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    No memorial in SF. WHY?!?!

    Tourism For Locals: San Francisco was Bruce Lee's Native City and There's No Homage to It
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    Bruce Lee Foundation The Man. The Master. The San Franciscan

    San Francisco is a boastful of its famous residents and milestones — past and present — the City erects monuments and dedicates plaques to momentous events like the creation of television and recognizes when it has been the birthplace to the famous.

    But San Francisco is suffering from a case of regional amnesia — one of the greatest heroes of cinema and pop culture has no formal recognition of San Francisco being his hometown.

    We are talking about one of the greats here, one who has been omitted from the collective public memory of S.F. municipal fame — the man, the myth, the martial arts master Bruce Lee.

    Lee was a catalyst of change, not just in the field of mixed martial arts, but in public perception. In 1959 a short, skinny, bespectacled 18-year-old guy who lived most of his life in Hong Kong traveled back to the United States — a country that was still in the throngs of casting Chinese people in stereotypical roles as house servants and other likeminded supporting roles. But he managed to carve a niche for himself, and became more than just a star — he became an icon of strength: with steely sinew, a threatening stare and a ****y, pointed finger. And these were just some of the traits that not only captivated audiences in the United States, but international audiences as well. Although he died at the extremely young age of 32, his impact remains everlasting. (Ask a teen who Bruce Lee is, he'll know.)

    Along with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and other non-S.F. based honors, Lee was named among TIME Magazine '​s 100 Most Important People of the Century (along the likes of Mother Theresa and Albert Einstein) as one of the greatest heroes and icons; and he was recognized as one of the most influential martial artists of the 20th century:
    He was the redeemer, not only for the Chinese but for all the geeks and ****s and pimpled teenage masses that washed up at the theaters to see his action movies. He was David, with spin-kicks and flying leaps more captivating than any slingshot.

    But here is the question that baffles us: How is it that a figure so mesmerizing on the world stage decades after his death, not have a statue in his hometown of San Francisco? Even Los Angeles, the city we hold as our rival in everything from baseball to mediocre public transit systems, has a 7-foot statue for the larger-than-life legend in their respective Chinatown. And ambitious plans were once under way for a Bruce Lee museum — in Seattle.


    Google Maps Bruce Lee was born here.

    Something is amiss here, and quite frankly, there should be a proper mention of one of the Bay Area's greatest citizens through a piece of public art. Ideally it would be placed in an area where he frequented, but those spots are rapidly disappearing. The location of where Lee’s martial arts school once stood is now home to an auto dealership. The only remaining location would be the hospital of his birth: The Chinese Hospital on Chinatown's Jackson Street. In the lobby there's a tiny plaque, but this is simply not enough. For one of the greatest martial arts masters to not be recognized in the city of his birth (that boasts incessantly about its great residents) Bruce Lee's omission is a slap harder than any thrown by the martial arts master himself.

    Where do you think a Bruce Lee S.F. monument should go?
    I also posted this in our Kung-Fu-Music thread this morning.
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    Thumbs up

    I made this fun tribute video a year and a half ago to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Bruce's passing. It payed tribute to Bruce while making fun of the shameless Bruceploitation movies that came out after he died. Oh, and it was spun off into my Ninjas' series!


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    Bruce Lee LTD Edition 'Core Symbol' Journal by Moleskine

    Bruce Lee LTD Edition 'Core Symbol' Journal by Moleskine
    Item #: XLAM0204
    $45.00



    The Bruce Lee LTD Edition Core Symbol Journal is a large format (5" x 8 ¼") hardcover ruled notebook from Moleskine featuring custom packaging and a debossed "Core Symbol" on the front cover. Prinited inside is the quote that surrounds Bruce Lee's Core Symbol: "Using no way as way. Having no limitation as limitation."

    Each journal edition is hand numbered on interior front page. Limited to 500 pieces. See more information at moleskine.com.

    Bruce Lee created a symbol to represent his art and his life. He used this symbol on his schools, his stationery, his business cards, and he created a medallion of this symbol which he wore on a long chain around his neck. This symbol, which bears his philosophical quote, "Using no way as way; having no limitation as limitation", had deep meaning for him and represented an approach to life that was free and limitless in its possibilities if one could flow with change and turn obstacles into stepping stones!

