The worst storm in 20 years? You can't be serrious.
For those of you who might be reading this in the Midwest, you know those Thunder Storms you had last October November? Well, forget those, what we actually want to talk about was when it was raining. You know, wetly. The water is coming down at a fair clip, and there's some good wind. The rain isn't going sideways, so it's not a proper storm, but it is raining hard. Yes, well apparently when that happens in California people freak out and it deserves live news coverage.
Now people do need to be advised to be careful on all of our bridges, so lets just say that right now, because with nothing around for 30 or 40 miles the wind can get some impressive speed and, apparently, blow trucks off the top of bridges. I'm willing to reserve judgment on this apparent fact in light of that, though I suspect the drivers were idiots and driving too fast too near the edge. The other likely point of note, is that the civil engineers never built anything to withstan' winds greater than 30 mph, or heavy rain. Apparently this is because that combination appears only ever 20 years. However, because the "Storm drains" are the diameter of milk jugs... wait, no I don't think a milk jug would fit into one. At any rate they are small, and all over flowing.
So various streets, parking lots, and structures are flooding. I suppose if a 5.2 hit Chicago they'd freak out and be all "Holy shit! The sky is falling!" And in that event, I hope you read the Blog of a Californian who proclaims, "It's the civil engineer's fault really, of course without the added support structures those building's would fail. It's obvious. That wasn't even a real shake, it was a sputter. Honestly I barely felt it, I don't see what everyone got so worked up about."
I do hear there might be mudslides though, and that would no doubt suck for all parties involved. And I don't know that you can "40 tons of dirt traveling 35 mph" proof your house, or anything else for that matter. Clearly they are much better drunk than poured on your head.
Now people do need to be advised to be careful on all of our bridges, so lets just say that right now, because with nothing around for 30 or 40 miles the wind can get some impressive speed and, apparently, blow trucks off the top of bridges. I'm willing to reserve judgment on this apparent fact in light of that, though I suspect the drivers were idiots and driving too fast too near the edge. The other likely point of note, is that the civil engineers never built anything to withstan' winds greater than 30 mph, or heavy rain. Apparently this is because that combination appears only ever 20 years. However, because the "Storm drains" are the diameter of milk jugs... wait, no I don't think a milk jug would fit into one. At any rate they are small, and all over flowing.
So various streets, parking lots, and structures are flooding. I suppose if a 5.2 hit Chicago they'd freak out and be all "Holy shit! The sky is falling!" And in that event, I hope you read the Blog of a Californian who proclaims, "It's the civil engineer's fault really, of course without the added support structures those building's would fail. It's obvious. That wasn't even a real shake, it was a sputter. Honestly I barely felt it, I don't see what everyone got so worked up about."
I do hear there might be mudslides though, and that would no doubt suck for all parties involved. And I don't know that you can "40 tons of dirt traveling 35 mph" proof your house, or anything else for that matter. Clearly they are much better drunk than poured on your head.