Iz-kan-reddit t1_jbtew95 wrote on March 11, 2023 at 3:58 PM

Reply to comment by megjake in La Niña, which worsens Atlantic hurricanes and Western droughts, is gone by LifeTableWithChairs

I was asking where it was located. I'm curious because it's a tough situation to solve, considering the lack of space in the areas where they're needed.

There's been talk since the 80s about excavating a large part of the Sepulveda Basin, which would be perfect as far as location on the LA River and already having a dam there, but there's a golf course there, so obviously that can't be done.

megjake t1_jbtidtz wrote on March 11, 2023 at 4:23 PM

Can’t seem to find anything online about its construction but my hometown is Beaumont CA. It wasn’t a big reservoir by any means but it was a good addition to the cities already pretty good flood management. We’d have the occasional mudslide but for the most part during heavy rains despite being in a valley we never had flood damage