with the trees in the yard still standing, and vehicles' aluminum rims melted in the streets, it catches my attention and strikes me as odd.
British Columbia got hit by 3 "atmospheric rivers" in one week a couple months ago. Catastrophic flooding after a summer of drought and suspicious wildfires. Up until then I had never even heard of an atmospheric river but suddenly it's the new meteorological buzzword we all just need to get used to.
I sometimes think people make too much of this.
We don't let our forests properly burn so there is a tremendous amount of fuel laying on the forest floor.
We've been due for a good flood for quite a while, when was the last one, 1948?
When I see buildings disintegrated in non-forested areas, with the trees in the yard still standing, and vehicles' aluminum rims melted in the streets, it catches my attention and strikes me as odd.