'This weekend has been unbearable,” Lake Elsinore officials said Sunday after the city was inundated with 'Disneyland size crowds' of people wanting to see its famed California golden poppy blooms.
Visitors walk through poppy fields during a"super bloom" in Lake Elsinore, Calif., on Saturday, March 16, 2019. By Allyson Chiu Allyson Chiu Reporter Email Bio Follow March 18 at 7:01 AM Hillsides blanketed in brightly colored flowers are often a blissful, at times even calming, sight. But for one small city in Southern California, the idyllic scenes have become a chaotic nightmare: The “Poppy Apocalypse.”Officials in Lake Elsinore, Calif.
Posted by Lake Elsinore - City Hall on Sunday, March 17, 2019 This isn’t the first time the area has been flooded with tourists eager to see the abundant display of desert flowers known as a super bloom, a natural phenomenon in which wildflowers blossom at higher-than-normal rates following a period of unusually heavy rainfall and favorable temperatures, the Los Angeles Times reported.
“We’re short-handed,” he wrote. “One of our employees was hit and run by a driver. A rattlesnake bit a visitor. Residents have been screaming at the people directing traffic.” On Facebook, the city shared equally desperate updates, imploring visitors to reschedule their trips. As he walked toward the trailhead, passing throngs of people, a portable toilet caught his attention. A sign had been placed in front that read, “Full, do not use.” Unfortunately, there had been problems getting people to come change out the commodes, he said, there was just too much traffic.
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