Ngeke usho ukuthi akuzange kukunake, leso siphepho esiwumbani kaJuni, izinkulungwane zokuzamazama komhlaba okunamandla e-Los Angeles.Okunye kwakho kwabulala owesifazane wasePico Rivera ngesikhathi ehamba nezinja ezimbili.Umbiko wezindaba ze-TV wabelana ngokuthi kungenzeka umbani empilweni yeminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili: 1 ku-15,300.
Iminyaka engu-150, i-Los Angeles iphuze esayo isimo sezulu - PR Kool-Aid: Imnene!iphunga elimnandi!ingadi!ipharadesi!Izinsuku ezingama-730 zokukhanya kwelanga ngonyaka!
Kodwa i-Los Angeles ingaba umshini webhola lebhola lesimo sezulu: ubuhle obuthule, kodwa flip inkinobho ethi "khanyisa", futhi i-pow, bang, ding-ding-ding-isimo sezulu siyabubula, kaningi kunalokho ongase ucabange.
Njengoba i-“Los Angeles in the 1930s: WPA’s Guide to the City of Angels” ikubeka—inomsindo omkhulu, eqinisweni, kangangokuthi ungakwazi ukusho ukuthi yabhalwa umdwebi esikhundleni somphathi-hhovisi—i-Southern California ihlanganisa isimo sezwe elincane eziningana zazo. amakhilomitha-skwele ayizinkulungwane.”Iwukhahlamba lwezintaba olumazombezombe oluhlukaniswe imihosha ejulile futhi luphakeme ngaphezu kweziqongo ezingamamitha angu-10 000 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle; ihlathi nogwadule oluwudedangendlale, izintaba ezigelezayo, izigodi ezivundile kanye nemifula yezinkathi ezithile eziholela olwandle; Isifunda esinogu olumangelengele, ugu, amachweba, amatheku neziqhingi ezinohlaza ezihlanzwe uLwandlekazi iPacific.”
I-Los Angeles iyindawo eyinkimbinkimbi.Kulesi sici samasonto onke, u-Pat Morrison uchaza ukuthi sisebenza kanjani, umlando namasiko.
Ngawo wonke lawa mabhishi namawa asogwini lolwandle, izingwadule eziphakeme neziphansi, iziqongo zezintaba namaxhaphozi, nemifula evelayo—okungenani isigamu seshumi nambili lenani le-microclimates—isimo sezulu esinesiyaluyalu singase simmangaze, kodwa akufanele sishaqise. Incwadi kaP. Bailey eyasungulwa ngo-1966 ethi, “The Southern California Climate,” yaphawula ukuthi sonke lesi simo sezulu “esingavamile”—umoya, imvula, ukuduma, nombani ovela emoyeni wasogwadule, umoya obandayo nomoya wasolwandle—lwalethe “kude” iLos Angeles. Kunokwehlukahlukana okwengeziwe ezinhlotsheni zesimo sezulu kunalokho obekungalindelwa ezimweni zendawo kuphela.”
Ngakho-ke uma i-UCLA ne-USC bezifuna ngempela ukujoyina i-Big Ten, zingasho ngobuqiniso bobuchwepheshe, “Hey, Icy Rust Belt bakwethu, sineqhwa nathi!”
Kodwa akuvamile, hhayi kakhulu.Alikho iqhwa langempela eliye lahlala edolobheni lase-Los Angeles njengomqeqeshi wokuzivocavoca wama-Olympic kusukela ngoJanuwari 1962, kodwa muva nje ngoFebhuwari 2019, amakhekheba eqhwa eMalibu, eNorthridge, nakwezinye izindawo ezimbalwa enze isivunguvungu ku-Twitter.
Isimo sezulu esipholile asiseyona nje indawo yokuthengisa eNingizimu yeCalifornia. Empeleni kuyimfundisoze, isimo sezulu esimnandi esikhathazayo, esithengiswa kanzima njengamafutha enyoka.
URobert Frost wabhala enkondlweni yakhe ethi “New Hampshire” ukuthi wahlangana nabantu abavela kwezinye izifundazwe. …”
U-Bob Hope, ongowokuzalwa e-London odlala igalofu ekukhanyeni kwelanga okuphakade kwemifino yethu engenabala, ugcina inqolobane yamahlaya amayelana nesimo sezulu saseCalifornia esihlanekezelwe.Umlingisi u-Monty Woolley ungumsunguli walesi siphuzo esingaba yiqhwa size sife ngaphansi kwesihlahla esiqhakazayo samarose eNingizimu. California.
