Landslides, flash floods and raging seas: is California ready for the ravages of El Niño?

SO THEY HAVE FINALLY ADMITTED IT, HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS YET BECAUSE MAN IT IS WILD? CALIFORNIA IS BASICALLY SITTING THERE WAITING FOR EL NINO TO ABSOLUTELY WRECK SHOP, WHICH IS CRAZY BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE STREETS IN MARIN COUNTY JUST RANDOMLY TURNING INTO RIVERS WITHOUT EVEN A STORM! THE PACIFIC OCEAN IS JUST SWELLING UP WITH WARMTH LIKE IT IS BULKING FOR A FIGHT. IT IS NOT EVEN DECEMBER YET BUT A STATE WORKER WAS LITERALLY TELLING PEOPLE TO WAIT UNTIL THEN BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO GET WAY WORSE, AND FEDERAL FORECASTERS SAY THIS CLIMATE PHENOMENON IS ALREADY UNDERWAY WITH THE POWER TO UNLEASH EXTREME WEATHER GLOBALLY. IT IS LITERALLY A NATURAL DISASTER MOVIE HAPPENING IN SLOW MOTION RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR WINDOWS, ALSO THIS BASS SLAPS.

OK THIS IS THE ONE I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT! SO CALIFORNIA IS APPARENTLY IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF THIS HISTORIC EL NINO AND IT IS GETTING REAL WEIRD ALREADY BECAUSE WE HAD HIGH TIDES SWALLOWING UP BUSY INTERSECTIONS NORTH OF SAN FRANCISCO ON A COMPLETELY SUNNY AFTERNOON! NO STORM, NO WAVES, JUST SUDDEN FLOODING BECAUSE THE WATER IS WARMER THAN AVERAGE, WHICH IS HONESTLY FASCINATING AND ALSO TERRIFYING. EXPERTS SAY THE PHENOMENON IS STRENGTHENING ALL THROUGH THE AUTUMN, SO NOW THE WHOLE COAST IS BRACING FOR WHAT THEY CALL A TUMULTUOUS WINTER WITH LANDSLIDES AND FLASH FLOODS ON THE MENU. IT IS NATURE GOING FULL APOCALYPSE MODE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT IS COMING NEXT. OK I AM GOING TO GO SHOUT AT A WALL.

California is preparing for a potentially historic El Niño weather event after early flooding in Marin County, with federal forecasters predicting increased extreme weather risks through the winter.

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