1928 St. Francis Dam Disaster Ruins – Then & Now

1928 St. Francis Dam Disaster Ruins – Then & Now.  It took TWO YEARS to fill and it was emptied in 70 MINUTES. On March 12, 1928 HUNDREDS were Killed in the largest man-made civil engineering disaster in American history.

 

 

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5 thoughts on “1928 St. Francis Dam Disaster Ruins – Then & Now

  • Tad Keller

    Very interesting! Masks don’t work. If the masks could keep out the virus you would not be able to breath through it.

    I saw something similiar on Mysteries of the Abandoned. That was in Italy or somewhere in Eruope.

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    • Your logic is incorrect, masks work because oxygen molecules are an order of magnitude smaller than any virus (remember that viruses themselves are comprised of molecules and thus are massively larger), thus the air you breathe can pass through the mask, but the viruses are intercepted.
      Furthermore, masks intercept droplets that may contain viruses. This interrupts the spread of the virus through sneezes, coughs etc, as well as providing a barrier for those close by.

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  • David Queen

    MULWRAY
    “In case you’ve forgotten, gentlemen,
    over five hundred lives were lost
    when the Van der Lip Dam gave way —
    core samples have shown that beneath
    this bedrock is shale similar to the
    permeable shale in the Van der Lip
    disaster. It couldn’t withstand
    that kind of pressure there.”
    from “Chinatown” by Robert Towne (my favorite film)

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  • bob sef

    this was a GREAT post scott THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

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  • Dianne Werthmuller

    I used to live in housing tract off of San Francisquito Rd. during 60s-70s. On some Sunday drives up the canyon, we would find bits and pieces of the old concrete that was the dam. I couldn’t imagine being asleep and waking to rushing water through my home, how horrible for the people who perished.

    Please do not use my email address in my post –

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