Dangerous California Atmospheric River Triggers Flood Emergency, Evacuations

[@davebroders2912]

Atmospheric river.-- otherwise known as a period of heavy rainfall

[@jupiterlegrand4817]

"NEWS FLASH: Rain and cold weather moving in during winter! Water actually freezing in the sky and causing strange white fallout at higher elevations. Emergency measures are being hampered by unexplained periods of darkness lasting eight hours or more after sunset. Film at eleven..."

[@tukanhamen]

In my 26 years of life I have never heard of an "Atmospheric River". Feels like I'm in an alternate timeline. 😂

[@elithozd]

Meteorologists should use a different descriptor for a long bendy thing. Atmospheric snake. Wet sky noodle.

[@martinmerrill5366]

Your dealing with libtards here.

[@michaelsurratt1864]

Funny how different words can mean the same thing

[@boostedmaniac]

The worse part of all of this is CA can’t utilize any of this extra overflow water for dry years. It will all be dumped into the ocean. Poor management and planning.

[@ElektriKfaUN]

Correcto

[@jamesonboxingfan4274]

You're right, but to be fair, its been a drought for over ten years. I don't think anyone expected this.

[@IceSick90]

Yup. Morons. All of them. They deserve it

[@thornil2231]

can you stop making stupid comments?

[@hm3drake35]

and how are they suppose to use it?

[@ouchyg]

California has always gone through 10 year cycles of big rains, droughts, and big rains again. This is pretty normal.

[@wileycoyote4180]

Naturally

[@wileycoyote4180]

Roughly give or take a few years then will go back to drought for a few years then rain again

[@robpolaris7272]

It’s normal weather, they just have turn everything into the biggest bs event ever for ratings. We had wind at the beach while it rained and despite no damage they are calling it a cyclone bomb. They just make s#!t up to try to scare fragile minded people into hiding in their homes glued to the tv.

[@Gravy_Master]

So what’s your ultimate point? That it shouldn’t be considered news worth reporting on?

[@RVthereyetmemaw]

Yup a bunch of BS

[@Hosmer408]

"This never happens here" Also "They built their houses up because this happens here"

[@rmac5395]

Right???? 😂😂😂😂

[@poquitovibes9432]

Funny how I remember lots of rain as a native California child growing up especially during winter and then I remember the rain slowly stopped coming as much until nothing for several years and now it’s back like it never changed but a lot of people have said they never saw rain like this here and I’m like you must not have been here when I was here or even been where I been but this is truly a miracle though

[@cecilycook5592]

Reminds me of Cali, about..... 20-30 yrs ago

[@Ponce17]

Same here. I'm 24 and I remember when I was in elementary school it would always rain so much and hard. I loved it, I'd beg my mom to let me walk home, then getting to high-school it stopped raining like it used to and it honestly made me worried/sad I'm glad we're finally getting good rain again.

[@mrtwon2277]

Same thing in my native Tampa Bay Fl . We could set our watches by the short daily sun showers in St Pete in the summer. It too has begun to return

[@holy1x]

Curious as to when and where in California you were located. I lived in san bernardino county from 2002-2010. it snowed once, and only rained a handful of times. I would even go back and visit every year after 2010 until about 2017. Was always hot, muggy, humid whenever i’d visit. Just got back from there about 2 weeks ago was there all of february and it rained about 3-5 times and it began to snow the day i left. Feb 23rd. so honestly if you are a california native especially SO Cal. this is very very unusual

[@karatekid6026]

And they have new special words for the agenda. Like atmospheric river. 😂

[@DarkmanRides]

Remember when we used to call them flash floods now they're atmospheric Rivers🤣🤣

[@JuanIslands]

This is good for California. We needed this.

[@davidbryant3532]

Your leadership will screw this up as well.

[@thefox47545]

​@@davidbryant3532 HEY! We're not Texas.

[@markmartinez6317]

They will indeed.

[@davidbryant3532]

@@thefox47545 being a resident of Texas...we surely do not have the libtard issues that are ever so present in Californication.

[@Jahn_Pah_Jonz]

Now they can bring in more migrants! 🙂👍

[@mud27ratz1]

My dad owned a lot on the river. Back in the 60's during a storm, the river was 30 feet deep at one point.

[@Notme-tq4xs]

The newslady can't comprehend things older than herself. The place is millions of years old.

[@triciac1019]

Wow, crazy!

