WELCOME TO SUNNY CALIFORNIA
Downtown Los Angeles right now, courtesy of ABC 7.
“it looks like it rained last night,” sez Hippy Steve. It’s just nature’s little peep show, Steve; you’ll pay full price later, just like a credit card with a suspiciously low introductory rate.
Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
Mayor: What do you mean, “biblical”?
Dr Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath of God type stuff.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Exactly.
Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
Dr. Egon Spengler: Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes…
Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave!
Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria!
San Francisco isn’t much better:
If you squint, you can just make out tourists from the Midwest shivering in their Tommy Bahama short pants and brightly festooned Hawaiian-type adventure club shirts while they wait to board a cable car. Wave hello at them, but be sure to put on a jacket first, because it’s cold out there!