As Hurricane Hilary Approached, The Memes Landed Hard. Then Came The #Hurriquake

Even as we were bracing for Hurricane Hilary to bear down on Southern California, all indications were that it would weaken to a tropical storm before landing. And it did.

If you're looking for a catch-all compendium of the things you needed to know to get ready for Hilary, go here.

If a deep-dive look at just how rare this weather event is for Southern California strikes your fancy, we got that here .

For latest news about the storm Monday, we have you covered here .

Oh, and in the middle of all of this we had an earthquake , seriously, generating even more memes (#hurriquake quickly beat our #earthcane, in case you wondered).

Now if you want memes, absurdity, a little bit of LOLs — stay put, because this is the post where we scour the internet so you don't have to.

The memes

A tropical storm landing in SoCal is a nearly once-in-a-century event. It's serious business, with areas across Southern California placed under a tropical storm watch.

It's new to so many of us here. But not to our friends in Florida, which brings us to the "look, people" memes:

Many of us took to social media to give voice to our anxieties and perseverance in the face of this rare August meteorological event. Behold the "me, during..." memes:

Did we already say that the last time a tropical storm hit California was in 1939? Below are the "dang, I've been prepping for the wrong natural disasters" memes:

And of course, a perennial in the genre, the "making fun of Angelenos complaining about the weather" meme:

Then, right as the storm was gaining intensity Sunday afternoon, an earthquake struck Ventura County near Ojai, spawning this:

#Hurriquake

Stay safe, everyone.