. The 5 Freeway North in Santa Ana just south of the Orange Crush shut down for hours on Saturday because a shallow pool had settled across all the lanes — a surreal scene I never imagined seeing there.
The crowds thinned out the closer I got to the riprap, until I was the last person around. Before me were broken fire pits. Dead electrical wires snaked out of dirt mounds. A palm tree lay on boulders like a chewed-up toothpick. Small, pointy rocks littered the sand where there were none before. There was more riprap than ever.
San Clemente had stayed on my mind throughout all these months, and not just because of the shutdown of the only train route between San Diego and Los Angeles. I wondered if it was time to feel sad for something I normally wouldn’t have much sympathy for.
GustavoArellano Hey Gustavo. Between 5,000-20,000 yrs ago (+/-) sea levels, globally, rose approx 400 ft. Averaging LA & La Jolla SLR rate, SLR is approx 1.5mm/yr. 20K yrs ago the beach would be approx 3.1 miles SW of it's current place. Feel free to reach out.
GustavoArellano Anyone know if I can make these links open in the LAT app?
GustavoArellano 'the ravages of climate change' I suspect Gustavo is implying the man-made version. At any rate, he is falsely claiming this. Love the picture of the cliff, above the roadway - nowhere near the beach. At the current rate of SLR the Ocean will be at street level in 3,454 yrs.
GustavoArellano Climate change is a scam
Gracias for rt!
GustavoArellano Until we abandon the politics of resentment - which is common on the right and left - nothing can improve.
GustavoArellano Guy moves here from Mexico to shit on Americans. Good job LA Times.
Hey Gustavo. Between 5,000 and 20,000 yrs ago (+/-) sea levels, globally, rose approx 400 ft. Averaging the LA and La Jolla SLR rate, SLR is approx 1.5mm/yr. 20K yrs ago the beach would be approx 3.1 miles SW of it's current place.
Good to see GustavoArellano learning about completely normal & natural beach erosion processes!