The (strange) view from here
The South Bay vanished from sight in this weekend, hidden beneath banked clouds. But the geography of the place remained clear. That's Dockweiler State Beach under those two white plumes, where an industrial complex that includes Chevron’s oil refinery, the Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant and the DWP's Scattergood power plant, seems to make its own weather. 
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