    **A portion of the proceeds from all merchandise purchased in the Bruce Lee Official Store benefits The Bruce Lee Foundation.
    I love moleskine notebooks and carry one with me all the time. But $45 for an empty notebook is steep.
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    Look what went on the auction block yesterday

    Bruce Lee's 'Enter the Dragon' Han's Knife Hand

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    Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon (1973) 'Han's Knife hand' equipped by his nemesis Han, the iconic antagonist of the movie . Like most movie props 2 props were fabricated before filming. Bruce Lee designed the claw with his friend and designer George Lee. The metal claws were fabricated at Lee's request before the movie by George Lee in 1972 for Enter the Dragon. Constructed of steel with four knife blades protruding from the metal block with a round metal curved handle at base. The claw was depicted in the unforgettable Hall of Mirrors fight scene in the the finale of the film and induces the iconic wounds on Lee's face and body that have become one of the most remembered images from Lee's films. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from George Lee. This weapon is from Bruce Lee's collection of weapons and workout gear. WE GRATEFULLY THANK DAVID TADMAN, GEORGE LEE, and Taky Kimura for authenticating the items displayed as being from BRUCE LEE, with all items formerly belonging to the above individuals

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    More from the source

    AUCTION INFORMATION:
    Name Jan. 25th 2015 California Estates Auction
    Date(s) Thursday, December 18, 2014 - Sunday, January 25 2015
    Preview: Saturday January 24th 12-5pm
    Auction: Sunday January 25th 10am
    Checkout: During the auction and Monday 9-5
    Location 8597 N. Ventura Ave.
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    Bidding Notice Your bid is a contract, thank you for your participation and good luck at the auction.
    Payment Info Payment: Cash, cashiers check, Visa & M/C.. All items must be paid on day of sale. 15% buyer's premium on all items. All sales final, all items sold as is. A Vehicle terms: 15% Cash down on day of sale with balance due with cash or cashiers check in 2 working days from sale.
    Shipping/Pickup Info We can provide local deliveries, please talk with owner John Eubanks after the Sale, or Driver Tom Z. to arrange All shipping and local delivery is handled by the UPS store Ram Manwani 805-643-6245 store3802@theupsstore.com Call for quotes question or issues we work with Ram hand and hand.
    Description To Include a fantastic Bruce Lee collection never before offered at auction including the famous Kali Sticks used in the Dungeon scene from "Enter the Dragon" and custom designed weapons and training equipment by George Lee documented and either used in Film or used for training. Plus two never before offered Beatrice Wood sculptures, including "Democratic Sigh;" a large piece conceived from a dream to a drawing then to a large ceramic 19" x 14.25" x 9" realization. The story is spelled and seen as a drawing in her book " Pinching Spaniards" where she recalls the dream and goes into further detail. Also a stunning 10" Figural Female Vessel with hat and flowing hair in green has arrived from the collection.
    Featuring Spanish Colonial, French, American & Chinese furniture, collection of Tiffany & Handel lamps, large collection of silver coins, important collection of antique Colts & firearms, celebrity items - Sammy Davis, M. Ali, J. Harlow, rare books, Steuben, Tiffany, art glass, bronze art objects, Dresden, Meissen, Limoges, Lladro porcelains, plein aire & modern art paintings, Oriental rugs, Chinese ceramics, artifacts & screens, jewelry and silver, early Calif. wrought Iron and Hillside pottery, Monterey furniture, Ethnographic, Native American & Western art, collectables, large wheel bike, player piano w rolls, crystal & bronze chandelier…
    Terms and Conditions Auction Terms (in house buyers): California Auctioneers has made a reasonable effort to describe items correctly. However we do not warrant the correctness of description, signatures, marks, authenticity or condition of said items. Please preview all items carefully and use your own judgment. Final decision on auction block overrides listing. Auction checkout: is any time during auction and or Monday 9AM - 5 PM. We ask that all items be picked up no later than 5PM Monday after the auction. Payment: Cash, cashiers check, Visa & M/C.. All items must be paid on day of sale. 15% buyer's premium on all items. All sales final, all items sold as is. A Vehicle terms: 15% Cash down on day of sale with balance due with cash or cashiers check in 2 working days from sale.
    That would be fun to put in a glass display case just like in the movie.
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    Bruce Lee in Seattle

    One of my closest old friends from High School (coincidentally named Bruce) forwarded this to me from the radio station where he works. Follow the link to hear clips on soundcloud.

