6 January 2008 - 23:02Los Angeles in the rain

It is true, occasionally rain does fall in the fine, dusty city of Los Angeles.   Not ‘drizzle’,’sprinkle’ or the laughable ‘falling mist’, but true rain does fall about 3-4 times a year.

At which point the drivers go insane.

LA drivers do one of two things in the rain: ignore it completely and pretend that nothing is happening or freak out and drive with whitened knuckles at a third the speed limit.  People, work with me here.

Last night I driving home on the 2 freeway and I see a guy in a big black suburban barrel in from the on ramp.  He’s pushing 75, engine rumbling like it’s proof of his virility,  straight into a huge pool of water that (of course) tends to fill up by the side of the freeway when it rains.  So he hits this huge pool and waterplanes, skimming his steel behemoth over the water, his wheels turning back and forth helplessly as he tries to push his steroid fueled muscles through the steering wheel to the asphalt somewhere below.   Ok, so I can’t prove he was juiced- stay with me.  Soon enough his wheels touch ground again and his suburban jack-knifes briefly before coming in to a roughly straight line with the freeway.  Dumbass then guns it (because he lost some speed while he was skimming) and climbs back up to 75 while I give him lots, and lots of room.

sigh.

One more thing- earlier that day my soccer game was canceled (canceled!) because of the rain.  Have you pansies ever heard of England?  What do you think they do when it rains!?!   grrrr. sigh.

‘nuf said.