Re: Los Angeles suffers longest dry spell in 130 years
- From: Islander <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:51:54 -0700
Florida wrote:
This report seems important enough to interrupt our ongoing bar
fight and political discussion group. The flow of people from Mexico
probably won't be easy to deal with because you still have first dibs
on the water that used to flow to them, back when there was any
surplus water. Very likely even one year of true drought will move a
lot of people northward. I hope this is just part of a brief
variation in climate. In the meantime, good luck to all you
California folks, it looks like you're going to need it.
Elaine
YahooNews
Los Angeles suffers longest dry spell in 130 years
Sun Apr 1, 6:45 PM ET
Los Angeles is going through its longest dry spell in at least 130
years, the National Weather Service said Sunday, fueling fears of
rampant wildfires which have plagued the US west coast in recent
years.
"The rain season is currently the driest to date in downtown Los
Angeles since records began in 1877," the weather service said in a
statement.
It said the southern California city had received just 2.47 inches
(6.27 centimeters) of rain since July 1, 2006, far from the normal
precipitation of 13.94 inches (35.4 centimeters) in the same period.
"If downtown Los Angeles receives less than 1.95 inches of rain from
now through June 30th this will become the driest rain season ever,"
it said.
The record-holder is the 2001-2002 season which saw just 4.42 inches
(11.22 centimeters) of rain.
Southern California is repeatedly the victim of wildfires, some of
them of criminal origin like the arson-caused inferno that blazed
Friday near the famed Hollywood sign in the hills overlooking Los
Angeles, destroying some 150 acres (60 hectares) of brush.
The worst earth-scorching year on record in the United States was in
2006, when fires burned nearly 15.5 thousand square miles (39,957
square kilometers) -- an area close to the size of Switzerland.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070401/sc_afp/usclimateenvironment&printer=1;_ylt=Ah5oXYQCVGuUjKZ_k5ijdPnQOrgF
We have got your rain right up here in NW Washington! Rainfall since Oct 1 in Seattle is 39 inches compared with 28 inches for a normal year.
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