Pi1otguy
Pattern Altitude
We're actually have some weather in Los Angeles today. Its been windy and raining today, tonight, and we're expect another storm to come in later.
I haven't truly been affected by it that much but it must be bad since the radio and TV kept getting interrupted by the emergency alert system warning of possible flooding and recommending higher ground, winds, possible lightening with a warning to avoid large ungrounded metal structures (?), water spout warnings, and now tornado warnings for LA County tonight.
Its so bad that they closed the 5 freeway due to snow. 2" - 4" of snow today and maybe a foot or two on Friday. If it lets up long enough a few cars can get through with a highway patrol escort through the snowed areas.
I just want my fellow Angelenos to remember a few things this week:
1. Drive at a safe speed. In this kind of weather 65 mph may not be practical.
2. If you drive through a water, do so slowly so that you don't shower pedestrians with street water.
3. Certain compacts and sedans (Civic, Sentra, Camary, etc) may not make it through water over 4" deep. Check you manual or be that car on the news.
4. Can all trucks with fruits, vegetables, chickens, horses, hay, trap grease, or other messy loads avoid spilling their load across 3 lanes of the freeways until rush hour is over?
Now I will go to bed on the second floor in my basement-less dwelling and hope a tornado doesn't touchdown and take me to Oz.
Now you can't say we don't have weather out here.
I haven't truly been affected by it that much but it must be bad since the radio and TV kept getting interrupted by the emergency alert system warning of possible flooding and recommending higher ground, winds, possible lightening with a warning to avoid large ungrounded metal structures (?), water spout warnings, and now tornado warnings for LA County tonight.
Its so bad that they closed the 5 freeway due to snow. 2" - 4" of snow today and maybe a foot or two on Friday. If it lets up long enough a few cars can get through with a highway patrol escort through the snowed areas.
I just want my fellow Angelenos to remember a few things this week:
1. Drive at a safe speed. In this kind of weather 65 mph may not be practical.
2. If you drive through a water, do so slowly so that you don't shower pedestrians with street water.
3. Certain compacts and sedans (Civic, Sentra, Camary, etc) may not make it through water over 4" deep. Check you manual or be that car on the news.
4. Can all trucks with fruits, vegetables, chickens, horses, hay, trap grease, or other messy loads avoid spilling their load across 3 lanes of the freeways until rush hour is over?
Now I will go to bed on the second floor in my basement-less dwelling and hope a tornado doesn't touchdown and take me to Oz.
Now you can't say we don't have weather out here.
