Then: Armageddon Now: Carmageddon

THEN:  ARMAGEDDON

NOW:  CARMAGEDDON:

Armageddon – The great battle between good and evil, the end of the world.

Carmageddon – The fifty-three hour time period during which the Los Angeles 405 freeway is closed from the 10 to the 101.  Drivers are urged to stay at home.

Well, we battle the traffic everyday and given a reason not to go anywhere seems more like a bit of heaven to me than the end of the anything.

For the past few weeks, Los Angeles has been preparing for Carmageddon.  It’s been on the news day and night.  How are we going to get by without this stretch of freeway for so long?  OMG!  No 405 in LA?

So, just like everything else in this City of the Stars, Carmageddon has been hyped like an upcoming summer blockbuster.
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The local news stations played clips of our highway system, over and over as if each time it would be different.

According to Einstein, Insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

I think it was insane to keep watching this story!

Those interested could even buy a helicopter ride over the freeway.  What a thrill.

Staring down on the empty stretch of 405 highway, watching a humongous crane knock into the Mulholland Bridge is about as exciting to me as watching a raw egg transform into a hard boiled one.

Restaurants, boutiques, spas, grocery stores, – you name it.  They all began advertising Carmageddon specials.   Discounting everything from cocktails to manicures.   Visit your local bar.  Happy hour from 2-6.  (That’s more than an hour, but who’s counting?)  Buy one sweater, get a second one half-off.  Indulge yourself with a facial and get a massage for free.

Fact is, we are now nearing the end of Carmageddon and nothing catastrophic has occurred.  At least, that I know of.  Two cyclists rode their bikes down the empty stretch of freeway, living out one of their fantasies, I suppose.  That’s certainly not one of mine.

Now with Carmadeggon coming to an end, we’re being told to stay tuned for the sequel.  Coming to your local TV in the near future.    Next time, the media is going to have to find another angle to amp up the attention, since this event hasn’t caused much havoc.

It will just be another weekend to stay in your neighborhood.  Isn’t that what we should be doing more often anyway?