The Massive LA Disaster You've Never Heard Of

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@melimsah 3 года назад

I feel like this story needs to be taught in engineering classes, if it's not already. I remember my older brother saying someone at his school put up posters saying something like "If you cheat or cliff notes through your classes here, people die." And it's true.

@BavarianGentians 3 года назад

Xandra Garrison I learned about the failures in the Challenger disaster in my tech writing class. The general idea being that how you present information influences how readers respond to it. So, a failure in communication

@GraceLJW 3 года назад

We learned about it in a few of my classes! Especially in my ethics and safety course.

@johanvajse8410 3 года назад

I know it was "a different time" but I think hiring someone who was self-taught for something this important was careless on everybody's part.

@real_fjcalabrese 3 года назад

I heard about this is various engineering classes.

@naminova 3 года назад

I particularly like it for teaching purposes, because the engineering concepts that were flubbed are very simple and easy to understand. Bernoulli's Principle is fluids 101, and any engineering freshman will understand why increasing the height of the dam without other changes is just a horrible idea.

@M2ofEMMM 3 года назад

Remember everyone: Regulations are written in blood.

@baronvonjo1929 3 года назад

Sandy Hook Shooting, Titanic, 9/11, Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, Numerous Car Defects throughout the decades, Hurricane Katrina, and tons more.

@marksmith4346 3 года назад

Eh, nowadays regulations are written by whichever lobbyist gave the politician the most money under the table or they are written to make the sponsor sound good.

@ktpinnacle 3 года назад

@@marksmith4346 Consider Flint. The problem is that most people can't tell which regulations have a very serious justification and which ones are payoffs.

@AlbertaGeek 3 года назад

@@ktpinnacle There's an easy way to tell the difference. It's just like with the COVID crisis: listen to the scientists. The scientists and the engineers. They still might be wrong, but if it's a choice between them or politicians and pencil-pushers and bean-counters, I'll go with the scientists and the engineers every time.

@ktpinnacle 3 года назад

@@AlbertaGeek Being a scientist, I agree. But there are an awful lot of people that don't seem to understand the world we live in. To them, science is magic. And they reserve their faith for others.

@garyowen9044 2 года назад

As a retired engineer, these are the things of my nightmares. My boss has a chunk of, now epoxy coated, failed col in his office. (Not our doing, or design, just found during a contracted inspection.) “Upon inspection, I observed a deformed column, I immediately had the superintendent notify the authorities, and instructed the facility administrator to begin evacuation. I remained on-site until completed”. He’s my hero. We had lunch after Surfside, things will certainly change. Unfortunately not everyone is as commanding of remedial action as they are.

@thecraziestofalldave Год назад

what kind of column of of what kind of application?

@garyowen9044 Год назад

@@thecraziestofalldave vertical steel col, with significant section loss. It had collapsed on itself by about 6”. The building’s facilities manager had noted cracks on an interior wall several stories up, when they removed a dryvit skirt, to visually inspect, the SE’s first words were, “Holy Mother of Pearl! Begin evacuation immediately.”

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

California routinely cuts farners from their water supplies. The Governor is doing it right now, by turning-off irrigation to northern farms. The Democrat-run government claims it has eminent domain over all water .

@peacenow42 Год назад

@@garyowen9044 so proud of my son who one year in his college days he won the Thompson Award for most outstanding civil engineer student in the USA (for that year). Bragging rights! One of my fav pictures is one of he and his students hoisting a huge piece of German steel in a classroom for testing.

@frankbartschi 2 года назад

Having grown up in Santa Clarita I learned all about this disaster and have even hiked the dam site. This video is, by far, the best account of the St Francis Dam disaster that I have ever seen. Thank you for bringing this "forgotten" Chapter of California history back into the light.

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

KEY FACT: The collapsed dam has a twin dam called Mulholland Dam overlooking downtown LA. Fearing this dam would fail too, the city dumped tons of dirt to reinforce it. The dam is still there (until the Big One hits) .

@chrismayer3919 Год назад

If I believed in ghosts, That entire canyon could be regarded as a condemned haunted region by the spirits of those never recovered… or even those who were! 👻😱

@davidortega357 10 месяцев назад

I remember the Hansen dam episode that took place in San Fernando valley 1960

@gohome678 7 месяцев назад

Me growing up in San Jose back in the seventies left in 95 glad I left

@clarky23 6 месяцев назад

Question: is there a historical marker there at least signifying what happened there?

@ultimateninjaboi 3 года назад

"Self-taught engineer," is now a contender for my favorite 3 word horror story

@peggedyourdad9560 2 года назад

What are your favorite ones?

@Rapidashisaunicorn 2 года назад

As a university-taught engineer who barely feels qualified… yes.

@Elleoaqua 2 года назад

self-taught potus?

@alim5451 2 года назад

Have you ever heard of Action Park cause they had a few self taught engineers making watersides

@Rapidashisaunicorn 2 года назад

@@alim5451 As a university-taught engineer who makes waterslides… yes (and YIKES)

@abigaildehn5870 3 года назад

Imagine if Caitlin actually had a Netflix show and what she would be able to do with a bigger budget

@spookyteal 3 года назад

It would do so much to educate so many more people about their nonprofit

@lizwoods9835 3 года назад

I mean she voiced death on midnight gospel

@tafferine388 3 года назад

Maybe not Netflix because y’know .. ew

@Jonny-Law 3 года назад

Have you seen how many Patreons she has?! I saw at least 300 on the list at the end of the one video she posted.

@mor4y 3 года назад

I think to get a show onto Netflix nowadays you need to dumb down the info, and up the number of twerking 12 year olds.... 👀🤢

@jeremiahgabriel5709 2 года назад

This was so rad to learn about, but also reminded me uncomfortably of the Boston Molasses Flood. Specifically the part where a gentleman went to check on the structure the day before and spent a lot of time talking to superiors about how it seemed problematic, and being continuously told off for doing so. If you've not done a video about that, and I know you're probably super busy, but I'd love to see one about it.

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

A lot of disasters including factory deaths are caused by superiors refusing to listen and/or insisting everything is safe .

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

@pixelplays964 Год назад

I'd love a more in-depth look at this disaster. I only know about it because Sam O'Nella mentioned it in a video, but a more serious exploration of it would be enjoyable.

@christystewart4567 Год назад

I’ve heard about that but not in depth. It sounds horrifying.

@TheSolitaryGrape Год назад

I would also love to see Caitlin do a video on this topic! For anyone wanting to learn more about the molasses flood, the channel Watcher has an episode of their show Puppet History that covers it. It's much more comedic and goofy than Ask a Mortician, but is a very fascinating video that covers this topic well

@Totli805 2 года назад

I'm from Santa Paula, we all grew up hearing the "dam disaster". There is a also a statue (across the railroad station) from two brave heroes on motorcycles who warned inhabitants of the dam failure to near by communities, they perished.

@Gail1Marie Год назад

Thornton Edwards did NOT die in the disaster; he lived to be 93 years old, dying in 1988. Stanley Baker (the second officer depicted) also survived, as did two other officers--Lee Shephard and John Messer--who gave similar warnings.

@wildwilly400 3 года назад

My S.O.’s grandfather was a survivor of this disaster. Oliver Crocker. He was deaf in one ear for the remainder of his life after being thrown about underwater from the flood. He spoke a lot about the horror of it all. He lost many friends in this catastrophe and the images stayed with him for the remainder of his life. We inherited his photo albums, memoirs, and newspaper clippings regarding the Francisco Dam disaster after his death in 1990. An amazing man. We miss you, Ollie!

@maggiesfarm7970 3 года назад

Andy Otten You should put his pictures and story online!

@johanvajse8410 3 года назад

very tragic

@moonbook12 3 года назад

Wow maybe you share his stuff via online about this disaster, and I think you should share

@arleneboese713 3 года назад

Great horror story, Caitlin. I was just about to go to bed !! Thanks 🤔😲😵😰😱🐔🐓

@naomiklijs5912 3 года назад

Wow thanks for sharing your story

@thesisypheanjournal1271 3 года назад

Thank you for referring to Polanski as "fugitive from justice." Too many people don't take what he did to that child seriously. But, Hollywood.

@Egypt_Cat_Of_Denial 3 года назад

Polanski had a lot more going on in his weird life than just messing around with teenage girls.

@thesisypheanjournal1271 3 года назад

@@Egypt_Cat_Of_Denial People with issues usually have more than one issue.

