aeronmelon@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoA flood is a warm-weather blizzard.message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down114
arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squareA flood is a warm-weather blizzard.aeronmelon@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareeezeebee@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·3 days agoI mean kinda, and I definitely see your logic. To be “that guy”, though, the definition of a blizzard includes some specific conditions, at least where I’m from; 40 km/h winds, visibility of 400 metres or less, and it has to last at least 4 hours. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoMuch higher threshold for visibility than i would’ve assumed tbh.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoSooo… Hurricane Katrina was both a warm weather blizzard and avalanche. Gotcha 👍
I mean kinda, and I definitely see your logic. To be “that guy”, though, the definition of a blizzard includes some specific conditions, at least where I’m from; 40 km/h winds, visibility of 400 metres or less, and it has to last at least 4 hours.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard
Much higher threshold for visibility than i would’ve assumed tbh.
Sooo… Hurricane Katrina was both a warm weather blizzard and avalanche. Gotcha 👍