User talk:Hurricane Noah/List of atmospheric rivers in the United States

Starting this
I figured it would be a good idea to start this article since there is a scale being used now. Noah, AATalk 15:14, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I can totally see the need for this, especially since the term is appearing more in media, but at the same time, I feel like it would overlap a lot with Floods in California. I was considering adding the 1861 flood to the list of atmospheric rivers, but then I realized that all three events already appear in the flood article. I'm contemplating a long term good topic for Climate of California, which would include a top-tier subarticle for Floods, and potentially atmospheric rivers. It would be like a List of cold waves in the United States, and having each event already be mentioned in the yearly winter articles. We're at an interesting place on Wikipedia, getting closer to some kind of finish line, but there's millions of races. And some might seem done, but then we have year old FA's and GA's that aren't quite up to standards. It's a lot, not to overwhelm you, you've already dealt with the anxieties of severe weather enough this month! But as for this sandbox, while I can see the merit of it, I think any independent information outside of California would be better in flood articles for those states. (Floods in Oregon, Floods in Nevada, Floods in Washington, etc.) Thankfully we have Floods in the United States (1900–1999) as some sort of parent article for these older floods, but that sort of article would be impossible to get featured, unless it was split into yearly events (like how we have tornadoes and TC's by year), or split by area (like how we have tornadoes and TC's in California, New Jersey, etc.) Just my thoughts on this, pardon the rant. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 19:14, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
 * There is a scale and an entity that is regularly monitoring and rating atmospheric rivers, thus why I started this. Sometimes 3 or even 4 atmospheric rivers contribute to the same flood event over several days. Most of this would be the west coast but there is some in the eastern US as well. There will be overlap but I still think there should be a page concentrated on listing out the atmospheric rivers. Noah, AATalk 19:45, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
 * OK, I'm not gonna stop you :P And like I said, there is more awareness of the term, so having a list would be useful, provided there's some good sourcing on it. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 19:57, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
 * https://cw3e.ucsd.edu/ is working with NOAA and the Air Force for recon on ARs. They are the entity I mentioned that developed the scale and rates the ARs. The USGS picked up the scale as well. There are actually dozens of these per year so yeah. This for example shows it's much more widespread than just California. Noah, AATalk 20:11, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
 * OK, and what about Pineapple Express? It seems like most atmospheric rivers occur on the Pacific coast, and they seem to be the same kind of event. Or, perhaps Pineapple Express would be merged into a List of atmospheric rivers in the US? Or, then again, there would probably be some overlap with British Columbia and Alberta, so the same list could be for the entire continent? I don't want to stop you before you get going, it's just that you asked my thoughts. I've seen a lot of times over the years where there ends up being redundant efforts toward writing the same basic content. So, not 100% sure what to advise, other than I applaud your efforts, whatever the fruit of those labors may be. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 03:44, 20 March 2024 (UTC)