Kukho indawo epos Iintombi apho umlinganiswa kaMegan, odlalwe nguMelissa McCarthy, ebanga kungekuphela ukuba asebenzele urhulumente wase-US kodwa abe nemvume yokuphepha yemfihlo ephezulu. Oku kuthetha ukuba, uyongeza, ukuba uyazi apho lifihlwe khona lonke ilizwe nemijukujelwa yenyukliya. 'Uya kumangaliswa,' usebezela ngokuceba. 'Zininzi iindawo zeentengiso.'

Kukho inyaniso ngakumbi kule joke kunokuba ungalindela. Ngexesha loMlo obandayo, uninzi lweendawo zemijukujelwa zokhuselo-kanye ngenxa yokuba injongo yazo yayikukukhusela iziseko zophuhliso ezibaluleke kakhulu kwilizwe-zazigcinwa ezidolophini okanye kwiindawo ezisezidolophini. I-Los Angeles ngokukodwa, ngenxa yamaziko ayo e-aerospace, iziseko zomkhosi, kunye nenani labantu abanda emva kwemfazwe, yaba yenye yezona ndawo zinqatyisiweyo e-United States. 'Ayaziwa kwizigidi zabantu baseCalifornia baseMazantsi ababehlala phakathi kwabo,' ibali kwi ILos Angeles Times ixelwe emva kwi2000 , 'amakhulu emijukujelwa yomphezulu-yomoya efakwe iimfazwe zenyukliya zazilungiselelwe kwiziseko ezisithoba eziza kumiliselwa ngokuchasene neebhombu zeentshaba ezingazange zibonakale.'

Kwindlela enqamlezayo yeWoodley Avenue kunye neVictory Boulevard eVan Nuys, Imijukujelwa yeNike -Babizwa ngegama, njengesihlangu seembaleki, emva kwesithixokazi saseGrisi soloyiso-babehlala kwizisele kude kube ngo-1974. Umthetho we-LA-96L kwaye isasetyenziswa nguMkhosi weSizwe woMoya, ngoku ngu iphedi yekhonkrithi enkulu ibiyelwe ngofikelelo kuluntu. Ihleli ngaphaya kwesitalato ukusuka kwigalufa elilungiswe kakuhle emva kwengqele Igadi yaseJapan Leyo yinxalenye yoMzi-mveliso wokuLungiswa kwaManzi kaDonald C. Tillman. Ngaphandle kokuxoka kwasekhaya eSan Fernando Valley, kanye njengoko yenzayo xa isiza sasinendawo yokugcina izixhobo yangaphantsi elungele umlilo ngomzuzwana kunye nesaziso.

I-LA-96L yayiyinxalenye yeqela lokuphazamisa indawo yemikhosi yokhuseleko yomlo obandayo eyayichithachitheke kuyo yonke loo ndawo. Ezi ndawo, amaxesha ngamaxesha kunokuba zifihliwe kwimbonakalo ecacileyo, zibandakanya indawo eyayisakuba yindibano ebizwa ngokuba UMTHETHO-14L e-El Monte ekumgama wokutshica ipaki yentenetya yangaphandle. Ukungena kumhlaba oguqulwayo wePuente Hills Umthetho we-LA-29L , ukunyuka okufutshane ukusuka kwiindledlana zeendlela kunye namachibi okudada kwidolophu yaseCalifornia. Iisosos zangaphambili zemijukujelwa Umthetho we-LA-32L Ngoku zibanjiwe zaza zangcwatywa phantsi kwesiseko soMkhosi woLondolozo kufutshane nekona yeChapman kunye neAvenues Western, iimayile ezimbalwa kwintshona yeDisneyland, eyinxalenye yepaki yemizi-mveliso ebanzi enganiki mandla ngomlilo ongaphantsi komhlaba owawukhe wagqumelela phantsi komhlaba.

Ngamanye amaxesha, ii-LA & apos; indawo zangaphambili zemijukujelwa ziye zaphinda zabuya zangqinelana nembonakalo yendalo ngokulula okhuthazayo kwindalo kunye nokuphazamisa, indalo kunye neapos zibonakala zoloyiso olusebenza njengokwamkela izoyikiso ezixineneyo zemfazwe yenyukliya. Indawo yokwazisa eyaziwa njenge Umthetho we-LA-43L ngoku yipaki yoluntu kunye 'neziko lemfundo yendalo' kufutshane nonxweme olusentshona yeLong Beach. Ngaphandle kwephedi yekhonkrithi egugayo phantsi kwayo eyakhe yagcinwa imijukujelwa, eyona nto yahluke kakhulu kubume bendawo namhlanje sisiGadi sokuBonisa iZityalo.

