Scientists have been warning for decades that “the Big One” is coming. Will those warnings soon be proven true? Since late December, the state of California has been absolutely pummeled by an endless series of “atmospheric rivers” that have dumped an unprecedented amount of moisture on the state. In fact, there is one mountain in California that has actually received more than 100 inches of rain over the past several months. It has been a relentless barrage, and now it has been capped off by an extremely powerful storm that is being compared to a hurricane.
For example, Bloomberg is reporting that the “bomb cyclone” that just hit the state produced “hurricane-force gusts”…
A historic storm that rattled San Francisco with hurricane-force gusts is winding down, leaving behind the threat of flooded streets and highways across the Bay Area.
Unfortunately, that is no exaggeration at all. It is being reported some areas recorded wind gusts that were close to 100 mph…
Powerful winds continued to whip the San Francisco Bay Area as the rain subsided Tuesday afternoon. Multiple gusts over 90 mph were recorded.
PG&E said its gauge on Mount Umunhum recorded a 97 mph wind gust, and another at San Francisco International Airport measured 74 mph. Mines Road in the interior East Bay was knocked by a 93 mph wind.