Pleasant_Carpet_5229 t1_j5eigy3 wrote on January 22, 2023 at 12:37 PM Reply to 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 Pixies wrote a really cool song about it ❤️ Permalink 1
Pleasant_Carpet_5229 t1_j5eigy3 wrote
Reply to 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
Pixies wrote a really cool song about it ❤️