La Niña

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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The local NPR affiliate said yesterday that La Niña is expected this Winter. Last Winter we had El Niño, and I was very happy to have a relatively dry, relatively warm season. The coming Winter should be, if La Niña visits, wetter and colder. Good news for the skiiers, the snow pack, and people who use a lot of water. (Unless, of course, there is excessive flooding. Then I’ll really be glad my house is at the top of a hill.) Oh, they said it’s good for the salmon, too.

I have an N-2B parka that’s just waiting for Winter.

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La Nina (sorry, don’t know how to make the tilde)? Better stock up on Tia Maria.

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Option+n, n. :wink:

If only I could remember to drink! I’ll have to pick some up. (Of course, I’ll make glögi for Christmas.)

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I thought La Niña meant we’d get a dry winter, and El Niño was the harbinger of a rainy winter. But then I’m in L.A.; is it different where you are?

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From Wiki:

So up this way El Niño means a warmer, dryer Winter and La Niña means a colder, wetter one.