[@backalleyburrito1815]

​@@Notme-tq4xs yeah most people cant fathom longer than their life.

[@TJ-ht3jb]

Was that in the mid 60s? I remember a huge amount of rain about 1967.

[@OregonCrow]

k

[@lancemannion4525]

I have lived in Northern California for 57 years… since 1965… but Roberta has been forecasting weather here since 1996… and she says, “this is not your California… you’ve never seen anything like this before!!!” Actually Roberta, this IS EXACTLY my California. Go back and study the drought of 1978, and the crazy floods of 1986. In my years here the cycle has been so predictable… droughts and unbelievable rains. I remember the citizenry in the 70’s driving cars with bumper stickers that read, “Build it… Dam it!” They were clamoring for more water storage and advocating for the construction of the Auburn Dam due to the weather patterns of drought followed by deluge. Of course the dam was never built… We are in California after all and that would have been forward thinking

[@Lacycsgo]

when i was a kid in middle school, it rained and hailed for days each year. bring back the rain

[@brokenchainsofsatan2817]

Yeah but not after a doughy

[@JawjaTV]

Men on top

[@nicktackes3179]

Out here in California, we are experiencing what is known as a "Wet Drought"

[@goliathbroodia942]

@O CRAP WHATS NEXT? Ummmm?

[@nuqwestr]

Orange County is at 100%, no drought of any kind. LA County a bit different, but whole state is now moderate + and El Nino cycle coming our way.

[@Paperplatesss777]

@O CRAP WHATS NEXT? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kathycullum2089]

Weather manipulation is a funny thing. Drought by design. Now, more rain to cause fires this summer. Welcome to Ca! Fear and worry to consume us. 😂

[@mobilehutch]

​@@kathycullum2089 why would rain now cause fires during the summer?

[@lilbo1Y1]

Humans have a short memory and they love to create new words for things they have forgotten.

[@High_Key]

I’m an early 90s kid and we got rain like this all the time growing up. The San Gabriel mountains used to always get snowcapped. It stopped when I was in middle school and throughout college but came back around 2017 and stopped in 2021. Hopefully it’s back again.

[@thatsarock]

Lol you are literally on my same timeline that I think about... The fishing in the 90s was so good out here

[@uncountedvoter9449]

Yes, Cali is happy right now. The mountains look like they should. The idea that this is unusual for Califonia is nonsense tied to the global warming narrative. You don't get massive river beds cut into mountains because it never rains in an area. Hopefully, these weather patterns will continue for years to come.

[@jponz85]

Yup I agree with everyone here. Been here since 89, it's been on and off but I remember middle school it rained so so so soooooo much

[@markwarren5644]

The sky is falling, the sky is falling, oh wait, that's rain!

[@raylopez99]

Ridiculous ignorance. Global warming is not measured in a few years that you were a kid growing up. Ignorant Republicans in California...

[@bartwilloughby2909]

These are some of the wealthiest people on earth. They choose to live there. They need to be prepared.

[@lahondafolk4334]

Some are, some have owned property in that neighborhood for decades when they were mostly rustic cabins.

[@frankmacleod2565]

you've never been there have you

[@lauriebarry1583]

That’s my California. I grew up with lots of rain. Didn’t start to change until the late 80’s.

[@rondunn4111]

Why did it change

[@shilobutton5485]

@@rondunn4111 Al Gore

[@rondunn4111]

@@shilobutton5485 damn he was prolific must have been busy creating the internet and changing the weather 😂😂

[@rmac5395]

@@shilobutton5485😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rmac5395]

@@shilobutton5485it appears he is “collaborating” with the mud now.

[@dylanwatts9344]

High tide?... Like, I could see that down in Santa Cruz. But Felton is 285' in elevation. Surely there is no way a river at that elevation 4 miles in can be affected. Surely there are areas down stream that it would just pool. More likely is as the sun goes down the air cool, condensing more water into more rain. Remember, those valley river collect from the entire mountain sides of either side of it. Especially if the ground is already saturated, a little bit of rain can cause large increases. So increase in rain, due to the cool evening, means increase in river levels. Not tides. Not at that elevation, not that far inland.

[@patrickprafke4894]

I LOVE the over dramatization of the modern weather terms. Makes the people that report it a joke.

[@Watermaid55]

I’ve seen it rain like this in California, this used to be normal for California, that is why our forefathers built all the levies, because it was prone to flooding, but I’ve been around here since the early 50’s.

