NEWS: Expert sees Katrina-like risk in state
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 […]
NEWS: Tempting fate: Are we next?
http://dwb.sacbee.com/content/news/projects/flooding/story/13790554p-14632249c.html IS SACRAMENTO NEXT? “In cities across the nation, rivers, streams, lakes, creeks and seas have made their sinister mark, inflicting damage and heartache when they flood. “There is, however, no major city in America more at risk of a catastrophic New Orleans-style flood than Sacramento.” Please copy and paste the URL noted above […]
NEWS: Levees to get a wave of cash
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 […]
