The Santa Monica Storm of 2014

Today I was sitting at my desk when suddenly a friend of mine sent me a message on Skype. It was about some kind of storm in some other part of the world. (New Jersey) What do I care, we don’t have to worry about storms here, right? So I went to my trusty browser and took a look at the weather. Uhoh:

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I was instantly on edge. Rain? Here? What? And that green bar isn’t all light green. Nothing on the radar now, but maybe I’ll check back just in case.

 

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Oh god oh god oh god oh god. Just look at that huge storm coming our way. As it got closer, I decided I had to take action. When the storm was a mere 1 minute away, I decided to brave it and go outside into the maelstrom with my trusty video camera and document it. It might be my last day on earth, I though, and then out I went. Here is what I came back with. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxIUlfqXRxM

Something was amiss. What happened? Can’t we trust the weather forecast anymore?? What is this crazy world we live in where you can’t even rely on a weather forecast?! Then, just as I was posting this video to YouTube, ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE.

WARNING: Some viewers may find this content disturbing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDCp531wnOs

I’m sure we’ll be cleaning up for a while after that one. Frankly we’re all lucky to be alive. Please, be careful out there. And keep your pets safe, they rely on you.

 

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