[@thormatteson4505]

TIDES have nothing to do with river levels up in the mountains!

[@streetrat160]

Bro, delete this before you get trolled by smart people.

[@Notme-tq4xs]

@@streetrat160 I saw that tide go right up the mountain thousands of feet! Steel rat bro !

[@Rafungilo]

That’s funny because the larger rivers here in Alaska definitely have tides. It’s effects any body of water. It’s noticeable with large bodies like Lake Michigan

[@brettbuck7362]

If you went to college, go get a refund. This is not up in the mountains, and it *absolutely* does affect the rate and level of rivers. Low tide - higher rates, water doesn't back up as much.

[@suyogv8235]

If it is a large body of water, tides affect it.

[@FrankiesFancy]

What is an atmospheric river?? Never heard of that before...and Ive been here 62 years.

[@ElektriKfaUN]

Had to explain it to my 80yo dad too sooo

[@FrankiesFancy]

​@@ElektriKfaUN So it's another one of those things that Democrats make up to sound important. I get it.

[@deejaye2647]

It's rain

[@BigBen621]

Felton is 6 miles from the ocean, at an elevation of nearly 300 feet. How, exactly, is the tide affecting the amount of water flowing here?

[@robbie5138]

It's called misspeaking she is a human just like everyone and sometimes the wrong phrase or word comes out. She just meant the level have gone down. But if you didn't know Tides do affect the rivers water levels. If this river flows to the ocean which it does, then high tides push against the water that is flowing out of the River and into the ocean.

[@calvinhunt2335]

The only fact that they know about water is that it is wet.

[@MrJonesy2121]

@@robbie5138 Not in this case dear.

[@lahondafolk4334]

That's what I was thinking. Tide affects river farther downstream when it gets into town and levels out.

[@BigBen621]

@@robbie5138 She didn't misspeak; she said it several times. And at 2:44, she says that the water will rise again at high tide. High tides will obstruct the flow at and near the outlet; but as I pointed out, Felton is 6 miles from and 300 feet higher than the ocean, where, if you didn't know, tides could not possible have any effect.

[@davidmc2326]

This used to happen more frequently. People want to live in quiet areas that are more prone to natural disasters. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that if you have a house near a creek and it floods, you may lose that house.

[@_Jake.From.Statefarm_]

So you move to the bottom of the mountain and then water flows down hill and people say "well you shouldn't have lived at the bottom of the mountain".. Move into the valley where the flood plains are are.. shouldn't have moved there.. earthquakes and fires? Shoot, should have known trees and brush could catch fire!... Natural disasters can happen anywhere... literally anywhere. This is going to effect our whole state not just mountain towns...

[@gregmcguire8669]

U r so right amen God bless America semper Fi

[@kittybest2301]

People are silly

[@tiko4621]

@@_Jake.From.Statefarm_ there’s no point arguing with people on KZbin. Just hurts your sanity, some people have zero ability for reason.

[@mattthomas3207]

You do realize there's no such thing as a rocket scientist in that state right? Maybe the water will cleanse some of the stupidity but it wont

[@rickyl7358]

News anchor: "this is truly historic" Houses: "yea we were built this way for a reason."

[@smurf0inferno]

I'm really confused that she keeps talking about "high tide" and "low tide." I grew up around the ocean, and I always understood that tides were related to the ocean, not rivers. Is she talking about "cresting"?

[@TeamPaulie2520]

So hopefully they are also filling back up the aquifers and levy's and not just letting it run out to the ocean right....

[@lahondafolk4334]

@ Team Paulie How do you fill up the aquifers?

[@frankmacleod2565]

Yes. Most of the thousands of reservoirs in the state are full. To build more, we are evicting 6th and 7th generation ranchers and farmers from their land.

[@ScottishAlaskan77]

You are aware that the California levy system is in serious condition before this happened. Due to poor state management.

[@dinosaur_monkey]

@@lahondafolk4334 😒

[@juliepiemonte3268]

Don't count on it. Gavin's back from vacation.

[@Pickles-Pearl]

Actually we have seen this before. If you are a native Californian who’s been around awhile, this was normal rain.

[@TheJcris87]

My thoughts and prayers go out to all the water that needs to touch California's city streets.

