THE NEXT ICE AGE - NOW!

                      
  

21 Dec 10 - More than 12 inches of rain have fallen in parts of the Santa Monica Mountains in southern California and a record 15.5 feet of snow has accumulated at Mammoth Mountain ski resort over the last four days - the most  since records began in 1969

And more is on the way, warns the National Weather Service, with the possibility of thunderstorms, hail, flash floods and even tornadoes.

Researchers have coined the ongoing influx of tropical moisture into the state as an 'atmospheric river'.

Downtown Los Angeles has already received around six inches of rain since last Thursday, around 40 per cent of the city's average annual precipitation.

See entire article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1340683/Golden-State-warned-flooding-tornadoes-sno w-heavy-storms-smash-California.html

Thanks to Tom McHart for this link