From: Adam 

Geo wrote:
> Ok, great, I've never heard of mudslides in southern CA..
>

How soon before the first Hurricane hits southern CA? So far you've had the
remains where Baja ca has been hit. Adam

> Geo.
>
> "Adam"  wrote in message
> news:450e7442{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Geo wrote:
>>> One storm, they point to one storm as proof of anything? Come on Adam,
> last
>>> year you were pointing at the fact that we used up the whole alphabet
> naming
>>> storms, this year we are up to Helene, so why is that not considered
> proof
>>> by you now?
>>>
>> Nope.
>>
>> http://www.usatoday.com/weather/hurricane/2006-09-04-john-mexico_x.htm
>>
>> "Flash flooding triggered mudslides that trapped vehicles in Southern
>> California as the fading remnants of Hurricane John doused part of the
>> Southwest.
>>
>> Eight separate mudslides covered a stretch of road in the San Jacinto
>> area with up to 6 feet of mud and rocks Monday afternoon, trapping 19
>> vehicles but causing no injuries, said Riverside County Fire Captain
>> Bret Cerini.
>>
>> Cerini said most of the vehicles were driven out but crews had to pull
>> one car from deep mud.
>>
>> Hurricane John, which pounded parts of Mexico with up to 20 inches of
>> rain, didn't directly cause the California rain but its remnants helped
>> push tropical moisture into the region, said meteorologist Ted
>> Mackechnie at the National Weather Service.
>>
>> "It kicked up the moisture and helped (the moisture) spread into our
>> area," Mackechnie said.
>>
>> Normally dry southern New Mexico got enough rain from the storm system
>> to cause isolated road flooding Monday, and southern Arizona had
>> scattered rain.
>>
>> In Texas, a half-mile section of Interstate 10 near downtown El Paso was
>> closed by water Monday morning, police spokesman Javier Sambrano said. A
>> Continental Airlines jet got stuck in mud Monday at El Paso
>> International Airport when it strayed off a taxiway, airline spokeswoman
>> Julie King said. No one was hurt."
>>
>> Lane was straight after John.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>> Geo.
>>>
>>> "Adam"
<""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near the
bridge"> wrote
> in
>>> message news:450d154b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> The Atlantic hurricanes have been suppressed by the start
of el nino &
>>>> those which have occurred have been kept off shore by the
Bermuda high
>>>> but on the west coast of Mexico...
>>>>
>>>>
>
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-09-1
6T221008Z_01_N15440511_RTRUKOC_0_US-WEATHER-MEXICO.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C1-top
News-9
>>>> "CULIACAN, Mexico (Reuters) - Powerful Hurricane Lane
thrashed western
>>>> Mexico on Saturday, threatening tens of thousands of
people with flash
>>>> floods after a rampage along the Pacific coast that killed a child.
>>>>
>>>> The storm, a dangerous Category 3 hurricane, slammed into
a low-lying
>>>> coastal area between the northwestern city of Culiacan and
the tourist
>>>> resort of Mazatlan.
>>>>
>>>> Rain fell in Culiacan, capital of Sinaloa state, and
shopkeepers rushed
>>>> to tape up store windows to prevent them from shattering
in winds that
>>>> reached nearly 120 mph (195 mph) further down the coast.
>>>>
>>>> A Category 3 storm can cause extensive damage.
>>>>
>>>> "We are very worried because it is not only coming
with high winds but
>>>> with an impressive amount of rain," Culiacan's mayor,
Aaron Irizar
>>>> Lopez, told Mexican radio.
>>>>
>>>> He said between 40,000 and 50,000 people in Sinaloa who live near
> rivers
>>>> and streams might be at risk. Many of the state's reservoirs were in
>>>> danger of overflowing, he said.
>>>>
>>>> The storm had been expected to move up through the Sea of Cortez and
>>>> make landfall farther north on Sunday but it swung
suddenly to the east
>>>> and crashed into the coastline.
>>>>
>>>> "It's not normal for a hurricane to hit here,"
said Jose Lopez, 48, the
>>>> manager of a Culiacan shoe store. "We've been
preparing for it since 11
>>>> in the morning, when we heard it was coming.""
>>>>
>>>> Last time it was Baja california etc. I wonder if San
Diego & LA will
>>>> get hit?
>>>>
>>>> Already we're seeing a "monsoon effect" wrt
arizona, nevada etc i.e. as
>>>> the Western US heats up the mucho like inland Asia, it is
dragging in
>>>> wet sea air et voila monsoon rains. Who knows, global warming might
> turn
>>>> Las Vegas into a swamp & make Arizona go green.
>>>>
>>>> It will be entertaining though if the US wakes up (post El nino) to
>>>> violent hurricanes from NY to the rio grande in Texas
& from San Diego
>>>> to San Francisco.
>>>>
>>>> Adam
>>>
>
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