[@gayasparagus]

🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@inflation1139]

🤣🤣🤣👍🏾👍🏾

[@Jeremiah_808]

😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂

[@PeaceMastah]

Why’s that

[@3rdreichball525]

Especially the bay area. All the poop and dirty needles need to get washed away

[@rhuarkk2138]

“This is historic, it’s never happened before and also these houses are built this way because this has happened before”

[@derrick5369]

Am I the only one who never heard of a atmospheric river🤔🧐

[@ElektriKfaUN]

My 80yo pops hadn’t either sooo

[@2dawgsmiked684]

Yeah, welcome to the "new normal".

[@lisarodriguez2926]

It makes it sound man made. Mmmmm? I commented earlier tiktok predicted a major earthquake this year in the US. Maybe it California? Yellowstone? New york perhaps? The derailments and explosions are so suspicious, I don't know what to say anymore.

[@wadestanton]

I heard the planet Jupiter has some.

[@lisarodriguez2926]

@@wadestanton Turkey and Syria had some bad ones recently. Someone claimed they saw blue beams in the sky around that time. Who knows? It's been said the govt could control the weather via Haarp or Project blue beam. We certainly living in dark and dangerous times.

[@reddnewmillennium]

So is it still safe to travel to LA? First of all where is it all over California or just in the Bay?

[@pisageegee2424]

It is ALL OVER THE STATE even central inland

[@reddnewmillennium]

@@pisageegee2424 awwww man 🤦🏽‍♂️ I may have to wait until summer time then

[@cherriblackmore2002]

But the powers that be will say there is still a drought because for some reason they are unable to hold all this water where it can be used.

[@frankmacleod2565]

Most of the thousands of reservoirs in the state are full. To build more, we are evicting 6th and 7th generation ranchers and farmers from their land.

[@theshyguitarist]

@@frankmacleod2565 No they're not. They are all still low because they are constantly being drained. Floodgates all open. They claim it's too mitigate future flooding from snow melt. Idiots.

[@thecapricorn11]

i live in california but from florida so i laugh when californians cry about the drought then when the rain comes they complain that its raining! where do they think the water from the tap comes from!? a magic unicorn!? of course theres going to be mudslides and flooding the earth has been parched for years! i welcome the rain becuase who knows when we'll get it again?!?!?

[@theshyguitarist]

@@thecapricorn11 Yep. Very few critical thinkers left here, and I'm getting ready to leave this place. I've tried to have hope for far too long. I give up.

[@thecapricorn11]

@@theshyguitarist haha i split my time between here and new mexico

[@Ghost_in_the_machineworks]

I lived in Guerneville for ten years with four '100 year floods'.... this does not look like a flood.

[@harriskimball8412]

I don't want to ever hear talk about a drought...Nature takes care of itself.

[@jerrypipher457]

I’m sorry these folks are going through this..but this reporter is blowing smoke…google this town and look 1. Where it sits in relation to the ocean and 2. Note the elevation. Now could someone please explain to me how the tide could have this much effect on the water level because at almost 300 feet above sea level and approx. 6 miles from the ocean it must be one heck of a tide. I lived in near Anchorage Alaska for 5 yrs and never saw a tide like the one she is referring to and they have some of the most extreme tides in and around Alaska. To all the news individuals, Please as Joe Friday would say, “just the facts, nothing but the facts”. Thank you

[@meyjor]

"This is catastrophic, this is unheard of, this is historic, I've never seen this in 26 years..." we are currently at 20 FEET! Just back in January, we were at 23 feet, we are currently 5 feet away from flood stage. This is fear journalism and it's sick.

[@bobtenwick]

OMG she checked what time high tide was today before she went on air. And the studio agrees! You can't make this up folks.

[@rickwilson478]

Felton is in the hills above monterrey bay. Why the hell is she talking about high tide????

[@sienashawver6511]

“We’re in a drought save water” “We’re concerned about this rain”

[@GMayen]

We need this rain. I know it can cause some damages but is a blessing and much needed

[@Notme-tq4xs]

It's called: rain.

[@MrBobochow]

I thought it never rains in Southern California.

[@pappawheely]

When the drains are not kept clear this happens thanks once again Governor grewsom...

[@TJ-ht3jb]

He needs that money for high speed rail.

[@theskyehiker]

You can’t really be that foolish, can you? Storm drains have nothing to do with this flooding.

[@pappawheely]

​@@theskyehiker Nothing to do with flooding ? you must have lost some gray matter .

