By John Lillpop ——Bio and Archives--December 9, 2014
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California drought: Natural patterns, not human-caused climate change, federal study finds An atmospheric ridge over the North Pacific, which limited rain and snowfall over the past three years, was "due to natural variations of ocean systems, with sea surface temperatures largely responsible," said Richard Seager, lead author of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-sponsored study, in a Monday news conference. The conditions that led to the drought, a pesky high-pressure system dubbed the "Ridiculously Resilient Ridge," have now vanished -- although they could change again before the end of the winter, the scientists added. "We now seem to get getting into a Lingering Low," said co-author Marty Hoerling, researcher with NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory, noting that precipitation in the northern Sierra is 122 percent of normal. "There has been a spiral of storms that have found their way to our coast, and we are grateful for that."Perhaps now Jerry Brown will get back to outrageous spending and tax hikes while leaving science and climate to those who know what the hell they are talking about!
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John W. Lillpop is a recovering liberal. “Clean and sober” since 1992 when last he voted for a Democrat. For years, John lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, the very liberal sanctuary city which protects, rather than prosecutes, certain favored criminals. John escaped the Bay Area in May and now lives in Pine Grove California where conservative values are still in vogue.