Level1oldschool

Level1oldschool t1_j5f4cml wrote

Reply to comment by krazydavid 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

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

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Level1oldschool t1_j5cw8kz 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

Yup, I used to live near that area. The ruins of the dam foundation are almost gone now. Not really much to see there anymore.

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Level1oldschool t1_ivrcwhw wrote

Reply to comment by LifelessPolymath53 in In France all new large parking lots must now be covered in solar panels starting in july 2023. by BuildingBabel

That’s true to an extent. But My generation and the previous generation are so set in the good old days that they resist any change. And voters in our age groups make up a larger percentage of the vote. The writing is on the wall about Climate Change, but they refuse to see it.

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