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Do you know about Hetch Hetchy? It's a valley near Yosemite that John Muir described as being equally beautiful. They flooded it to create a water supply for Sa
by biggc 3y ago
Do you know about Hetch Hetchy? It's a valley near Yosemite that John Muir described as being equally beautiful. They flooded it to create a water supply for San Francisco.
- larusso 3y agoNo I did not. I learned from Yosemite flooding from a tourguide the first time I’ve been to the park.
- godzillabrennus 3y agoAmazing. I can’t believe I learned about this just now.
- zoklet-enjoyer 3y agoHere's a page about towns that have been permanently flooded in the US. Elbowoods, ND is pretty messed up. Native people were displaced and lost their good farmland so that people down river would benefit. https://clui.org/newsletter/spring-2005/immersed-remains-towns-submerged-america https://clui.org/newsletter/spring-2005/immersed-remains-tow...
- ghaff 3y agoThere are a ton of dams/reservoirs on the US East Coast (I'm most familiar with New England) that flooded out towns. For better or worse, those types of projects would be extremely difficult to do today. See also the interstate highway system.