A flood is a warm-weather blizzard.

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• over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Only if the water comes from the sky.

  If the water mostly comes in from the shores, it’s more like a warm weather avalanche.

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• eezeebee@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  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.

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard

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  • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Much higher threshold for visibility than i would’ve assumed tbh.

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Sooo… Hurricane Katrina was both a warm weather blizzard and avalanche. Gotcha 👍

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• Horsecook@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  • bryndos@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I think it's often a combination of the two.
    The most flood prone areas near me are the hilly mountainous areas where it can rain a lot. The floods typically happen after longish periods of heavy rainfall.

    The point about topography is valid but floods are often triggered by rainfall, at least as the immediate precursor.

    From a human perspective they're both extreme weather events, that can cutoff communities and are dangerous. Snow drifts will form by a combination of topography and wind.

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• SolidShake@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That’s just rain lmao

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Only if it’s a flood caused by a lotta rain falling at once. Otherwise it’s more like an avalanche.

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• MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  No

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