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www.sacbee.com/303/story/44358.html Earthquakes, not hurricanes, could destroy levees built on unstable land, professor says. Raymond Seed, a professor of civil negineering at the University of California, Berkeley, calls it the most expensive inch of soil in the history of the world. Seed and a team of 37 engineers and hydrologists found that layer of soil beneath [...]

http://www.sacbee.com/550/ Passage of $4.1 billion state flood bond will boost repairs, safety. “The levee system crisscrossing Sacramento and the Central Valley received the biggest financial boost in its long and rickety history when California voters said yes to a $4.1 billion bond measure to strengthen flood control. “The huge infusion of cash should go a [...]

http://www.sacbee.com/303/story/44358.html “Earthquakes, not hurricanes, could destroy levees built on unstable land”, professor says.   You need to read this article to learn more about how really fragile the Delta levee system is around Sacramento. Mounds of dirt, maybe 10feet high,  holding back the drinking water supply for Northern and Southern California.   Please copy and [...]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/31/BAGKAGFNUE1.DTL U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced on Friday a legislative push to secure funding for Californias aging levees before they collapse and cause a Katrina-style catastrophe. “The lesson of Katrina has to be that we recognize potential failures before they happen and move aggressively to remedy them,” Feinstein stated in a written release. “The urgency [...]