Rain Arrives: Knott's & Six Flags Closed, Disneyland & DCA Open

[Californian Elitist]

To prove your point there was a 4.5 earthquake today. Barely made the local news. It's all about the rain.

Exactly. I woke up this morning and my sister asked if I had felt the earthquake. I told her no, asked where it was, the magnitude, and went into the kitchen to prepare for breakfast. No big deal, but I bet if one hit elsewhere where earthquakes are extremely rare, people would think it was the end of the world.

 

[Travel Junkie]

New Yorkers are right to have the reactions they have. Earthquakes can kill you. A little rain and 50 degree temperatures can't kill you.

People die in rain storms all the time. Cars being swept away and mud slides that are all so common here. Unfortunately I know or are friends with people who know several who have died or had their houses destroyed by mud slides. The La Conchita mud slide just north of Ventura several years back was devastating.

 

[Phroobar]

People die in rain storms all the time. Cars being swept away and mud slides that are all so common here. Unfortunately I know or are friends with people who know several who have died or had their houses destroyed by mud slides. The La Conchita mud slide just north of Ventura several years back was devastating.

Lots of rain causes mud slides but if precautions are taken before the rain, the rain's risks are lessened. A little isn't going to kill you unless your the Wicked Witch of the West.

 

[catmom46]

Thank you, clothing is the key. Since the 1970's it's been easy to purchase outerwear with water-repellant fabrics. 3M alone makes several great fabrics and products that can be used to ensure you stay warm and dry; a base layer using Thinsulate fabric with a outer layer using GoreTex fabric means you could stay warm in a cold monsoon.

But SoCal'ers very rarely own that clothing, and have no idea what those 3M brand names even mean.

SoCal'ers will often go out in public with a polyester fleece throw blanket draped around their shoulders as if that keeps them warm and dry, when all it really does is make them look homeless and/or severely judgment impaired. I'm so embarrassed for the folks wandering around outside with a cheap polyester blanket they took off their family room sofa draped over themselves. Those blankets are like a giant neon sign hanging on them that says "I'm Stupid And Have Never Travelled More Than 150 Miles From My Home".

I guess it's safe to assume that SoCal'ers who don't own water-repellant fabrics also don't head to the mountains for skiing/snowboarding, hiking, or camping.

 

[Travel Junkie]

Lots of rain causes mud slides but if precautions are taken before the rain, the rain's risks are lessened. A little isn't going to kill you unless your the Wicked Witch of the West.

A little earthquake won't kill you either. A moderate to large one can just like moderate to heavy rain fall can. Precautions can be taken to lessen the risk in an Earthquake or rainstorm.

And mud slides don't need a lot of rain to occur if the hill recently burned all of it's vegetation like in a brush fire. That's why those areas are so worrisome to people during rainstorms. An inch is sometimes enough.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Sorry to poke fun, but I'll never understand why people in Southern California act as though it never drops below 70 degrees there. I've been at Disneyland Resort countless times in summer when it was cooler than that, and winter can be downright chilly and wet when the average high in January is 68 degrees and the average low is 48 in Los Angeles. It simply isn't true that it's always 75 degrees or above in LA, which makes the panicked reactions of some locals when the weather shifts all the more amusing. Goes to show that Southern Californian culture, like attitudes in most places, is mostly just a state of mind.

 

[ForeverAnna]

[QUOTE="60 and below is considered cold IN LOS ANGELES. Let's debate when you've lived here for years and years and gotten used to the Mediterranean weather.[/QUOTE]

It doesn't even have to be years and years. I visited my brother's family the first winter they lived in Phoenix. They were are freezing in 70 degree weather and they had moved moved from Chicago where his wife had lived her whole life. I was amazed at how fast they acclimated.

On another note, a friend of mine who lives near San Diego posted a video on Facebook of at least 20 trash cans floating down the street.

 

[StarWarsFan2016]

Some of you guys and gals can laugh all you want and say 50 isn't cold all you want. I'm freezing when it's below 50. Los Angeles experiences warm weather ranging between 73 and maybe 86 degrees 95% of the year. When you're used to having that type of weather for months and months, 60 and below can be hard to endure.

