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The Death Valley Germans
So I was just randomly scrolling through Reddit threads last week and I stumbled on this article. I started reading it, and was fascinated by it. I opened up Google Maps to follow along in the "adventure ( Read more... ) -
Aftermath
The wind didn't materialize on Thursday night as was predicted... actually is was very calm. Crews have been working overtime to clean things up, but the priority has been getting the roads clear for cars; there are still sidewalks that are impassible, and probably at least half of the street parking on my street is taken up by tree debris... which ( Read more... ) -
Hurricane-force winds...
Pasadena is currently experiencing pretty much the worst Santa Ana winds ever. Seriously, I've never seen wind damage like this. They say the wind got up to 80mph here in the city, and close to 100mph in the mountains. It was kind of scary last night, I couldn't get to sleep because the wind was howling. And emergency vehicles had their sirens on.
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Carmageddon
Interstate 405 in Los Angeles is one of the most congested freeways in the country. The 405-101 interchange, I believe, is the busiest in the country, while the 405-10 interchange is in the top 3 or 4 or something. The stretch of the 405 between the 101 and the 10 is the most direct way to get between the San Fernando Valley (population of almost 2 ( Read more... ) -
A bunch of photos I took of the Bradbury Building last weekend...
The Bradbury Building is a historic landmark in Downtown LA. It was built in the late 1800's and was hugely expensive to build for the time. Fortunately, it has been preserved and it still looks great today ( Read more... ) -
"Prelude to War"
So in the past few months I've been on this Bear McCreary/Battlestar Galactica soundtrack kick. This one piece I started listening to about a month ago, and one of my first listenings coincided with me watching a video of the Japan tsunami.
Now whenever I hear this song, all I can think of are waves of water wiping out Japanese towns. Ugh.
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