@a_lethe_ion 3 года назад

@@Egypt_Cat_Of_Denial EDIT He didn't use barbital but Methaqualone, aka quaaludes and alcohol. Still massive risk of accidentally killing the 13 year old child that he anally raped. ffs I wouldn't call "drugging with phenobarbital and anally raping a 13 y child" messing around, but you do you pal. far far away from me pls

@seemoore57 3 года назад

I wonder how many are just like him in Hollywood

@a_lethe_ion 3 года назад

@@seemoore57 not just hollywood. everywhee. min 70% of abusers are family, close friends, relatives. but thats not a comfortable throught

@dustymojave 2 года назад

I've been aware of this disaster since I was a small child. My great grandfather was a carpenter for DWP then, My grandmother did some sort of clerical work for DWP and her desk was a couple of desks away from Mulholland's office door. My grandfather was a "Corker & Repairman" for DWP at the time and was one of thousands sent to work on emergency repairs to repair the water system so that water to LA was not cut off for long. He told me of being inside the water tunnel in the canyon wall downstream of the dam which was for water to bypass the dam or carry it out of the dam and toward the San Fernando Valley. The rushing water had torn out the side of the tunnel and it needed repair to pass water. So he was on the crew that repaired it. When they were done, the water valves up the canyon were opened to let water flow. Someone got in too big of a hurry and communications were almost non-existent. So he and a couple other guys were still in the tunnel when water was rushing past them. It was almost up to his knees before they got to where they could get out. Grandma said that Mulholland had been a cheerful guy before, but from that day on, he walked around with his shoulders slumped and a sad look on his face. Not greeting anyone . Looking down at the floor as he walked. Clearly a crushed man. A year and a half later grandma left DWP to give birth to my mom. Grandpa around the same time switched jobs to become a "Sanjero" or "Keeper of the Ditch" in English. His job then and until he retired in 1964 was to control irrigation water for farmers in the San Fernando Valley. When he retired, they retired his job with him.

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

@essiebee8415 Год назад

There are other videos on this tragedy which actually point out that much of the things that would have prevented this were actually just unknown to engineers of the time. Mulholland actually could not have been expected to know some of the issues inherent in the dam even if he had studied. Self-taught engineers were common, and this incident actually led to mandatory certification of engineers. I think this is pretty important to put in this video.

@danitza02125 Год назад

I'm glad you made this point; it seems multiple leaks had occurred in the same area as the muddy leak--Mulholland was troubled and knew it had to be fixed but he thought he had more time. However, it's still bothersome that no one was warned that a dam designed to keep water in was, in fact, letting it out, but I understand not wanting to cause widespread panic for something you think can be fixed...decisions like that are difficult.

@jackr2287 7 месяцев назад

@@danitza02125 Panic is so easy to spread. Three Mile Island comes to mind. An overall contained radiation leak blown to such out of scale proportions, by catastrophic mismanagement of the public relations side of things.

@Justhatipp 3 года назад

I can’t believe RU-vid doesn’t monetize this woman! I mean I’m not mad i don’t have to see ads! But man she is doing a practically free public service educating people! It’s amazing

@KhanMann66 3 года назад

Shawn Tippie YT stupid “family friendly” crappy guidelines.

@Moonlitwatersofaqua 3 года назад

From what I understand any money these videos make goes to charity.

@Justhatipp 3 года назад

Holly Snow ugh what does that have to do with RU-vid monetizing her?

@cagrant4472 3 года назад

She will never be monetized because her show is about the worst of all taboos: The D-word, that we may never speak of, or type! We must NEVER recognize D***h, in any way! And, if for some reason we are forced to think of it, we must spit between our fingers, stand in a bucket, and think Lovely Thoughts.

@ivanharris5090 3 года назад

I don't see how 'puttting strawberries into bleach and poisoning some kid' or 'dripping crazy hot caramel onto egg beaters and causing third degree burns' is 'family friendly'. It's just RU-vid algorithm. Ann Reardon from @HowtoCookThatwith AnnReardon has debunked that.

@Monicalia 3 года назад

the second you said that the majority of the victims were immigrants, it became obvious why we've never heard of that disaster.

@sp4cegrl27 3 года назад

oop-

@KerKhent 3 года назад

Doesn't matter. The story of the dam should've been taught in schools.

@notme1255 3 года назад

Since this happened IN California and IN LA that must say alot about how CALIFORNIANS IN LA must think of their immigrant American population. Nice try though.

@gochugaru1058 3 года назад

KerKhent it does matter, there are so many more disasters that have happened and many people have no clew they happen BECAUSE it happened to minorities.

@dojokonojo 3 года назад

We learned about in school but in Northern California we love everything that tells us LA is shitty

@anniewilkes6011 Год назад

I did a report on this in college. It was a very haunting tale. The Mulholland Reservoir/ Hollywood Reservoir was of the same construction as the Saint Francis, and the city filled the front of the damn with tons of dirt, and planted trees to reduce the appearance of it's size and reduce the possibility of a similar failure.

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

Front of the damn? I know dams are ugly, but they aren’t damned to hell

@Carmy97 10 месяцев назад

I am from South Africa but absolutely LOVE your posts and have learned so much about America. Thank you. Please don't ever stop making posts, you have such talent! As a tsunami survivor, I could particularly relate to the horror of this post. 😢

@keepcalmyouexist358 3 года назад

The reason I've heard of this is because as students of applied maths and physics, we all bitched that our mechs professor was obsessing over hydrostatics and safety coefficients. After he had us google pictures of the diagrams and the disaster, we all stf up. Because that's exactly the reason massive projects should be overengineered.

@beacreates4370 3 года назад

Honestly, that's a great professor. I wish more engineering profs would do shit like that.

@NicoleSelvaggio 3 года назад

My uncle's college gives all engineering graduates an iron ring (there were rumors that some are made from the metal of a collapsed bridge). They're meant to be a "reminder of the obligations and ethics associated with" being an engineer (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring)

@eddvcr598 3 года назад

@Nicole S That’s a powerful, heavy reminder, and an excellent practice. I agree about overengineering these structures.

@classicambo9781 3 года назад

The reason I have heard of this is Tom Scott 😉

@susannarita4259 3 года назад

@@classicambo9781 Same!

@dariangoldinstahl266 3 года назад

"Self-taught engineer" is a horrifying combination of words 😳

@GetIsekaid 3 года назад

Not back then, also he wasn't at fault, the dam was constructed on an ancient landslide.

@definitelynotashark1799 3 года назад

@The King depends. External quality control is important. If you're not getting feedback, even a book with solutions to the mathematical problems may not be sufficient.

@definitelynotashark1799 3 года назад

@@GetIsekaid the engineer very much plays a role in ensuring not only that the construction is internally sound, but also that the external factors are considered and approved. Idk if things were different back then in that regard as well, but... Yeah.

@DanielTsosie 3 года назад

The Wright brothers owned a bike shop. Pretty sure Da Vinci didn't have an engineering degree either :D

@mvpine4288 3 года назад

Hey I'm a dam engineer - you're still allowed to be self-taught in the states. You just have to pass 3 giant tests, each more difficult than the last, to prove you know what gets taught in school. And school is fairly useless for anything but the basics - the rest you learn on the job anyhow.

@Paintbait 2 года назад

Here's another one you've never heard of: Johnstown, Dam disaster in 1889. Deaths - 2,208. A disaster ostensibly caused for some fishing and huntin' buddies. Really well documented as one of the first industrial disasters recorded with photography of the aftermath, and integral to defining the American Red Cross mission from thereafter. This damn dam-disaster might have actually been worse if not for the suffering of nearly fourfold more forty years earlier.

@1CherryTree Год назад

Not unheard of. Actually fairly well known. I live in MO and was quite aware of this disaster in history.

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

KEY FACT: The collapsed dam has a twin dam called Mulholland Dam overlooking downtown LA. Fearing this dam would fail too, the city dumped tons of dirt in front of the dam to reinforce it. The dam is still there .

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

@mailynnrivers2693 Год назад

Dang, people really don't know about it?? I live in Pittsburgh PA and qe were taught about that in elementary school.

@letitiajeavons6333 7 месяцев назад

My grandparents are from Western PA. I grew up learning about it.

