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LA Times: California's "big one" may not be an earthquake at all, but a devastating megastorm that would inundate the Central Valley, trigger widespread landslides and cause flood damage to 1 in 4 homes in the state.
The prospect of such a storm was raised this month by scientists predicting the consequences of an "atmospheric river" of moisture from the tropical Pacific hitting California with up to 10 feet of rain and hurricane-force winds over several weeks.
A team of more than 100 scientists, engineers......
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California’s ‘big one’ might be a megastorm
Posted by LA Times: Tony Barboza on January 23rd, 2011
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