{"id":2020,"date":"2010-12-22T03:18:36","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T03:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/12\/22\/2010-12-21-storm-watch-2010zomgz1ponies11-atmospheric-river-edition-html\/"},"modified":"2010-12-22T03:18:36","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T03:18:36","slug":"2010-12-21-storm-watch-2010zomgz1ponies11-atmospheric-river-edition-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/2010-12-21-storm-watch-2010zomgz1ponies11-atmospheric-river-edition-html\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm Watch 2010!ZOMGZ!!1!!ponies!!11!  &#8211; Atmospheric River! Edition!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobtherieau.com\/images\/blog\/idy_569.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: hand; width: 250px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bobtherieau.com\/images\/blog\/idy_569.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Coachella Valley from Highway 74 Vista Point, 21 December 2010\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Friends,<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re doomed. Doomed! Just look at all of the <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2010\/12\/strongest-storm-yet-could-bring-flooding-tornadoes-hail-and-high-winds-to-la-area.html\" target=\"_blank\">terrible warnings<\/a> about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mydesert.com\/article\/20101221\/NEWS09\/12210304\/Riverside-County-declares-emergency-as-storm-soaks-valley-Southland\" target=\"_blank\">coming deluge<\/a> after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pe.com\/localnews\/stories\/PE_News_Local_D_webstorm21.1633a9c.html\" target=\"_blank\">five days<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2010\/12\/storms-dump-more-than-18-inches-of-rain-in-san-gabriel-mountains.html\" target=\"_blank\">steady rainfall<\/a> here in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/news\/hikers-281115-rain-weather.html\" target=\"_blank\">Southern California<\/a>. Just <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2010\/12\/video-rain-southern-california-los-angeles.html\" target=\"_blank\">look at it<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Even <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pe.com\/news\/digest\/2010\/12\/sb-county-most-mountain-roads-1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mount Baldy is closed<\/a>. Mount Baldy, people!<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s hilarious about this, on top of the idea held by people down in the Festival of Dirt that they might melt if they get wet, is that this weather event (<em>an event! we can feel the gravitas. &#8211; ed<\/em>) is a phenomenon with an actual name. Ready? Wrap your head around the idea of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local-beat\/Scientists-cite-Atmospheric-River-for-Near-Continuous-Rain-112228904.html\" target=\"_blank\">Atmospheric Rivers<\/a>. A jet stream picks up moisture from the ocean and keeps running for days and days, dumping on the coast, until it&#8217;s perturbed in some way. This time, it&#8217;ll be upset some time early Thursday morning, but until then: WATER IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO FALL OUT OF THE SKY!!!<\/p>\n<p>While you&#8217;re waiting for the storm and its attending panic (which I do not share, btw) to end, here&#8217;s something cheery for your listening pleasure&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/0xpNlW_fJPE?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Your pal,<\/p>\n<p>bob<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends, We&#8217;re doomed. Doomed! Just look at all of the terrible warnings about the coming deluge after five days of steady rainfall here in Southern California. Just look at it&#8230; Even Mount Baldy is closed. Mount Baldy, people! What&#8217;s hilarious about this, on top of the idea held by people down in the Festival of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/2010-12-21-storm-watch-2010zomgz1ponies11-atmospheric-river-edition-html\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Storm Watch 2010!ZOMGZ!!1!!ponies!!11!  &#8211; Atmospheric River! 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