@nancyhartman422 3 года назад

Watching this was kind of surreal because My grandmother and mom lived through this. They lived in santa Paula and just made it out on time. My mom told me the stories my whole life. My grandmother must have gotten a warning because she told my mom to put her clothes on the bed. My mom was picking outfits and laying them on the bed cause she didnt know what was happening she was 12 or 13 year old kid. So mom says grandma comes in lifts all the clothes and throws them on the bed and then ties the four corners of the bedspread together takes it and mom out to the street. There were lots of unsung heroes that day and one of them was driving a truck around picking people up and getting them to safety. In my mom's case the man driving the truck was the first African American she had ever seen. It was a red letter day for mom. It affected her the rest of her life. She was a tremendously strong woman and didn't show any emotions but there were little clues that it still affected her. The big one being we had to have all the hangers in our closet facing in to make it easier to get them out, just in case of an emergency. When they went back to their house it was gone. My mom found one of her dolls in the mud and my grandmother found her sewing machine. Neither The family moved to Santa Paula from Arkansas when my mom was a baby and a lot of the other relatives eventually moved there too. There was only one of their houses still standing when it was over and the rest of the family had to move in there. There were tents in the backyard and the house was packed with people. It was the same all over town. At that time my grandmother was working at the Sunkist lemon packing house as a supervisor. With the crop damage and loss of workforce and housing shortage she said it was just chaos there for months. Sorry I'm writing so much. I havn't thought about this in years. We have quite a tragic family background and the flood isn't even close to the top of our tragedy scale. Thanks again for the video

@katherinekhan6892 3 года назад

Thanks so much for sharing.

@bobsullivan5714 3 года назад

Nancy, Stories like yours are important reminders of real people dealing with unimaginable tragedy. You made it real, Nancy...Thank you.

@vegadeth 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing. I had read a book on this disaster a while back. I grew up in Santa Paula and still live here. It’s crazy that this story was not very well known when I was a kid growing up here in the 80s

@happydaze4665 3 года назад

WoW! If you wrote more I think I would have read it all! Bob is right! We All learn from stories like yours! Guess What? I am literally employing one of your lessons for the rest of my life! All my hangers Will Be facing inwards from this day forward. Thank You

@b0borden437 3 года назад

I found it very interesting, thank you for sharing your story:)

@sarasmr4278 3 года назад

"Self taught engineer" -- what could go wrong?

@RealGlowup 3 года назад

It is crazy, but it’s also how a lot of people did things back then. I know a highschool graduate who serviced and repaired planes - barbers were also dentists and some times the closet to medical treatment anyone had, etc. - it was wild

@olympic-gradelurker 3 года назад

yep! Grandpa never got a chance to graduate from High school, yet he had a successful farmers insurance company by 19.

@iciajay6891 3 года назад

Clearly he knows what he is doing being a Man tm.

@SewerKid1 3 года назад

My grandfather. Finished middle school and had to work from age 13 onwards. Learned practical mathematics, about materials and construction by working in construction projects. Built dams! and nothing went wrong.

@lilmorticia5696 3 года назад

this comment radiates jeremy clarkson energy xD

@sueregan2782 2 года назад

My dad used to tell me about the LA newspaper reported his family wiped out in a flood. The story didn’t show up in a family history written by a cousin, so upon research, I found the story of the St Francis dam flood, which happened when my father was 17. His uncles at that time owned a homestead on the LA river, but we’re actually vacationing in the mountains at the time the dam broke, so of course there was no trace of them after the flood!

@luciobricks6799 9 месяцев назад

La empatia con la que narras estos eventos es extraordinaria. Mis reconocimientos a tu trabajo.

@craftyumbrella4519 3 года назад

“Self taught engineer” *excuse me, what?*

@kathycoferrn 3 года назад

What could go wrong?🤷

@panman-yc4hp 3 года назад

they also said somthen bout a mentor

@RED-jg6mt 3 года назад

fr O_o

@julesbassinger9847 3 года назад

Yeah I didn’t go to school for 4 full years and in my 5 year, just to be insulted by this baboonery. Do not trust anyone who says they are a self taught engineer

@AK-jt7kh 3 года назад

Lol! My thoughts exactly!

@anactualotter6216 3 года назад

"Self-trained engineer" Me: There's your problem

@johanvajse8410 3 года назад

and that's a fact!

@lucyloo2520 3 года назад

My husband is an engineer. Can't wait till he comes in form watering the garden to watch this with him.

@NickC_222 3 года назад

Lucy Loo As long as he's not watering the garden with a shoddily built LA dam lol.

@notarat8919 3 года назад

I FOUND YOU

@notarat8919 3 года назад

THE DAY HAS COME, RU-vid IS NO LONGER ANONYMOUS

@damenicawiley 2 года назад

I found your channel by mistake and now, I can't get enough. I love how informative you are and how you tell the story (voices, enthusiasm, etc.). Thank you.

@Marthitaandsunflowers 2 года назад

I'm a newbie as well!!!

@POtterAAngERagon 2 года назад

Welcome to the deathling community!!

@POtterAAngERagon 2 года назад

@@Marthitaandsunflowers you will find that the Deathling community (Ask a Mortician fans) are really nice. There is a ton of cool videos to watch, I recommend the trio about death and Disney

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

@supersirenia 2 года назад

OMG I LIVE IN CR I HAD NO IDEA you were going to be supporting our recovery! It's 2022 and there is still obvious signs of the derecho. Thank you, Caitlin.

@curiousfirely 3 года назад

An interesting pivot from marine mammals - maybe a new theme - 'humans make obviously dumb choices that lead to terrible consequences.'

@AxxLAfriku 3 года назад

My haters throw rocks at me and it hurts. I hope they don't throw The Rock at me because I like him as an actor. GAGAGAGAGA!!! I am funny!!! For more amazing jokes you have to visit my YT site, dear lir

@lexiwexiwoo 3 года назад

Lord knows we've got enough examples to fill an infinitely long series.

@harveyabel1354 3 года назад

@@AxxLAfriku You're "funny" all right.

@harveyabel1354 3 года назад

@Ric Goesinya Wasn't talking about looks.

@Digitalhunny 3 года назад

Oh, do you mean 'Darwin Awards'?

@Ay-B 2 года назад

Everyone in Los Angeles should be concerned about water use and land rights. You live in a watered desert.

@eduardoa3165 2 года назад

lmao we know that they been telling us that since elementary school 😂

@l33td00d17 2 года назад

Absolutely. They’re about a year from disaster. I was dumbstruck by that comment.

@eduardoa3165 2 года назад

@@l33td00d17 they keep telling us that every year.. sadly LA county will find a new source of water from up north..

@l33td00d17 2 года назад

@@eduardoa3165 They also keep telling you ever year that climate change is a problem. That doesn't mean it's not happening. Los Angeles has a storm water system that dumps huge amounts of fresh water into the ocean while it literally steals water from the Colorado river. It doesn't matter if "they" (whoever that is) tell you every year. The situation is getting worse by any valid measure. Feel free to look it up on your own. Having a random bureaucrat telling you not to water your lawn too much in no way conveys the seriousness of the situation

@douglasgraebner1831 2 года назад

I mean it's a fascinating topic EVERYWHERE. Can you imagine what'll happen if the SE/Midwest start going into drought and eyeing the Great Lakes? CHAOS CHAOS

@blackchewy8435 2 года назад

Thanks so much for this video! My late grandfather worked for LA water and power for 46 years. He would take me with him to work occasionally in the summertime and told me the story of the dam and the towns along the flood path. He started with LA county in 1951 and the story was still fresh and active on the job at that time. I have been to a lot of the places you have shown while with him and it brought back great memories. Thank you again!

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

@hiddencreekfarm4441 Год назад

I lived in LA from 1947-1983, graduated from UCLA with a history minor, and NEVER heard of the disaster. I recognized the name Mullholland from the road named after him and now I can't imagine why that famous road is named after a failed self-taught engineer!!

@spookySurgeon 3 года назад

"Long time fugitive of justice Roman Polanski" Caitlyn you are such a queen

@jamescalifornia2964 3 года назад

What a life 😯

@johanvajse8410 3 года назад

puts on tinfoil hat to share conspiracy theory: Roman Polanksi paid Charles Manson to kill his wife, Sharon Tate, and her lover. The others were innocent by-standers. I could be very biased against RP, though.

@solovjud 3 года назад

Alex Agree.

@Gam3B0y23r0 3 года назад

@@johanvajse8410 Naah, he is just cursed /s

@johanvajse8410 3 года назад

@@Gam3B0y23r0 the POS deserves whatever misfortune comes his way

@MsRubyet 3 года назад

They used boy scouts to find bodies. Let that sink in for a minute.

