However, almost always people are going to die in Flash floods and mud slides whenever this happens on going. So, this is the price we pay here in California to live here.
California is only one of about two places in the U.S. where 16 inches of rain sometimes comes down with in a couple of days. However, Because of Global Climate change this may no longer be as true as it once was.
Anyway you look at it atmospheric rivers are almost always both good and bad at the same time. Good for some people and bad for others.
If you want to see just how bad it usually gets every 150 to 300 years in California in history back thousands of years. This is what happens the last time this happened in 1862. This is why I believe no big cities were here when settlers first came to California from Spain and Europe and the Eastern U.S. starting in the 1500s, 1600s and 1700s and 1800s.
Great Flood of 1862 - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Flood_of_1862
Jump to Southern California - The Great Flood of 1862 was the largest flood in the recorded history of Oregon, Nevada, and California, occurring from December 1861 to January 1862. It was preceded by weeks of continuous rains and snows in the very high elevations that began in Oregon in November 1861 and continued into January 1862.
California Megaflood: Lessons from a Forgotten Catastrophe ...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/.../atmospheric-rivers-california-megaflood-lesson...
The heavy rains also triggered landslides and mud slides on California's steep hillsides. ... In Nevada, a normally arid state, twice its typical annual rainfall occurred in the two-month period of December 1861 to January 1862.California's Great Flood of 1862 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RQMEgXV_Mg
Mar 3, 2017 - Uploaded by Storm Shield App
This was the big one. It put entire cities underwater and formed an inland sea across the middle of California ...
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