60 and below is considered cold IN LOS ANGELES. Let's debate when you've lived here for years and years and gotten used to the Mediterranean weather.

It is NOT between 73 and 86 95 percent of the year. Most summer nights are cold and need a jacket because once the sun goes down the heat goes away with it. Even sunny winter days are only in the 60s and it gets into the 40s at night. Los Angeles is only above 73 degrees about 25 percent of the time, no where near 95 percent because it never stays above 73 at night even on the hottest days of summer.

 

[StarWarsFan2016]

Exactly. I woke up this morning and my sister asked if I had felt the earthquake. I told her no, asked where it was, the magnitude, and went into the kitchen to prepare for breakfast. No big deal, but I bet if one hit elsewhere where earthquakes are extremely rare, people would think it was the end of the world.

Most people slept through it including the recent transplants. It was hardly noticeable. When we have a 6.0 or bigger, let's talk.

 

[Californian Elitist]

It is NOT between 73 and 86 95 percent of the year. Most summer nights are cold and need a jacket because once the sun goes down the heat goes away with it. Even sunny winter days are only in the 60s and it gets into the 40s at night. Los Angeles is only above 73 degrees about 25 percent of the time, no where near 95 percent because it never stays above 73 at night even on the hottest days of summer.

Ever heard of a hyperbole?

And you're wrong about the other stuff. And where did you come from?

 

[StarWarsFan2016]

New Yorkers are right to have the reactions they have. Earthquakes can kill you. A little rain and 50 degree temperatures can't kill you.

It depends on the quake. Californians love to talk about how blase and cool they are when they have those little 4.0 ones that you could easily sleep through but when the big one comes, they'll **** in their pants. Earthquakes are unpredictable and you don't know when they are coming so you just go on with your day and don't worry about it. Weather, on the other hand, you can see and predict and plan around it. True that rain at 50 degrees can't kill you but you have the choice of staying inside nice and warm with the blanket and some Netflix or roaming around outside getting cold at wet. I'll take Netflix with the blanket. I'll wait for it to be sunny and in the 70s again before I plan on doing outdoor outings.

 

[StarWarsFan2016]

there is a tornado warning in San Diego right now; not a watch, but a warning meaning tornadoes are in the area.
http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=13cdef6f12662eae&hl=en&gl=US&source=web

 

[Deleted member 107043]

I'm visiting in Feb and bracing myself for rain. Gonna look into getting a rain jacket, thanks for the insight - seriously.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

I will weigh in on the SoCal coldness. I've lived here for three years and I'm basically used to it always being miserably hot and even humid in the last year. After such relentless brutal heat and humidity that made me question this whole thing on many occasions, it has felt pretty darn cold lately. That being said, whether or not it's actually cold can best be determined by human male shrinkage. To be perfectly honest, it's been cold.

The parks were actually not as empty as I'd hoped tonight. Walt didn't start crying downpours from heaven over the whole Star Wars thing until after I left. Everyone was dressed like they were in the arctic.

 

[Figments Friend]

....... That being said, whether or not it's actually cold can best be determined by human male shrinkage.

 

[Phroobar]

That being said, whether or not it's actually cold can best be determined by human male shrinkage.

You don't hear that everyday on a Disney forum.

 

[StarWarsFan2016]

Los Angeles is too cold in winter (and sometimes in summer too, especially at night). 55 degrees today and no sun at all. Its going to rain later. I'm inside huddled with the heater on.

I'll take Disney World with the heavy afternooon downpours all summer long because at least its nice and warm there and sunny in the morning and in the evening before and after the rain.

They should build a Disneyland in Singapore or Hawaii where its really warm all year round all day and night.

Los Angeles is overrated for warmth. I don't even think most Californians have experienced a warm summer night before or even know that it can actually rain when its above 65 degrees outside.

 

[FigmentForver96]

Soooo anybody have any photos of the park and the rain? It must be beautiful to walk through

 

[Curious Constance]

Soooo anybody have any photos of the park and the rain? It must be beautiful to walk through

There is one posted in the

Soooo anybody have any photos of the park and the rain? It must be beautiful to walk through

There is one posted in the DLR Picture of the Day thread. An awesome one too! It's on the most recent page.