@Miraclelittlepie 3 года назад

Im sorry excuse me they used children to find dead bodies????

@hrani 3 года назад

Maybe someone concluded there was no way to keep them from seeing the tragedy and thought they could feel less helpless and like they were helping and making a difference by combing for the deceased

@shieh.4743 3 года назад

The boy scouts were originally a military-esque organization - a training of youth to do scouting (hence the name).

@Miraclelittlepie 3 года назад

@Straight Razor Daddy i said it in a shocking way lmao im not sheltered im just not old and born back then where this was common or even heard of since ya know the boy scouts are doing camping and building these days not helping find dead bodies from freak events....

@ThatQatPerson 3 года назад

@@Miraclelittlepie Scouts still help with search and rescue if needed. It's not just camping and building things. My daughter is training for Eagle scout. She recently completed her CPR training before Covid. I was CPR trained in girl scouts at the same age and while I never did a human search and rescue as a kid, I did plenty of livestock search and rescues. Sometimes we don't give our kids enough credit.

@NickiAvenged Год назад

I just found your channel and even though it's 2 years later... THANK YOU for donating to the Cedar Rapids area! I was driving in CR when the Derecho storm hit. Genuinely thought I was about to die. It was a scary time for everyone.

@NortheastAndRetired Год назад

Being from the Northeast I loved flying out to Los Angeles as an older teenager exploring Las Angeles and Southern California. On one of these ventures to California our car rented from LAX broke down in New Hall, CA mentioned in this video. I had absolutely no idea what had happened there until I saw this video. Thank you so much for making this videos and teaching us history we knew nothing about before you. Please keep up you tremendously interesting and important video's.

@QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 года назад

"If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature but by our institutions , great is our sin ! " -- Charles Darwin

@saschamayer4050 3 года назад

Stop quote-spamming, please.

@RealGlowup 3 года назад

👏👏👏

@pamelaneibuhr6959 3 года назад

Question Everything - Thought Provoking Ideas applies even today

@noracola5285 3 года назад

@@BooksRebound It absolutely applies. What video were you watching?

@MikkiManson13 3 года назад

@@BooksRebound The capitalists decided to build a dam to bring more people and more $$$, stealing the water from its original source and workers community. This, which as the video said, ended up killing hundreds workers and immigrants. So in response, Question Everything posted that quote about the sin of the misery of the poor being caused by institutions. Please pay attention

@madamlt5758 3 года назад

The fact that Mulholland was warned by the dam keeper that it was becoming unsafe and then he basically told the guy to can it or he’d be canned makes him absolutely responsible for the tragedy.

@ctdieselnut 3 года назад

Yeah, it's a shitty response to give. I wonder if by that point it was unfixable. The town could have been evacuated if they took it seriously and understood how bad the structure was. At least he took full responsibility, as he should of.

@paulstewart6293 3 года назад

Classic stuff. Mon chere.

@SaltyMinorcan 3 года назад

so many movies and geographical locations named for that guy. now I know who he was.

@vtwinbreed 3 года назад

Not a whole lot you can do with multi billions of gallons of water safely.

@Romy--- 3 года назад

Yes. He was responsible. But he was NOT the first one to blame. He was a SELF TAUGHT ENGINEER. Like, wtf. Who would give such a job to someone with no studies/degree?? You don't put a self taught pilot piloting a Boeing. Would you like to go on that plane? You don't go to a self taught doctor either. There are such cases and have sometimes ended deadly (because they forge the degrees). It's not that he didn't pay attention in college, he did what he thought/learnt was right. Apparently it was made to fail, but he thought it was good. And he did take full responsibility after and also look at his eyes after the tragedy, he looked really broken. The main culprits are the ones who let him build the dam. His deputy? The mayor? Again, why the F would you give such an important and potentially dangerous task to someone with no degree? Those people are the first ones to blame.

@thebadger9302 Год назад

Thank you so much for sharing stories like this. I found this heartbreaking and once more disgusted by the arrogance of the people that caused this to happen.

@rachaellawrence8635 11 месяцев назад

It reminds me of the Johnstown, PA flood. My grandmother talked about family members who were survivors of that event. The stories of that day are haunting.

@happyvocal 2 года назад

Dude, that guy that lost his wife and five of his children, I'm glad that at least his oldest survived and they had each other. I did some research and they both lived long lives.

@thecraziestofalldave Год назад

At least it was quick. They were probably asleep. Just thwackDONE.

@ashleelarsen7765 Год назад

The Irish guy?

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

@EmptyMTYT Год назад

@@electrictroy2010 if it's still there it's probably fine

@lohphat 3 года назад

"Hey! Let's build a metropolis in a desert! What could go wrong?" Lake Mead is turning into a pond. Las Vegas is living on borrowed time. When the water runs out, the party will be over.

@doughinkley8796 3 года назад

Growing up San Diego in the 70's, I was taught in school,t that the natural water table could only support about 700,000 people and before the California aqueduct was built the Russian river flowed 15' higher than it did in the 70's and that we took so much water out of the colorado river that it no longer flowed over the Mexican border upsetting Mexico. Building in a desert was not so bright is a correct statement!

@Polopony20. 3 года назад

Either that or the fault gives way.

@tarmaque 3 года назад

"Whiskey is for drinking. Water is for fighting."

@pjano476 3 года назад

Mexico City too!

@jasonfischer9857 3 года назад

You know, 50% of the water in Lake Mead goes to California. Las Vegas is only entitled to an extremely small portion of the water from lake mead because when it was built, Las Vegas and Nevada as a whole was sparse in population and didn't need the vast amounts of water that California was demanding. Las Vegas has worked extremely well to conserve water and in the past 10 years Las Vegas' population has doubled but their water demand has not increased. That is not a feat any other city in the southwest can boast. Las Vegas native here.

@ursulaba1 Год назад

Caitlin, you are absolutely the best story teller. Previous to the LA Dam story I watched the sinking of the Eastland in Chicago, another must listen to event. Thank you for the wonderful time given us listening and watching.

@leslienold7719 2 года назад

This was one of my favorite history happenings that she covered. Such an amazing job! How exciting would it be if she produced 1 'Show' a month?

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

@ariannagarcia5341 3 года назад

This story is known among some immigrant communities in Los Angeles. I know my dad has told be about it repeatedly

@SpottedTiger89 3 года назад

Oh wow, that's amazing... I've lived in LA all my life and never heard about this!

@hambone4984 3 года назад

My family told this story as a lesson to never trust someone willing to buy shit land and as a lesson that the government puts money over people

@janedoex1398 3 года назад

So he likely knew people who died there ? I'm very sorry for his family, friends , coworkers etc .... Greetings and a probably quite meaningless "I'm sorry" from Vienna/ Austria. (The tiny state in Europe, not the continent)

@BeeWhistler 3 года назад

Jane Doe X There’s not a continent of Austria...

@janedoex1398 3 года назад

@@BeeWhistler I know. But a lot of people mix up Australia and Austria, believe it or not. So i join the sometimes deliberately made joke.

@mooresvillenorthcarolinath5668 Год назад

Your team has become my daily time for introspection and prayer . Your combination of humor with sincere compassion and empathy makes me in quiet awe . The stories provide education and factual depth I have not been able to compare. Again Please accept our family’s thank you

@piperarcher9706 3 года назад

Okay... but could you imagine gathering your little troop of scouts and being like "okay, go find dead bodies, boys"

@punkymcpuf 3 года назад

‘We’re here to make you man-scouts today...’

@saraschwalm4560 3 года назад

Tbh, a lot of Boy Scouts I know would say “ok, let’s do some good today”

@abortedphoenix 3 года назад

Families deserve closure, no?

@bonniea8189 3 года назад

@@abortedphoenix Yes, it's just a sign of how bad things were that children had to be enlisted to help recover bodies.

@curtstan2389 3 года назад

Historically, the Boy Scouts have helped in a lot of disaster relief situations. Years ago, Boy Scouts actually were taught to do things - like make splints and stretchers from tree branches, all kinds of First Aid, make rope slings to carry injured folks, etc. Not like today. Since they forced the Boy Scouts to take in girls, they concentrate more on empathy and cooking. No wonder the country is a mess! The Liberals have broadened our horizons, and made us nonfunctional!

