California’s wildflower bloom can be seen on satellite imagery
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California’s wildflower bloom can be seen on satellite imagery
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Re: California’s wildflower bloom can be seen on satellite imagery
#2This is the best year for wildflowers in the 15 years I have lived in California. If you live in San Francisco or the Silicon Valley area, now is a great time to go to parks like Edgewood. Especially if you are not usually a hiker but are interested in checking it out sometime - now is a great sometime.
My recommendation if you live in SF but never really hike too much: http://bahiker.com/southbayhikes/edgewood.html
Re: California’s wildflower bloom can be seen on satellite imagery
#3This is the best year for wildflowers in the 15 years I have lived in California. If you live in San Francisco or the Silicon Valley area, now is a great time to go to parks like Edgewood. Especially if you are not usually a hiker but are interested in checking it out sometime - now is a great sometime. My recommendation if you live in SF but never really hike too much: http://bahiker.com/southbayhikes/edgewood.html
Or drive down to Carrizo plain! Bit of a trek but lots of fun to explore.
Re: California’s wildflower bloom can be seen on satellite imagery
#4This is the best year for wildflowers in the 15 years I have lived in California. If you live in San Francisco or the Silicon Valley area, now is a great time to go to parks like Edgewood. Especially if you are not usually a hiker but are interested in checking it out sometime - now is a great sometime. My recommendation if you live in SF but never really hike too much: http://bahiker.com/southbayhikes/edgewood.html
Or drive down to Carrizo plain! Bit of a trek but lots of fun to explore.
I thought the plain was best later toward the Summer. When is typically the best time down there?
Re: California’s wildflower bloom can be seen on satellite imagery
#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or drive down to Carrizo plain! Bit of a trek but lots of fun to explore.
I thought the plain was best later toward the Summer. When is typically the best time down there?
Now! Flowers are amazing we went down over the weekend. I'm guessing when it gets hot soon the flowers will wilt and the hills will turn brown. http://imgur.com/i2fOUPA
Re: California’s wildflower bloom can be seen on satellite imagery
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
I thought the plain was best later toward the Summer. When is typically the best time down there?
Now! Flowers are amazing we went down over the weekend. I'm guessing when it gets hot soon the flowers will wilt and the hills will turn brown. http://imgur.com/i2fOUPA
Thanks! If it weren't so far (past SLO) I'd go. I can imagine: https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=carizzo%20plain&sort=rel...
Re: California’s wildflower bloom can be seen on satellite imagery
#7The article says it is an El Niño year, but that's wrong. Last year was, but this year has been extremely weird, in that we had more rain than we've ever gotten in a recorded El Niño year despite normal water temps in the tropical Eastern Pacific. Which is great, but makes me wonder what our climate models make of things!
Re: California’s wildflower bloom can be seen on satellite imagery
#8If you have a camera with a lens anything bigger than 1x1m are visible from space.
Writing "visible from Orbit" implies with the human eye.
Re: California’s wildflower bloom can be seen on satellite imagery
#9The article says it is an El Niño year, but that's wrong. Last year was, but this year has been extremely weird, in that we had more rain than we've ever gotten in a recorded El Niño year despite normal water temps in the tropical Eastern Pacific. Which is great, but makes me wonder what our climate models make of things!
Correction: the article actually says "But this year’s El Niño-like winter..."
Its not claiming this is an El Niño year
Re: California’s wildflower bloom can be seen on satellite imagery
#10The article says it is an El Niño year, but that's wrong. Last year was, but this year has been extremely weird, in that we had more rain than we've ever gotten in a recorded El Niño year despite normal water temps in the tropical Eastern Pacific. Which is great, but makes me wonder what our climate models make of things!
Global warming means there is more energy in the system. It's like turning up the volume. Imagine a driven pendulum, it's just adding a bigger kick so the whole thing swings farther and faster. Of course I'm a layman, but I think experts would generally agree with my simplistic metaphors.
And, yeah, this is pretty much what was forecast [1]. The risks are coping with the long dry spells, and the heavy rain. 5 inches of rain in a day can be ugly if you're not ready.
[1]http://news.stanford.edu/2017/03/21/heavy-california-rains-p...