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Article #280Re: California Flood Protection
From: Neil O'Hara
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 00:00
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Mark wrote: > > Dear Richard Penny: > >From your below post I am in question as to the purpose of the Friends > of the River (F.O.R.). Is it F.O.R or F.O.R. Flood?? > --------------------------------------------------------- [snip sensible comments on long-range flood planning from F.O.R.] Mark, I take it from your remark that you subscribe to the "Built it, Dam it" philosophy? Folsom reservoir handled the greatest inflow it has ever received during this event, with no significant problems downstream on the American. The existence of an Auburn Dam would have made _zero_ difference to the central valley floods. F.O.R.'s approach makes a lot of sense to me. Neil
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