Flooded road Photo by Matt Ridings Via Flickr CC2
If you were anywhere in the Pacific Northwest this weekend you may have found it difficult to get from point A to point B without getting completely soaked by the massive amount of rain we received due to an atmospheric river.
In Washington state alone, about 2.8 trillion gallons of water had fallen by Saturday morning, according to Michael Snyder, former employee of the National Weather Service.
A vehicle crushed in the Columbus Day Storm of 1962 (Image courtesy of SDOT Photos / Flickr) What Is An Atmospheric River?
An atmospheric river is a narrow region in the atmosphere that
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