Winter in Bay Area

[[DHT]Osiris]

I don't watch a lot of ANY TV news because I got sick of the near-constant BS. For weather I watch national radar/satellite and read what the National Weather service reports with some radio when driving.

Over-reporting is a real problem because if everything is a "MAJOR DISASTER OMG OMG OMG" then nothing happens, when there's realistic high disaster potential many people won't listen.

Its more of a problem with snow storms where they treat a 2-3 inch dusting with gusty winds like its a blizzard. They'll give any even slightly unusual weather event a trendy name and try to spin it into a headline.

Well, what I was getting at, is if you're watching wide-regional (like state or 'northeast') or national news, yeah, you got notified about a major storm because it was a major storm, just not in your area. Local/small-regional weather channels may give you a better indication of what's going to happen in your local area.

 

[BudAshes]

As someone born and raised here, there is no winter in the bay area. Just shorter days and occasional rain.

 

[Greenman]

I would rather have rain than snow.

That whole solid water thing just doesn't work for me.

 

[Torn Mind]

I don't watch a lot of ANY TV news because I got sick of the near-constant BS. For weather I watch national radar/satellite and read what the National Weather service reports with some radio when driving.

Over-reporting is a real problem because if everything is a "MAJOR DISASTER OMG OMG OMG" then nothing happens, when there's realistic high disaster potential many people won't listen.

Its more of a problem with snow storms where they treat a 2-3 inch dusting with gusty winds like its a blizzard. They'll give any even slightly unusual weather event a trendy name and try to spin it into a headline.

2-3 inches is a dusting for you polar bears. It's enough to cause havoc in the D.C area and get schools closed.

 

[Zorba]

Damn Californians bitch when it's dry and bitch when it rains

I know when it rains in California more than when it rains in my backyard. Especially SoCal, a sprinkle gets as much coverage as EF5 tornado here gets.

 

[Muse]

Its more of a problem with snow storms where they treat a 2-3 inch dusting with gusty winds like its a blizzard. They'll give any even slightly unusual weather event a trendy name and try to spin it into a headline.

Here in California things have changed dramatically from what they were. The last 10 years or so are just another level of fucked up. We had wildfires but nothing like now. Over a 40 year period I don't remember having an issue with bad air due to wildfires. The last 5 years it's been a major issue. The N95s I've been wearing during the pandemic are from BEFORE the pandemic, they were to save me from wildfire smoke from 2017 on.

We're experiencing the worst drought on record (even after last weekend when I got in a 27 hour period more than a 3rd of a normal season's rainfall). Some rain is forecast for the coming 5-6 days, but they still predict a relatively dry "rainy season" and that we'll still be in serious drought. I'd guess around 25-30% of California is rated in the worst condition of drought possible according to their rating system. Between something like April 2021 and about 10 days ago I didn't see a drop of rain here.

 

[Muse]

Meteorologist on CBS news just now said "last time we had an atmospheric river of such intensity in the Bay Area as we saw last weekend (7 days ago) you have to go back 40 years."

 

[uclaLabrat]

And in 2017 it was so bad you couldn't drive highway 37 for 3 solid fucking weeks.

Thank god I ain't gotta commute on that shit right now.