Posted on Feb 10, 2017
California Megaflood: Lessons from a Forgotten Catastrophe
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Lets hope not!
"California’s new Governor, Leland Stanford, was to be inaugurated on January 10, but the floodwaters swept through Sacramento that day, submerging the city. Citizens fled by any means possible, yet the inauguration ceremony took place at the capital building anyway, despite the mounting catastrophe. "
"California’s new Governor, Leland Stanford, was to be inaugurated on January 10, but the floodwaters swept through Sacramento that day, submerging the city. Citizens fled by any means possible, yet the inauguration ceremony took place at the capital building anyway, despite the mounting catastrophe. "
California Megaflood: Lessons from a Forgotten Catastrophe
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Back in the day living next to a river was even more risky. Here in Austin the Colorado used to flood on a regular basis until LBJ built the Colorado River Authority which helped somewhat. Living next to the Mississippi River we used to experience regular flooding even with a large control dam right next to us. Don't mess with mother nature as they say..
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Lets hope it never happens again SFC (Join to see). May you have all the water you need without the catastrophes.
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