[HN Gopher] Atmospheric river storms are getting stronger, and d...
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       Atmospheric river storms are getting stronger, and deadlier
        
       Author : Brajeshwar
       Score  : 41 points
       Date   : 2024-02-12 16:00 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | malfist wrote:
       | That's exactly what climate change predicts.
       | 
       | You inject more energy into a system and the system gets more
       | energetic.
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       | More energy in the atmosphere, more extreme weather.
        
         | slicktux wrote:
         | That's exactly true unfortunately we have people ignorant to
         | those facts and claim "oh, all this rain and cold weather...so
         | much for global warming" Ignorance...
        
       | UI_at_80x24 wrote:
       | Why/When did they stop referring to this as {a|the} 'Jet Stream'?
        
         | whyenot wrote:
         | Because it's not the same thing? One is a thin band of moisture
         | pulled up from the tropics and the other is a high altitude
         | fast flowing air current. Sometimes atmospheric rivers are also
         | called a "pineapple express." That was more common 20-30 years
         | ago than today.
        
           | SllX wrote:
           | Pineapple Express is still used and California was just hit
           | by one. It's a specific atmospheric river that extends from
           | Northeast of Hawai'i to the Pacific Coast and sometimes
           | further inland as far as Colorado. Not all atmospheric rivers
           | are a Pineapple Express though.
        
       | carabiner wrote:
       | This is why I worship the stormlord.
        
         | jgust wrote:
         | Life before death brother.
        
           | danaris wrote:
           | You may be thinking of the Stormfather?
           | 
           | Journey before destination, Radiant.
        
       | dredmorbius wrote:
       | And more frequent, it seems.
       | 
       | One every few years has become (at least in the past several
       | years) multiples per year, or month, particularly along the west
       | coast of North America, from Mexico to Canada.
        
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