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For an interesting local take on this era: http://www.sandylydon.com/new-page-16 http://www.sandylydon.com/new-page-16

• olivermarks 4y ago
  absolutely brutal decade! The Flood of 1862, The Drought of 1863-1864, Wildfires of 1865, two large earthquakes and a Smallpox epidemic to finish off the decade.
  • 2devnull 4y ago
    And then, like now, the beauty of the state — or the lure it has, for it seems to be something more than just beauty — brings ever more people. Earthquakes, floods, fires, droughts; where do I sign up?!
    • olivermarks 4y ago
      It all seems so innocent and calm here until suddenly it's not!
      • FrontierPsych 4y ago
        meh. Tornado Alley = every damn year. Snow and cold weather from Nevada to the East Coast except for Florida...every damn year. Hurricanes, every year or two - no thank you. California - a flood every 200 years, an earthquake every hundred or so years. I'm standing pat on my hand. I'm in SoCal for good. If there's a flood, I know all the high places around me, I'm no dunce, I will drive to those places. And they ain't far - no traffic jams - only 10-15 blocks away, but not too many people know about it. Lots of parking. Massive earthquake - ok that would suck but I have a lot of food and water squirreled away. These places would not be found by roving bands of hungry men ready to kill for it, if it came to that. So keep your snow, keep your tornadoes, keep your hurricanes.