@taymariemyers 2 года назад

I lived in Saticoy right by Ventura and never heard about this, I'm pretty sure I know exactly the spot it flooded through town as well. How heartbreaking! Thanks for bringing light to this.

@ronnie8274 2 года назад

Great video, I'm in San Diego now but I lived in Santa Clarita for a year and didn't know about this. Maybe I'm just a dumb ass but you make these stories very interesting to watch. Thanks for everything you do.

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

@Victoria.e.hunter 3 года назад

A couple months ago, I was talking to my husband and a friend and I said “slower than molasses in January!” It soon became obvious that I was the only one in the room who knew about the Great Molasses Disaster of 1919. It’s a morbid, ridiculous, story! I would love if you made a video about it!

@marcmielke 3 года назад

The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets did a song on it.

@MrTurtluv 3 года назад

Don’t worry, you’re not alone! I’ve said this before as well.

@KhanMann66 3 года назад

It so ridiculous it sounds like a joke. And yet it really happened and people died.

@celestialstarchild 3 года назад

I always say people that take forever to do things “move like molasses”

@melissaharrison3686 3 года назад

@@celestialstarchild Where I'm from we say the same thing. My husbands favorite saying is "Sh*t fire save matches f*ck a duck and see what hatches. Anybody else heard that one.

@danielled8665 3 года назад

LA: “shhh we don’t really want anyone talking about that big disaster, let’s just keep that hush hush...” Halifax, my home city; “HEY DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE TIME TWO SHIPS BLEW UP AND EXPLODED THE WHOLE CITY?!?!? JUST GOES TA SHOW YA, EH?”

@emilypadden6406 3 года назад

8 I (Mental note: new thing to research....DUDE. whoa.)

@electricia 3 года назад

I heard of this when it was randomly included in a novel I read. It had literally nothing to do with the novel, but one of the characters was writing a story about it so they included the story that the character wrote. It was a terrible book but I researched that disaster afterwards and dang, that was crazy.

@danielled8665 3 года назад

electricia yup! That’s how not secretive about it we are. Something completely unrelated- “OH BY THE WAY HALIFAX EXPLODED ONE TIME!” Two ships got in a “it’s my turn, no, it’s my go” trying to get past one another. One was loaded with explosives. And so, to this day, residents of Nova Scotia become stuck in doorways, insisting the other goes first. 😂🤣

@AmuletIhara 3 года назад

eyyy! Fellow Nova Scotian

@ulaff 3 года назад

As a Nova Scotian... yeah. There's like no one here that hasn't heard of the explosion. But The Expulsion of the Acadians? Barely anyone...

@moridgeway 2 года назад

Thank you for the history lesson. I have lived in Ca. since the mid 60's and had never heard of this event. All over water. And now, southern ca. has mandatory water rationing. Ah life.

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

@jenniferd1985 2 года назад

Thank you for helping Cedar Rapids Derecho victims. It is much appreciated by us Iowans. Thank you for sharing this story as well. I am a history nerd and love to learn more. You do an awesome job and kind of wish I had you or someone like you as a history teacher

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

@crystalwolcott4744 3 года назад

Longtime Futive From Justice: Roman Polanski killed me so accurate.

@moirawhite6960 3 года назад

So glad you took such pleasure on the back of completely disgusting and heinous acts on children. It was all for you. Geezus, can we start thinking before we decide to make such idiotic comments simply to get attention? Please.

@aleksandralempart8305 3 года назад

Ashamed to be Polish rn

@brieb402 3 года назад

@@moirawhite6960 You took that waaay too negative....no one's joking about the situation.

@ericharkleroad7716 3 года назад

@@moirawhite6960 I don't want to ignore or downplay your point, you are on to something, but I think you are overlooking the point she is making and that is to call out and not gloss over the bad things people have done by acknowledging how some of the people involved in some of these stories, like Polanski, have a dark side and complicated history that is probably worth it's own video, but is beyond the scope of the video here. Basically, to me, she's suggesting people go look into some of this on there own.

@Captain_Wet_Beard 3 года назад

@@moirawhite6960 wow, you must be so much fun at parties huh? You're just being outraged for attention and nobody is falling for it.

@jazz-they-them1703 3 года назад

I love how Caitlin never shies away from the realities of racism and honors the whole truth including that.

@jazz-they-them1703 3 года назад

@Ruthanne D'Antuono oh hello, I am of Irish descent (I even have papers because my grandmother is a daughter of the revolution so we have all the lineage) and also an education of slavery vs indentured servitude as well as understanding systemic oppression. The Irish and white Italians were not and never were treated like slaves, at the worst they were indentured servants which is a much better position than a slave. Indentured servants entered into their contracts willingly in exchange for their trip here, slaves were abducted from their homes and brought here against their will. Indentured servants children were all born free peoples, the children of slaves were still considered property because slaves were considered objects not people. Indentured servants kept their names and lived with their families, slaves were renamed by their white owners thus annihilating their heritage and almost all were separated from their families including their children. Indentured servants worked to be rid of a debt, slaves were not free unless they escaped, were freed by their owners, or were legally emancipated (which rarely ever happened). I could continue on endlessly about how indentured servitude and how the conditions of white irish and italian immigrants (immigrants who chose to come here of their own free will, not slaves) are incomparable to the horror and violation of slavery, but also you can easily google the difference and read until your head explodes the thosands of articles dispelling the myth that the two are at all comparable. I have a feeling though that you don't actually care about the reality and truth of the matter but instead hold tight to the idea that white people were ever oppressed to dispel your own unnecessary white guilt. The plight of the irish and italians can be honored without comparing to the slavery of Black and Brown folks and in comparing the two so poorly you do irish and italian history a disservice of lies.

@daniellecolbeck1983 3 года назад

@@jazz-they-them1703 ........www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa/white-slaves-barbary-002171

@ThatGirlJD 3 года назад

@Ruthanne D'Antuono The slur "wop" comes from the Italian word "guappo" which roughly translates to thug. It is from the province of Campania, "guappo" is similar to the Sicilian word " Mafiosi".

@Egypt_Cat_Of_Denial 3 года назад

@@jazz-they-them1703 Honestly? I don't give a flying flip about 120 years ago. Do we have slaves today? No? So how is this relevant to me? It's not? Didn't think so. Move on, thanks. I'm tired of hearing about slavery and racism from colonial times...from the times of our great great great grandparents. Please tell me, how does this affect me today? I don't have a slave. I'm not a slave. Nobody I know of owns a person or is a house servant so...🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

@CH-kr2df 3 года назад

@@jazz-they-them1703 She shared her family's history. You decided to turn that into a point to argue about. Get over yourself.

@lesliecarr312 24 дня назад

I've seen other documentaries about the Saint Francis Dam, but as far as I know, this is the most informative and comprehensive of them all, and Catlin Doughty has such a darling personality.

@parsnipmcgee329 Год назад

Thanks for yet another engrossingly told history lesson! I'm a fan of the film China Town and had marginally wondered about that section of the movie where the murder victim references this event. The sequel film, The Two Jakes addresses the dangers of building housing communities on natural gas fields. Now I wonder if there is some horror story connected with that.

@armandbourque2468 9 месяцев назад

Yes their is. Blew up an entire inhabited block of a commercial main drag. But now, if you ask, it 'didnt never happen, gas companies would never ever do that'. Riiiiight?

@lemongrabloids3103 3 года назад

I’m so early rigor mortis hasn’t even set in

@debracoronado3331 3 года назад

😲🤭😁😘

@grmpEqweer 3 года назад

😁👏

@stephanc6138 3 года назад

or that you are a zombie .... 😆

@Charlotte66666 3 года назад

😂

@RealGlowup 3 года назад

😂 good one

@juliebrehove6817 3 года назад

The fact that all this happened in the middle of the night when everyone was asleep makes this all the more terrifying to me. Those poor people were doomed.

@meeeka 3 года назад

This is SOOO much like the Johnstown Flood, in PA, about 20-40 years earlier.

@fables4564 3 года назад

And drowning is such a painful death too! 😔

@blameitondanny 3 года назад

Same thing happened in Indonesia in 2009. In a dam called Situ Gintung. The dam broke at 2 am in the morning resulting 100 people died.

@samanthastuessel7986 3 года назад

I have a hard enough time sleeping at night. If this happened to me I'd never sleep at night again.

