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Scientists Detail Super-Storm Threat to California

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Scientists Detail Super-Storm Threat to California

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Scientists say a plausible super-storm that could devastate California would be fed by an "atmospheric river" moving water at the same rate as 50 Mississippi rivers discharging water into the Gulf of Mexico.

Scientists who study historic storms to understand the risks modern California faces discussed on Friday a developing scaling system to measure the intensity of an atmospheric river — a huge hose-like flow of Pacific Ocean moisture into the state.

A storm scenario released by the U.S. Geological Survey this week says such a storm has the potential to cause flood damage to a quarter of the houses in the state.

The report, based on computer models analyzing the impacts of two storms that soaked the state in 1969 and 1986, describes a storm lasting more than 40 days and dumping up to 10 feet of rain.

A team of 117 scientists, engineers, lifeline operators, emergency planners and insurance experts worked for two years on the project for the purpose of emergency planning. They named the weather event "ARkStorm," after an intense atmospheric river storm that would overwhelm the state's flood protection system, cause massive flooding, hundreds of landslides and serious damage in the state's major population centers.

"We create these scenarios to understand what are the implication of the types of very rare events that science tell us has to happen in our future," Lucy Jones, chief scientist of the USGS Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project, said following a symposium with the researchers at the University of California, Davis.

Jones said geological records show superstorms happened numerous times in the past, with the same frequency as a big earthquake striking the San Andreas Fault.

The "ARkStorm" project has resulted in the first statewide map detailing areas susceptible to landslides, a modeling system for analyzing severe storm impacts to coastal areas, and a scaling system to categorize the intensity of atmospheric rivers — the force behind most winter storms over California.

The scaling system is in the works, but so far scientists have estimated that the atmospheric river that fed a powerful storm over California last month moved water at 20 times the rate of water discharging from the Mississippi River into the Gulf.

The scale visualizes the amount and intensity of moisture rolling through the atmospheric river and helps scientists understand the severity of a storm, said Mark Jackson, meteorologist-in-charge of the National Weather Service in Oxnard.

He said historical records show California has had several storms in which 16 inches of rain fell in three days — the same amount left in the wake of hurricanes over Gulf Coast states.

"Our storms really are as bad as hurricanes in the amount of rain that they can bring," USGS Director Marcia McNutt said. "Without that type of labeling, we haven't recognized that our storms are that bad and we risk underestimating emergency response (to storms)."

What do you guys think? $330 billion estimated damage? Ouch. 40 days of rain.

As long as my pot supply doesn't get affected negatively, IDGAF

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Originally Posted by !King_Amazon! (Post 692912)

As long as my pot supply doesn't get affected negatively, IDGAF

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism

Die die die! Uwehehehehe! Kill them all!!

Just waiting for someone to go "2012 on its way lolololz"

OMG 2012 IS HERE >>>> TAKE COVER .... jk

...and people wonder why I want to move away from California.

California is the worst country in the state of Illinois in my opinion. I'd get away as soon as I could.

I'd move back if the job market and economy were better.

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Originally Posted by Goodlookinguy (Post 692929)

...and people wonder why I want to move away from California.

You say this like you somehow knew everything in this report already as if it were common knowledge more than a couple of weeks ago. Are you trying to come across as sarcastic? Because you come across more like angsty teenager (read: douchebag)

People wonder why you want to move away from California? What people? I have a hard time believing anyone cares enough about you that they've thought to themselves "I wonder why he wants to move away?:confused::weird:" Get over yourself.

If I had the opportunity to shit down your throat, I would take it. I'd cook up something special for you.

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Originally Posted by !King_Amazon! (Post 692937)

I loled

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Originally Posted by !King_Amazon! (Post 692937)

You mad bro?

It was a joke, and to be honest, I love where I live. Storms, even the recent one, touched where I live the least out of any area in the state. Tornadoes, Earthquakes, in general almost all natural disasters, never even touch where I live.

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On a completely unrelated to the topic note, I really will be moving away to another country. However, I hold no grudges against California.

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Originally Posted by Goodlookinguy (Post 692941)

However, I hold no grudges against California.

I'll inform the governor

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Originally Posted by Goodlookinguy (Post 692941)

On a completely unrelated to the topic note, I really will be moving away to another country. However, I hold no grudges against California.

I'm gonna guess Japan, right? You seem smart enough to do good there.

GLG is going to invent a new and improved used panty vending machine.

What would that be good for? o.O

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Originally Posted by Skurai (Post 693122)

What would that be good for? o.O

What ISN'T it good for?

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Originally Posted by Wed-G (Post 693142)

What ISN'T it good for?

Your esophagus.