stone savage

10/26/04 17:33:25

I’ve lived in the South where if it didn’t rain every day people feared a drought was coming. I’ve lived in the North where if it didn’t rain in the fall and in the spring, people feared a drought was coming. I’ve lived in the Pacific Northwest where if it didn’t rain every 10 minutes, people feared a drought was coming.

But nothing compares to Southern California, where if it rains at all every meteorologist in the state becomes the star of their very own breaking news-story entitled “STORMWATCH [insert year]". For some reason when the skies open and nature showers us with her raindrops, Southern California goes into a frenzy. I know, for instance, that if it rains on any given day, that I might as well stay at work until 7pm to avoid the inevitable parking lot that’s normally called Interstate 5.

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