@chasethecat3839 3 года назад

And suspect

@Zenflower54 Год назад

I live in Missouri and because of the missouri and mississippi rivers, floods do happen semi often. I went to visit a covered foot bridge over a shallow river with my dad once, one so old that it wasn't even built with metal nails, instead with interlocking wood pieces. Anyway, my dad said that the waters were once so high(from the bottom of the ravine the top of the bridge was like 30ft up) that they had to take the boards off of the bridge so the water could flow freely. So interesting.

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

@dawnshough3805 8 месяцев назад

@electrictroy2010 good grief! Did you go through & copy & paste this in every thread? That's either serious dedication or severe boredom.

@sarahruncie4437 2 года назад

Caitlin you are a pleasure to listen to..your story telling captivates.

@Naghmara 3 года назад

I think the lesson is: Listen to employees who point out problems instead of threatening to fire them.

@ArtamStudio 3 года назад

But, money!

@TWLogik 3 года назад

Especially when you aren't a qualified engineer!

@julietardos5044 3 года назад

cough NASA cough

@scoobertsalt5492 3 года назад

Brilliant, I almost forgot that part!

@bronco669 3 года назад

This happens through out history any Era.. over and over..

@MaddieCollum 3 года назад

I think I'm gonna cry! No one ever talks about, let alone reaches out to help Iowa. We're usually brushed aside because we're a "fly over state." Even after the storm happened many people didn't hear about it. It was basically a hurricane, which NEVER happens here. We were in a statewide blackout for days and my friend went into labor that night. I was fortunate enough to be on one of the first streets that got power in my town so I housed my friend and her newborn for about a week. It was still so scary and stressful. Multiple businesses were shut down for weeks, so people were without work and didn't have access to things like food, gas, and cell reception to contact loved ones. But at the same time I have never seen a small community come together so fast and with such force. Immediately everyone was coming together to help others move debris, offer food and services for free, and communicate with the community any updates that had happened. It was crazy, but that's just what you do in a tragedy. Thank you so much for talking about this and supporting our humble state 😊

@KeilaAnn3610 3 года назад

@MsBizzyGurl watch the full video. Iowa was destroyed. They are our main source of crops and so many homes and fields were demolished by this hurricane like storm.

@angelakim639 3 года назад

People come together in a storm, and Iowa was blindsided by how bad that event really was going to be. A derecho is like a tornado on its side moving along the ground, and this was huge!

@Black-Swan-007 3 года назад

@@angelakim639 A derecho is more like a hurricane. Much more dangerous and deadly than a tornado.

@Black-Swan-007 3 года назад

I had the same thought! I live about an hour east of Cedar Rapids and we got hit HARD. It was terrible and I hope to never experience anything like this again!

@l.g.keltner1823 3 года назад

The derecho was devastating. I'm fortunate to live in a community that wasn't severely impacted, but so many people lost everything. The damage was so widespread. I used to think that, as long as a thunderstorm wasn't spawning tornadoes, we didn't have much to worry about. I never imagined we'd be hit by a storm like that, and I hope we never see it again.

@suehiggins1488 Год назад

You definitely have a calling as a teacher. You could make videos on pretty much any subject from history and bring it to life!

@efrainmorales3992 2 года назад

Thankyou for takeing your time to research and make those who never heard of this disaster aware. By doing so u keep the memmories of those lost alive and remembered. You are a great human being. And your show is very interesting. Thanks for everything u do!

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

@samsamson391 3 года назад

Girl knows how to present. In Cali, if you don't know this story, don't be surprised. It's rarely part of the curriculum. Glad she can do the research for us in 2020.

@oliviabrunett9973 3 года назад

I was shocked that this was the story she was telling. I'm not even a native to this area and I know about it. A lot of my friends who are from here dont know about it.

@Tangento 3 года назад

I actually learned a pretty fair amount about this tragedy in a Geology course at L.A. Valley College way back in the early 1980s. However, the info we received was (obviously) coming from a decidedly geologically-biased POV. What I've learned here today from Caitlin on YT is far more interesting & informative, and provides a diligently researched, well-rounded historical perspective. BRAVO to Caitlin, who as others here have mentioned, should be a star with her own TV series by now. I love the charitable promos as well... just great work here. ::subscribed:: P.S. One thing I never realized was the close proximity of San Francisquito Canyon to Magic Mountain. I went to MM quite a few times as a kid, even before Six Flags bought it out. I also later saw Oingo Boingo there, which was a killer show.

@samsamson391 3 года назад

@@Tangento ha! Love that you saw OB there!! My very first show were the Go-Gos at MM (before the Six Flags buy out). Now I feel old. 😂 Anyway, I kinda think she should get her own TV show, yet the future may be streaming platforms. So in this case a smart sponsor would be wise to snatch up her amazing skills and promote her immensely.

@ositoosito4566 3 года назад

Tangento same but st crafton hills college 💚 but in 2008

@jeffpiatt3879 3 года назад

I can't believe no one else has called this a "damn tragedy."

@angelch8153 3 года назад

this is a cool pun, i wont like it because it seems insentivite to me, but ill let u know i appreaciate ur talent sir

@MorgaineRiddlePrince 3 года назад

😎

@PrincessFidelma 3 года назад

I laughed. I wish I hadn't. I'm a little ashamed of myself. :-D

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 3 года назад

Yeah it's hard to _hold back_ the guffaws...😉

@JayJay-_ 3 года назад

Hey you're getting into pretty murky waters there, but yeah they let that one slip through the cracks.. must be wet behind the ears

@shannonjohnson8177 2 года назад

I love your content! I am from Iowa and my grandma lives in Cedar Rapids and I was so glad you had them in your show for Derecho relief!! Thank you!

@conmckfly 10 месяцев назад

Caitlin - 2 years later, I am watching this. Don't know how I missed it. Wow, what a story. Thank you for being such a good historical story teller.❤

@moncorp1 3 года назад

"Mulholland....a self taught engineer" Ahhh. There's the problem.

@judemelroses9920 3 года назад

The 'Mulholland Drive' dude.

@tonydobek8908 3 года назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Ya think?

@jpetes9046 3 года назад

Yyyyep. There it is.

@jpetes9046 3 года назад

I’m in love with her.

@Redfour5 3 года назад

Actually, it is a double edged sword. Sometimes the rarified air of academia and the lofty letters after people's names can be just as much of a problem as the guy who started with a shovel in his hand and knows each and every aspect of a job from the ground up being in charge. This is the end result of one edge of the sword... I bet there were engineers telling Mulholland the problem... But he had moved on to Godhood in his own mind and felt no need to listen to lesser creatures. The lesson is to never forget where you came from. There was a reason the Romans had a slave next to a great generals reminding him of his frailty while he went down the forum in a parade to his greatness... There is the other edge of the blade though where Mr. PhD is in charge and does his thing while the guy below him says it won't work and specifically why... Oh, that guy without the letters usually ends up being the scapegoat when something goes wrong under that scenario and in these days..., unless he understands these dynamics and cover's his azz. Then they gotta go look elsewhere. I can give you numerous examples of engineers and architects and Doctors and other "lettered" individuals who failed to listen to the lesser creatures and having failed... seek to project their guilt. Oh, I was one of the ones smart enough to cover my azz and stick it in their faces with the honor of telling them what they could do to themselves (graphically) for trying to make me a scapegoat. It seemed they had never seen a person act in such a way. They were offended... In the end, they had only an elected offical to go after... Guess how that turned out and you never heard about it... The world is a complex place... If you truly compehend it, you can learn to not be a victim is all I can say... But I digress.

@mikebrison1838 3 года назад

If you visit the Hoover Dam, they tell you that the cement is still drying - that it will take 200 years to fully dry. I wonder if the amateur engineer knew that.

@domesticterrorist483 3 года назад

"Cement"?? You mean concrete. And it doesn't dry, it reacts chemically and goes from a liquid to a solid.

@congoparrot 3 года назад

@@domesticterrorist483 it cures and Mike is correct.

@beppibrule7549 3 года назад

@@domesticterrorist483 you’re on RU-vid arguing about cement and concrete. Get your life together

@elisecarron7338 3 года назад

@@domesticterrorist483 I’m à architecture student, we learn that cement dries (water basically evaporates)

@jamesfowley4114 3 года назад

You want to keep concrete wet as long as possible. Water is necessary for the curing process. There are samples over a hundred years old that continue to gain strength.

