Everyone living in Southern California felt the madness of the weeklong storm that occurred two weeks ago. Cerritos College students sure felt it too. ‘
Martin Reyes, undecided major, said that worst part about going to school during the storm was for him, ‘being on crutches and parking.’ ‘
Business major, Lauren Ragan said the most difficult part of going to school during the storm was, ‘finding parking that wasn’t flooded.’ ‘
The rainstorm did not cause much damage to the campus, besides the many leaks some buildings suffered. ‘
Librarian Mary Augugliaro said, ‘We had probably four leaks.’ They had to remove a computer because of a leak and had to set up trashcans in many areas to help catch the laking water. ‘
Another building hit hard by the storms was The Business Education building. ‘
Joy Snef, Division Secretary of the Business Education Department, mentions that many leaks did not come from the ceiling but rather came from the windows. ‘
Ironically the older windows were not the problem but it was the newly installed windows that leaked water. ‘
Snef also mentions that many textbooks and personal belongings were damaged; the problems have not been fixed. ‘
Estella Castillo a custodian worker says that a quick fix they used in the physical science building was to, ‘put rags on the windows.’She also mentioned that the problems have’ been fixed. ‘
Many cities across Los Angeles and Orange County felt the damage of the storm. NBC reports on their website that Long Beach received about 1.5 inches of rain in a span of half hour. ‘
CBS2 reported that ‘A severe thunderstorm warning, as well as tornado warnings,’ was issued, ‘for south Los Angeles and Orange County.’ ‘