If you turn on the local news in Southern California the last couple of days, you would think that we were under attack.
News vans in every suburban city, residents rushing to the local Walmart to grab supplies, conversations in line at the bank yesterday centered on how long the suffering would continue, and cable/satellite and internet services flickering off and on had it's customers wondering how long it would it last.
What's going on in the land of movie stars, surgically-enhanced body parts, and just your every day quacks that reside with me in one of the most populated regions in our country?
Rain.
That's it. Fucking rain. I am embarrassed to even admit it. Rain is turning Southern California into a scene that resembles one you would find in the movie Independence Day.
It started on Sunday and has continued sporadically ever since. In my desert community, we even had some snow. I even had to pull out a jacket with a hood last night when I went out.
Where is Barack Obama and government assistance when you need it?
Already a bitch to drive in and around Los Angeles, the weather has made local drivers even harder to handle. A trip that normally takes five minutes to take, now takes 30 minutes as drivers limp through every intersection at the first sign of rain.
Throw in the want-to-be NASCAR drivers who continue to drive 20 miles over the speed limit and you get a reported 104 accidents in Los Angeles in the first nine hours of the storm. Makes you want to just stay home and watch TV.
The news is what entertains me the most on raining days.
The first 15 minutes of the newscast is dedicated to the weather. The economy and the Senate's impending vote on the healthcare plan would have to wait. Forget about getting any real news.
Thanks to TiVO, I couldn't help but continually rewind reporters interviewing residents and how they are dealing with the phenomenon of water falling from the sky. Here is my favorite:
Reporter: "How are you handling all the rain?"
LA resident: "We are trying not to go out in it. I know we need it, but it has just been so much. I am afraid to even go out and drive in it. My husband has been in the garage making sand bags just in case we need it. We just hope we can make it through the weekend."
Reporter: "Well, thank you. Good luck to you and your family."
Make it through the weekend? Are you kidding me? It's rain and according to the Los Angeles Times, LA has had a grand total 1.47 inches in two days. Reports are a new storm is supposed to hit Southern California some time Friday.
Please pray for us as we go through this tough time.
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8 comments:
Rain and American Idol. The two LA news cycles.
Just imagine what would happen here if it snowed.
This is what I don't understand about our government!
W didn't get in front of those planes and that hurricane and O can't stop the rain in Ca!
WTF?
We need to start electing good leaders!
1.47 inches falls every afternoon here in So Fla. pffft. LA needs to grow a sack.
We just got 16 inches of snow yesterday here in Iowa... and the thermometer read -10 today with -30 wind chill.
I'll trade ya.
I was so excited to move out of L.A. and this was one of the reasons. Seriously people, it's *rain*, not the great Noah's Ark flood or anything. Sheesh. ;)
LOL. So funny. And we need to be careful - we will be back on "Storm watch" this weekend! Its going to be a big one! LOL
And to Hilly - Yeah come on out...most of us are trying to move out of here!
In North-Central Alberta this week, we've had nearly a foot of snow with accompanying temperatures of -15 to -25 Celsius with windchills making it colder yet.
The predicted HIGH temp for this Sunday is -32.
I'll take your rain, thanks....
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