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Flood in the Desert

It's kind of like, you know, straws on a camel's back

It's kind of like, you know, straws on a camel's back

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It's kind of like, you know,
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straws on a camel's back.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:47
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 ...
This dam did not have the capacity - Flood in the Desert 00:11
This dam did not have the capacity
The dam was actually tilting one half of a degree. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
The dam was actually tilting one half of a degree.
Already the St. Francis Dam was fractured by cracks, - Flood in the Desert 00:09
Already the St. Francis Dam was fractured by cracks,
Then another defect - Flood in the Desert 00:08
Then another defect
What about water that seeps under the base - Flood in the Desert 00:13
What about water that seeps under the base
Like most modern dams, - Flood in the Desert 00:13
Like most modern dams,
The wings of the dam were beginning to slip away. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
The wings of the dam were beginning to slip away.
Around 11:30 p.m., a massive chunk of the dam, - Flood in the Desert 00:12
Around 11:30 p.m., a massive chunk of the dam,
Intensely pressurized water began - Flood in the Desert 00:07
Intensely pressurized water began
The entire east wing was on the verge of collapse. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
The entire east wing was on the verge of collapse.
Over time, water from the reservoir had begun - Flood in the Desert 00:16
Over time, water from the reservoir had begun
If it begins to be on an angle, as the hillside was, - Flood in the Desert 00:13
If it begins to be on an angle, as the hillside was,
The dam was sliding on its base. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
The dam was sliding on its base.
And the west side crumbled down. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
And the west side crumbled down.
Tony Harnischfeger probably saw it happen. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
Tony Harnischfeger probably saw it happen.
Ace Hopewell, smoking a cigarette - Flood in the Desert 00:09
Ace Hopewell, smoking a cigarette
The landslide severed the wires - Flood in the Desert 00:09
The landslide severed the wires
The lights in the city flickered. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
The lights in the city flickered.
For Harnischfeger and his family, - Flood in the Desert 00:12
For Harnischfeger and his family,
The sound of the collapsing dam - Flood in the Desert 00:12
The sound of the collapsing dam