Breaking News: Long Beach is Flooding!
(Long Beach Resident waiting (on the curb) on her bike. Making a decision about crossing the street or not, Jamba Juice Employee (right) in search of Sand Bags)
Outside my studio water fell onto the street. Sheets, buckets,cats & dogs, Belmont Shore had it all coming down on its head & streets.
Armed with my Canon 5D MII, boat shoes, and Umbrella, I captured some of the intense flooding on 2nd St.
Posting more on www.LBpost.com shortly.
(Samira Ghassemian crosses the street in search for a dry place)
(An Unidentified man attempts to leap a growing amount of water…coffee in hand)
(Layla Ghassemian (left) a San Jose Resident didn’t pack rain clothes while visiting her Cousin Samira Ghassemian (right), she said she packed mostly for sun)
(2nd St. Belmont Shore under water)
(Belmont Shore outside of The Coffee Bean)
(Argonne & 2nd St, Long Beach underwater)
(Jamba Juice Manager looking for Sand Bags for his flooding shop front)
(Peter, Co-Owner of 5001, works hard to keep water from seeping into his store)
(Greg comes out of AT&T with make shift boots & happy for his umbrella)
(Unidentified Long Beach Resident crosses St. Joesph in Long Beach CA.)
Tags: Belmont Shore, blog, California, Floods, LBpost, Long Beach, rain, Rainfall, Samuel Lippke Photographer, Samuel Lippke Studios
14 People have left comments on this post
Loved this post.
Being a LBC resident, I liked seeing local areas under water.
It was BANANA’S today.
Amazing pictures! You should be shooting for the LA times!!
Great job!
Just stumbled across your site and your work is GORGEOUS!
Awesome pictures!
I wonder what the bay looks like…..
Thanks Jen! Glad you stopped by. More images to come!
It must be insane! I was trapped on the street, but glad I was able to shoot some images.
Many, many thanks. Memories if Belmont Shore that I shall treasure and share for years.
oh man i’d love to do this, gonna get me a camera, phone not enough now. For a while now i’ve been taking pics out of my kitchen window at dawn and the moon. spooky whooo XQ)
You should have seen me crossing the street to get lunch. BAD MOVE!!!! love these images
I better get lunch now before I’m stuck upstairs. Thanks for reminding me Rita.
All I gotta say is DAMN LOOK AT DAT FIXIE WHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111123
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