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Hv CiiAKLKS Maclay Hooth. 



ABOUT four:oen years ago when the writer first came to Cali- 

 fornia he was told that one of the charms of the country was 

 that it never rained in summer and that the thunder storms of the 

 East were unknown in Los Angeles. 



It was an interesting but not vital bit of information for neither 

 rain nor thunder showers in summer had previously been considered 

 other than natural. 



This meterological information was received, let us say, in June 

 and was found to be entirely accurate until the middle of August. 

 On that day a cloud rose above Mt. Wilson piling its masses across 

 the sky and there descended a cloudburst with most terrific lightning 

 and thunder. 



Pasadena Avenue north of Sycamore Grove rapidly became a 

 roaring river and the Pacific Electric tracks at the foot of the hill 

 were covered a couple of feet deep with gravel and boulders. 



There went another perfectly good California weather rule. 

 However as applied to that part of the State west of the Sierra 

 Madra ranges, the rule has since been found to be good and the 

 storm mentioned was "unusual weather". 



On the so-called desert, east of the mountains, summer showers 



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