Initech
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Mon Nov-17-08 07:00 PM
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OK, so half my city burns to the ground... |
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And while flipping through the channels last night, what was the commercial headline report on the local Faux affiliate?
Dogs on skateboards.
I shit you not.
Did any of my other fellow So-Cal DUers happen to catch this?
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Le Taz Hot
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Mon Nov-17-08 07:03 PM
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1. It's because "everybody knows" Southern Californians |
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are godless heathens and are only suffering GAWD's retribution for all them HO-MI-SEX-ALS! :evilgrin:
Seriously though, as a native Southern Californian, I can't believe what you guys are going through. Again! First Santa Barbara, then Sylmar, then Yorba Linda then Corona. I don't think most people realize that these locations really are nowhere near each other.
Keep safe, So Cal!
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Mon Nov-17-08 07:04 PM
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3. I thought those were our Pubbie regions... |
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And the fires were on all the Yes on H8 peeps!
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Initech
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Mon Nov-17-08 07:04 PM
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I have lived here my entire life and have never seen anything quite like this.
But seriously when I saw that on the news last night I had a huge :wtf: look on my face. If there was any way I could find a clip of it on Youtube I'd post it here.
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Mon Nov-17-08 07:07 PM
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5. What sizzles me is zero coverage up here in Northern Cal. |
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I sure do miss KTLA. The fire in Sylmar seemed especially horrid with that fire marching down the hill. Or so I read in Sunday's San Francisco Chronicle. I had to drive all over just to find a newspaper.
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Mon Nov-17-08 07:11 PM
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6. Camp Pendleton has had something like 9000 acres burn in the past month |
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That just sounds crazy to me.
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Mon Nov-17-08 07:04 PM
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2. Obama's ideas of the fire are making this city melt and burn down |
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:) Its true...just ask Rush
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Mon Nov-17-08 07:13 PM
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just as bad as national news
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Mon Nov-17-08 07:15 PM
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8. Former San Pedro Resident here |
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I lived there during the heavy rains and the flooding of the Sepulveda flood basin over the 405 and the King Riots.
This is way more serious, and should get a hell of a lot more coverage nationally.
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Mon Nov-17-08 07:29 PM
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11. Hey, now, the Sepulveda Basin never actually flooded over the 405. |
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Edited on Mon Nov-17-08 07:29 PM by kestrel91316
It flooded Woodley and Burbank. But wasn't that week of rain that year a sight to behold????
I'm still here. This is going to be a "summer" winter, I think, rather than a more traditionoal "rain" winter.
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Tue Nov-18-08 03:06 PM
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15. I probably got the Basin name wrong. That was back in '91? |
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I remember I had to cancel a drive to the central valley because almost all routes north flooded out somewhere. The 405 flooded right before you hit the 5 going north.
I'll never forget the kid who fell in and cameras caught him rushing out of control down the LA river. A river that is usually so dry they love to film car chases.
Sniff, I miss SoCal.
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Mon Nov-17-08 07:26 PM
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9. Oh, man, WHY IN HELL were you watching Fox? KCAL 9 serves the |
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Mon Nov-17-08 07:39 PM
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12. Like I said I was flipping through the channels. |
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Flipping between Family Guy, football, and the fire coverage.
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Mon Nov-17-08 08:06 PM
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14. I just went back and forth between 2 and 9 all weekend. |
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Video of flames and burnt out homes has burned itself onto my retinas at this point.
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Mon Nov-17-08 07:55 PM
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13. Yet somehow it was news all over the world, via CNN "World Report |
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