Thursday, September 14, 2017

Another* Dam Disaster?

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has determined that the earthen Whittier Narrows Dam is unsafe and could trigger catastrophic flooding in working-class cities along the San Gabriel River flood plain downstream between Pico Rivera and Long Beach.
[L.A. Times]
*"St. Francis Dam collapse left a trail of death and destruction" (1928)

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