To the editor: I’m an 85-year-old native Angeleno who between household, work, play and a few group activism has all the time discovered time and cause to criticize governmental entities and bureaucracies. Only a few have escaped my wrath no matter their political affiliation or social or financial philosophies. (“Hilary leaves huge flooding, mudslides, upheaval throughout Southern California,” Aug. 21)
Whereas most of my efforts have been to no avail, each on occasion a small victory sustained my perception that you would be able to in truth struggle Metropolis Corridor.
Nonetheless, I’m happy and fairly grateful that the preparation for, dealing with of and efficiency of those entities previous to, throughout and after Tropical Storm Hilary got here to Southern California have been nothing in need of extremely commendable.
I’ll nonetheless proceed to complain and nitpick as prior to now about actual or imagined governmental shortcomings. However with respect to the way during which Hilary was dealt with, I’ve nothing however excessive reward.
Marshall Barth, Encino
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To the editor: I’ve been knowledgeable meteorologist for 60 years. Climate ought to be put in perspective.
Whereas local weather change is probably going an element, and it’s true that Hilary making landfall in Southern California was distinctive, tropical cyclones are usually not new to this a part of the world.
In actual fact, the Pacific Ocean off the Mexican coast is the world’s second-most frequent supply of tropical storms and hurricanes. Most of them type quickly then weaken after they encounter cooler waters as they usually transfer to the west.
Early and particularly later within the season, some re-curve towards Baja or Southern California, weakening as they go. We now have skilled many of those remnants through the years, and it has been nicely documented by meteorologists over the a long time.
Jay Rosenthal, Pacific Palisades
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To the editor: The front-page image of the Sunday Occasions is of sandbags being stuffed on the seashore in Lengthy Seaside. However unnoted is that the employees are principally L.A. County lifeguards, women and men of their purple fits, doing the work.
A bit credit score is deserved right here. Since The Occasions didn’t give it, I assumed I’d.
Kelley Willis, Venice
