Beware the call of Car-thulu. Even if you’d been hiding under a rock for the last two weeks you’ve probably heard (on Lady Gaga’s twitter feed) that the almighty traffic gods have decreed that Los Angeles County will be an unholy tangle of Priuses, Audis and 18-wheelers for 53 whole hours this weekend. Cal Trans is closing down the stretch of the 405 between the 101 and the 10 to tear down and rebuild the Mulholland Bridge. As a result the entire universe is bracing for an epic car-pocolypse that’s expected to wreak havoc from the Golden Gate bridge to the Mexican border. So…how about those weekend plans? How will you deal with this cataclysmic car-tastrophy? How far will the car-nage spread? Have you bought your “I Survived Carmageddon 2011” T-shirt yet? And how will the notoriously short-fused L.A drivers deal with the horrendous morass that will surely be the freeways this weekend?

Guest:

Brian Watt, KPCC Reporter who is at the 405 staging area where trucks and equipment are stacking up by the hour in preparation for the freeway closure and demolition