By: Trevor Loudon
New Zeal
I feel like the Forrest Gump of natural events.
Before heading to the US three weeks ago, my wife was terrified that we might experience one of California’s famous earthquakes.
The day before we were due to leave, our home town of Christchurch was rocked by our biggest ever earthquake – 7.1 on the Richter Scale.
Today, rolling down Highway 101 into Los Angeles we remarked on the extreme heat, but thought this must be normal for California. After passing a huge scrub fire at Thousand Oaks, we checked the temperature at 108 F. Then we found that downtown LA had its highest ever recorded temperature today at 113 F!
I was also there when New Zealand recorded its highest ever recorded temperature in 1972 or 3. I was at Rangiora High School, near Christchurch when that town sweltered at a record breaking 108 F.
I wuz there.
