NASA: Did You Know That Our Rivers Are Changing Color? This post first appeared on the NASA Earth Observatory website Much like the sky, rivers are rarely painted one color. Across the world, they appear in shades of yellow, green, blue, and brown. Subtle changes in the environment can alter the color of rivers, though, shifting them away from their typical hues. New research shows the dominant color has changed […] Brains SnowBrains | February 26, 2021 0 Comments
Speeding Drivers Responsible for Hitting 4 Bears, Killing 2, in Yosemite National Park, CA In the last three weeks, at least four bears were hit by speeding cars in Yosemite, at least two of which were killed. The two bears that survived were hit by drivers going faster than the 25 mph speed limit and were seriously injured and limping. We will never know the severity of their injuries. Related: Bear Protection, Spray or […] SnowBrains | August 3, 2020 1 Comment
Riverside County, CA Will Fine Residents $1,000 for NOT Wearing a Mask Outdoors Residents in Riverside County, CA could face a fine of $1,000 per violation per day if they don’t abide by the mandate to wear a face mask while outdoors. The county has had 1,016 confirmed cases and 28 deaths so far. Related: San Diego County, CA First in the Country to Order Mandatory Wearing of Masks “While more and more Riverside […] SnowBrains | April 9, 2020 0 Comments
Drunk Drivers Kept California Highway Patrol Busy Over 4-Day Holiday | 1,204 DUI Arrests and 21 Deaths According to the California Highway Patrol, 1,204 people were arrested on suspicion of DUI this holiday weekend, compared to 389 last year, (when the maximum enforcement period was shorter) and 1,244 in 2017. 21 people died on California roadways compared to 11 last year during the shorter maximum enforcement period, according to the CHP. 47 people were killed during the […] SnowBrains | July 8, 2019 0 Comments
Body of Woman Missing in Colorado River for 10-Days Found | 6th Death this Month in Raging Colorado Rivers Ten days after falling into the Rio Grande river in Colorado, authorities have recovered the body of 38-year old Roberta Sophia Rodriguez. Roberta Sophia Rodriguez slipped on a rock and fell into the South Fork of the Rio Grande river near the town of Creede on June 15th. Her fiance tried desperately to save her but lost her in the […] Raft SnowBrains | June 26, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: 15-Million Drivers Admit to Driving While High After Using Marijuana Marijuana is becoming legal in more and more cities across the US than ever before, and now more people are admitting to getting high before getting behind the wheel. Related: Is It A Smart Idea to Use Marijuana In The Mountains? A AAA survey reveals 15-million drivers report getting behind the wheel within an hour of using marijuana. 70% of Americans […] SnowBrains | June 21, 2019 0 Comments
Where Did the Atmospheric Rivers that Brought all that March Snow to California Originate? Turns Out there’s Somebody who Tracks that These last few months it seems like we’ve constantly been told about more and more ‘atmospheric rivers‘, the likes of which brought feet and feet of snow to California in March, followed by torrential rain in April. Scripps Institution of Oceanography Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes tracks atmospheric river storms every year, and have compiled totals for this […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 4, 2018 0 Comments
NOAA: What Are Atmospheric Rivers? | In More Scientific Terms NOAA:Â Atmospheric River Q & A ARs are the water-vapor rich part of the broader warm conveyor belt (e.g., Browning, 1990; Carlson, 1991), that is found in extratropical cyclones (“storms”). They result from the action of winds associated with the storm drawing together moisture into a narrow region just ahead of the cold front where low-level winds can sometimes exceed hurricane […] Weather Guest Author | November 30, 2017 0 Comments