[@smc130]

What about the sinking high rises on San Francisco Bay??? So much water! Are those high rises safe??

[@jamesmadison2633]

"Ive never seen anything like this and Ive been reporting since the 90s."- the lady that proceeds to tell of a time it was 3 feet worse. 😂

[@Rich-yj4ub]

🤔 When isn't California under a State of Emergency?

[@MM-gg3rg]

Watching cautiously from across the bay in Monterey!!!!!

[@theskyehiker]

How is the Carmel river doing?

[@MM-gg3rg]

@@theskyehiker its pretty sketchy. A friend that lives off Mission filed road was evacuated with the last storm. They lost power yesterday evening...

[@bobtenwick]

"Because of low tide it has receded". I'm sorry, that's just funny. I'm dying!

[@1922BluePhoenix]

it's used to rain like this in California back in the days...it's called going back to normal

[@sia6873]

But don’t you think there’s something at least a little bit off from floods like this? Even “back in the days” I doubt that this would bode well for the local ecosystem and community in the area of the flood. I mean do you really think this is “normal” rain weather in California, where roads collapse and houses are flooded? If so then there’s probably something not right with this kinda stuff man, just saying.

[@rmac5395]

@@sia6873”something a little bit off”? Yeah… humans built homes and roads and then freak out when mother nature does her thing.

[@1922BluePhoenix]

@@sia6873 nah ..I've seen worse flooding and rain and believe me ive never left California 😄..born and bred .. ..this is actually how it used to rain in the past until the drought

[@1922BluePhoenix]

@@rmac5395 I've been in California for 56 years and it used to rain like this all the time until we hit drought..hope the rains come back like in the past and we can shake this awful drought

[@sia6873]

@@1922BluePhoenix I understand that there have been plenty of floods in the past, but they have been growing in severity for the last few decades, it may hard for you to see in detail the damage of more severe floods are causing with increasing intensity. If you were to look at the bigger picture you would see a larger pattern of increasing intensity of these floods, in ways we may not be able to understand through initial observations. Not trying to be aloof or anything but I am putting it out there.

[@sandpiperuk]

Across the Pacific New Zealand has had similar devastating floods in recent months and it’s ongoing.

[@rmac5395]

* atmospheric river. You have to use the proper words or they will destroy you.

[@nuqwestr]

@@rmac5395 Yep, they sell crisis, fear, and anxiety in every flavor, language foremost.

[@victorlopez-eq3yl]

Be safe everyone

[@WilliamCooper-l6f]

Don't waste any of that water. Find a place to capture it, but don't flush it away.

[@LCLand]

Our selected governor doesn’t believe in solid ideas like that.

[@ns3421thelocomotive]

@ElleFerg. well what if water has bacteria that is dangerous

[@ForestKnight111]

they would rather make a warning instead of find a way to store it "rain has been known to cause cancer in the state of California"... now where do they slap that sticker?

[@ElektriKfaUN]

Talk to LA River

[@Asdfghjkl1234]

Roberta - Excellent weather live reporter

[@gmariet1391]

Puddle jumping 😂👍

[@robinfielding1108]

I'm 65 that's California. It doesn't rain for ever then on year it rains like crazy. It has been happening sens I was a kid. It starts fire it rains on those spots and the mud starts to flow

[@onlythewise1]

use to rain like this in the 50s and 60s

[@deadreckoning6288]

"Atmospheric river". In other words rain & snow. What an insane time we are in where everything it seems is beyond ridiculous.

[@CJ3000]

Interesting how every news organization nows parrots the phrase "atmospheric river" or "bomb cyclone". Ratchet up the anxiety and fear and watch the sheep follow.

[@VigilanteMan32]

I'm a little confused after looking at a map. Felton is 7 miles inland and has a minimum elevation of 79 feet! How are they affected by the tides? The rushing river demonstrates a respectable downward slope as well. Not much of a report here.

[@morenowg]

Yes we have seen rains like this and worse. However we always rally and help each other to get through it. Up north Sonoma county we had some really strong rains but the winds were not so bad. The heart of this system hit the Santa Cruz county Boulder Creek area, Felton worse than up here in Sonoma. The Austin Creek and Russian River areas got a bit high but nothing to start thinking evacuation. Hopefully the next front will not have such a strong heart of a system.

