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The End is Near, California! (You Know, Someday)
What happens when a tabloid gets wind of a two-year-old study project that was recently presented at a conference and has nothing else to write about? ("Tunisia" being outside of the tabloid purview, I guess.) This: "Walls of water 10ft high in a month-long mega hurricane: California told to prepare for biblical 'ARkStorm'"! Thanks, Daily Mail! "Told to prepare" is a particularly genius construction. Of course, in its own much quieter way, the Times followed suit. Prepare to die, hippies! But first enjoy this hilarious video.
It's comforting to know that teams of experts are right now developing sophisticated graphics to illustrate the Apocalypse.
they are bored with Angry Birds
But speaking of sophisticated graphics and birds, what's that eagle (osprey?) doing flying across the apocalyptic-looking second-to-last frame of that video? As if there are going to be any birds left on the planet by the time this storm hits.
What's the k stand for?
I dunno. All snark aside, this is a pretty serious topic. I was intrigued enough by the allusion to 1862 to discover that during that winter it rained for 45 straight days across the state. This will happen again.
This is closer than we think. Just look at the recent SNARkStorm at the Golden Globes.
I for one thank our USGS overlords for fanning this bit of frenzy. Whatever keeps the midwesterners from heading west is A OK in my book.