Scientists Predict ‘Beneficial’ Rain From Atmospheric River

Well, we asked for it — sort of. We’ve gone from drought to deluge. It seems we are being tossed around in an atmospheric river in what is considered one of the worst West Coast flooding events in a decade. Yes, we needed the snow pack, full reservoirs, water for rivers, crops and forests. But I guess we need to be more specific — we didn’t want a fire hose trained on our state. We did not want flood alerts, evacuations, landslides and road closures, along with all sorts of advisories. We definitely did not want loss of life.