    Bruce Lee in Seattle


    TM & © Bruce Lee Enterprises, LLC. All Rights Reserved TM & © Bruce Lee Enterprises, LLC. All Rights Reserved

    November 18, 2014 - 1:16 pm

    You may know Bruce Lee as a martial artist legend and action movie hero. The city of Seattle is where much of his story begins.

    Bruce Lee spent his youth in Hong Kong and moved to Seattle at the age of eighteen. Ruby Chow, a family friend, and future King County Councilmember, gave him a place to stay and a job as a waiter at her restaurant. After settling in, Lee studied philosophy at the University Washington and continued to develop and teach his martial art Jeet Kune Do. Seattle is where he fell in love with his wife, Linda Emery, and Seattle is where he is buried with his son Brandon. It’s estimated that 10,000 people visit his Lakeview Cemetery grave site every year.

    The new exhibit Do You Know Bruce? at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience provides us with an opportunity to look back at the movies, writings, artwork and philosophy of the man who revolutionized the modern martial arts, and whose movies are loved by millions. The Wing Luke Museum also offers the Bruce Lee’s Chinatown tour that takes you to his favorite haunts.

    Listen to segments of interviews by KBCS Producer, Yuko Kodama with Bruce Lee’s friends, family and fans, and learn about the true story of Bruce Lee.

    Episode 1: Shannon Lee on the cultural impact of her father Bruce Lee

    Episode 2: Linda Lee recalls meeting her husband Bruce Lee

    Episode 3: Martial Arts Expert and former Champion, Mike Stone on Bruce Lee’s individualism and interest in the arts

    Episode 4: Martial artist and Attorney, Doug Palmer recounts memories from a trip with Bruce Lee to Hong Kong

    Episode 5: Bruce Lee memorabilia collector, Perry Lee on Bruce Lee’s journey to Hollywood and beyond

    (Special thanks to Asano Ogata for assistance with this project, Music by Gepel)

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    Bruce Lee Memorials

    i think bruce lee has more fightin experience than chuck norris does

    so bruce lee.... mid diff

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    Another Bruce watch

    Meister Watches Presents Official Bruce Lee SE Racer Collab
    By Armando Vargas / Published 01/30/15




    Meister teams up with Bruce Lee Enterprises for an exclusive Bruce Lee edition Racer timepiece. The 45mm watch is re-envisioned with yellow and red accents throughout, complete with a black carbon fiber dial and black tumble leather band. Precise timekeeping is ensured thanks to a 6-hand Seiko VD53 Quartz Chronograph Movement and timer.

    The team at Meister had this to say about the collaboration, "Bruce Lee was unconventional, adaptable to change, and always strived to better himself. He battled industry giants and conquered both social and physical barriers to find personal evolution and success. At Meister, we share Lee’s values and are building our path to success as we take on the giants in our own industry."

    The Bruce Lee SE Racer is limited to 500 pieces worldwide and available for purchase on Meister's online store for $280 USD. All orders placed online come with a complimentary pair of sunglasses.
    This one is a little too understated for my tastes. If I was going to rock a Bruce watch, I'd want a louder gaudier one.
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    I finally moved out all of those Bruce Lee Statue posts here to another thread.

    Bruce-Lee-Statues

    It was harder than I thought as there were a lot of overlapping posts. But it's done and that'll make things a little tidier around here.
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    More auction items

    Maybe I need to split Bruce Lee auction items into its own separate thread.



    Auction went down yesterday.

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    145 Han’s Bear Claw from Enter The Dragon with COA Click for full description...
    Estimate: 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Internet Bidding Has Closed

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    146 14Bruce Lee’s Green Bamboo Whip from GAME OF DEATH Click for full description...
    Estimate: 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Internet Bidding Has Closed

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    147 Bruce Lee's Original Jeet Kun Do Studio Sign Bruce Lee was a legendary Martial Artist, but most people don’t know that he was also a very skilled artist. Hundreds of his drawings, sketches and diagrams are in the Bruce Lee museum, and with collectors around the world, but this is the first time something of this scale has ever ...
    Estimate: 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Internet Bidding Has Closed

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    148 Bruce Lee's Korean Karate book with dedication This book was given to George Lee with a fabulous dedication: “George, man this is cool! Peace-Love-Brotherhood” Bruce is referring to the page he dog-eared - page 161 describing the flying side kick, a technique which Bruce Lee became famous. Bruce Lee would underline or mark information ...
    Estimate: 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Internet Bidding Has Closed

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    149 Bruce Lee’s Black Nunchuku FISTS OF FURY prototype Click for full description...
    Estimate: 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Internet Bidding Has Closed

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    150 Bruce Lee's Studded character Belt w/ COA Bruce Lee’s leather studded belt. The belt was hand made to Bruce Lee’s specifications by the props department at Golden Harvest Studios in Hong Kong.

