Strange, powerful storm

[cholas]

Last night, sometime around 10pm, we were rocked by a sudden, surprise storm which supposedly brought with it winds nearing 100mph.

My wife and I were both at work, indoors and other than the loss of electricity, had no clue as to the power unleashed.

This morning evidence was in abundance. Uprooted trees, parts of houses (ours included),power lines down.....looked like a small hurricane hit.

The strangest part is that we don't usually get any rain(to speak of) between November and June, this being our dry season.

I'm reminded of this from the what the C's mentioned about glacial rebound and how the low latitudes will see much more precipitation which then moves north. Another hit? Sure feels that way.

 

[durabone]

Thanks for the post Cholas. What part of Mexico are you in?

 

[cholas]

Central Pacific coast.

I was reading news/viewing photos from friends nearby, but am not sure if this was just a local phenomona.

 

[peche]

I'm reminded of this from the what the C's mentioned about glacial rebound and how the low latitudes will see much more precipitation which then moves north. Another hit? Sure feels that way.

Well, just for the record, here in Buenos Aires (far south from where you are) we'are in the middle of very intense hot suffocating days (almost 40ºC) interrupted with strong windy storms, uprooted trees everywhere, sudden floods, etc. Today I had a hard time returning home from the work!! It sure feels that way!

I think this is what you refer about the C's:

Q: So, Atlantis existed during the ice age?
A: Largely, yes. And the world's climate was scarcely any
colder away from the ice sheets than it is today.
Q: Well, how could that be? What caused these glaciers?
A: Global warming.
Q: How does global warming cause glaciers?
A: Increases precipitation dramatically. Then moves the belt
of great precipitation much farther north. This causes rapid
buildup of ice sheets, followed by increasingly rapid and
intense glacial rebound.

 

[shijing]

We actually had our first-ever tornado watch here in southern Arizona last Thursday, in the midst of a weeklong downpour. This is very unusual too.

 

[Ca.]

Tornado's in Long Beach harbor. I believe about 1 or between weeks ago, when the West coast of the U.S. was hammered by Pacific cold front. It bought cold and several feet of snow to the sierras NV. and Lake Tahoe area mountains....... Around the same time here ( S.of Fr.) there was cold and snow -0 c* and 2 1/2 ft. of snow.

 

[cholas]

I think this is what you refer about the C's:.....

Thanks for finding it Peche, that is the session I was attempting to recall.

We've all been reading(or experiencing?), I imagine, about the intense cold hitting as far south as places like Miami, etc., but these sudden abnormalities are a bit freaky.

Shijing and M.A.O, tornadoes in your respective areas fits that sudden strangeness quite well.

Be careful everyone.