August 14, 2015

Las Vegas in the pouring rain.

It was the heaviest rain of the year, a crazy desert downpour. We were downtown on Fremont Street — the "Fremont Street Experience" — a great vantage point on the rain.







The "naked" man in picture #1 was later observed directing traffic at the intersection by The Golden Nugget where the storm had knocked out the stoplight.

24 comments:

traditionalguy said...
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Eric the Fruit Bat said...

God is going to have to do much better than that if He expects to clean out that cesspool.

traditionalguy said...

Viva Los Vegas. It's the outdoor wet T-shirt contest.

That's the the one Ann Margaret scene that was cut from the greatest film in the Elvis Presley Body of Work...and they say he worked her body over well,

NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

The "naked" man in picture #1 was later observed directing traffic at the intersection by The Golden Nugget where the storm had knocked the stoplight.

Well, at least he wasn't wearing shorts!

Bill said...

"Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin."

Ann Althouse said...

He was wearing a unitard thong.

My sister and I discussed the compressive effect on his genitalia. Perhaps the authorities control crotch stuffing for the street performers in this tourist-friendly (tourist-hungry) location.

MadisonMan said...

My sister and I discussed the compressive effect on his genitalia

I have never had a similar conversation with my sister.

Rusty said...

After the rain the sun comes out and all the hookers too.
Happiest place on earth.

retail lawyer said...

Perfect! I'm leaving on a motorcycle tour tomorrow, should skirt Vegas on Sunday. This makes for nice motorcycling conditions.

Etienne said...
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Coconuss Network said...

Y'all say your Hail Mary's tomorrow, and pray for forgiveness. *And I'm Jewish*. Annie's our living day Mary, she's exempt.

Scott said...

"Unitard" sounds like a mental handicap.

Back in the day, Binion's had a display of $1 million dollars in 100 $10,000 bills. They eventually took it down because the numismatic value of the currency substantially exceeded the face value. (Right now one of that denomination in poor condition will get you at least three times face.)

mikee said...

Your "naked" man will always have his panache!

traditionalguy said...

That is quite a heavy rain for August in Mevada. We were there once when
A 1 inch rain fell

And the local news had on
Scene live reports with picture proof showing a half inch
Puddle on the street under her feet. It very
was big news seldom seen by locals.

Birches said...

I love monsoon season in the desert.

ndspinelli said...

Annie in downtown Vegas is perfect asymmetry. It is the antithesis of downtown Madison. Looks like it took a sibling to get her out of her very tight comfort zone. I can tell you she smells like cigar a cig smoke. LOL.

Dagwood said...

Gonna go swim with the sharks, or do you already get enough of that here?

Sydney said...

Yep, it's as ugly up close as I imagined from way back here.

dbp said...

"The "naked" man in picture #1 was later observed directing traffic at the intersection by The Golden Nugget where the storm had knocked the stoplight."

I was going to cheekily ask how he was pointing cars in the right direction, but you later noted that he was clad in a unitard.

Joe said...

We had a lightning strike close to our offices south of the airport. The power went out for about ten seconds and then came back on. Unfortunately, it messed up one of our routers for the rest of the day.

ex lv 'resident said...

I guess I worked in downtown las Vegas too long. I didn't notice the naked man.

jake said...

Professor, that isn't even the worst. As I walked from downtown las Vegas to north las Vegas on Monday to pick up my car I encountered no less than 3 dozen homeless.
However, as for Fremont street, they are planning on addressing the panhandlers. You should be there after dark. That is when the weirdos come out.

ndspinelli said...

jake, Drive that stretch north of downtown @ sunrise. You will see hundreds, maybe 500 homeless, sleeping.

Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...

Your photos look like shit. Have you ever tried using the "focus" function?