Risk of Atmospheric River Caused California Megaflood Three Times Higher With Abrupt Climate Change

Near the equator, and within the subtropics bracketing the equator the intense rays of the Sun heat the ocean surface a lot and cause large amounts of evaporation that feed the atmosphere with water vapour. As this water vapour moves to the northeast (in the northern hemisphere) it tends to form long filaments about a mile or so (1.6 km) above the ocean surface and several hundred miles wide, that stretch for well over a thousand miles in length. There are typically 5 or 6 of these filaments in each of the hemispheres, North and South. When global circulation patterns aim a filament to one location like California over a long period of time (such as in 1861-1862) then there is huge rainfall and a MegaFlood Event. This used to occur every 100-200 years in California, but in our climate changed warmer world it is expected to now be 3x more frequent; namely it is expected every 35 to 65 years. We are overdue.

[PaulHBeckwith]

Near the equator, and within the subtropics bracketing the equator the intense rays of the Sun heat the ocean surface a lot and cause large amounts of evaporation that feed the atmosphere with water vapour. As this water vapour moves to the northeast (in the northern hemisphere) it tends to form long filaments about a mile or so (1.6 km) above the ocean surface and several hundred miles wide, that stretch for well over a thousand miles in length. There are typically 5 or 6 of these filaments in each of the hemispheres, North and South. When global circulation patterns aim a filament to one location like California over a long period of time (such as in 1861-1862) then there is huge rainfall and a MegaFlood Event. This used to occur every 100-200 years in California, but in our climate changed warmer world it is expected to now be 3x more frequent; namely it is expected every 35 to 65 years. We are overdue.

[nancyhope]

It would be helpful if you provided links to the papers you discuss.

[edgarrice]

You know what else we're overdue for? A big earthquake. I wonder if the added weight of 20 feet of flooding in the San Juaquin Valley would be enough to trigger the San Andreas Fault. Two disasters for the price of one!

[codyjones]

Is there any estimates of occurance of NEW flood now that Atmosphere and Jet has changed?

[bimmjim]

The Insurance Industry does valid math.

[gumpyflyale]

Why when it is a 100-200 year occurrence was it natural in 1861-1862 but and now its climate change its been over 158 years, we should be due whether or not the climate change is natural or not especially when the floods from before 1862 was worse?

[OBEYGOD]

Praying for God's mercy on all! Jeremiah 10:12–13, "He hath made the earth by His power, He hath established the world by His wisdom, And hath stretched out the heavens by His discretion. When He uttereth His voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, And He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; He maketh lightnings with rain, And bringeth forth the wind out of His treasures." Nahum 1:3, "The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, And will not at all acquit the wicked: The LORD hath His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds are the dust of His feet." Psalm 148:8, " Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling His word:" Matthew 24:7, "For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places." 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9, " And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power; Malachi 4:1, 2, " For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in His wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall." Isaiah 13:9-13, "Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and He shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in His going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of His fierce anger." Revelation 14:7, "Fear God and give glory to Him for the hour of His judgment has come!"

[christinearmington]

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