[@blitzkrieg5663]

The high speed rail is more important than water reservoirs though… lol

[@TJ-ht3jb]

we can use it to escape the flood water next time.

[@mr.snappypaws9943]

Some actual news for once! I love it!

[@rmac5395]

3:01 yes!!! Just look at the atmospheric river and “collaborating” mud!!!!

[@warzshadow9701]

Hope they're now out of drought conditions!

[@Houd_Vast]

“Cali is having water issues” “Drought or flood?” “Yes”

[@matthewirons362]

Felton is NOT the bay area LOL.

[@95AP]

95 baby here. Grew up in San Jose. I agree with a few others that I used to see rain like this all the time when I was a kid. Winter to Fall and lightened up in spring sometimes. Then it slowly started to not rain as much and get hotter but now it’s back.

[@dylanjohnson4624]

You’re 10 years older than me. I was born in 05.

[@hg-javelingaming2690]

Lmao. Lived in san Diego for 17 years. Didn't rain a single time, not even mist from 5th grade to 8th grade. Now it's on fire, frozen, quaking, and the most damaging attribute of all. It's Democratic.

[@xaviermartinez5942]

If Sites Reservoir had already been built they could have filled it by now with all this rain.

[@lanemimnaugh7486]

When people pray for rain for 20 years, it's going to be historic when it comes.

[@YNDog]

Excited about the west going back to Mother Nature it will be very full and beautiful when all this is done

[@AlienCel1]

Finally someone who thinks like me

[@anthonyventure8228]

​@@AlienCel1 finally people that think like us.

[@AlienCel1]

@@anthonyventure8228 😆

[@thedahkterizzin8831]

Listen the sound of that water. It sounds like water. That's moving.

[@theronnelson3617]

This is a floodplain River Road in Felton is built in a floodplain the houses have all been raised and why do you keep referring to low tide Felton is 900 feet above sea level or more and it is not affected by the tides lady

[@lahondafolk4334]

Actually it's 285' . I just looked it up. Still plenty high enough elevation to be not affected by tides.

[@wane-rx9qm]

​@@lahondafolk4334 tides are caused by local heating and cooling if water

[@lahondafolk4334]

@@wane-rx9qm oh....really? I had a crazy idea tides were were caused by gravity of the moon🤔

[@rrobison]

​@@wane-rx9qmthe moon's gravity raises the ocean but has little to no effect on a river 240 feet above sea level. The tide isn't going to back up water to a level of 240 high! That is silly talk.

[@e-man9627]

They better be using there EV rescue vehicles.

[@RobertHawthorne]

Any of that water making it into the revivors that were needing water, or is it just flowing back out to sea?

[@RobertJohnson-lh6dg]

Why don’t you check the reservoir website in may

[@dawnbradrick6289]

Living it in San Francisco Bay⛑️

[@lookarabbit2888]

Wow look at the puddle going into this drain hahaha

[@lindaann9927]

Praise God for the water, to restore the low water levels in California!!! 💜✝️🐦

[@ChemicalReactionMan]

All good things must come to a end

[@MrGivsaro]

They really need to stop with the absurd names for "rain"

[@robertbeerbohm1800]

In Feb 1986 the flooding was much worse in northern Calif. My business was destroyed along with thousands of others. Please fact check your history please. 1996, sheesh.

[@ElektriKfaUN]

‘96 Was bad just talk to Oroville

[@DustinPlatt]

I swear they make a new weather word every month. Weatherman: Now.. next week. We're going to see something dangerous. We are calling this the Payton Manning, which is when a high-pressure wave flows over a low pressure zone that has to go over a mountain. This brings extremely large hail storms. We call this system a Payton Manning because the high pressure system must go over a mountain the size of his forehead to maintain its strength. Back to you Heather.

[@ringogringo814]

The Japanese current has moved South. Now you know why the Olympic Peninsula get so much rain in the state of Washington.

[@jaysuede1]

Felton grove is at 300 ft elevation. Tide is not relevant here, however it is important down river in Santa Cruz.

[@buckhorncortez]

Doesn't matter. The tide flows into the river and causes a rise in the river level for some distance upstream. That changes the overall river elevation and water upstream is slowed flowing out of the river and the upstream level becomes higher. The further upstream, the less effect. Felton is only 6.5 miles in a direct line from the Pacific Ocean.

