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krazydavid t1_j5e4xt0 wrote

Reply to comment by Level1oldschool in TIL that the California St. Francis Dam disaster of 1928, a midnight-hour 120' wave that killed 431 sleeping people and wiped out giant sections of land more than 50 miles west to Ventura, was caused by the dam having been built on a fault zone (in addition to the dam's retention of water). by atrailofdisasters

I lived really close as well. There used to be pieces of the dam there, but they eventually destroyed them to stop people from visiting the site. Nowadays you can’t even tell there was ever a dam there unless you know what to look for. There’s a good documentary on YouTube about it that’s worth watching if you’re into that kind of thing. There’s also a local group that does occasional tours of the site.

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Level1oldschool t1_j5f4cml wrote

Well it’s probably a good thing that they removed those. I remember teenagers climbing those, and falling.

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