Some of our summer-dormant Southern California shrubs reacted to Hilary's precipitation quickly.

In the last couple of days I saw Mission Manzanita that already had new flowers (!), and Sugarbush and Lemonadeberry (both in the Rhus family) growing new flower buds. Needless to say that this is quite unusual for early September!

Here's a close-up of Rhus integrifolia (Lemonade Berry) leaves, wet from morning drizzle, and new buds.

#NaturePhotography #SanDiego #NativePlants #CAWx #Hilary

Damage from Tropical Storm #Hilary will keep Death Valley National Park closed for months https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/damage-from-tropical-storm-hilary-will-keep-death-valley-national-park-closed-for-months/ar-AA1gast6?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=c1966a0757e749ce9a12a53028560587&ei=16 #cawx #tropicalwx

No wonder they're having flooding out by the Salton Sea. As an example Morongo Valley got 1.08" when #Hilary passed through with days of warning. It got 2.74" last night.

Four more photos from the post-Hilary back country drive last Monday — with rolling hills and desert views and pines in fog... this time, in color. :)

https://www.alex-kunz.com/san-diego-landscapes-after-hilary-color

#PhotoBlog #LandscapePhotography #SanDiego #SouthernCalifornia #BlogPost #Hilary #NaturePhotography

My latest blog post is online, with six photos of San Diego landscapes in black & white that I made last Monday, when storm Hilary was on the way out.

https://www.alex-kunz.com/san-diego-landscapes-after-hilary-bw

#PhotoBlog #LandscapePhotography #SanDiego #SouthernCalifornia #BlogPost #Hilary #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography

Fire in the sky
#Hilary

Tropensturm #Hilary - nichts ist mehr wie es einmal war
#klimawandel
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/21/california-hilary-storm-climate-crisis-explainer

Au niveau hémisphérique, l'anomalie de géopotentiel la plus élevée est clairement située près du Pôle Nord. Comme expliqué dans un précédent tweet, cette crête s'est vue renforcer par le déferlement d'une onde propagée par l'injection de moiteur tropicale #Hilary

🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/MeteoPedagogie/status/1694723543026860360
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Some good on-the-ground stories about the mess in #CathedralCity in the #CoachellaValley during #Hilary. (paywall) LATimes: When Hilary hit their small road, no one was prepared for the destruction that followed #TropicalStorm #CAwx #disaster https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-23/tropical-storm-hilary-hit-cathedral-city-coachella-valley

See if you can spot the route #Hilary took.

Been seeing folks breathlessly claim that the newest disturbance in the Eastern Pacific will be a repeat of #Hilary

Extremely unlikely. It was a unique confluence of patterns that sucked that tropical system towards #socal - overcoming the easterly trade winds.

Also, hurricanes leave colder SSTs in their wake. So if the system does develop and follow the same path, it won't have the fuel needed to intensify enough that it'll survive as a TS through the colder socal waters.#CAwx.

Produce News: "Hilary’s ag impact being assessed, but prices could be off the charts down the road" (TLDR, mostly the cost of green onions) #Hilary #agriculture #rain #farming https://theproducenews.com/california/hilarys-ag-impact-being-assessed-prices-could-be-charts-down-road

Finally, USA Today corrected their "Dodger Stadium Flooded" article. #disinformation #Hilary

Thankfully, the damage was minimal.
#hilary

NWS Las Vegas: Adios #Hilary Hello #Harold. #flooding #wind #lightning #NVwx #UTwx #COwx #AZwx

Vice: Burning Man Has Fallen: Attendees Warned Not to Arrive Due to Flooding From Storms https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjvzw5/burning-man-has-fallen-attendees-warned-not-to-arrive-due-to-flooding-from-storms #burningman #Technews #flooding #Hilary #nevada #storm

From Los Angeles Times: Hilary flooded your home. Will insurance cover the damage?

#Hilary #Insurance

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-22/flooding-damaged-your-home-can-homeowners-insurance-help

Gah! Personal #Hilary damage. It turns out the waterproof box housing my #DIY retrofit electronics for an outdoor brew #fridge is Indeed waterproof.. and was full of rainwater! (Somebody had the bad idea of putting the cable entry on top... and failed to seal it!). Just burned 3 hours fixing it.

Vice: Burning Man Has Fallen: Attendees Warned Not to Arrive Due to Flooding From Storms https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjvzw5/burning-man-has-fallen-attendees-warned-not-to-arrive-due-to-flooding-from-storms #burningman #Technews #flooding #Hilary #nevada #storm

One of the more unusual rescues from floods cause by #Hilary: using a front loader.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-66579613