Posted on 08/21/2023 8:05:53 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Panic-stricken Californians raced to escape mudslides and climbed trees to safety from dangerous floodwaters as historic Tropical Storm Hilary barreled through the region, leaving scenes of devastation in its wake.
The Golden State’s first tropical storm in 84 years, Hilary drenched some areas with more than half an average year’s worth of rain, creating dangerous driving conditions that caused multiple vehicles to spin out of control, and in some cases, even crash.
Harrowing video shot on northbound 5 Freeway in Castaic, Los Angeles County, shows multiple vehicles fishtailing and hydroplaning on a flooded road, as reported by KTLA.
A white van is seen spinning out of control and nearly wrecking on the slick blacktop.
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I wonder how many people who abandoned their cars were already under water...
There's no water on the road. People in Cali just don't know how to drive.
Californians are apparently unaware of the physics of hydroplaning.
Most here can't find their windshield wiper controls.
In the winter we had two jet streams mix and gave huge amounts of rain in California and now we had a tropical storm with a lot of rain if that’s climate change count me in for more.
Warnings were given hours before the arrival of what was in California a storm.
Californians are unaware!
Bald tires are fine on dry pavement.
The mayor is asking for federal assistance because the storm caused 30 million dollars worth of improvements.
Libtards love Hillary
"they had plenty of warning....just get out of town....geez..."
It can't happen here. /sarc
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I suspect that a significant reason that Californians pay taxes is to keep desperate Democrats and RINOs in power.
Californians approved billions for new water storage. Why hasn’t it gotten built? (Non-FR; 1.16.23)
Democratic and Republican Trump supporters everywhere need to primary ALL incumbents in 2024 so that a new Trump-supporting Congress will actually do its constitutional duty to give Californians and citizens likewise. being oppressed in other activist states a republican form of government.
"Article IV, Section 4: The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government [emphasis added], and against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence."
“hydroplaning”
You hydroplane when driving eighty miles an hour in rain—who knew?
;-)
What about the drought that less than a year ago was going to take decades to recover from?
Why did these people leave their house to climb a tree? Gov Pomade declared an emergency and schools were cancelled. /S
EC
At least they are acknowledging that this has happened before. I got freakin' tired of the "First one ever" BS being pushed all over the media.
A couple decades ago I was driving on the freeway in Philadelphia, it was icy cold and began snowing. Lots of cars fishtailing and sliding/crashing into the side barriers, scary to watch. It was climate change - clear one day and snowing the next day. /s
with reports coming in all over the area it is clear that MSM is lying.
So blatant
because most Californians have their noses in their phones and pay no attention to the weather, and bitch about the rain in the winter...
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