    These were some publicity shots of Bruce Lee wearing the studded belts taken in 1972. In her memoirs, Bruce Lee’s widow, Linda ...
    Estimate: 1,000.00 - 3,000.00
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    150a Brue Lee's Studded Character Gauntlets w/ COA Bruce Lee’s leather studded wrist bands. These were hand made to Bruce Lee’s specifications by the props department at Golden Harvest Studios in Hong Kong.

    These were some publicity shots of Bruce Lee wearing the studded wrist bands taken in 1972. In her memoirs, Bruce Lee’s widow, ...
    Estimate: 1,000.00 - 3,000.00
    Internet Bidding Has Closed



    Handmade to Bruce Lee’s exact specifications by the Golden Harvest Studios in Hong Kong. The "Broken Rhythm" Green Bamboo Whip is one of the most historic, symbolic weapons ever used in martial arts motion picture history. This unique flexible whip was designed to help illustrate the core principles of his revolutionary martial arts system, Jeet Kune Do. As JKD was a system without fixed positions, Bruce wanted to vividly demonstrate through the use of unconventional weapons that he was not affiliated to any traditional martial arts style or philosophy. The whip, in this instance, becomes a metaphor for speed, flexibility elusiveness and unpredictability. Bruce Lee’s technique can clearly be seen during his celebrated ‘first floor’ pagoda fight sequence against Guru Dan Inosanto in Game of Death. Prior to facing off against his opponent, who is armed with two red kali sticks, Bruce comments on the whip, as follows:
    “You know baby, this Bamboo is longer, more flexible, and very much alive… and when your flashy routine cannot keep up with the speed and elusiveness of this thing here, all I can say is you’ll be in deep trouble.”

    This almost directly parallels his quote about the man being more important than any style or system, a dead piece of wood going up against a flexible weapon that is “very much alive.” He then continues to ‘school’ his opponent as he fights – a tool used to educate the audience, and to psych out his opponent, breaking down his confidence which in turn makes him less aggressive. Bruce Lee also mentions "Broken rhythm," a powerful way to confuse an opponent by frequently changing the pace or timing of a fight to throw an opponent off guard.
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    The Bamboo Whip is 105cm (45.5 inches) long. Bruce Lee was a true innovator in every sense, and this unique bamboo weapon, reinforced with a rubberized protective coating, is a striking example of his ability to illustrate complex principles through dynamic visual means.

    Bruce Lee loved the Bamboo Whip so much that the title of his next movie was to be GREEN BAMBOO WARRIOR, and was to be centered around this weapon.

    This was the last weapon coming from the estate of GEORGE LEE AKA THE MASTER MAKER has been a member of the Bruce Lee Educational Foundation since inception and is its most senior member until last year., when he passed away at the long age of 96, we gratefully thank George Lee and David Tadman for authenticating these items to be from BRUCE LEE.
    Group - Category: Antiques & Collectibles - movies, stage, radio & tv
    Estimate: 4,000.00 - 5,000.00


    This is one of the most iconic weapons in ENTER THE DRAGON and is instantly recognizable to millions of Martial Arts fans throughout the world. Fashioned from wood, steel prongs and artificial hair it is a unique weapon conceived by Bruce Lee himself. Bruce Lee wanted a menacing weapon for his arch enemy that would heighten the jeopardy and drama of the film. In the famous dojo scene where Bruce Lee and John Saxon battle hoards of Han’s minion, Han removes his metal hand and attaches this three pronged CLAW. He has a short battle with Bruce Lee and this claw draws FIRST BLOOD, striking Bruce Lee on the right side of his face and drawing blood. Then Han misses a strike and the Claw become lodged in a table top. Han leaves this Claw and runs off to replace it with the famous 4 blade knife claw. In the END SCENE, we see a tired Bruce Lee, standing in an archway, looking
    up at the incoming helicopters. His gaze is diverted down at something. He pauses. PULL BACK AND DOWN to a CLOSE UP of the CLAW, the prongs still stuck in the table. It is the very last and deeply memorable image in the film. As CREDITS ROLL we see the hair on the claw blowing in the wind. THE END.
    Enter the Dragon has been officially recognized as “culturally significant” in the United States and has been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. This Claw weapon is a important piece of Enter the Dragon memorabilia as it is the the focus of the last shot of the last movie Bruce shot. Note: a Mr. Han Action Figure came out in 2009
    to honor Shih Kien as Mr. Han. Included in the list of attachments is the "Bear Claw."
    Group - Category: Antiques & Collectibles - movies, stage, radio & tv
    Estimate: 4,000.00 - 6,000.00


