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Article: El Nio's back, but not always to blame
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- Dayton Daily News
- Article date:
- September 20, 2006
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El Nio is back. I cringe every time I hear this, because of the
great misunderstanding that El Nio brings with it. Yes, sometime this
winter we will see California houses sliding into the Pacific Ocean,
and others that are destroyed by mudslides. Every time a strong
winter storm brings heavy rain to the Golden State, El Nio is blamed.
If a tornado outbreak hits the Deep South next spring, someone will
blame El Nio.
However, heavy rains in California and tornadoes in the South
happen during El Nios, La Nias (the opposite of El Nio), and years
with neither.
El Nio is not a storm. El Nio is not a flood. El Nio is not a
drought. El Nio is not a weather pattern at all. However, El Nio and
La ...