https://www.earthmagazine.org/tags/arkstorm/ Recent content in Arkstorm on EARTH Magazine Hugo en-US American Geosciences Institute. All rights reserved. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/hazardous-living-preparing-storm-century/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/hazardous-living-preparing-storm-century/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/hazardous-living-preparing-storm-century/i-438-7db-1-15.jpg" alt="A &#39;Pineapple Express&#39; (known scientifically as an atmospheric river) over the Pacific in December 2010. NASA GOES Project, Dennis Chesters" loading="eager" decoding="async"> <figcaption>A &#39;Pineapple Express&#39; (known scientifically as an atmospheric river) over the Pacific in December 2010. NASA GOES Project, Dennis Chesters</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/hazardous-living-preparing-storm-century/i-39a-7da-4-10.jpg" alt="Megan Sever (pictured at Yellowstone) writes Hazardous Living for EARTH. Megan Sever" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Megan Sever (pictured at Yellowstone) writes Hazardous Living for EARTH. Megan Sever</figcaption> </figure> <p>They&rsquo;re calling it &ldquo;California&rsquo;s Other Big One&rdquo; &mdash; the giant storm that could drop more than two meters of rain on California and cause massive flooding, landslides, levee failures and general catastrophic chaos. It&rsquo;s probably not that hard to imagine this year for water-weary Californians who have been hit hard by heavy rains and subsequent floods and landslides since early winter. But for now, the &ldquo;other big one&rdquo; is just a &ldquo;what if&rdquo; scenario put forth this week by researchers and government officials in order to help Californians know what to expect and how to react if and/or when such a storm does hit.</p>