Wet winter blues.L.A.'s recent drenching drenching farmer's term for the administration of medicines as solutions or suspensions in water by mouth with a drench bottle, gun or funnel. drenching bit to be included in a bridle as a bit. resulted in landslides, floods and sinkholes swallowing up huge chunks of city streets--all painful reminders that winters here aren't nearly as sun-drenched as the travel brochures travel brochure n → folleto turístico travel brochure n → brochure f touristique travel brochure travel n would have you believe. As the city dries out, the Business Journal asks: How have the storms affected you? Cheryl Bame Vice President Tom Tomlin Associates The rain definitely makes life more complicated in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , especially in traffic because people drive a lot slower and it backs everything up. You really have to plan where you're going to go and where you're going to park. I've not gone to some networking events because of the rain. And, it's all anyone's talking about. It's the topic of conversation around the water cooler. Barry Rothstein Vice President NAI See Network Associates. Capital Commercial Obviously, it's not good for developers and it's possibly slowed down some who aren't used to rain on the West Coast. Personally, it's affected me during the real downpours because it takes longer to go to appointments and meetings and you have to add an extra 20 or 30 minutes. Edward Yu Vice President and Director of Client Services Marketing Factory Inc. It's just a hassle, with leaks in the roof and road closures. That's not why I moved from England to Los Angeles. I moved for the sun, not for this weather. I live pretty close to work, up in the canyons north of Sunset, but it makes a seven-mile commute take over an hour. Christopher Fraenza Manager Adventure 16 We love it. Waterproof, breathable breath·a·ble adj. 1. Suitable or pleasant for breathing: breathable air. 2. Permitting air to pass through: a breathable fabric. clothing is something we sell a lot of. We're known for protecting people from the environment, so our sales go way up in this weather. Plus, we have a group of people working here who like to go outdoors and like nasty weather. It's just the challenge. We actually had a guy who tried to climb Mount San Jacinto Mount San Jacinto may refer to
Rick Meyer Freelance Photo journalist There are lots of good pictures out here in the city right now. At any time, there are between nine and 12 houses ready to fall down a hill. That's good for my business. In Malibu, today's star is a million-pound boulder that fell on the Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
Brian Elliott Brian Elliott (born April 9 1985 in Newmarket, Ontario) is a goaltender for the Binghamton Senators of the AHL. He was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the 2003 draft with the 291st pick. He went on to play 4 seasons for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mercer Station Manager Union 76, Brentwood Miserably! It makes it tough for everybody. People don't want to come out. They stay home and they make as few trips as possible. Any car repairs they need that aren't emergencies they hold off on. Scoff Johnson Director of Program Services Union Rescue Mission The Union Rescue Mission (URM) is a private, Christian, homeless shelter in downtown Los Angeles's skid row. It is the largest, private, homeless shelter in the United States. It really affected us because our donations of food, clothing and everything went down quite a bit. Also when we do have donations to pick up, the Johnson rain traffic doubles our pick-up times. We run into overtime, which eats away at budgets. A lot of times we have to put off pickups of donations because we can't get to them. I live in Pasadena, and the thunder was so incredibly loud it kept my kids up all night. I've got four kids, 8 and younger. |
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