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Flowers in the Desert

 
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:38 pm    Post subject: Flowers in the Desert Reply with quote
This thread tracks a prediction made by the Bailo Model (first elucidated in Grist.org in 2007) that desert areas will receive more rainfall as a consequence of nature-made global warming.

Increased arable and livable land is one of the many beneficial aspects of climate change in the 21st century.

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=heavy-rainfalls-hit-mecca

Heavy rainfalls hit Mecca amid holiday-Saudi media


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RIYADH, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Heavy rainfalls over Mecca on Saturday submerged some districts and streets in Islam's holiest city, Saudi media reported, raising fears of a repeat of deadly floods in a neighbouring city in November.

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Mecca's location at the heart of a mountainous desert valley makes it vulnerable to flash floods that can be caused by unusually strong rainfalls. The Kaaba had to be repaired several times in the past after being damaged by floods.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
More rain and snow predicted for Southern Arizona

http://www.azstarnet.com/news/local/article_c65ecc72-100f-11df-abf0-001cc4c03286.html

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Any significant rainfall could put Tucson on pace for another above-average month after we saw the eighth-wettest January on record. The average February rainfall is 0.88 inches, according to weather service records.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 5:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The rain in Spain leaves bulls skinny and in pain

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011127693_apeuspainskinnybulls.html

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The rain in Spain is usually good news, but it's been coming down hard pretty much every day for two months in Andalusia and Extremadura, the southern regions where most of the country's fighting bull ranches are. The ground is soaked and so are the bulls, heralding an odd and unpredictable start to the bullfighting calendar.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I am not in that place, but I have relatives living there. I hope they will be alright when that time comes.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Africanized bee attacks on rise in Arizona

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/04/08/Africanized-bee-attacks-on-rise-in-Arizona/UPI-15291270767860/

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The increase has occurred because a large amount of rainfall meant flowers bloomed at a fast pace this year, The Arizona Republic reported Wednesday.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
We will go and live in deserts after this whole earth become desert. At least we will find a place to live with water.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Phoenix-area rainfall busts records, may persist

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The storm that dropped record amounts of rain and knocked out power throughout the Valley on Saturday is expected to continue to a lesser extent today, and meteorologists expect another round of showers on Monday.

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport reported about 1.06 inches of rain Saturday, shattering the record of 0.43 inch set on the same date in 1985. Tucson International Airport also broke a record with 0.71 inch, according to the National Weather Service.


http://www.azcentral.com/weather/articles/20130126phoenix-rain-storms-arizona-brk.html


Scores of stranded Arizona hikers rescued from rushing water

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Dozens of stranded Arizona hikers have been rescued after flooding rains, according to The Associated Press. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said that forty to fifty adults and children had to be rescued Saturday in Bear Canyon northeast of Tucson, reports the Arizona Daily Star. Ground rescue teams and a helicopter participated in the daring rescue operation.

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“I’ve never seen anything like this,” one of the stranded hikers told KGUN-TV. “I’ve gotten caught in rain out here, but nothing to the point where I had to be rescued.”


http://natmonitor.com/2013/01/27/report-scores-of-stranded-arizona-hikers-rescued-from-rushing-water/
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 7:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Study sees climate upside in greening arid regions

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Their mathematical model predicted a foliage increase of 5% to 10%, based on the 14% hike in atmospheric CO2 from 1982 to 2010, for the regions they studied: the southwestern corner of North America, Australia's outback, the Middle East and some parts of Africa.

What actually happened? Satellites showed an 11% increase in foliage after adjusting data for precipitation.


http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/31/study-climate-change/2377179/
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 10:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nevada thunderstorms leave record rainfall, power outages
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/07/20/Nevada-thunderstorms-leave-record-rainfall-power-outages/UPI-51271374336485/

Storms hit Arizona as Flagstaff sees record rainfall
http://ktar.com/22/1647841/Flagstaff-sees-record-rainfall-from-storm

Metro Phoenix weather: Monsoon storm spurs flooding, strands motorists
http://www.azcentral.com/weather/articles/20130721heavy-rains-leaves-flooding-across-valley.html
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Incredible thunderstorm brings hurricane-like weather to Albuquerque

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They're in the middle of the desert, but you can forgive those around Albuquerque if they felt they were suddenly in the middle of the tropics -- well, at least a dusty tropicale.

An extremely intense thunderstorm brought a microburst of wind and rain to the town, blasting the city with winds usually reserved for tropical storms.


http://www.komonews.com/weather/blogs/scott/Incredible-thunderstorm-brings-hurricane-like-weather-to-Albuquerque-217202031.html


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The National Weather Service reports that a record rainfall of 1.36 inches was set in the city on Friday. "It breaks the old record of 0.85 inches set in 1939," according to the agency.

Other areas saw as much as 2.5 inches of rain, the weather service said.

http://www.alamogordonews.com/ci_23743409/powerful-rain-storm-hits-albuquerque-area
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 10:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Albuquerque, NM

Storm breaks 80-year rainfall record for date

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Nearly an inch of rain fell over Albuquerque on Wednesday night, breaking a more-than-80-year-old record of 0.71 inch, set in 1933, according to the National Weather Service.


http://www.abqjournal.com/430454/abqnewsseeker/storms-soak-albuquerque-area.html
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