Gribbin, Francis J. wrote:
>>From the city's web site:
> "The dynamic coastal City of Huntington Beach, with its sunny Mediterranean climate and idyllic
> setting, is home to more than 195,000 residents. Internationally known as Surf City, Huntington
> Beach boasts eight miles of scenic, accessible beachfront, the largest stretch of uninterrupted
> beachfront on the West Coast."
>
> Surf City has a down side ?
>
> Frank Gribbin
> Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP
That's the Chamber of Commerce "just another day in paradise" version. ;-)
I'll spare you the details of the dark underbelly of our own Superfund toxic
waste dump, chronic beach pollution (in certain areas), and recurrent city hall
scandals.
But one downside of "Surf City" that you may have heard about is that we are
locked in a battle with Jeff Vance's Santa Cruz over the rights to the "Surf
City" name:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/07/27/eveningnews/main712334.shtml
It must have been a slow news day when that aired. But today's LA Times writes
about a Bay Area state senator who has introduced a formal resolution to
designate Santa Cruz as Surf City. So the battle of the two Surf Cities
continues. ;-)
- Mark B.
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> The CSL is safer in Chesterville compared to Huntington Beach CA where Chuck
> and I both live. Chesterville may also have to worry about earthquakes, but
> here in HB, we also get to worry about tsunamis:
>
> http://www.hb-cert.org/Tsunami/tsumain.htm
>
> Chuck lives on the edge of one of the moderate tsunami runup zones, whereas I
> live in the middle of the zone. So don't expect to hear from either one of us
> any time soon after the Big One strikes followed by the Big Wave. ;-)
>
> - Mark B. (who stores his offsite backups at his wife's workplace in a
> higher-elevation part of Huntington Beach)
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