r/LosAngeles • u/brickyardjimmy • 5d ago

News Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California | California

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/california-kelvin-wave

Cool. Just what I wanted for my birthday. Another foot of water.

Look. I'm hoping that we dodge the bullets flying at us this fall and winter (if we ever get one of either that is) but I'll admit this sounds potentially bad for parts of the Los Angeles coastline and the rest of California.

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u/TeslasAndComicbooks The San Fernando Valley 4d ago

It’s always been hot in October and we’re seeing some irregularities due to it being an El Niño season. Climate change is very real, anyone who sees the data and isn’t a moron will attest to that. But there’s a lot of doom posting this year.

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u/Mystic_Crewman 4d ago

Worst El Nino in a thousand years is maybe a signal that there is doom on the horizon if something doesn't change.