    Bruce tried out the first set of nunchukus George made and found they were too long so George shortened them from 14 inches to 12 inches. Also the nunchukus were a bit awkward because they were not tapered but rather straight wooden cylinders. George tapered them, and then for grip and flair three rings were etched around the base of each bar – a design which has been copied over and over and is standard to this day. Exert BRUCE LEE FOUNDATION.

    After the Green Hornet, 1963-64 Bruce opened up another kung fu school called "Lee Jun Fan, Gung Fu Institute,” this is where he learned to use the nunchaku`s from fellow student Danny Inosanto. exert< BRUCE LEE FOUNDATION.

    These extremely rare Black Nunchakus created for Bruce Lee by his good friend George Lee in 1964 , AKA the Master Maker, are one of the very first nunchakus Bruce Lee ever trained with. See early photos with Brandon Lee and Linda Lee

    Only two pairs are currently documented and known to exist from 1964. Bruce Lee preferred to use these black nunchakus for training due to the more rapid speed achieved and ease to grasp, which is associated with a shorter chain. This original design was used to make the nunchakus for the onset Black nunchakus used on, FISTS OF FURY aka, BIG BOSS.

    Some loss to paint, minor scratches, paint discoloration due to age, otherwise excellent condition. George Lee has been a member of the Bruce Lee Educational Foundation since inception and is its most senior member until last year when he passed away at the long age of 96. We gratefully thank George Lee and David Tadman for authenticating these items to be as stated above and from BRUCE LEE. Includes COA

    Watch these classic fight scene where he uses the Nunchucks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cqzOo6B0Ic
    Group - Category: Antiques & Collectibles - movies, stage, radio & tv
    Estimate: 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
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    New installment at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum

    I should really pull all the Museum entries here out into their own thread. Not today though.

    Bruce Lee collection to be showcased in HK museum

    Xinhua 2015-07-17 16:52 (GMT+8)


    Bruce Lee. (Photo courtesy of National Geographic Channel)

    A new installment in a series of martial arts legend Bruce Lee collection displays will be showcased from Saturday at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government website said on Friday.

    The exhibits include the first edition of Chinese Gung Fu: The Philosophical Art of Self-Defense autographed by Lee, several reels of movie trailers including the popular The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, original behind-the-scenes photos taken on the set of Enter the Dragon and stills and posters of various films.

    Themed under A Collection of Insights, Memories and Pride, the newly added collection will be on display at the five-year thematic exhibition Bruce Lee: Kung Fu ArtLife and will feature more than 200 sets of items related to Lee from the collection of Jeff Chinn, a collector from San Francisco in the United States.

    The thematic exhibition has been well received by the public since it was launched in July 2013. It showcases more than 600 precious relics related to Lee on loan from a number of local and overseas collectors and institutions.

    Through the exhibition, members of the public can not only gain a great insight into the achievements and contributions of Lee, but also learn more about him through collectors' eyes.
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    El Niño Bruce

    This could be the 'Bruce Lee' of El Niños, experts say
    By SETH BORENSTEIN
    AP Science Writer August 13, 2015 Updated 19 hours ago

    WASHINGTON — The current El Niño, nicknamed Bruce Lee, is already the second strongest on record for this time of year and could be one of the most potent weather changers of the past 65 years, federal meteorologists say.

    But California and other drought struck areas better not count on El Niño rescuing them like in a Bruce Lee action movie, experts say.

    "A big El Niño guarantees nothing," said Mike Halper, deputy director of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center. "At this point there's no cause for rejoicing that El Niño is here to save the day."

