The Fact About Dodger Stadium Flooded? OR, it was just an illusion!
Over the weekend, pictures posted on social media of Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium appeared to show the stadium fully underwater as Tropical Storm Hilary rushed over Southern California. Social media users were surprised by the seemingly strange images and videos of the stadium seeming like a flooded island after record rainfall—and an earthquake—hit the area.
But according to Mark Holtzman, president of West Coast Aerial Photography, the stadium wasn't truly encircled by flooding. Parking lots surround Dodger Stadium, and after the rain, several of the lots became sizable puddles. The concrete puddles on the field of play reflected the skylight, giving the appearance that the stadium had flooded.
Hany Farid, a digital forensics specialist at the University of California, Berkeley, added that it can be difficult to distinguish between a moist surface and one that is submerged in several inches of water from a distance aerial perspective. Farid said in an email, "I don't think the video is fake or manipulated; I just think that it doesn't show flooding around the Stadium."
Holtzman noticed that the parking lot is not flat, so water couldn't pool up. Despite flying over the stadium frequently, he has never seen or heard of it being flooded. In an email to the AP, Farid said, "I don't think the video is fake or manipulated; I just think that it doesn't show flooding around the Stadium."A spokeswoman for the Dodgers told the Associated Press that the stadium is situated on a hill, making flooding unlikely there.
The reports on X, formerly known as Twitter, prompted a response from the Dodgers on Monday."Is Dodger Stadium popular? We comprehend. The team said, accompanied by images of a flood-free stadium and its parking lots, "It looks wonderful this morning.
The Los Angeles Times was informed by a team representative that the stadium was drenched but not flooded; a Times photographer who visited Dodger Stadium on Monday morning concurred that it was "dry as a bone."
