Watery Grave

Recently I saw an oldish shoot 'em up, set in and around present day (1967) Los Angeles, with Lee Marvin as the anti-hero, "Point Blank". Rather good movie. One of the shootings happens in Los Angeles in what looks like a 300 foot (or so, at the top) wide empty concrete ditch. I found out that this concrete ditch is actually the Los Angeles River. I assumed that in times (way) past, this was a natural river and that the concrete ditch was merely poured into the existing course. Who knew?

Well, natives have always known, of course. However, what with the Noah-esque rain the past few days, photos of the half-full, or thereabouts, waterway have been popping up all over the place. Here's one example.

My sister, et al, are farther south near San Diego, where the onslaught has been kinder.