Weather!!
We had weather in LA yesterday. Really! Actual, normal weather. The sky opened up, and it began pouring, complete with thunder and lightning.
This is really not news, but here it’s pretty funny. Nobody is ever prepared for rain. People don’t know how to drive when the roads get slick, and since it never really rains, there’s always a ton of stuff sitting around outside. Everywhere you looked yesterday people were scrambling trying to pull down halloween decorations, or for one poor unfortunate soul on my street, thanksgiving decorations! So much for being a little early with that turkey – it’s kind of waterlogged now.
Personally, I find it very ironic that it should rain, and in November at that. One of the entries I wrote last year in November was about my irrational fear of lightning. In that entry, I said (direct quote) “I’m not so sure I have to worry about huge thunderstorms in LA.”
HAH!
Ok, this was one thunderstorm in allllll the time I’ve lived in LA. It still makes me laugh, though. Nobody expects “normal” in Los Angeles. This was very normal. People didn’t know how to react, but LA is still standing nontheless.
Now, if I could only get some snow…