@rlowethewitch8417 Год назад

It’s so weird- I live in Ventura- have all my life, and damn near nobody here knows about this story. I’ve even seen the statue in Santa Paula and always wondered what it was about

@johnscanlon2598 2 года назад

You are a great story teller you know how to paint a picture with words !!! Good job 👍🏻

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

@definitiveenergy1 3 года назад

A dear friend of mine is the only person still living that was in the disaster. He still lives in Franklin, CA and he's a citrus farmer to this day, 96 years old.

@stepawayful 3 года назад

Really? Do you know if he has been interviewed? Can you get a journalist in contact with him?

@definitiveenergy1 3 года назад

@@stepawayful He has been. I mis-spoke in my earlier comment, he lives in Santa Paula, CA. I talk to him quite a bit actually and he's still sharp as a tac. I'd love to get you in touch with him. Send me your email.

@mastercleanseNOTdiet 3 года назад

Damn😃this is the best comment here! That's awesome, 96 & sharp as a tack💕

@jeremyboyle5695 3 года назад

See if he'd let you make a video to upload

@stepawayful 3 года назад

@@definitiveenergy1 stepaway

@rpdotg7408 3 года назад

"Deeming them unfit to give their accounts" that is some next level racism

@fortusvictus8297 3 года назад

Well, it is more specific than that. We still do this in our very age. IF someone is not capable of expressing things clearly or having a high enough command of language to give a story any different than the 20 people next to them, why bother? I mean, maybe later in life as they can articulate it better, but in that moment its not useful.

@Ladymystique80 3 года назад

More good ole fashioned American racism...that's still with us today.

@MsSwitchblade13 3 года назад

@@fortusvictus8297 I don't think that's the reason why they weren't listened to. This place had their own proud KKK chapter, which leads me to believe that they just didn't think them human enough to matter. Jmo.

@suzi_mai 3 года назад

@@MsSwitchblade13 what is the kkk? I am in Singapore and have never heard of that because the U.S is not taught much here.

@nikkibotts6239 3 года назад

@@MsSwitchblade13 While very likely true, that's just disgusting! Just sayin'!

@rickcimino5483 2 года назад

saw a documentary about this last night and I had to learn more. So glad that you did a video on it....I chose your video over a ton of others because I knew it would be awesome and it was. So glad I found your channel.

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

@billwynne27 2 года назад

GROWING UP IN THIS AREA, EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA, I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS TRADGEDY, ALIKE THE TRAIN DISASTER SHE VIEWED. LOVE HER FOR TELLING ME ABOUT MY OWN HISTORY. GO GIRL GO. MORE CALI PLEASE

@leiladrees4438 3 года назад

I am a huge fan of these thirty minutes Dough-cumentaries

@AskAMortician 3 года назад

Omg that's very good 😂

@infowarriorone 3 года назад

@@AskAMortician IMO this is your best yet. Interesting, informative, and obscure. I had never before heard about this disaster. You made me laugh a few times too! I enjoy the documentary-style long format videos. rock on!

@chrisvoshell7779 3 года назад

@@AskAMortician please do more of these. Please do one on Judy garland

@jessicadoban2564 3 года назад

@@AskAMortician check out the Johnstown Flood....this is like an American hometown need or something

@littlewoodimp 3 года назад

Oooo that's clever! 😀

@archer1949 3 года назад

“I live in LA and I don’t even care about that.” The way things are going, people living in Southern California had better start caring. And soon. Water rights are going to become a big deal again .

@lisamo1013 3 года назад

I was thinking the same, but more globally. If the predictions about climate change are correct we will have a lot more Owens valley type szenarios all over the world. Scary thought.

@wilmagregg3131 3 года назад

@@lisamo1013 most water in the hot states wont be effected by the climate as most of the water is from underground aquafiers dont look to the sky in fear look to the soil california never stopped its ownes valley stratagy and there draining dry any water source in there reach without letting them refill or caring about eco damage unless california changes the owens valley staragy of f k small towns and farms as long as megacitys in deserts get there water the west coast will be a new sahara desert within 50 years

@lisamo1013 3 года назад

@@wilmagregg3131 oh, I didn't realise that. I assumed the droughts California was experiencing were exacerbated by climate change more than current actions. I'm not from the states though so I guess my lack of knowledge isn't surprising.

@wilmagregg3131 3 года назад

@@lisamo1013 yeah it looks better on californias part if they blame the droughts on climate change basically saying its EVERYONES fault when really its THERE fault aka the officals in charge of water in california. a big example of how incopentent or corrupt the califronia water officals are is residents in la are allowed only a certain amount of water before they get fined or it shut of to the point you can wash your cloths once and take a couple showers while all the luxury hotels golf courses and entrepunial areas get unlimited water access at all times unless a emergency occurs. and the worst thing is how common this is in california i mean just look up how californias power system has tons of blackouts despite producing nearly 5 TIMES the amount of power the state needs to not blackout

@lisamo1013 3 года назад

@@wilmagregg3131 to be honest, I'm amazed anyway how common blackouts seem to be in the US. I'm sure that's one of those very regionally different problems but still. Somehow your description of the water issue doesn't surprise me, I'm sure it would be the same thing where I'm from.

@JL-ze5qm 2 года назад

You're doing a great job! Keep it up. This is a great service to the global community. Thank you.

@S.E.C-R Год назад

I’ve watched so many videos about this today, but none of them are even similar to the pov that you tell the story. That’s what I love about watching your videos. You give a completely different view!

@billykuan 3 года назад

I would not expect a single leader in this day and age to admit they were responsible.

@HH-kh2xy 3 года назад

Some things will never change.

@hopefletcher7420 3 года назад

Not in the US anyway. Always quick to take credit, always slow to take responsibility.

@timdelionback 2 года назад

@Ry4n35 2 года назад

Lawsuits ... that's what people are afraid of.

@aessa8440 2 года назад

@@hopefletcher7420 We'll take responsibility for current actions in about 100 years after everyone it affected at the time are long dead and nobody cares anymore.

@TheRoguedisciple 3 года назад

I'm surprised I've never heard of this. I grew up around LA and am a history buff. Thank you for this.

@RealGlowup 3 года назад

Same - transplant history buff here. This is wild.

@ayindestevens6152 3 года назад

Back when the History Channel was GOOD this dam collapse was briefly mentioned BUT Caitlyn is doing a MUCH better job!

@jacquitobin5852 3 года назад

Hay, what an amazing story, so glad you took us on this very interesting journey back in time, the landscape really gave me incite like you opened a door and I was there with you, it was truly a wow video and I love the chook, great work 😘

@healinggrounds19 3 года назад

Really? I guess I learned about this because I am from a family of engineers. This is a cautionary tale at dinner tables.

@teddysanders5616 3 года назад

I seen this on television...horrible

@generaclesdey4622 2 года назад

Mulholland had an initial design that was potentially robust. During the construction, he was pressured to increase the capacity of the facility, so he added 8 feet to the height of the dam, with no corresponding enhancement of the foundations. Since it was so "simple" to add the 8 feet of height, a second, additional 8-foot-tall segment was installed at the top of the first, increasing the water mass by 10 million kilograms. That was a significant factor in the collapse of the structure.

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

@generaclesdey4622 Год назад

Not to worry! As long as the current Governor is in charge, there will never be enough water to cause any damage to even a weakened Dam. While every advanced country in the world is erecting Desalination Facilities, our California Governor is occupied with Hair Gel!

@generaclesdey4622 Год назад

Our esteemed governor also claims he owns the air we breath! He does, however, agree that pollution from electricity generation belongs to us, his loyal servants. We should pay with our health for the latter!

@melody3741 Год назад

It's insane how basically one single man caused all of this death and destruction completely accidentally. Including of course all of the people who suffered because their water was taken away originally, and then the actual people he was trying to quote unquote help, more like take advantage of, ended up dead and ripped out of their lives by his creation

@blyxx7450 3 года назад

Lmao!!!! My 14 year old walked in the room as you were saying " From death enthusiasts just like you." He stopped and looked at me and said " What the hell are you watching!?!?"

@Dargonhuman 3 года назад

"Are ya winning dad?"

@debrahayden9748 3 года назад

Lol

@GirladyLocks 3 года назад

LOL!!!

@chelseascreatures 3 года назад

lol

@sallyintucson 3 года назад

That’s too funny!