    Every few years, the winds shift and the water in the Pacific Ocean gets warmer than usual. The resulting El Niño (ehl NEEN'-yoh) changes weather worldwide, mostly affecting the United States in winter.

    In addition to California, El Niño often brings heavy winter rain to much of the southern and eastern U.S.

    It's also likely to make the northern winters warmer and southeastern U.S. winters a bit cooler, but not much, Halpert said. The middle of the U.S. usually doesn't get too much of an El Niño effect, he said.

    California's state climatologist Michael Anderson noted that only half the time when there have been big El Niños has there been meaningfully heavy rains. The state would need 1½ times its normal rainfall to get out of this extended drought and that's unlikely, Halpert said Thursday.

    Still, this El Niño is shaping up to be up there with the record-setters, because of incredible warmth in the key part of the Pacific in the last three months, Halpert said. He said the current El Niño likely will rival ones in 1997-1998, 1982-83 and 1972-73.




    NASA oceanographer Bill Patzert said satellite measurements show this El Niño to be currently more powerful than 1997-98, which often is thought of as the king. But that one started weaker and finished stronger, he said.

    This El Niño is so strong a NOAA blog unofficially named it the "Bruce Lee" of El Niños after the late movie action hero. The California-based Patzert, who points out that mudslides and other mayhem happens, compares it to Godzilla.

    Economic studies favor the hero theme, showing that El Niños tend to benefit the United States. Droughts and Atlantic hurricanes are reduced. California mudslides notwithstanding, the U.S. economy benefited by nearly $22 billion from that 1997-98 El Niño, according to a study.

    El Niño does tend to cause problems elsewhere in the world. And while El Niño often puts a big damper on the Atlantic hurricane season, that means more storms in the Pacific, such as Hawaii, Halpert said. So far this year, tropical cyclone activity in the Pacific is far higher than normal.


    They say the Dragon brings the rain. Come on Bruce. California is parched.
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    More on the BRUCE LEE EL NINO

    What's in a name: 'Bruce Lee' El Niño
    Garrett Mitchell, The Republic | azcentral.com 7:58 a.m. MST September 8, 2015

    This year's El Nino is expected to be a monster. Names like "Godzilla" and "Bruce Lee" are already being coined by weather forecasters.


    (Photo: Warner Bros.)

    Like Godzilla rising from the depths of the Pacific, El Niño has popped up again. But this year's visit is different from previous ones -- this weather pattern is so tough it's not only been compared to the infamous movie monster but also to martial arts superstar Bruce Lee.

    El Niño as hero and villain

    A worldwide phenomenon, El Niño warms an area of the central Pacific Ocean and can affect weather patterns across the globe. El Niño and its cooler counterpart, La Niña, has a strong influence on forecasts. In the dry and arid Southwest, El Niño winters are welcomed because they bring the potential for more rain and snow.

    But El Niño also can wreak havoc, moving swiftly from hero to villain. Most notably, in the late '90s, it reached one of its most devastating climaxes and totaled billions of dollars in damage and resulted in thousands of deaths. The impact of El Niño also can be seen for months or even a year following the shift in conditions.

    El Niño storming through pop culture

    One NASA scientist compared this year's El Niño to Godzilla due to its sheer strength. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration meteorologist who loves kung fu compared the system to famed martial arts star Bruce Lee. That's the Lee who made martial arts cool in '60s television showThe Green Hornet (just saying, Netflix needs to stream that) and later in the movie Enter the Dragon, where a bare-chested Lee took out scores of henchmen in slow motion.

    The meteorologist reasoned that naming hurricanes and tropical storms helped get out a clear message about those events, so why not name El Niño?



    Women power

    Mostly, storms get names of regular people, like Andrew and David. At first, only men's names were used, but the practice of giving hurricanes women’s names became widespread during World War II, particularly among Army and Navy meteorologists. Rumor has it those guys named the storms after ex-girlfriends. Make of that what you will.

    But it has left us questioning what went into suggesting names of pop-culture icons as different from one another as Bruce Lee and Godzilla.
    The developing El Nino, the weather pattern associated


    The developing El Nino, the weather pattern associated with heavy winter rains in Arizona, is so strong it has been associated with Godzilla. (Photo: Warner Bros.)

    We reached out to meteorologists at the National Weather Service for name suggestions. Unfortunately, the only way they’d contextualize this weather event is as a “strong El Niño.”

