George Skelton: Climate change is distressingly real. But it’s not behind all major weather events
by George Skelton, Los Angeles Times
Oct 28, 2021
3 minutes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Climate change is distressingly real. But it's not behind all major weather events
It rained so hard in California in 1862 that a 300-mile-long lake was created in the Central Valley, stretching from Bakersfield to Red Bluff.
Yes, literally.
Leland Stanford needed a rowboat to carry him over Sacramento's flooded streets to be sworn in as the new governor.
No, I didn't cover it.
It was the largest flood in the recorded history of California, Nevada and Oregon. Over 43 days, the equivalent of 10 feet of water — rain
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