@wittsullivan8130 3 года назад

My ex-wife's cousin lived in Memphis, TN years ago. There was a severe drought and you could actually walk across the riverbank near the Memphis bridges. He and a friend were amateur paleontologists and anthropologists, they wanted to walk around and see what they could find. They found a human skull. It had fillings, so they knew it wasn't a Native American, so they got to the nearest payphone and called the police. A detective showed up and they showed him where they recovered the skull. The detective told them to stick around town for any other questions and called the lab guys to extract the rest of the skeleton. As it turns out, it was the remains of a man buried in Missouri. There was a flood some years back that washed out a cemetary and people had been finding remains wash up on shore up and down the river from there.

@MayimHastings 3 года назад

Witt Sullivan Gracious! Studying what they did, that must have been exciting for them! Thanks for sharing this! My family is from Memphis, so they’ll get a kick out of this. Have a lovely one ✌️

@missyc13 3 года назад

Rather that than a murder victim I guess

@janedunlap6879 3 года назад

Hold on, us indigenous people aren't allowed to get fillings for our teeth now? I didn't know I wasn't allowed to, need to brush up on special laws for Indians again, just to make sure I'm not breaking the law.

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

@dawnshough3805 8 месяцев назад

@@janedunlap6879I think he just meant that it was from a more modern time period. I'm not sure when fillings became the norm, but that certainly would help in the dating of the artifact.

@gregg4600 2 года назад

Fascinating oral history Mortician! Mahalo for taking us back into time,,,incredibly timeless!

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

@gregg4600 Год назад

@@electrictroy2010 FASCINATING!!! Thanks for sharing a real part of history "ongoing"!

@Kisha_can 2 года назад

I'm a fairly new subscriber, and am just in love with Caitlin and her content. Extremely intelligent, funny, and charismatic is one hell of a combination as is, but to also be so humble and down to earth is just so rare. I'm so happy to have so much content to binge still!

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

@Bille994 3 года назад

They should've kept 'the tombstone' as a sombre national monument, lit up, and fenced securely off so that future generations could come and safely see the place and learn about what happened. Morbid as it is, it'd also be a small financial boost to the local economy, which would be a tiny bit of compensation for the surviving communities

@kdogrock77 3 года назад

Antifa would come in with accusations of the water being racist (mostly immigrants killed) and it would have to come down. Which the ppl in charge would immediately agree to since they are spineless idiots.

@victoriawilliams2786 3 года назад

@@kdogrock77 Why did you come here starting sh*t about people against fascism and calling people names? This woman is a mortician who takes the time to teach people about the realities of death. And real life causes of deaths. This isn't a channel to dispute political issues or disrespect strangers. Be kind. Drop the politics. Or just don't bother commenting and ruining the experience for those of us that come here for honest conversations.

@_crazy_daisy_ 3 года назад

@@victoriawilliams2786 oh no someone made a joke about political group I support. 😱

@JaneAsterisk 3 года назад

Victoria Williams I don’t think they’ve been here very long.

@victoriawilliams2786 3 года назад

@@_crazy_daisy_ Apparently you completely missed the point. There are plenty of channels for you to discuss your political opinions. Stop doing it on this channel and ruining the experience of longtime views like myself. Thousands of people enjoy her content and comments section knowing that people are genuinely interested in the subject matter and can take a break from the news of the day. And devoid of political nonsense. You're clearly new to the comments section on this channel. I wanted to inform you of the basics of this community. Please refrain from political posts here.

@maureenhillyardmullis1775 3 года назад

This is one of the saddest chapters in California history. When I studied California history in college, my professor referred to this incident as "the rape of the Owen's valley." It truly was a violent act, and totally unnecessary. Good video, Caitlin. Well done.

@earth2006 3 года назад

I think the saddest chapter of California's history is happening and will happen in the very near future.

@c.l.1820 3 года назад

Your professor doesn't seem like they know how to use words right.

@maureenhillyardmullis1775 3 года назад

@@c.l.1820 yeah, he does. They raped, and ruined that valley. It's never fully recovered.

@lizpantelis 3 года назад

@@c.l.1820 It's also how I've heard the entire land/water grab and disaster called. It's used correctly. I learned about it in an immigrant stories/studies course.

@sherrybrzeczka7966 Год назад

I had to watch this again. I grew up in Ojai, lived in Ventura, Oxnard. My ex in-laws own an orange and avocado ranch right on the Ventura Riverbank. So amazing that we were ignorant of this tragedy. My mother and brother are buried at Ivy Lawn in Ventura.

@pandas_crochet_corner 2 года назад

I was born and raised in Southern California and am just now learning about this through your video!!! This is crazy to me... thank you so much for sharing

@electrictroy2010 Год назад

@01IveR01 3 года назад

One important thing I learned in my youth from my grandfather was "When you live near or are going to where there is a body of water, especially a river always check the weather upstream of the river your visiting. When your there if you hear rumbling or vibrations underneath your feet run to a high place asap, aka uphill away from the nearest water source as those are the first signs before you might get hit by rushing waters". His story came from experience as one day he was upstream & heard rumbling, felt vibrations & than saw bird fly like crazy. He said he ran like the devil was at his feet down river scream for everyone to run to higher land as his whole family & friends were having a picnic down river. He saved a bunch of people that day. Now I pay attention to the weather & for noises when im near a water source.

@tigerexo6577 3 года назад

Same, my great grandpa also told my grandpa about this and this knowledge just spread to the next generations. This is a life-saving knowledge.

@amarillagriffin7427 3 года назад

I can't understand why people wish to live by the sea,all you need is an earthquake and you have a tsunami,also the sea reclaims the earth as we have seen home's falling into the sea when the cliffs crumble.

@paulaneary7877 3 года назад

Good Advice, thank you!

@topenddean 3 года назад

Sage advice...

@oregeki 3 года назад

I live in Arizona but i was taught much the same thing. Flash floods are a major thing here. A lot of our "rivers'(washes) are dry most of the time and its easy to find yourself in one when walking around its an easy flat path usually to follow. i was taught if there's a storm even if it isn't overhead even if it seems miles away you never go in a wash, the water comes and goes fast and is devastating. unfortunately a lot of people who live here never think a lot of water is never going to be a problem .....

@SeabassFishbrains 3 года назад

Kaitlin: "Grab your closest chicken and settle down on a mattress" Me: * Is already sitting on my bed with a parrot on my shoulder * "Check ✔"

@IveGotItTwisted 3 года назад

Awww Rainbow chicken!.... That talks 😂

@wbwarren57 Год назад

Great video! Thank you! I have seen other videos on this disaster, but none as detailed and well researched as yours that actually considered the impact of the disaster on the people that are killed. Great job!

@TrivialTheater Год назад

I'm just seeing this vid and have fam in Cedar Rapids. Thank you for the generosity in helping folks in a time of absolutely terrifying destruction.

@rojergrison3752 3 года назад

And this is a perfect example of what happens when you try and erase history , Terrible things have happened but destroying it only makes it easier to repeat one day .

@jeancolley8908 3 года назад

History teacher - actually just finished teaching my students about this. We're doing a unit on engineering disasters, and the students were quite fascinated with the notion that engineers could be self taught. It's so radically different to how the industry operates today, and even how they thought that it was back then

@cimarronwm9329 3 года назад

Did the Tacoma Narrows bridge make the engineering unit?

@dandylionsloth446 3 года назад

Thank you for the work you do!

@gnarthdarkanen7464 3 года назад

Did you happen through the Oroville Dam that basically wipe Johnstown, PA off the map in 1889? 2,209 were confirmed dead in that one! AND it's arguably purely on the negligence of the thing... though courts considered it "An act of God" as it had been unusually rainy around the time. Just in case you're interested in international fails, Banqiao Reservoir Dam in 1975 kill upwards of 171,000 in Henan, China... ...Vajont, Italy was a "fluke" stemming from a landslide that sent nearly a 100' wave over the top of the dam (rather than an actual breech) killing 2,000. ...AND Morbi, India saw Intense Rains stress the Machchu-2 more than 3 TIMES the amount of water-flow/fill that it was designed to sustain... In 1979, it failed, killing 5,000. No, I'm not trying to tell you what to do... Far from it. Just asking (1)... AND in case you hadn't run across them in your list, it might be fun to "test" your class on their researching abilities and group projects to "compare notes" when they get back to class with finished presentations... or something. ;o)

@janedunlap6879 3 года назад

Italian Hall Tragedy in Calmer, MI. Multiple causes, definitely not just engineering, but really interesting, and sad to see all those little caskets for the massive funerals. Great way to spend Christmas.

@janedunlap6879 3 года назад

*Calumet, MI