Oh god, oh fuck planet-hillary
https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/tracking-tropical-storm-hilary-pacific

  • KFCDoubleDoink [any]
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    1 year ago

    Someone get the math nerds in here so we can calculate which one does more damage to poor folks.

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    1 year ago

    We have information that will lead to the arrest of Hurricane Hillary

    ~ Baja Peninsula

      • MaxOS [he/him]
        hexagon
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        1 year ago

        I think with big rain events, most of the water just flows into the ocean and isn't captured or absorbed.

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        1 year ago

        water takes time to seep into the ground, the best thing for drought is frequent, but not torrential, rain

        • GorbinOutOverHere [comrade/them]
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          1 year ago

          No like, catch the water though? Mandatory rainwater catchment systems on literally everything? Idk

          Maybe i'm wrong but i don't think i've ever seen an image of California where every house has 55 gallon barrels under every gutter, seems like something that would like, help

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    edit-2
    1 year ago

    the nerds at the World Meteorological Organization spelled it with one L because they didn't want to join the Clinton Death List

  • macabrett
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    1 year ago

    Okay this is me being a big dumbass, but aren't tropical storms / hurricanes usually hitting the east coast? I always assumed the ocean conditions were such that the west coast wasn't really susceptible to them but I guess I've never really learned why that is. Is this happening kinda wild?

    • FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      They're equally likely to form in the Atlantic and Pacific, but are affected differently by el Nino and la Nina. This is an el Nino year, that's why so many have formed in the Pacific this year. As such, there should be a reduction in Atlantic storms

      • macabrett
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        1 year ago

        Interesting, thanks for the explanation!

  • Dessa [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    ANNOUNCEMENT: According to polling of California weather stations, Clinton declared winner of California Primary