Zininzi iiwebhusayithi ezilungileyo zokufumanisa ezi ndawo zijikeleze i-LA, kubandakanya I-Techbastard , Imfazwe ebandayo: LA , kwaye i Imyuziyam yaseFort MacArthur . Iindawo ezinomdla zangaphambili zemijukujelwa nazo azikhawulelwanga eLos Angeles. Inomdla Uluhlu lweendawo zemijukujelwa zaseNike eMelika ityhila iziseko ezisuka eAlaska zisiya eMiami, eDallas zisiya eSan Francisco ezibonelela ngokudityaniswa komphakathi kunye neapocalyptic. Njenge INew York Times Ibali lalatha emva ngo-2000, eLong Island Izele ziziza zokhuselo lwenyukliya ezikhoyo ngoku , apho kugcinwa khona imijukujelwa, yashukunyiswa yaze yaxhonywa kwimboniselo yabemi basekuhlaleni. 'Bengazi abahlali ngelo xesha, loo mijukujelwa yayineemfazwe zenyukliya, ezinye zingaphezulu kokuphindwe kabini kunebhombu eyawa eHiroshima,' ubhale watsho uVivian S. Toy. 'Izixhobo zeArmaggeddon yenyukliya zazingokoqobo ngasemva kwabo.'

Indawo ye-LA-96L eSan Fernando Valley yaziswa ukuba ndiyiqwalasele UWayne Chambliss , umhlobo owayesandula ukubuya kuhambo olude ezantsi kwe-LA River kunye neqela labaphandi basezidolophini. Indlela yeqela kunye ne-apos; bazisa ngokusondeleyo kwi-LA-96L kangangokuba benze umjikelo omfutshane wokumisa ukujonga ngokukhawuleza. I-Chambliss, i-geographer yedijithali ngorhwebo kunye nomhambi wehlabathi ngokuzonwabisa, kamva wandithumela uluhlu lwezinye iindawo zangaphambili ze-missile ezijikeleze i-United States. Inye sele iguqulwe yenziwa Irinki yokukhwela emkhenkceni eMassachusetts yaseMassachusetts . Umgexo opheleleyo weendawo eziphinde zaphindwa ulele ngaphandle kweChicago. 'Phezulu apho izixhobo zazike zahlala khona, utshilo u-a Ngo-1991 IChicago Tribune ingxelo malunga nale yokugqibela , 'ngamabala ebhola ekhatywayo eNaperville naseLincoln Park, indawo yegalufa eArlington Heights, indawo yokugcina izixhobo eHomewood kunye nendawo yokugcina izinto eAddison.'

Njengeendawo zemijukujelwa ngokwazo, ulwazi malunga nezi ndawo lufihlwe kwimbonakalo yoluntu. Ngo-1998 ILos Angeles Times inqaku , UJose Cardenas uchaze iposti yolawulo lwe-radar Umthetho we-LA-96C kwiinduli ezingasentla kwe-Encino eyayiyindawo yakowabo kwi-LA-96L eVan Nuys. Ukuba kude kwayo nokuphakama kwayo 'kunika amajoni umbono ocacileyo wedolophu yaseLos Angeles malunga neekhilomitha ezili-15 ukuya kumazantsi mpuma,' wabhala uCardenas. 'Ukuba iinqwelo-moya zotshaba zikwazile ukusebenzisa inyoka ngokuzikhusela emkhosini, i-LA96C & apos; s radar-ekwaziyo ukubona iinqwelo-moya ezikude kangangeekhilomitha ezili-100.' Umbono ofanayo, obukekayo uncede ukutshintsha indawo indawo ethandwayo ukuba ngaba intaba yokuhamba intaba namhlanje.

Ukulandela umkhondo weendawo zemikhosi ezilahliweyo zenkulungwane yamashumi amabini kuye kwaba yinto yokulandela umkhondo. Ngelixa ulwazi kunye nokufumanisa kweqela elizimeleyo labazimi bejografi, abafoti, kunye nabahloli basezidolophini bafumaneka ngokulula kwi-Intanethi, kukwakho neencwadi ezimnandi ngalo mbandela. Kwintatheli uTom Vanderbilt, umbhali we Ukusinda kwisiXeko: IiAdventures phakathi kweNtshabalalo yeAtomic America , uMlo obandayo 'wawukho-kwaye ukhona-kuyo yonke indawo eMelika, ukuba umntu uyazi apho anokuyikhangela khona. Ngaphantsi komhlaba, ngasemva kweengcango ezivaliweyo, ezahluliweyo, ngaphandle kwemephu, esele idilika ngaphaya kokuqondwa, okanye ekunene kwimbonakalo ecacileyo, ishiye uphawu njengolubanzi kodwa olunengqiqo njengokulandelwa kwamasuntswana anemitha yeathom ezantsi kweZiko loVavanyo lweNevada kwii1950s. '

ELos Angeles namhlanje, ecaleni kweevenkile ezinkulu, iipaki zemizi-mveliso, iinkundla zentenetya, neegadi — njengaseChicago, eLong Island, nakwezinye iindawo zaseMelika — la mabhodlo ahlala eyisikhumbuzo sakwelinye ilizwe malunga nendlela ilizwe lethu elalisondele ngayo kumhla wentshabalalo.

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