Sad, but California is the land of flash floods. When I went to live in the Santa Barbara area I was astonished at the street gutters being actual trenches (avoid them when parking) and the water drains being big enough to swallow a small car had there been no grill (and swallow a child even with the grill). Mind you, I came from Puget Sound where rain is the order of the day. There is a reason why all the photos of the "Los Angeles River" show it dry as a bone.
Sad, but California is the land of flash floods. When I went to live in the Santa Barbara area I was astonished at the street gutters being actual trenches (avoid them when parking) and the water drains being big enough to swallow a small car had there been no grill (and swallow a child even with the grill). Mind you, I came from Puget Sound where rain is the order of the day. There is a reason why all the photos of the "Los Angeles River" show it dry as a bone.