Is the left or the right to blame?
Huntington Beach is a national treasure. The Southern California town, which boasts 8.5 miles of beautiful sandy beaches that deliver waves universally praised as “soft” and “I guess ok if you’re into that sort of thing.” Surf City, USA, as it is officially known after winning a bruising fight with Santa Cruz, to the north, hosts the annual U.S. Open of Surfing, is home to Surfline and has long held the best surf-adjacent riots.
Lately, Huntington Beach has also planted its flag in the culture wars, or rather not planted its flag, as it were, outlawing breast cancer survivors, Stanford graduates or rainbow fans from flying their banners on city property. One of many moves the municipality has made to counter the “woke” apocalypse.
Well, you can imagine the terror, then, when, yesterday, the aforementioned 8.5 mile thaumaturgy was shuttered due “sky anger.”
Per KTLA 5:
Multiple beaches in Orange County were closed Monday afternoon due to the threat of lightning strikes in the area.
Huntington Beach closed its beaches around 3:20 p.m., and officials said they would remain closed until “weather conditions are deemed safe.”
The Seal Beach Police Department also announced that beaches, as well as the pier, would be closed while a storm system moved through the coastal area.
The National Weather Service announced early Monday morning that an upper-level low-pressure system near Phoenix would be “drifting slowly southwestward” through the afternoon, bringing with it a slight chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
KTLA Storm Tracker radar showed a surge of moisture building Monday afternoon, with the best chance for thunderstorms expected around 3 p.m. through 6 p.m.
No word on if electricity touched the ground but who do imagine felt most scared? Trans activists wanting to read library books to children or those busily writing laws that will enshrine “use the bathroom of your birth” into Huntington Beach’s charter?
More as the story develops.
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All HB residents swim upstream and return to the bathroom of their birth every fall
How dare you write anything about the hell pit known as Huntington Beach without consulting that douchebag Hoskinson first.
Hey, rumor has it Hoskinson is busy working on the Ronnie G memorial statue!
He should get to work purging the internet of all his past fuckheadery.
Bro HE will call you out for this and demand you show up at the Driftwood to settle this slight of his manhood!
Why isn’t the lamestream media covering this? Bc the sky’s micro-aggressions doesn’t fit their narrative of the so-cal sky being all about peace and love, blue and beautiful. Fuck the liberal media.
lightening is diversity in So Cal
You’ve gotta be a real snowflake cuck to be afraid of lightning. Lightning and rainbows sometimes appear in close succession. Ergo lightning is part of the LGBTQ+ agenda and I for one will not stand for it. If I am not free to die by lightning strike, how is this country any different than China?
Obvious chicom psyop, that ain’t gonna trick this here alpha!!!
Needs more WORDS and PHRASES that are EXCLUSIVELY IN CAPITAL LETTERS! !!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
In the scientific world, lightning plus water is a bad combination. In fantasy world, somehow how rainbows enter into the fray eliciting a bunch of xenophobic comments that show a fear typically tied to hiding ones true desires.
Maybe for your next act you can refer to yourself in the 3rd person like a true douchebag.
You do realize my comment was facetious right? I was making fun of the types of comments that the overly politicized post on stories to make every story conform to their dopey political views. And when I say “their” I mean the overly politicized folks on the left and on the right, who are both busy ruining our country.
But seriously if you couldn’t immediately see that my comment was sarcasm, you are probably spending too much time online fighting with enemies both real and imagined. Take a step back and get some perspective.
I’m actually stunned that you thought this was a real comment. I mean seriously the “this here alpha” line didn’t tip you off?
I’m sorry, I just write what comes across my mind. Emotion doesn’t always translate via typed text. MWA!!
interesting point about Rainbows and the LGBTQ community.
why did homosexuals choose the rainbow as their symbol? they are no more diverse (racially) than the heterosexual community.
in the 80’s, homosexuals would put colored bandanas in their back pockets to signify what type of sex they preferred or what special kink they were into; S&M, pitcher, catcher, golden showers, etc.
maybe it came from that.
others believe it is a direct slap in the face of christians, based on the covenant of the rainbow, in which God destroyed mankind because of their corrupt and evil hearts and wickedness, and after cleansing the earth of evil gave a rainbow as a sign of his covenant with man.
whether you believe in God or not, or colorful bandanas, it’s interesting to think about.