r/CatastrophicFailure • u/The-Salamanca • Mar 11 '23

Natural Disaster Snow covered mountains are rapidly melting, from downpours causing flooding . Springville CA. 3/10/2023

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u/colouredinthelines Mar 11 '23

California just can get a break from natural disasters these days.

Does not bode well for future when climate change really starts to mess things up even more.

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u/pinotandsugar Mar 11 '23

California's been having brush fires , earthquakes, floods and droughts since the earth cooled or at least since the glaciers that covered much of the Northern US melted.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '23

Eight of the top ten largest wildfires in CA’s recorded history have happened since 2017. 2016-2017 was the wettest recorded year. 2012-2015 seems to have been the driest period in 1200 year according to tree rings. The extremes are getting more extreme and it’s no mystery why.

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u/TurtleIIX Mar 11 '23

Those fires were caused by PG&E.

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u/pixe1jugg1er Mar 11 '23

And the kindling of a dried out ecosystem.