
You've probably dealt with her before, but without realizing it. La Niña is best known as the little sister of the famous weather phenomenon El Niño.
You remember El Niño, right? Or least all of the hype a few years ago: excessive droughts and floods? Blame it on El Niño! Plane crashes and shipwrecks? It was El Niño!
It has been many many years ago since we were introduced to the weather patterns El Nino and La Nina (mainly meaning Little Boy and the Girl).
You would hope that after all these years, the boy and girl would have grown up.
But nope.
But nope.
Still the little boy and the girl continue to cause major weather havoc around the world.
Sometimes I wonder if it is really them or we have just got used to blaming them for everything, so it is a convenient blame. El Nino and La Nina have been blamed so many times over the years that I've become immune to the news about them.
Just like we blame the weaker for a lot of things, I guess this blame game will continue.
Considering the weather patterns are opposite of each other, don't they just cancel each other out? I guess that way, the weather remains the same. One place gets hotter, another gets cooler ... but the balance remains.
Sometimes I wonder if it is really them or we have just got used to blaming them for everything, so it is a convenient blame. El Nino and La Nina have been blamed so many times over the years that I've become immune to the news about them.
Just like we blame the weaker for a lot of things, I guess this blame game will continue.
Considering the weather patterns are opposite of each other, don't they just cancel each other out? I guess that way, the weather remains the same. One place gets hotter, another gets cooler ... but the balance remains.
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