I like to think of Dodger Stadium as a castle, and this (optical illusion) as the moat to intimidate opposing teams. 
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The parking intimidates plenty of fans too, even when the lots are bone dry.
I just saw that 395 is open again.
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I doubt anyone who has been to Dodger Stadium thought anything catastrophic happened. All that was said on this thread was that it it wasn’t an overreaction to reschedule the game.
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Someone from New Jersey asked on TripAdvisor about the aftermath of the hurricane. “Will the clean up process be complete in less than 2 weeks? Are there areas I should avoid?” They must think it’s like Ian in Florida! Too much hype in advance.
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I wouldn’t plan on going to Death Valley in the next 2 weeks. They had their wettest day on record at Furnace Creek and the park is closed:
https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/400-people-stranded-in-death-valley-after-hilary-18307664.php
In my opinion this is an example of how difficult/probably impossible it is to please everyone…especially when it comes to predicting the future. If there is too much “hype” compared to the actual unfolding of the event, some people will complain. If there isn’t enough warning of possible destruction/devastation, some people will complain. Being a critic is easy…and for the record, this is not directed @Marilyn.
Personally, I tend towards “ignorance is bliss, but knowledge is power”. I felt this way with Covid and also with the end-of-life caregiving of both my parents.
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If officials hadn’t “hyped” the storm as much as they did, we’d have had more people out and about, more people swept away by flood waters, etc… I think people generally took it seriously and so we didn’t have loss of life.
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Hoping whatever project @coralbrook is doing now didn’t have any damage! Tough doing construction when there are big storms like this.
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In retrospect, “hype” was the wrong word. It definitely was bad east of the mountains. But they made it sound like the city would be flattened and didn’t really come back and note it wasn’t even as bad (in the city of San Diego) as last winter’s storms when tons of trees came down.
I followed the storm pretty closely although from afar and not on tv news because I don’t watch that. I’ve got family from the coast to the mountains and in between in Southern California. And there was some unsupported “hype” (the NWS Los Angeles office sent out some tweets that were a tiny bit unhinged at one point) but there was also nuance that doesn’t make it into news stories. It was clear that the mountains and the deserts were going to get the brunt of the storm and that is where there were flooded roads and debris flows blocking roads. It also made a significant difference that Hilary went a bit east of early forecasts and spent more time over land in Baja which weakened it some. So yeah, for most folk in the most populated areas it wasn’t as bad as some of the atmospheric river storms last winter. But for some folks in less populated areas there was significant flooding and wind. And when you’ve had storms that train and just keep coming for days, this felt very short-lived.
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We had 4-6 inches of rain Sunday. The raging water through our usually dry creek beds was enough to undermine two major roadways and wash away the sidewalks and parts of the asphalt. It wasn’t like an east coast hurricane, but it was helpful that people generally stayed at home.
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The Las Vegas valley just ended up getting the equivalent of a heavy monsoon. But the main road up near Mt. Charleston is washed away, and they’re focused now on building a one-lane replacement for residents and first responders only. There is no timeline for when visitors will be able to return to that part of the mountain.
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