[@rickwilson478]

The first two miles inland of the San Lorenzo river has a broad flood plain with no more than 10 to 12 foot high earthen levees. That floodplain in by the Santa Cruz Boardwalk and downtown, Emmeline neighborhood and Tannery area is at least one and a half miles wide on each side of the river. The river drops through a series of class III or maybe even class IIII rapids in the next two miles or so inland towards Felton. I am not a hydrologist, but I can't fathom how that river, at 6.5 miles inland and 300 some feet in elevation, could be affected by high tides.

[@marilyncalvert4143]

I know Felton very well. I wanted yo live there. It’s a heavily forested road and usually very dark from the trees. They are into natural health foods.

[@redsky7527]

The San Francisco sidewalk terds will finally get washed into the bay.

[@afisemenaborevlaka48]

But there will always be new terds eventually.

[@ElektriKfaUN]

Not nice turdburglar

[@awp9172]

We have plenty more turds don’t worry

[@dylanjohnson4624]

Yeah the Texas transplant turds

[@stephengrahn9361]

At least the rivers,lakes,wells and reservoirs will be full.

[@Sonya-ew4si]

It finally quit raining about an hour or two ago here in the central Sierra Nevada foothills. We're about 3,200 feet but we have several feet of snow. I have lost count of how many emergency alerts I have gotten on my phone today. There's evacuation orders, warnings and shelter in place orders. Roads closed. Schools are closed. They have been closed for the last 2 weeks. They opened for 2 days without buses and yesterday was the first day that they ran the buses and then they shut down again. Crazy storms. My mom's friend said that she hasn't seen this much snow here since 1981. So the worst snow storm in 40 years. Then the rain on top of that. I'm really hoping that we don't get much more rain because I wasn't expecting it to stop so soon. I'm hoping that it has slowed down across the state and not just here.

[@jstape740]

Atmospheric river? I'm no meteorologist but I've never heard that term in my entire life.. so this means this weather came from the upside down?

[@Sdukes001]

California we have never seen this before excessive water , record snow also California we are still in drought 🤨

[@thecapricorn11]

be happy we're getting rain even if its excessive

[@andrewmunz4443]

Uhhhhh.....nope. we've seen this multiple times.

[@Sdukes001]

@@thecapricorn11 I am happy I just don’t understand why they say we a still in a “drought “

[@thecapricorn11]

@@Sdukes001 becuase in some areas we are

[@theskyehiker]

Not so. The last time we had this kind of rain in Santa Cruz (by Felton) was in 1981. It was way worse.

[@Bbknuckles]

3:02 hahahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭 yeah that’s a mass amount of water huh 😂😂😂😂

[@davidmotyka2708]

Climate management drought or floods is what high taxes should control.

[@homeschoolmomify]

The W.E.F. takes care of that.

[@jasonpinnix1905]

What is the atmospheric river ?

[@deeisrael9341]

Great coverage!

[@reensure]

"Aerial flood watch" ... a good Floridian term for ass deep standing water. You're welcome.

[@susangrinnell8913]

Save that water 💦

[@rickyrichards7596]

"God shows his power in the raging storms, all sinners beware."

[@CharmingAthens]

Plus side is those droughts are in check now?

[@4knanapapa]

At 70 this the California I grew up with, droughts and fires, followed by flooding and mud slides everything is pretty much normal. Weather changes back and fourth all the time for millenia.

[@greg2976]

SHHHHHHHH! Don't tell nobody that!🤣🤣😂😂👍👍

[@Sheldonrocksalot]

You're ruining the narrative!

[@sonneversets3530]

BUT...BUT...BUT... *_CLIMATE CHANGE!!!!_* 🧐 The new religion of nonsense! To use for more power & control of the masses. Climate shuts downs are coming! Gotta keep the brainwashed, SJW sheeple scared & _SCREAMING!_ 😱

[@4knanapapa]

@@Sheldonrocksalot just trying to point out the holes in it

[@greg2976]

@@sonneversets3530 Just like they did in the great "SCAMdemic"

[@wayneleis6878]

I thought it never rains in California, so how is there any rivers, historic, unprecedented. REALLY. What year was it when the Central valley was under water?

[@thecapricorn11]

thousands of years ago

[@ElektriKfaUN]

2025 bro

[@adamosgood]

They’re calling geoenginerring atmospheric rivers now? lol

[@Cindy-lr6su]

Thank you God Almighty for the living water

[@lookarabbit2888]

Look how much it damaged this random chicken wire fence.