"The greater Los Angeles area became a global hub for aerospace and defense manufacturing around the start of World War II, with companies here producing military aircraft, electronics, plastics, petroleum products..."
archive link: https://archive.ph/VewQx
"A ruptured crude oil pipeline in East Los Angeles sent an estimated 2,400 gallons into storm drains and the L.A. River after a telecommunications crew accidentally struck the underground line
Wildlife responders rescued multiple oil-covered birds"
large industrial fire
this is *NOT* the chemical kablooey situation in Garden Grove we all have an eye on, either
EDIT, corrected link
https://abc7.com/post/live-massive-industrial-fire-breaks-south-gate/19164001/
"toxic chemical tank will likely leak or explode"
never a dull moment here, never
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/garden-grove-hazmat-response-leak/3893550/
"Wearing gas masks and carrying protest signs, Pasadena housewives calling themselves the Smog-A-Tears parade through downtown Pasadena in 1954, while a newspaper photographer, left, takes pictures" (Los Angeles Times)
tell me you live in Long Beach without telling me you live in Long Beach
(i would also accept entries centering explosions or sulfurous odors)
other people are posting pretty snow pictures, i'm out here scouring the xenophobia app for info about explosions. Long Beach is just built different i guess
1909 Los Angeles Herald headlines were wild:
SUES COMPANY BECAUSE MULE KICKED HIM AND FAILED TO OPEN DOOR
NIGHTGOWN IGNITED AND WOMAN IS BADLY BURNED
FORMER MINNESOTAN IS KILLED BY CAR
(it me, btw)
FONDNESS FOR MACHINERY LEADS TO A FIST FIGHT
END OF OCEAN HATE WAR ASSURED BY WEDNESDAY**
CHURCHMAN'S SON FORCED TO CRIME
GIRL MURDERED FOR HER GEMS
MEETS DEATH AS BURNING TORCH
BIG GOLF BATTLE IS FORESHADOWED
LONG BEACH WINS
EXHIBITION OF CAT CLUB ENDS
GARBAGE CONTRACT SUGGESTIONS MADE
(the actual reason I am reading this, natch)
HORSE DEALER CHARGES RANCHMAN WITH SLANDER
**turns out it's actually Ocean Rate War, a pity
The tiny blooms were strikingly fragrant. I'm going to try to remember to go back and see if I can forage grapes later this summer. (Tho I suppose given their location they will be coated in a light dusting of diesel exhaust, quite the terroir)
tools for commensality 🧿
Christina D-H