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Flood in the Desert

"It hasn't been raining...What water is he talking about?" So my family didn't reallypay...

"It hasn't been raining...
What water is he talking about?" So my family didn't really
pay much attention until other neighbors
started running

Full Transcript

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"It hasn't been raining... What water is he talking about?"
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So my family didn't really pay much attention
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until other neighbors started running.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:35:44
Uploaded
Mar 28, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history

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Movie Summary

Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the 2nd deadliest disaster in California history. A colossal engineering failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland, who had ensured the growth of Los Angeles by bringing water to the city via ...
Precious minutes ticked by - Flood in the Desert 00:13
Precious minutes ticked by
Sisto got his children, - Flood in the Desert 00:16
Sisto got his children,
As the truck toppled over, they could see the little - Flood in the Desert 00:11
As the truck toppled over, they could see the little
With nowhere to go, - Flood in the Desert 00:11
With nowhere to go,
The first impact tore their flimsy house apart. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
The first impact tore their flimsy house apart.
Miraculously, Soledad, her mother, - Flood in the Desert 00:13
Miraculously, Soledad, her mother,
But Soledad's luck seemed to run out when her hair - Flood in the Desert 00:10
But Soledad's luck seemed to run out when her hair
Soledad watched her mother and siblings - Flood in the Desert 00:07
Soledad watched her mother and siblings
Soledad screamed, - Flood in the Desert 00:07
Soledad screamed,
But she could hear animals drowning, - Flood in the Desert 00:09
But she could hear animals drowning,
And that was so terrifying to her. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
And that was so terrifying to her.
As the flood carried Soledad's mother downstream, - Flood in the Desert 00:11
As the flood carried Soledad's mother downstream,
Even so, it still had power enough - Flood in the Desert 00:10
Even so, it still had power enough
Along the way, it had picked up all the debris - Flood in the Desert 00:07
Along the way, it had picked up all the debris
Orchard trees, cattle. - Flood in the Desert 00:05
Orchard trees, cattle.
And as you get to the ocean, - Flood in the Desert 00:08
And as you get to the ocean,
So it's this mix of sludge - Flood in the Desert 00:14
So it's this mix of sludge
The next day was gloomy, - Flood in the Desert 00:07
The next day was gloomy,
There was no color at all that morning. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
There was no color at all that morning.
He remembered houses just broken into pieces. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
He remembered houses just broken into pieces.