Amongst other things.... it turned the Great Central Valley into the Great Central Lake..... if this were to happen again it would be a catastrophe killing hundreds or more and forcing the evacuation of millions of Californians and send a ripple across the nation economically and across the world agriculturally.
Kimmer
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com> wrote:
It has happened before. Consider the winter of 1861-1862 -- it rained for 45 consecutive days
By PATRICK HEALY
From KNBC-TV Los Angeles
Updated 7:33 AM PST, Tue, Dec 21, 2010
It's the rain that just won't stop -- day after day. It's almost as continuous as the flow of a river, tropical moisture funneled into California by what scientists have come to call an "atmospheric river."The term was coined only within the last generation of satellite imaging that can actually show the band of moisture.
But there's nothing new about the phenomenon. What scientists now realize was an atmospheric river in 1861-62 brought California 45 straight days of rain and caused flooding of Biblical proportions, evocative of Noah and his ark.. It bankrupted the state.
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View entire article here: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local-beat/Scientists-cite-Atmospheric-River-for-Near-Continuous-Rain-112228904.html?__source=Newsletter-Daily
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