Los Angeles suffers longest dry spell in 130 years

[Herman Munster]

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070401224357.3dsap835&show_article=1

Los Angeles is going through its longest dry spell in at least 130 years, the National Weather Service said Sunday, fueling fears of rampant wildfires which have plagued the US west coast in recent years.
"The rain season is currently the driest to date in downtown Los Angeles since records began in 1877," the weather service said in a statement.

It said the southern California city had received just 2.47 inches (6.27 centimeters) of rain since July 1, 2006, far from the normal precipitation of 13.94 inches (35.4 centimeters) in the same period.

"If downtown Los Angeles receives less than 1.95 inches of rain from now through June 30th this will become the driest rain season ever," it said.

The record-holder is the 2001-2002 season which saw just 4.42 inches (11.22 centimeters) of rain.

[villager]

1. "The Burning of Los Angeles" -- turns out Nathanael West didn't make it up

After our "sneak preview" this past Friday, of how fast real estate will burn around here this year, it's gonna be a "long, hot summer' indeed...

[madrchsod]

2. the west was discovered by the white folks while the region

was going through a wet period....look around people, there were civilizations that came and went because of the weather...

[ellisonz]

3. Burn.

[kineneb]

4. NorCal is dry too

and of course, the extra help we might have expected from our National Guard won't be there, 'cause DimSon and Co. have shipped them all off to subsidize Halliburton's hostile takeover of Iraq, etc.

:grr:

[Quixote1818]

5. It was an El Nino winter too. Very unusual.

El Nino winters are usually very wet for Southern Cal.