How it feels right about now... Pic 1: flooding in Long Beach - 30s. Photo from the UCLA Archives. Pic 2: Sherman Oaks - 1973. Photo by Boris Yaro. Pic 3: somewhere near Jefferson and Centinela - 1958. Photo 4: flooding in Downtown - 1933 (with my fave Richfield Tower in the background). Photo from the UCLA Archives. Photo 5: Atwater Village by the LA River - 1927. Photo by George Watson. Photo 6: flooding on Pico - 1926. Photo from the UCLA Archives. Pic 7: Long Beach - 1930s. Photo from the UCLA Archives. Pic 8: 5th and Flower - 1948. Photo from the UCLA Archives. Photo 9: Topanga - 1952. Photo from the USC Archives. Photo 10: looking west on Venice Blvd. - 1928. Photo from the USC Archives.