tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post8635624399418078689..comments2024-03-17T18:37:36.377-07:00Comments on Geotripper: The Other California: "Surely they didn't build it there?" The 2nd biggest disaster in California historyGarry Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00531226195147986457noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-73433557290782160922012-02-04T14:02:53.579-08:002012-02-04T14:02:53.579-08:00Two months after the dam's collapse, 18-year-o...Two months after the dam's collapse, 18-year-old Lercy Parker, his father, and a friend stopped to sightsee. Lercy was climbing the ruins and was about 30 feet above the streambed when his friend threw a rattlesnake up toward him. He fell, but did not die right away. His father drove him to a hospital but he did not survive. Terry Foley 805-701-2864Terry Foleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-9726738582388584552012-02-01T22:15:11.982-08:002012-02-01T22:15:11.982-08:00Been to the St. Francis dam site (before the highw...Been to the St. Francis dam site (before the highway through there was re-routed) and the Teton dam site. Frankly, the Teton site gets a lot more attention. There's a museum in an old Mormon tabernacle in Rexburg (I think) that covers a good deal of its history. As for the St. Francis dam, I'm not sure there's any museum that covers it, at least in any detail, though there is a historical marker in San Francisquito Canyon. That said, when I lived in Santa Barbara, when I would go to Santa Clarita on highway 126, I'd always imagine the wall of water that spread down the Santa Clara River Valley. Terrible destruction without warning since the dam break occurred out night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-53191704290698551432012-01-30T19:51:54.711-08:002012-01-30T19:51:54.711-08:00Such a sad and avoidable disaster. Thank goodness ...Such a sad and avoidable disaster. Thank goodness geologists are required on dam projects now.<br />Great post.Gaelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05784162697113288888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-39358050284491809792012-01-30T05:15:49.768-08:002012-01-30T05:15:49.768-08:00Very nice, bookmarked! I've studied the pre-an...Very nice, bookmarked! I've studied the pre-anthropogenic Santa Clara River system, but have never actually visited the St. Francis Dam site.Brian Romanshttp://clasticdetritus.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-4781171759789073002012-01-29T21:13:13.868-08:002012-01-29T21:13:13.868-08:00Well, ok , I have heard it now:
http://www.scpr.o...Well, ok , I have heard it now:<br /><br />http://www.scpr.org/blogs/environment/2011/07/07/3127/song-week-st-francis-dam-disaster/Garry Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531226195147986457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-11021489899525564232012-01-29T21:07:07.998-08:002012-01-29T21:07:07.998-08:00Thanks Randy. I need to hear this some time...
Ly...Thanks Randy. I need to hear this some time...<br /><br />Lyrics to St. Francis Dam Disaster by Frank Black<br /><br />There was a well known water master man<br /> He was the king<br /> He could do anything<br /> The Saint Francis Dam disaster man<br /> Thought she was all right<br /> Until around midnight<br /> <br />Because that water seeks her own<br /> She had a desire to flow<br /> She was looking for somewhere to go<br /> <br />She was a slave to the great metropolis<br /> She was feeling choked<br /> She pushed the wall till it broke<br /> <br />When they heard <br />The great apocalypse<br /> At power house number two<br /> Well there was nothing they could do<br /> <br />Because that water seeks her own<br /> Five and one half hours she would flow<br /> She had fifty-three miles to go<br /> <br />A cascade down to Santa Clara way<br /> Near sixty feet high<br /> Now she's a mile wide <br />It was clear she was going far away<br /> And whole towns were too<br /> A few got lucky in Piru<br /> <br />Because that water seeks her own<br /> But four more hours she would flow<br /> She had twenty-nine miles to go<br /> <br />She carried in her every kind of thing<br /> House, trees, and telegraph pole<br /> Some say a thousand souls<br /> At three A.M. she gave Santa Paula a ring<br /> She was still twenty-five feet high<br /> Under a peaceful sky<br /> <br />Because that water seeks her own<br /> But two more hours she would flow<br /> She had nineteen miles more to go<br /> <br />It was a real bad night in little Saticoy<br /> El Rio then Montalvo<br /> How many no one really knows<br /> Ventura Beach was very scary boy<br /> Humanity a pile<br /> She went her final mile<br /> <br />Because that water seeks her own<br /> Into the sea the water flowed<br /> And now for forever she would goGarry Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531226195147986457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-55274092062966806002012-01-29T20:55:01.004-08:002012-01-29T20:55:01.004-08:00There's even a song about the disaster: "...There's even a song about the disaster: "St. Francis Dam Disaster", by Frank Black and the Catholics. It's actually a catchy tune, and tells the story of the flood pretty accurately.Randy A.noreply@blogger.com