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yamirzmmdx t1_j3wttzs wrote

From drought to wildfires to floods.

Sigh.

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ObjectiveDark40 t1_j3wyuic wrote

Don't forget mudslides... especially in areas that were previously impacted by wild fires.

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WildYams t1_j3ye6a8 wrote

On the plus side, if we start getting rain like this more often, it'll lead to fewer wildfires.

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ObjectiveDark40 t1_j3yf7qn wrote

Except the large amount of growth that will occur in spring and then die off in summer and lay down on top of the rest of the unburnt fuel. 7 years of draught and 1 year of floods is not going to solve anything.

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WildYams t1_j3yqlvi wrote

That's why I said "if we start getting rain like this more often".

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briansabeans t1_j41ga4m wrote

But that's not happening nor is there any sign of that. We are just getting hit by storm after storm after storm for a few weeks. That's not a "plus side"; this is a recipe for mudslides and wildfires. Fixing our water shortage takes a lot more than 1 month and takes a lot more than 1 year.

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WildYams t1_j42hnd9 wrote

> Fixing our water shortage takes a lot more than 1 month and takes a lot more than 1 year.

That's why I said "if we start getting rain like this more often".

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ObjectiveDark40 t1_j3zkht5 wrote

>rain like this

Meaning flooding every 7 years...but I guess the "more often" negates the 7 years part so what you want is just torrential flooding more often?

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impulsekash t1_j3x1ry5 wrote

The problem is the drought and wildfires killed the vegetation that stabilized the soil. Now the water runoffs the soil or worse makes it unstable causing landslides.

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CPUforU t1_j41y5xl wrote

What's the sciency term for this process?

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katman43043 t1_j3x002y wrote

100% a bunch of sermons are going on about how this is God’s wrath or some other malarkey

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[deleted] t1_j3x1oiw wrote

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Fender088 t1_j3y4tr7 wrote

Reminds me of the Always Sunny quote: "I'm playing both sides so that I always come out on top."

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WildYams t1_j3yepqp wrote

Actually when the hurricanes hit Florida, right wingers were claiming it was the Biden administration controlling the weather to punish Ron DeSantis, but I guess storms hitting California are "god's wrath".

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Taman_Should t1_j3z1srs wrote

Imagine having a persecution fetish so strong, it forced you to basically argue that Biden is more powerful than God.

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Knull_Gorr t1_j3z7nyx wrote

It's very easy to be more important than a thing that doesn't exist.

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Taman_Should t1_j3zqigo wrote

That's not really the point though, the point is that their beliefs have no consistency. One minute they'll say God sent natural disasters, the next minute, the democrats are responsible for equally bad natural disasters.

Remember when we were young and naive enough that we thought we could argue about things based on their own supposed internal logical frameworks? Doesn't that seem quaint now?

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BpositiveItWorks t1_j3xmk1g wrote

I know the flooding and infrastructure issues it’s causing are catastrophic and I am so sad so many have passed away, but as a resident of NorCal, I see both the negative and the positive.

The positive being we needed the moisture. To reiterate, I would rather so many in the bay were not dealing with damage to their homes and like i mentioned before the deaths and as of last night a missing 5 year old that got swept away. Just want to be clear I value life over getting rain.

Also, I’m getting hammered with snow and could use a break … it is up to my torso in my yard.

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qtx t1_j40jije wrote

> The positive being we needed the moisture

But the thng is, the soils is so dry it's like cement. The water isn't penetrating, it just flows over it.

So it's not helping one iota.

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BpositiveItWorks t1_j40ubs2 wrote

Im sorry to head that, that’s a huge bummer. The snow is helpful in my area.

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Someinterestingbs-td t1_j3zqau0 wrote

Dammit I knew the tramp stamp would cause trouble but never this god what have I done lol

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OutrageousMatter t1_j4izc1h wrote

God's wrath since 1862. That was the last time a similar event occurred.

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