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quaint

(3,659 posts)
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 10:45 AM Tuesday

Southern California's dry spell could be one for the record books

KTLA

According to the National Weather Service, the last time it rained more than a trace in L.A. was on May 5, when the city received 0.13 inches of rain—barely enough to soak the ground. This was followed by five straight months without so much as a drop.

“If we do not receive any measurable rainfall through December 31, the Downtown Los Angeles sensor will finish tied for first place for the driest conclusion to the year,” said Todd Hall, senior meteorologist at the Weather Service offices in L.A. and Oxnard.

This extended dry spell has also increased fire risk in Southern California, where Santa Ana winds have fueled several wildfires in recent months. These include the Mountain Fire in Ventura County, which destroyed around 200 homes, and the Franklin Fire in Malibu, which leveled 20 structures.


$100 a month for water, still my plants are dying.
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Southern California's dry spell could be one for the record books (Original Post) quaint Tuesday OP
The article points out... Think. Again. Tuesday #1
Scale UP getting Goat Herders to bring in More Goats Oneear Tuesday #2

Think. Again.

(19,517 posts)
1. The article points out...
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 11:03 AM
Tuesday

"After a record-shattering start to the year with Torrential rain, flooding and mudslides, metro Los Angeles is now experiencing a dry spell that could also make history."

...and yet somehow neglects to mention that these harmful and extreme weather conditions could be stopped before they get worse.

It's almost as though the media wants us to continue pumping CO2 into the atmosphere.

Oneear

(158 posts)
2. Scale UP getting Goat Herders to bring in More Goats
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 11:16 AM
Tuesday

So, to eat the Dry Vegetation and Dry Brush Memo to Governor Gavin Newsom, California Prison System, Cal-Fire, LA County Newshounds

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