I admit that I say 'hella.' I'm not proud of it. You SoCal fork really put a 'the' in front of major freeway names?
As far as wetsuits needed here go, THICK. 7mm farmer john/jane and jacket, or 7mm full with a 7mm jacket/vest.
I thought Hella made really good car headlights.
We say "The Nimitz" and "The MacArthur" (How many of you kids
know who Nimitz and MacArthur were?)