The Los Angeles Dam Collapse That NO ONE Knows About
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
- Welcome to a journey through time and terrain, as we delve into the gripping history of the St. Francis Dam collapse in this video. Starting at the remnants of the dam, we embark on a bike ride tracing the catastrophic flood path, offering an immersive experience of one of America's greatest civil engineering disasters. As we navigate the terrain, you'll get to learn about the events leading up to the disaster, the tragic night of the collapse, and the lasting impacts on the surrounding communities. Join us for this unique blend of history and adventure, as we pedal through the past to better understand the present. Remember to strap on your helmet, and brace yourself for a thrilling ride through history!
Resources on Water in California:
Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner
Floodpath by Jon Wilkman
All historic imagery is property of UCLA Library. Department of Special Collections. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License . 
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Trent: Great route, great video. I'm facinated by your visions and inspiration to create. It's always a surprise where our inspiration comes from, such as the dam collapse, which was the catalyst for your route, your video as a medium to educate people about the history of the damn and the tragic loss of lives. Well done. Keep Creating. Keep riding. Keep inspiring others. ~ PEACE
GREAT video.
Glad you enjoyed it!!
Very professional production. To someone who constantly watches mainstream videos with millions of views, this fit surprisingly well in my feed. Great editing and mic work. I think making videos about riding your bike through historical areas could be your niche, I can definitely foresee an audience for that on youtube. Good luck
Wow, thank you! I'm glad you liked it!
Hi, Trent. That was a good ride, and you made good time. Having grown up in the area of the dam site, I've always known about the disaster. I'd like to recommend a good book on the subject that I read recently. Floodpath: The Deadliest Man-Made Disaster of 20th-Century America and the Making of Modern Los Angeles, by Jon Wilkman. Happy trails to you...
Of course people know about it. However, most people I've spoken to, do not! Having been both a Los Angeles and Ventura County resident, learning about the disaster hit me in a meaningful way.
Hey, great job you did. So the flood was rolling about twice as fast as you? Looking forward to viewing more about the Aqueduct. The dam geek, Jeff
The flood moved about 13mph!
Frank Black and the Catholics have a song “St. Francis Dam Disaster” on their album Dog in the Sand. That’s how I knew about this tragic event. Give it a listen.
Great song! Thanks for sharing.
yep- the okies escaping the dustbowl in oklahoma found employment when they got to vta county by earning 25 cents per body exhumed from the tangle of wire and wood and debris. i know this because i got to hear this from someone who did exactly this. sherman leroy goodman also set up the first service station in somis and built tthe water system for simi valley. i grew up in camarillo and this is a story people should know about, also the deaths may have been as high as 2000 people.
you should cover the raytheon/rocketdyne meltdown in simi valley and how all of ventura was built on top of thousands of graves. the headstones were deposited in the riverbed north of ventura. you can still read a lot of them. theres some content for you, hexagon eyes!
Wow, this is all so fascinating! Thank you for sharing. I do know about the field lab, perhaps that should be next!
@@TrentSiggard all my friends who grew up in simi had very early onset lieukemia, ovarian cysts, and other maladies. unfortunately half of them died from suicide or overdoses..... its a rough place to grow up. even the chumash avoided that area