LoCali resident here, weighing in well after the fact. The heat-trapping effect is something I didn’t really consider, but I did think then that the eruption’s effect would likely bring about increased rainfall on the west coast of the US - mired in drought at the time - and it seems quite possible that that it was a decisive contributing factor to the increased precipitation in Cali of the last two years. That much H2O had to go somewhere, and I’m glad some of it landed here.
I had written-off my hunch by the time Christmas vacay came around in 2022. Then my wife and I ubered down to the airport for a flight to Portland to see our daughter and had our flight cancelled by an ice storm and had to re-schedule. We had been pretty dry until then but made-up for lost time in a hurry! The deluge re-filled a couple of long-dormant lakes in the Central and Owens valleys. A very memorable winter for sure.
It sounds both scientific and reasonable. (And it is something God could do anytime he wanted to.)
LoCali resident here, weighing in well after the fact. The heat-trapping effect is something I didn’t really consider, but I did think then that the eruption’s effect would likely bring about increased rainfall on the west coast of the US - mired in drought at the time - and it seems quite possible that that it was a decisive contributing factor to the increased precipitation in Cali of the last two years. That much H2O had to go somewhere, and I’m glad some of it landed here.
Yes, even in western Oregon, we got more rain than usual last year and this year. My young Douglas firs grew as much as 30 inches this year!
I had written-off my hunch by the time Christmas vacay came around in 2022. Then my wife and I ubered down to the airport for a flight to Portland to see our daughter and had our flight cancelled by an ice storm and had to re-schedule. We had been pretty dry until then but made-up for lost time in a hurry! The deluge re-filled a couple of long-dormant lakes in the Central and Owens valleys. A very memorable winter for sure.