Another reason to buy a BMW

[Mikey]

This is flooding in Sorrento Valley (San Diego) last week. Skip to about 0:39, then wait until about 1:05.

https://www.facebook.com/geoffrey.kruse ... 697193676/

The heroic lifeguards come along a little later...

[Mikey]

Another smart driver.
At least the Lambo made it through.

[R-Jack]

You people don't do too well with rain, do you?

Sadly, NBA players are more effective in a swimming pool than California drivers on slightly wet roads.

[Mikey]

You people don't do too well with rain, do you?

I do just fine. Some others (mostly transplants)...not so much.

Like this article in the LA Times.

After five years of drought, 2 1/2 inches of rain in a week has "LA residents already sick of the rain?" It might be more than the norm in the past five years or so, but not exactly extraordinary. Seems like we used to get that pretty regularly in the "old days." We need all the rain we can get. Bring it the fuck on.

There are some pretty dumb writers working for the Times, BTW...

When it rains, L.A.'s drivers lose all common sense

Los Angeles residents already sick of the rain will get some relief over the next several days, according to forecasts from the National Weather Service.

Although meteorologists expect light showers to sprinkle the county Saturday and Monday, conditions should remain relatively dry until the middle of next week.

“The next real rainmaker for us would be Wednesday,” NWS meteorologist Emily Thornton said. That storm, she added, could bring about a quarter-inch to a half-inch of precipitation to the county.

More than 2 1/2 inches of rain fell in four days in downtown Los Angeles this week, according to the National Weather Service.

The first major El Niño storms of the season — three in a row from the Pacific — caused some flooding of roadways and freeways, with relatively modest mudslides in areas recently burned by fires.

From a scientific standpoint, Bill Patzert, climatologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said this week was a "textbook" El Niño system.

He noted the storms' single-file formation over the Pacific, like jetliners queuing up for an airport landing. Once they made landfall, the rain fell at a clip faster than during the two previous big El Niño periods in 1997-98 and 1982-83, Patzert said.

Based on this, the 2016 El Niño — so far, at least — is shaping up to be impressive, he said.

The weak cold front rolling through the Southland will be less so. The light showers expected to arrive Saturday afternoon will add only about a 10th of an inch of rain around the county.

Temperatures are not expected to climb above the high 50s, Thornton said. Low temperatures in the mountains and foothills could dip into the 30s, she added.

Though the rain could linger into Sunday morning, conditions are expected to dry out, Thornton said. She said similar light rain could fall again Monday before Wednesday’s storm arrives.

[Dinsdale]

I do just fine. Some others (mostly transplants)...not so much.

Absolutely priceless, coming from a Californian. When it rains hard here, we can easily spot the cali transplants -- they're all over the sides of the roads.

[Mikey]

I do just fine. Some others (mostly transplants)...not so much.

Absolutely priceless, coming from a Californian. When it rains hard here, we can easily spot the cali transplants -- they're all over the sides of the roads.

Well...I'm not there -- am I?

It's pretty safe to say "mostly transplants" about pretty much anything around here, to tell you the truth. Prolly most of the "cali transplants" in Oregon were also transplants when they were in California.

[Dinsdale]

Funny thing, that -- I meet tons of transplants/refugees from California. The majority are natives who got sick of all the transplants.

Recently read that Oregon had the most transplants-per-capita last year. And the biggest jump in housing prices to go with it.

[Mikey]

Funny thing, that -- I meet tons of transplants/refugees from California. The majority are natives who got sick of all the transplants.

Recently read that Oregon had the most transplants-per-capita last year. And the biggest jump in housing prices to go with it.

So now they've become what they hate the most. Nobody said that all California natives are super intelligent. Just some of us.

Oh, and RACK you on the housing prices thing. That's quite an accomplishment.

[Mikey]

The girlfriend has a BMW X3. Incredible vehicle, although I'm sure it costs more than I'd pay for wheels. Give one of these a test drive if you can.

I'm sure it's an awesome beast and a wonderful experience to drive. I'm pretty much out of the SUV market these days, though. I have an ultra efficient, comfortable, much cheaper



for every day driving.


If I need to haul shit around I break out the 1999 Super Duty V10.



It's big, it's powerful and by now pretty it's pretty damn ugly. But I don't have to worry at all about banging it up.