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MiZery;842544524 said:
[video]https://www.facebook.com/BuzzFeedVideo/videos/1826459504161590/[/video]
This thread title reminds me of the song at the end of the movie Knocked Up....
Yeah. I agree. We are pathetic.
The truth.
Go Dodgers
We don't deserve a pro football team. Please don't come.
Pretty dam' funny. Favorite bit: looking for the on switch to open the umbrella.
chalcidbear;842544679 said:
Pretty dam' funny. Favorite bit: looking for the on switch to open the umbrella.
Some umbrellas do have that button!
Funny video. NorCal here, but my take is that Californians tend to NOT carry umbrellas or even wear rain gear, with the idea being "OK, it's raining, but how long can this possibly last for?" My wife (from mid-west) was shocked that I didn't own an umbrella.
Big C_Cal;842544717 said:
Funny video. NorCal here, but my take is that Californians tend to NOT carry umbrellas or even wear rain gear, with the idea being "OK, it's raining, but how long can this possibly last for?" My wife (from mid-west) was shocked that I didn't own an umbrella.
In my experience Bay Area drivers also freak out pretty badly during the first big rain of the season. Maybe not as severely as L.A. drivers, but it's pretty bad.
Yeah, first rain is bad. No one knows what the hell to do, and the built up oil makes the roads super slick. What's funny is that in Oregon (and I'm sure Seattle also) no one uses an umbrella, and if you do, you get (gently) mocked (in my experience).
Vandalus;842544769 said:
Yeah, first rain is bad. No one knows what the hell to do, and the built up oil makes the roads super slick. What's funny is that in Oregon (and I'm sure Seattle also) no one uses an umbrella, and if you do, you get (gently) mocked (in my experience).
That's because they all have an entire wardrobe of North Face water proof jackets.
When we played and won last in Oregon, I woke up early to run on the Prefontaine trails - I had a North Face waterproof jacket - but being from So Cal I waited, waited, and waited and the rain didn't stop..so I ran ut anyway..Lo and behold - tons of runners all over the place - they were even having a 10k on the river, and no one was bothered and very few had rain gear on. Today in LA? Disaster - Over 500 accidents - swift water rescues - and kids running to their classrooms with a few drops. Even when it stops, everyone is barracaded in their fortresses. Sad.
Vandalus;842544769 said:
What's funny is that in Oregon (and I'm sure Seattle also) no one uses an umbrella, and if you do, you get (gently) mocked (in my experience).
Who needs an umbrella when you're on meth?
Nothing quite says candy ass like a bumbershoot.
You know the important thing is that it's frickin' raining. Yeah it still won't stop them from stealing our water, but every little bit helps.
TouchedTheAxeIn82;842544908 said:
You know the important thing is that it's frickin' raining. Yeah it still won't stop them from stealing our water, but every little bit helps.
You don't have any water but when you do, I say "thanks" for giving it up. In return, we give you awesomeness. You're welcome!
LA/OC shuts down when it rains. Construction crews refuse to work. It is known.
One big difference between SoCal and NorCal streets, most intersections in SoCal do not have storm drains, so even in the slightest rain many intersections flood stranding some cars who get clobbered by vehicles
that are taller and not affected by the standing water. A storm drain every four blocks is common although in my neighborhood it's closer to six blocks. Growing up in San Francisco storm drains at every corner, were
always a threat to small balls, sucking up overthrows when you were playing catch in the streets. After moving to Long Beach, I found out pretty quickly that my German import was a liability in SoCal storms, it had
a bottom mounted distributor that drowned in six inches of water. It only took a quarter inch of rain to create standing water 12 inches deep in intersections.
Traffic doesn't slow down in SoCal until it has to slow down. This July I was returning from Pomona to San Diego on a Saturday afternoon, It started to rain, withing 20 minutes, the Interstates I was using for my
return were closing due to flooding. More Factually, the right lanes were flooded and the left lanes were blocked by accidents resulting from hapless souls hitting the flooded section at 65mph. San Diego is not
any better, Yesterday the San Diego area had nearly 400 accidents according to the CHP in a much smaller area then LA/OC. Sad thing is that many cases the 'professional' drivers are in the worst accidents, as many
of them do not slow down in bad weather. A hydro-planing semi doing 65 can create a fantastic accident scene, had a couple of those yesterday in San Diego.
that are taller and not affected by the standing water. A storm drain every four blocks is common although in my neighborhood it's closer to six blocks. Growing up in San Francisco storm drains at every corner, were
always a threat to small balls, sucking up overthrows when you were playing catch in the streets. After moving to Long Beach, I found out pretty quickly that my German import was a liability in SoCal storms, it had
a bottom mounted distributor that drowned in six inches of water. It only took a quarter inch of rain to create standing water 12 inches deep in intersections.
Traffic doesn't slow down in SoCal until it has to slow down. This July I was returning from Pomona to San Diego on a Saturday afternoon, It started to rain, withing 20 minutes, the Interstates I was using for my
return were closing due to flooding. More Factually, the right lanes were flooded and the left lanes were blocked by accidents resulting from hapless souls hitting the flooded section at 65mph. San Diego is not
any better, Yesterday the San Diego area had nearly 400 accidents according to the CHP in a much smaller area then LA/OC. Sad thing is that many cases the 'professional' drivers are in the worst accidents, as many
of them do not slow down in bad weather. A hydro-planing semi doing 65 can create a fantastic accident scene, had a couple of those yesterday in San Diego.
sycasey;842544726 said:
In my experience Bay Area drivers also freak out pretty badly during the first big rain of the season. Maybe not as severely as L.A. drivers, but it's pretty bad.
TouchedTheAxeIn82;842544908 said:
You know the important thing is that it's frickin' raining. Yeah it still won't stop them from stealing our water, but every little bit helps.
When Hetch Hetchy is restored, then the Bay Area might have the moral high ground to complain about having water taken from them.
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