Uma wenza into enkulu - njengeSouthern California - ngenxa yokuthi asikho isimo sezulu esimangalisayo, bese uthola umthamo omkhulu wezinye izinto ezifana nokuduma, ukuduma kwezulu kukaJuni, kubonakala kungaphezu kwalokho esizovuma ukuthi Izinto ezinjengalezi zikhathaza nakakhulu uma isimo sezulu siyenzeka, futhi asihlali “sixakile.”
I-Times isebenzisa igama elithi “okumangalisayo” ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuze ichaze isimo sezulu esiphikisana nendaba ye-Chamber, njengoba yenza encazelweni yayo kaJulayi 1918 “yesiphepho esiyinqaba esake sagadla eCalifornia eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-20.” Kwakuyisiphepho esiwumbani amathangi okugcina uwoyela oshisiwe e-El Segundo futhi wahlukanisa isihlahla sikaphayini esingamamitha angu-80 ubude e-Pasadena - ngokuqinisekile, umthelela waso womuntu wawumkhulu, kodwa Njengesiphepho, kungase kungabi yinto engavamile ngokwayo.
Indima kaSteve Martin njengombikezeli wesimo sezulu "Endabeni Yase-Los Angeles" ngezinye izikhathi irekhoda kusengaphambili izibikezelo ezingaguquki, ezingenamafu. Bese, ngemva kokubona kusengaphambili ilanga-langa, imvula iphikelela ekuna, futhi uyabanjwa.Isibikezelo sezulu sangempela sase-Los Angeles, U-Kenneth Showalter owazalelwa e-Iowa, e-MIT uthe ngo-1951 kwakukhona ukuziqhenya ngisho nasekhasini eliphrintiwe, Singaziqhenya ngezwe "lokushintshashintsha kwesimo sezulu kwansuku zonke emhlabeni jikelele". imithetho yesimo sezulu: “Umyalo we-11 wanoma yimuphi umqondisi wezulu wethelevishini uwukuphumela ngaphandle kwestudiyo ngaphambi kokuthi uqale emoyeni.” Bheka.”
Umbono ohlanganisa ubuqiniso bomlingo, amahlaya othando, ngisho noShakespeare futhi okungaba yizwi lika-Martin kuphela, “Indaba yase-Los Angeles” ekugcineni ithola ukukhishwa kwe-Blu-ray ngoNovemba 9, okulandelwa ukufundwa bukhoma kombhalo onikezwe ifilimu. ngoNovemba 13 indie.
Imvula yesine ephakeme kakhulu yamahora angu-24 emlandweni wezwekazi lase-United States yayingama-intshi angu-25.83 akhululwa ngoJanuwari 1944 yiSan Gabriel Mountains, amakhilomitha ambalwa ngaphezu kweSierra Madre. ezansi neziNtaba zase-Arroyo nemihosha, okwabangela izikhukhula ezibulalayo, okukhumbulekayo kakhulu ngo-1914, 1934 no-1938.
Isibalo sabashonile ngenxa yezikhukhula zangaphambi kukaNcibijane ka-1933-34 asikaze sibalwe ngokunembile, kodwa kufanele ukuthi kube nenqwaba yabantu abafa emihosheni eyaqala ngenhla kweMontrose neLa Crescenta futhi yafika phansi kwezintaba. Abashonile ngamawele e-USC kanye nabalingisi bezingane bakudala uWinston noWeston Dotty, abagoduke nephathi.
Ngo-1938, esinye isikhukhula esabangelwa yimvula—okungenzeka ukuthi sabangelwa i-El Niño yangaphambili—amakhilomitha amaningi e-Los Angeles—ama-Oscars ahlehliswe isonto lonke. Okungenani kwashona abantu abayikhulu kuleyo ngozi, abangu-15 kubo babemi emgwaqeni. ibhuloho, ngimangazwe ukushesha kwamanzi, lapho kungazelelwe isikhukhula sikhukhula phezu kwebhuloho.
IMeya yase-Los Angeles uFrank Shaw utshele abantu baseMelika ngobuciko emsakazweni ukuthi: “Ilanga liyakhanya eSouthern California namuhla, futhi … iLos Angeles isamamatheka.” Ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kamuva, wabizwa, hhayi ngenxa yokuqamba amanga ngesimo sezulu—ukuthi kuwumsebenzi wakhe womphakathi – kodwa ngenxa yenkohlakalo.
Unyaka ngemva kwezikhukhula zeTestamente Elidala zango-1938, imvula, isichotho, ukuduma kwezulu, uthingo oluphindwe kabili, neqhwa elinamandla kwanyakazisa izingxenye ezahlukene zeBeverly Hills yaseLos Angeles ngesikhathi esisodwa, ngesichotho esingama-nickels, futhi ukuqhathanisa okunjalo kumelwe kube ukweyisa izindawo ezingaphansi kwedolobha. lwemali egoqiwe .
