LA is washing away. Biggest storm in 20 years

[Red Squirrel]

Can we have the water? We'll give it to Nestle so they stop taking ours.

 

[Stopsignhank]

Just so we are clear, if none of us make it, NO YOU CANT HAVE OUR STUFF.

They can have my stuff, but it will all be in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

 

[Imp]

They can have my stuff, but it will all be in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

That's okay, man. It'll deposit itself back onshore as the ocean currents go within a few years.

 

[IronWing]

Fire season => construction season => mud slide season => construction season => fire season

 

[esquared]

This is current up to 8:30 PM PST

http://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/precipMaps.php?group=la&img=3

 

[Ns1]

Ooooooooh shit

https://www.facebook.com/ABC7/videos/10154266872752452/

 

[Red Squirrel]

Woah that's scary. Can't know what else around there is unstable too with all that water rushing under eroding everything. Yikes.

 

[13Gigatons]

Is everything washed away yet....are you guys OK?

Most important...is the Internet still working?

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[mxnerd]

LA needs every drop of the rain. It's been too dry for many, many years.

 

[who?]

LA gets it's water from land it owns in the mountains upstate. This rain is just to wash everything.

 

[who?]

http://www.lamag.com/longform/the-dry-years-to-come/

 

[OverVolt]

Everybody told you guys it would.

They have like "1,000 ways LA is doomed by natural disaster" TV shows on history channel talking non-stop about what terrible terrain the city is situated in. I wouldn't live in that overpriced Pompeii.

 

[lxskllr]

They can have my stuff, but it will all be in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Tie milk jugs to it. Thanks

 

[OverVolt]

LA needs every drop of the rain. It's been too dry for many, many years.

No this is typical of droughts. No water forever and then a useless deluge of water that floods everything and doesn't absorb into the ground water very well.

This is a classic drought, and LA is in a shitty mountain basin anyway.

 

[OverVolt]

Fire season => construction season => mud slide season => construction season => fire season

lulz

 

[foghorn67]

Here in Southern California we will need every drop of rain we can get.

The fun part is that the heaviest part is supposed to hit during the evening commute. Glad I don't work in LA. It would take forever to get home tonight.

99% of it just goes to the ocean.

 

[foghorn67]

I see these kinds of comments all the time. Where will you collect it? I'm normally 100% in favor of building dams, be it for flood control, water reservoirs, and/or power generation, but where? Keep in mind, SoCal tends to be pretty earthquake-rich... What land will you flood? Will you take it away from the citizens who already own it and farm it? Will you take it away from some big business entity who maybe has a factory on it? Will you displace entire towns built in the valley you want to flood?

It's not as easy as saying, "OMG! They're letting all that rain run into the ocean!"

There are a few empty reservoirs around. One is near my work. Nothing in them, not even the rain it collected on it's own. Drained out. WTF mate.

 

[zerocool84]

Everybody told you guys it would.

They have like "1,000 ways LA is doomed by natural disaster" TV shows on history channel talking non-stop about what terrible terrain the city is situated in. I wouldn't live in that overpriced Pompeii.

Majority of the places in the USA have FAAAAAAAAR worse natural disasters and more frequently than the LA area. One of the many reasons why it's so desirable to live there.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Getting lunch today there was a pretty big tree down the street that went down. Knocked down a good size wall, not sure if it hit the houses, but without a doubt its close and entirely possible. If it did, I expect the city to get sued.

 

[BoomerD]

Majority of the places in the USA have FAAAAAAAAR worse natural disasters and more frequently than the LA area. One of the many reasons why it's so desirable to live there.

I always roll my eyes and laugh at the morons who live in tormado alley or hurricane central, but say "I could never live in California. OMG! EARTHQUAKES!"

 

[WaTaGuMp]

I always roll my eyes and laugh at the morons who live in tormado alley or hurricane central, but say "I could never live in California. OMG! EARTHQUAKES!"

Well, in all fairness, you can see those coming and get to a safe place.

 

[Spacehead]

Well, in all fairness, you can see those coming and get to a safe place.

Don't we have a guy here that can predict earthquakes?

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Don't we have a guy here that can predict earthquakes?

Yes, its me, we will have an earthquake every day. That was easy.

 

[Craig234]

LA washing away wouldn't be much of a loss. And LA people need to stop whining. It's either "We're too dry!!!" or "We're too wet" or "It's too smoggy" or "We're on fire!".

Back at you.

Not that you ever wash.

 

[Craig234]

Hooray! Now, if only the rest of Commiefornia will follow LA into the ocean.

Greatest state by far invites you to leave.