A Geometrically Perfect "Superstorm" Is Smashing into California... (Video)

In this 13 November 2026 published video, host Geophysicist Stefan Burns reports on a massive bomb cyclone which is sweeping across the west coast of North America, bringing strong rain, fast winds, and huge swell across the region. How this will affect the super-stressed fault lines of California, Oregon, Washington, and Canada remains to be seen, but multiple factors suggest the risk level for a high-magnitude 7.0+ earthquake is greatly elevated.

The video mixes weather events with astrology and planetary alignment claims, California is experiencing a real, powerful series of mid-November Pacific storms driven by an atmospheric river and an offshore bomb cyclone. A parade of El Niño-fueled storms is impacting the West Coast. 

A rapidly intensifying low-pressure system—known as a bomb cyclone—formed far offshore in the Pacific. While the center of the low remains well out at sea, it is pushing an atmospheric river of concentrated moisture and strong winds directly into California. The offshore storm has generated massive ocean swells, prompting High Surf Warnings along the California coast. Nearshore breaking waves are reaching 25 to 35 feet along Northern and Central California beaches, with occasional sets near 50 to 60 feet at deep-water breaks like Mavericks south of San Francisco. Rounds of moderate to heavy rain are moving across the state. The North Coast and northern Sierra foothills are forecast to see 3 to 6 inches of rain, while the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento can expect 1 to 2 inches, leading to localized urban and roadway flooding. Southern California is receiving lighter, showery rainfall generally under an inch. Winter Weather Advisories are in effect for the Sierra Nevada. Elevations above 6,000 feet are forecast to receive 1 to 2 feet of snow through Monday, November 16, creating difficult travel conditions and chain controls along Interstate 80 and Highway 50. 

The video attributes the storm’s power to “planetary geometry,” full supermoon tides, and astrological alignments (such as Mars conjunct Jupiter). In reality, the storm is being driven by standard atmospheric dynamics, a strong Pacific jet stream, and warm ocean waters linked to a developing El Niño pattern. The video mentions that massive waves create “microseisms” that load seismic energy into the landscape. While large ocean swells do generate faint, continuous background seismic hums picked up by sensitive seismographs, they are a normal physical byproduct of ocean waves hitting the continental shelf and do not trigger major earthquakes.

https://youtu.be/pK5CItf0fJM