tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1523110899641358777..comments2024-03-28T14:57:50.808-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: So much for rain in Southern California . . .Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-86517041061745185052010-02-01T20:30:55.231-06:002010-02-01T20:30:55.231-06:00Cap'n chumbucket got it right. My daughters l...Cap'n chumbucket got it right. My daughters live in L.A., and we've been down there at least once a year for the last twelve. Driving in L.A. at any time is an adventure, at best.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-81416006763004609442010-02-01T10:00:21.398-06:002010-02-01T10:00:21.398-06:00I live in L.A. (can't get out yet...) and it&#...I live in L.A. (can't get out yet...) and it's all true. Any rain at all brings lightning-bolt graphics as a logo for "Storm Watch" coverage. Some drive like it's bone-dry, and cause accidents. Others drive like it's ice instead of water, and cause accidents. Both types cost a lot of time for normal drivers. Complicating the whole things is that L.A. never constructed a proper drainage system. There are entire blocks with no storm drains, so the drains there are can't cope with a heavy rain lasting more than a minute.<br /><br />Me, I love the rain. I go for long walks (suitably attired, of course, and with an umbrella) and I don't let it slow me down, but it's really an experience out here.Redneckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03082374076978989199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-62494456372416339222010-02-01T02:05:29.852-06:002010-02-01T02:05:29.852-06:00Wow...who knew that trolls lived in L.A.?
Anyhoo....Wow...who knew that trolls lived in L.A.?<br /><br />Anyhoo...I once had to drive a loaded 25ft. UHaul truck through L.A. during a downpour (coincidentally, in January). It took nearly 4 hours to drive a distance that should have only taken an hour.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06142221102961906077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-67529167670806982482010-01-31T15:36:34.134-06:002010-01-31T15:36:34.134-06:00Mr. Willis is invited to leave Los Angeles and he ...Mr. Willis is invited to leave Los Angeles and he can shove his snark before he takes it with him. <br /><br />And, there are other places for you to visit as well, Mr. Renaissance Man...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-84801824972853844262010-01-31T14:49:23.996-06:002010-01-31T14:49:23.996-06:0018 months working out of the LA basin, ONE rainsto...18 months working out of the LA basin, ONE rainstorm... 900+ accidents that morning, another 700+ that evening... Zer had it right, but also the idjits STILL want to do 80 on the freeway...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-46772336078312193092010-01-31T09:52:29.055-06:002010-01-31T09:52:29.055-06:00As a voluntary refugee from The Valley of the Smok...As a voluntary refugee from The Valley of the Smokes in The Land of the Shaking Earth (as the Indians called it before the arrival of the white man) I can attest to driving ANYTIME in Los Angeles is to take one's life in one's hands. <br /><br />Old saying in LA: There are old drivers and there are bold drivers, but there are NO old bold drivers...<br /><br />cap'n chumbucketAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-61086975928375206312010-01-31T02:14:39.765-06:002010-01-31T02:14:39.765-06:00In defense of the LA drivers in the rain, when you...In defense of the LA drivers in the rain, when you don't have frequent rain, it allows the oil/rubber/exhaust slick to build up on the pavement that much thicker. The first bit of rain floats that slick up and roads get scary-slippery.<br /><br />Of course, after a quarter-inch of rain, then it's just bad driving.<br /><br />As to six inches not being a concern, it is when the soil can't absorb it and drainage is done through concrete ditches. I did rough math the other night driving home and figured that an inch of rain equates to about 50,000 gallons of water per acre. Not exactly a tiny trickle there.ZerCoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08347518441827166007noreply@blogger.com