    Though El Niño means "the little boy" in Spanish, there are plenty of female figures who possess the same ferocity as their male counterparts.



    With that in mind, here are a few names that could represent the ferocity of El Niño while retaining the pop-culture appeal of Bruce Lee and Godzilla.



    1. Pam Grier -- Dubbed the “one-chick hit squad” in a 1974 ad for Foxy Brown, Grier is a quintessential action heroine who’ll really shake the shutters down when she comes to town.



    2. Jim Harbaugh -- The quirky, khakis-wearing football coach recently tweeted he was “attacking this day with enthusiasm unknown to mankind.” With an attitude like that, generating a little rain would be easy.



    3. Rihanna -- The unapologetic, trendsetting Barbadian songstress may just have an umbrella to spare.



    4. Hercules -- The son of Zeus may have enough brawn to carry on El Niño's might.



    5. Madonna -- Like El Niño, the Queen of Pop always knows when to make a return.

    6. Chris Farley -- That was a given, right?

    Republic reporter Weldon Johnson contributed to this article.
    I couldn't resist all the .gifs here.
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    Bruce Lee’s Former Home in Hong Kong Faces an Uncertain Future
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    General view is seen of the former house of Bruce Lee, which has turned into a love hotel, in Hong Kong
    Bobby Yip—Reuters A general view is seen of the the former house of the late kung fu legend Bruce Lee, which has turned into a love hotel at Hong Kong's Kowloon Tong district on July 18, 2013
    Until recently, the home was being used as a seedy love motel, renting out rooms by the hour

    Until his sudden death in Hong Kong in 1973, at the age of 32, martial-arts icon Bruce Lee lived in Kowloon Tong or “Nine Dragon’s Pond”— a quiet neighborhood on the Kowloon peninsula. He inhabited a property that is modest looking by international standards but in densely populated Hong Kong, where land is at a premium, is considered positively palatial, tucked away in an affluent part of town, inland from the lights of the island’s dazzling skyline.

    Lee is as iconic to Hong Kong as that glistening string of skyscrapers, but unlike, say, Elvis Presley’s Graceland, this fallen king’s castle is no monument to his legacy. Mainland Chinese philanthropist Yu Panglin quickly bought the property in 1974 and allowed it to be used as a love hotel: a place where rooms are rented out by the hour to couples, some on illicit trysts, to be sure, but others harried spouses, looking to escape cramped marital quarters — often shared with extended family — for a modicum of privacy.

    Yu died in May, leaving the fate of Lee’s Cumberland Road home up in the air. Yu’s grandson Peng Zhibin recently told the South China Morning Post that his grandfather’s estate was “finalizing the legal procedures,” without specifying to what end. Meanwhile, Lee’s fans and family are rallying to preserve the house as a landmark to the late martial arts superstar.

    “Fans all over the world hope Lee’s former residence can be preserved and made a gallery to commemorate our beloved star. But there’s very little we can do,” Wong Yiu-keung, who chairs fan group the Bruce Lee Club, told the Post. “Only the landlord and the government can make things happen.”

    It would be a milestone event for Lee’s fans in Hong Kong, a city that seems to have forgotten its “No. 1 son,” as he is known to some here. Several years ago, Yu tried to work with the local government to donate the house as a Bruce Lee museum. When that plan fell through in 2011, Yu then unsuccessfully tried to sell the house for around $23 million, and the Hong Kong Heritage Museum opened a Bruce Lee exhibit as a sort of consolation prize to his fans.

    In 2005, on Lee’s 65th birthday, the city unveiled a statue of him on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront — a gesture that only came about, Wong said, at the behest of Lee’s fans around the world. Curiously, the same thing happened that year in Mostar, a small city in Bosnia. (“We will always be Muslims, Serbs or Croats,” a Bosnian youth leader told the BBC at the time. “But one thing we all have in common is Bruce Lee.”)

    Lee’s daughter, Shannon, has spoken out in general favor of the preservation of her childhood home as a memorial to her late father, though she is not party to the estate negotiations.

    “I wish I had the answer to how to go about preserving the house,” she told the Post. “Perhaps with the success of the exhibition at the Heritage Museum, the government or a civic-minded individual will step back in to reopen discussions with the family. I hope so and would lend my full support.”
    The Love Hotel aspect of this place still amuses me.
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