Newsweek International, March 14th, 2005
Byline: Rob Long
Los Angeles has so many ways to fall apart: riots, fires, earthquakes. But the thing that really makes us go nuts out here is rain.
There's been a lot lately. Hillside houses have begun to slip and buckle in the wet earth. Swimming pools have come sliding down the canyons like enormous greased-up bathtubs. Seven of my neighbors report leaky ceilings and flooded windowsills. And California houses aren't built with mudrooms and front hallways--places where people in other climates hang up raincoats and umbrellas. Soggy piles of clothes by the front door, clumped on a couple ...
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