A Valentines Day walk at the Arroyo Seco

Just walking.

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[ItsGayDiamond]

I love your dogs!!!

[jrt31169]

@ItsGayDiamond  Thanks!

[silverscreamgrl]

pretty day!Are you ever worried about flash floods? hehe Both of them have tails that stick straight up :)

[jrt31169]

(Cont'd) So basically any water we have in LA County is "watering the ocean" so to speak. At some points, like the Tujunga Wash and the San Fernando dam, they've created overflow fields that are allowed to flood during bigger rains. Also at some places along the concrete channel, the earth/plants have broken through the concrete and has slowed down the water, but it hasn't been a large problem. They've started trying to redesign it. TMI? And yes they both have the little curly-q tail.

[silverscreamgrl]

to be demolished and re-done. We were horrified that the crib we bought him, which had been set up, would be ruined, but they were able to save it. It's one of those expensive new fangled ones that "grow" with the child. To a day bed, then as a double sized bed with a head/foot board. It's pretty damned cool :) Anyway, my sister's home sustained major damage because of that. And every time it storms, she worries.

[jrt31169]

Isn't that just the crappiest situation ever. It's like they know it is going to happen, but don't do anything until the damage is already done. And you think these people would be smart enough to find a way to keep it from doing it every time. Maybe they just think it is easier to repair all this damage instead of spend the money/time to fix it, B.S.

Glad the crib was ok, because I know those things are EXPENSIVE. I know I'd be calling the city every time it rained. Ha ha ha.

[silverscreamgrl]

Nope, not TMI... very interesting. We have those sorts of cachements that bring the water down from the mountains to the ocean, however, the city/state fails to maintain the areas under the bridges and debris gets caught up, causing the water to get caught and then overflow and flood the surrounding area. Happens EVERY time. Then, they decide after people's homes are ruined, that perhaps they should clean it out. Too late. That's what happened before Bain was born and his entire room had

[jrt31169]

A little history on LA County dates back to 1930s when they had MASSIVE floods in the city to the point of devistation throughout the entire bottom half of the state. At that point, the Army Corp of Engineers came in and took the LA River and the Arroyo Seco and made the concrete channels (you can see the sloped concrete walls here, it has a concrete base - and a 4" deep by 1' wide channel that allows the water to flow all the way out to Long Beach as quick as possible.

[jrt31169]

It was, nothing like a beautiful day to help with getting some exercise.

[timido66]

Looked like a lovely day for a walk.