NgoSepthemba, izinga lokushisa lase lingaphezu kwama-degree angu-100, futhi imvula enamandla e-Riverside County yasho ukuthi abasebenzi abangu-75 ku-San Jacinto River levee kwadingeka bakhishwe.Khuluma ngesimo sezulu esincane sakho: I-Gilman Springs ithola ama-intshi angu-5 emvula emahoreni amabili, kodwa imvula incane kakhulu. e-Hemet, cishe amamayela angu-7, ukusho ukuthi “liyana” ngaphambi kokumisa lesi sisho.
NgoJanuwari 1932, kwawa iqhwa cishe amahora amabili, okwanele ukwenza ukubalwa kwabantu abavilapha beqhwa ezingxenyeni zaseLos Angeles.
[Qaphela ukuthi ngisho naseSifundazweni Sase-Los Angeles, ezolimo zaziyimboni enkulu, futhi kwaze kwaba ngu-1950 lesi sifunda sasiyisifunda sezolimo esinenzuzo kakhulu e-United States.”I-Freak” akusho nje isimo sezulu esihluke ngendlela edidayo; kungasho umehluko phakathi kwesitshalo nokwehluleka kwezitshalo.)
Ukuduma kwezulu ngoJuni 1931 kwaqubula imililo yehlathi eyisishiyagalombili kwalimaza abafana abane basePomona ngesikhathi begibela amabhayisikili abo bezungeza isihlahla esikhulu esiphambi kwePomona YMCA eyabanjwa ugesi. Inhlangano.izakhiwo futhi yakhalisa ngokucabangisisa i-alamu yomlilo.
Imimoya yase-Santa Ana, njengophaya wama-apula, iza futhi ihambe kushisa noma kubanda, kodwa ihlala idlula futhi ishaya umlozi.NgoZibandlela wezi-2011, yaphusha isibalo sesiphepho saya kuSigaba 2, ngomoya ovunguzayo ongu-97 mph endaweni ephansi ye-San. UGabriel, esiphula izihlahla ezifana nezaqathi eziningi eziseLos Angeles County Arboretum kanye naseHuntington Library and Gardens.
Ngo-March 1963, isivunguvungu sothuli esingu-50-mph saphoqa i-Angels kanye ne-Houston Colts .45 - iminyaka emibili ngaphambi kokuba baqanjwe kabusha ngokuthi i-Astros - kanye nabalandeli babo abangu-7,000 ngaphandle kwenkundla e-Palm Springs. eWest Los Angeles ngempi ye-snowball.
NgoFebhuwari 1983, izivunguvungu nezivunguvungu ezidala inkathi yaxosha iNdlovukazi yaseNgilandi eyayivakashile - inkosi yeziqhingi ezimanzi kakhulu - kusukela esikebheni sakhe lapha kude nomhlabathi owomile. amakhaya angomahamba nendlwana nokukhipha ingxenye yophahla lwe-Los Angeles Convention Center. Kuphinde kwanikeza isiteshi sezindaba se-TV sendawo ithuba elingandile lokudlala “I-Tornado Watch” ezikrinini zethu.
Ngemva kwesiphepho sezulu sango-1932—uma ungasibiza ngamasentimitha ambalwa—i-Times yalandelela isazi sesimo sezulu sase-US u-LH Daingerfield. Uvusa umoya wethu ngomoya ophansi:
“Ngihlale ngikuthola kuhlekisa ukuzwa isimo sezulu saseSouthern California sibizwa 'ngokungajwayelekile'…Abantu lapha bajwayele umoya opholile nesimo sezulu esipholile, esipholile kangangokuthi uma kwenzeka okuthile okungalindelekile, njengokuthi Uma likhithika, baqale ukumemeza, “Lokhu okungajwayelekile kakhulu!” Ukufana kwesimo sethu sezulu ‘esivamile’ kwenza ngisho nokushintshashintsha okuncane ‘okungajwayelekile’ kubonakale.”
U-Pat Morrison ungumbhali nomlobi we-Los Angeles Times futhi wabelane ngemiklomelo ye-Pulitzer emibili njengelungu lamaqembu amabili abikayo. Izinhlelo zakhe zomsakazo zomphakathi ziwine izindondo zama-Emmy ayisithupha, izincwadi zakhe ezimbili ezingelona iqiniso zithengiswa kakhulu, kanye nesitolo sezinja ezishisayo saseHollywood. UPink's uqambe inja yakhe yemifino ngegama lakhe.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Aug-02-2022