SoCal hit with life threatening waves as tropical storms churn in Pacific ⁠48%

By Justin Choi⁠89%

7/23/2026, 12:49:43 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 43.2% saturation with 63 hits. Analysis detected 241 faulty-reasoning hits from 146 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 49.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠48% (11,143 of 21,176 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 52.60% of the article peer group.

Powerful tropical storms churning off Mexico have whipped up monster waves along Southern California's coastline, creating dream conditions for surfers — and a nightmare for swimmers. 
The pounding surf is being fueled by Tropical Storm Elida and Hurricane Fausto, which combined to send large swells and dangerous rip currents crashing onto area beaches this week. 
"Swells generated by Fausto are affecting portions of the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula and are spreading northward toward the coast of southern California," the National Hurricane Center warned. 
"These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions. 
Please consult products from your local weather office." 
Bodyboarders take on a huge wave at Newport Beach, CA MediaNews Group via Getty Images 
A Beach Hazards Statement remains in effect for Southern California through Sunday evening. 
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146 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker29%attributed speech103writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 26 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 29 words • 0.0% coverageNational Hurricane Center • 31 words • 100.0% coverageNational Hurricane Center • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverage
100%flagged-word coverage
43 attributed words100% of attributed speech85% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Unattributed Quote+87.4 ptsWriter: 12.6%National Hurricane Center: 100.0%100.0%Indoctrination-7.8 ptsWriter: 7.8%National Hurricane Center: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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