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LAX Union Station is flooding.
Posted by blue streak 1 on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 7:22 PM

Apparently the concourse to the various tracks is flooding that disproves that  " It never rains in southern California "  But it pours!!

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/local-2/watch-riders-forced-onto-golf-carts-as-heavy-rain-floods-portion-of-las-union-station/3070804/

Albert Hammond - It never rains in Southern California - Bing video

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Posted by 7j43k on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 8:00 PM

blue streak 1

Apparently the concourse to the various tracks is flooding that disproves that  " It never rains in southern California "

 

That was actually disproven many years ago.  The 55' 4-lane wide street in front of my house (at the time) was also a storm drain.  And the curbs were built extra high for the purpose.

 

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Posted by Overmod on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 10:17 AM

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... that disproves that  "It never rains in southern California"

The hardest I ever saw it rain continuously was on the 405 north into LA in the mid-Nineties.  Wipers couldn't clear it; we had to pull over and stop for several minutes.

This is the result of a 'bomb cyclone' in the north Pacific; there are or were several sequential heavy rain systems that will be passing over that area in the next few days.  The weather-radar projected plot is a bit scary... 

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Posted by rdamon on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 10:29 AM

Heard they were calling it a "temporary pop-up water feature" 

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Posted by York1 on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 11:31 AM

It's too bad they don't have a way to store all this fresh water to be used next summer and fall.

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Posted by BaltACD on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 11:56 AM

blue streak 1
Apparently the concourse to the various tracks is flooding that disproves that  " It never rains in southern California "  But it pours!!

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/local-2/watch-riders-forced-onto-golf-carts-as-heavy-rain-floods-portion-of-las-union-station/3070804/

Albert Hammond - It never rains in Southern California - Bing video

This disproves that it never snows - Jan. 4. 1949 at Pasadena

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 12:46 PM

BaltACD
This disproves that it never snows - Jan. 4. 1949 at Pasadena

I can't see the picture from the link but I know what you mean.

In a past issue of (I think) "Classic Trains" there was a photo of a Pacific Electric trolley running in a snowy Los Angeles. So snow in the L.A. area's been known to happen.

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Posted by 7j43k on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 1:31 PM
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Posted by 54light15 on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 6:28 PM

That snowfall video was interesting. Funny how they had skis and sleds in L.A. 

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Posted by BaltACD on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 8:23 PM

54light15
That snowfall video was interesting. Funny how they had skis and sleds in L.A. 

LA is not that far from 'Winter Playgrounds' - even in 1949.  Many Angelenos partake in Winter sports.

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Posted by 7j43k on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 8:30 PM

I do suspect that a lot of those skis and sleds came with the furniture when those folks moved from the east to LA.

"See.  I was RIGHT not to throw grandpa's old sled away!"

Just speaking from experience, there.

 

I was living in LA at the time of the snowfall, and I just don't remember it.  I DO remember that some rich folks spread snow all over their front yards for the Christmas holiday and let us not-rich people drive through on the street.  It was quite impressive.  Hooray, rich people!

 

 

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Posted by MidlandMike on Thursday, January 12, 2023 7:21 PM

LA has a few ski areas in the 10,000' mountains that border the east side of the LA Basin.

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