Frankenstorm

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have created a model of what they call the Frankenstorm, and it is much worse than the recent rough weather California has faced.  Experts want to be prepared for what could happen with the climate changing.  The storm could drop as much as 8 feet of rain on the state.  The storm, frighteningly enough, is unlikely, but possible to occur.  Scientists used recent storm systems, as well as an especially strong system from over a century ago, to create the model.  The storm system would brew in the Pacific, and hit Southern California as hard as a hurricane would.  The system would then stall (possibly from a stationary front?) for over a week, until another storm system would meet up with this one and cause even more rain.  Experts say the storm would be similar to severe flooding that occurred in California in 1861-1862, which were so damaging that the capital of California had to be temporarily moved from Sacramento to San Francisco.  The governor at the time had to attend his inauguration by rowboat.  Hopefully the storm remains as fictional as the character it takes its name from, Frankenstein.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100124/ap_on_sc/us_sci_frankenstorm_scenario

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