re: Is "atmospheric river" a new meteorological term because of climate change?

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The overwhelming majority of this prodigious rainfall is going to be “wasted” flowing right back into the ocean.

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Nearly a decade ago, California taxpayers from both sides of the aisle, overwhelmingly approved the $7+ Billion Sites Reservoir in 2014, so far they’ve received more action from the state’s resident beaver population than their Democratic governors and elected officials.

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“If Sites were open today, we’d have nearly 1 million acre feet of water for farms, the environment, cities,” said the authority’s executive director Jerry Brown (no relation to the former governor).

But here’s the thing: Sites isn’t ready to open today, tomorrow or anytime soon. Mired in red tape and struggling with rising costs, even after the project was downsized, the reservoir isn’t scheduled to begin construction until 2024 and wouldn’t begin filling until 2030.

Millions upon millions of gallons of freshwater per minute are currently being salinited thanks to the corruption and ineptitude of Californian politicians.