it's been raining on and off this week like seattle/portland. i have to admit that i kind of like it. however, what i do not like is how so cal drivers react to the rain - they can't drive. it took me 45 minutes to get to work on friday morning during light rain. that's just ridiculous. it almost doubled my commute time. LA is not built to handle rain. Case in point - my school's main lobby area flooded from the rainwater seeping in through the double doors and caused some damage to the flooring.
i went to target earlier and during the drive there, i listened to the sound of rain drops hitting the car. the entrance was super crowded with people waiting for someone in their group to bring the car up because they didn't want to walk in the rain. it made me laugh. LA people are funny, albeit unintentionally in this case. and now, sitting in my apt, i hear the rain hitting the windows. it's great.
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dude. i think we southern californians drive great in the rain. but then again, i usually try not to leave the house when it rains. harro.
Do your wipers work? When I lived in LA none of my friends had functional wipers because they were used so infrequently. Whenever it rained, and they turned the wipers on, you couldn't see anyhting through the windows...
They were also deathly afraid of hydroplaning... There could be a small puddle of water on the freeway, and they would SLAM on their brakes and crawl through the puddle for fear that despite going in a straight line, their car would roll over, and flip into the opposite lanes, and hit oncoming cars upside down and face first.
I'm convinced that up here in the Pacific NW, whenever it rains for the first time in a while or snows, and traffic gets rediculous, it's because of all the transplants from cali =)
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