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Rare ‘triple’ La Niña climate event looks likely

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Re: Rare ‘triple’ La Niña climate event looks likely

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Post by paranoidrobot »

IG_Semmelweiss wrote: post #16

If you ever wonder what el nino /la nina means in terms of weather for your hemisphere, here is a heuristic: La niña is the opposite of el Niño. El niño (spanish - "the boy") is the name used by inhabitants of the area it hits the hardest, South America (mostly spanish speaking). The western part of South America has its usual rainy season from late Dec to April. The "el nino" boy is a reference to birth of Jesus. Ch…

It's not really just northern/southern hemisphere. It's also linked to location.

Australia gets the opposite weather to South America for the cycle.

So for La Nina, it's dry in South America, but wet here in Australia.

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Post by quickthrower2 »

doctor_eval wrote: post #18
quickthrower2 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anecdotally, including us, anyone you talk to here is dealing with mold issues, and it is often a very expensive problem to fix. Having no let up period from I think Dec -> May where the property can dry out, in addition to rain bombs causing roof leaks. Many roofers have automated messages saying "we're too busy, no point". There is backlog in getting mold tested. Also affects general trades who don't give dates, th…

Yes, I'm in the sunshine coast and have experienced all of the above. We were cut off from school by flooding for about a week, a drive that usually took 15 minutes was taking at least an hour because of the long detour. And our roof has leaked. At least we didn't need to put water in the pool ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ But the mould ... that was the worst. I'm going to smell of vinegar and clove oil for the rest of my life.

Good old apple cider vinegar! Good for battling those annoying pantry moths, and good for salads.

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Post by chipotle_coyote »

ianai wrote: post #3

Really starting to feel dangerous to live anywhere in the US southwest. Lake Meade approaching deadpool and massive wildfire nearing my house this summer. Plus the government is led by people who refer to much of the southwest as “fly over country” doesn’t help.

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Post by jdminhbg »

jonny_eh wrote: post #13
ianai wrote: post #3

Really starting to feel dangerous to live anywhere in the US southwest. Lake Meade approaching deadpool and massive wildfire nearing my house this summer. Plus the government is led by people who refer to much of the southwest as “fly over country” doesn’t help.

Maybe the Southwest should elect representatives that believe in climate change.

All eight Senators from CA, AZ, NV, and NM are Democrats, and I assume they "believe in climate change," although I'm not sure whether simply believing is going to make much of a difference.

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Post by UncleOxidant »

swayvil wrote: post #23

Southern IL here Present spring is looking to be both the coldest and hottest in recent memory. Really obnoxious. For a couple weeks we got crazy powerful winds. Thrashed everything. Right now we are in a drought.

We just had one of the wettest, coolest springs in a long time here in the PNW - really haven't had a spring like this since 2011. And then right on cue the summer switch was turned on a couple of days ago and we're expecting to be in the 90s for a few days (up to 98 on Sunday). It's kind of jarring to go from ~60F cloudy&wet just about every day for the last couple of months to 90s over the course of just a few days.

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Post by XorNot »

From about December through to March it felt like it pretty much rained constantly in Sydney, and when it wasn't raining it was grey. You got a few gaps somewhere in there I presume, but I don't really remember having summer.

I definitely remember discovering the shoddy shortcuts taken in my roof and how un-waterproof they are.

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Post by anigbrowl »

jonny_eh wrote: post #13
ianai wrote: post #3

Really starting to feel dangerous to live anywhere in the US southwest. Lake Meade approaching deadpool and massive wildfire nearing my house this summer. Plus the government is led by people who refer to much of the southwest as “fly over country” doesn’t help.

Maybe the Southwest should elect representatives that believe in climate change.

I'm not posturing when I say there is no way people are going to be able to vote their way out of this in a sensible fashion. Not only are smart people in a minority, some of them are in the 'fuck you' bloc which is the most sizeable and quite motivated.

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Post by enraged_camel »

losteric wrote: post #20
kurthr wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought the 9 most terrifying words were, "I'm from the government and I’m here to help"? What do you expect the Feds to do about the weather?

> What do you expect the Feds to do about the weather? Intervene and rebalance the water markets, which are currently unsustainable based on bad decades-old science.

Water markets are broken primarily because of water rights, some of which were allocated centuries ago via local and regional contracts. They are nearly impossible to untangle, and state governments are required by law to honor them.

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Post by smt88 »

ianai wrote: post #3

Really starting to feel dangerous to live anywhere in the US southwest. Lake Meade approaching deadpool and massive wildfire nearing my house this summer. Plus the government is led by people who refer to much of the southwest as “fly over country” doesn’t help.

> Plus the government is led by people who refer to much of the southwest as “fly over country” doesn’t help.

The people who (you assume) don't use the term "flyover country" are the people stopping Congress from spending money to fix environmental crises like drought.

Even so, the White House has ordered studies and gotten Congress to spend a lot of money on the Southwest already[1].

What else are you looking for, exactly? My understanding is that the current crisis is mostly due to agriculture and water rights, and I don't know how they could legally legislate agriculture in a state. That is the responsibility of the state's own government.

1. https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2022/06/01/biden-h...

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