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        Scenes From Pasadena During a Hurricane

        • News Desk
          • August 20, 2023
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      Photographs from various parts of Pasadena and Altadena during Hurricane Hilary.

      By News Desk

      Click on the photos to enlarge and to start the photo gallery.

      a wet street with clouds and rain

      Where did the San Gabriel Mountains go? (Photo – ColoradoBlvd.net)

      An empty wet street

      Madison Ave. and Colorado Blvd. (Photo – ColoradoBlvd.net)

      two people walk with their dog under the rain

      Our furry children need to walk (Photo – ColoradoBlvd.net)

      a student holding groceries on a sidewalk by a school

      Getting last minute supplies near PCC (Photo – ColoradoBlvd.net)

      Utilities crew working under the rain

      PWP crews restoring power to residents (Photo – ColoradoBlvd.net)

      a person with a cart attempting to cross a street

      An unhoused person crossing Green Street (Photo – ColoradoBlvd.net)

      a grandiose building with people inside

      An event at Pasadena City Hall (Photo – ColoradoBlvd.net)

      Man and woman walking under an umbrella

      A stroll by City Hall during the storm (Photo – ColoradoBlvd.net)

      A parking lot full of cars

      Ralph’s parking lot is almost full on Lake (Photo – ColoradoBlvd.net)

      A person walking in the middle of a street

      We encountered an unhoused person walking in the middle of Lake (Photo – ColoradoBlvd.net)

      An almost empty street

      Colorado Blvd., August 20, 2023 (Photo – ColoradoBlvd.net)

      An empty street

      Green Street (Photo – ColoradoBlvd.net)

      A person crossing an empty street

      By Caltech (Photo – ColoradoBlvd.net)

      two people waiting for the bus on a rainy day

      Waiting for the bus on Colorado Blvd. (Photo – ColoradoBlvd.net)

      a wet road and brushes

      Altadena during Tropical Storm Hilary (Photo – JerryShots)

      a reservoir for extra water runoff

      JPL and Hahamongna Watershed (Photo – JerryShots)

      a water gushing from a reservoir

      Water flowing through Devil’s Gate Dam (Photo – JerryShots)

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      1. Carol Germain says:
        August 21, 2023 at 12:37 pm

        I was grateful that Pasadena did not get the high winds or earthquakes, although the heavy rain caused enough trouble with flooding and mud. So glad (so far) no recurrence of the 2011 wind disaster.

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