Carmeggedon

baltobernie · Post by **baltobernie** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:43 pm

The 405 freeway closed for 53 hours beginning tomorrow? Hope you folks have stocked up on food and adult beverages!

Razooli · Post by **Razooli** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:27 pm

spiderrey · Post by **spiderrey** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:55 pm

I rarely get on that freeway. Way on the other side of town.

baltobernie · Post by **baltobernie** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:19 pm

You just know some goober is going to try and cut it too close to closing time, then end up with appendicitis ... or childbirth ... or ...

Can't wait to read the news next week.

rlux4 · Post by **rlux4** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:46 pm

I drove that stretch for 10 years when I worked at UCLA. I can't imagine what it's going to be like on the surface streets. But then, it may be like the 84 Olympics in LA. We heard the traffic would be gidlocked, and it turned out to be just the opposite. So many locals stayed home or left town that that stretch of freeway was wide open the whole duration of the games. Easiest commuting I did the whole time I was there.
Ron

FulviaHF · Post by **FulviaHF** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:47 pm

Baltobernie,
Honestly, I'm sure it sounds catastrophic from Maryland, but it's just not that big a deal out here. It's just one stretch of one freeway (albeit a major N-S one), and it's just one weekend this year, and another weekend next year for the other half. As Ron said, the Olympics wasn't the horror show it was supposed to be. And in the 1994 Northridge earthquake, a similar stretch the 10 freeway (major E-W) was shut down for a few weeks because of damage to a major overpass. We all survived. But thanks for the concern. And good luck with your 100+ degree humid weather; now there's a cause for some well-chilled adult beverages...

baltobernie · Post by **baltobernie** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:48 am

FulviaHF wrote:And good luck with your 100+ degree humid weather; now there's a cause for some well-chilled adult beverages...

You got that right

Looks like mid-90's next week in Nashville, too. Maybe Laura will pick up a bar tab or two

There's two 500 billboard ads on US 1 that just went up, so we know she's got some budget.

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:52 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sd0gQyOZcY < live footage of Carmeggedon

jimincalif · Post by **jimincalif** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 1:44 pm

So far, so good. Looks like most people made other plans. My daughter had to get to the central coast this weekend so she left yesterday morning and will stay till Monday. Now if they don't finish on time and can't get it reopened on Monday morning, it will really be Carmeggedon!

FulviaHF · Post by **FulviaHF** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:06 am

As I figured, this was about 99% hype. The 405 re-opened 17 hours ahead of schedule. By 5pm there was already an accident with an overturned car that was backing it up farther than the repair work had--all back to normal.

Someody remind me again how this became a national story...

courtenay · Post by **courtenay** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:21 am

It became an International story - it was covered by our evening news. Slow news day, I suppose.

FulviaHF · Post by **FulviaHF** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:20 am

courtenay wrote:It became an International story - it was covered by our evening news. Slow news day, I suppose.

ludicrous. good thing there aren't wars or political strife to cover...

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:53 am

good thing there aren't wars or political strife to cover...

The Media does cover that stuff sometimes as well you just need to tune in the later hours

adrians · Post by **adrians** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:23 am

courtenay wrote:It became an International story - it was covered by our evening news. Slow news day, I suppose.

It was even on the news here in Sydney, Australia.

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:06 am

The bridge lives on so it can die another day !

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