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Showing posts with label St. Francis Dam disaster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Francis Dam disaster. Show all posts
Friday, September 21, 2018

Recalling California's Second Worst Disaster Ever: The Victims May Finally Get a Voice

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A number of people have brought to my attention this article in the Press Enterprise about efforts to construct a memorial to the victims o...
Monday, January 8, 2018

A Look Back at Ten Years of Geotripping: "Surely they didn't build it there?" The 2nd biggest disaster in California history

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There is a part of California's history that is not celebrated. The failure that took place at St. Francis Dam on March 12, 1928 took mo...
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Sunday, January 29, 2012

The Other California: "Surely they didn't build it there?" The 2nd biggest disaster in California history

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Hindsight is harsh. Sometimes choices and judgements are made to save time, to save money. Sometimes choices are made in unfortunate ign...
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Garry Hayes
I am a teacher of geology at Modesto Junior College and former president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Far Western Section. I have led field trips all over the western United States, and a few excursions overseas, but my homebase is the Sierra Nevada, the Great Valley, and the Coast Ranges of California.
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