Column: It's flooding in Southern California. 85 years ago, the damage was way worse
Water rushes through a flood-control channel Tuesday in the Atwood barrio of Placentia. This year marks the 85th anniversary of the worst flood in ...
Water rushes through a flood-control channel Tuesday in the Atwood barrio of Placentia. This year marks the 85th anniversary of the worst flood in Southern California history, in which 43 Atwood residents died. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)My umbrella was wide and sturdy, my rain slicker insulated and as yellow as a Minion. I wore thick Dickies and my good pair of Doc Martens.It didn't matter. Just minutes after I stepped out of my Yukon to walk around Parque de los Niños in Placentia's Atwood barrio last week, I was thoroughly soaked.