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Baldwin Hills Dam Disaster and Flood



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On December 14th 1963 in the hills about Los Angeles, the Baldwin Hills Reservoir suddenly cracked and eventually failed flooding the neighborhood below. Several people died and many homes were destroyed. Those of us who were there were already shaken by the death of John Kennedy only three weeks earlier. The reservoir's floodwaters literally washed in the turbulent times that lay ahead.


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Wow thanks dude, ... ( 11 months ago by Nanadsyl)
Wow thanks dude, its always great to know racism is alive and well!
It isn't the truth ... ( 11 months ago by Nanadsyl)
It isn't the truth how and the hell can Baldwin Hills be a slum when houses are selling for 900k, you get over it and you are racist saying you wished blacks lived there when it flooded, you are a waste of sperm dude!!
brad 6544 is a ... ( 11 months ago by Antfarm72)
brad 6544 is a hater. Most blacks in Baldwin Hills are good hard working people. Don't blame the whole race on a couple of spoiled apples, DUDE!
I lived on the ... ( 9 months ago by manipool)
I lived on the outskirts of Baldwin Hills in the 80's and 90's and the worst places are in the small pockets of lower lying areas. This is where latins and blacks have turned to drugs and drug dealing. No one owns anything, no one cares. Not so in Baldwin Hills, black people have money and own property.
The bottom line is all areas have good and bad pockets, even Beverly Hills and Pasadena. Brad6544 should visit the area in question and test his theory as to who owns what in Baldwin Hills.
Blacks are like ... ( 8 months ago by H3IH3lM)
Blacks are like rats. Male goes around fucking every female it sees, leaves a bunch of uncared for babies, and places hardships on the government because the government caters to the monkies because of slavery. Highest race crime rate, highest race disease rate, there are more negatives then positives when it comes to negros.
And i love how they ... ( 8 months ago by H3IH3lM)
And i love how they say "the white man keeps them down" They have every oppurtunity to better theirselves but they dont. And its always been like that, they were found like that in Africa. Look at Africa today, still in the stone age.
It wasn't exactly ... ( 5 months ago by studiosinger)
It wasn't exactly due to race only partially. We specifically moved in 1971 due to the Adobone high school being dangerous. Black kids also threw a rock through our window in 1970. It had been a very nice neighborhood. My bike was stolen, a black kid beat me up. It's not all about racism but about the inherent problems the black people's culture bring into white society. It is intolerable to live with.
It wasn't exactly ... ( 5 months ago by studiosinger)
It wasn't exactly due to race only partially. We specifically moved in 1971 due to the Adobone high school being dangerous. Black kids also threw a rock through our window in 1970. It had been a very nice neighborhood. My bike was stolen, a black kid beat me up. It's not all about racism but about the inherent problems the black people's culture bring into white society. It is intolerable to live with.
Im sorry to say ... ( 5 months ago by ipblah)
Im sorry to say this, but this is what happens when somone trys to controll nature, it always break free.. even things like the hoover dam will eventually break, its inevitable
The nation needs to ... ( 4 months ago by TheWordCenter)
The nation needs to pray. There is much trouble in every sector of life.
IGNORANCE! This is ... ( 4 months ago by genuinelyblessed)
IGNORANCE! This is the most ignorant crap I have read in a while! Someone need to go to college because if you did you would know that thei were huge empires in Africa before Europeans stepped foot on the continent. Go research Ghana, Mali, Timbuktu, Egypt, Ethiopia, and many more!
Explain all of the different languages. Africans had their own institutions of learning.
(H3IH3IM)Northern ... ( 4 months ago by genuinelyblessed)
(H3IH3IM)Northern African Islamic Black Moors colonized Spain for several hundred years! Spain had just gained independence before Columbus sailed in 1492! The horrible condition of Africa today is a result of the rape of its vast natural resources, and the colonization of its people for hundreds of years by Europeans. Man has kept these people down through the rape of African woman, Jim Crowe segregation, Racism, institutionalized racism, and the new form of slavery PRISON.
(H3IH3IM) It so ... ( 4 months ago by genuinelyblessed)
(H3IH3IM) It so happens that ignorant white man are the culprits of disaster across the globe due to greed, present day Iraq is a great example, we are pretty much colonizing them for their oil! So before your ignorant racist self speak on behalf of a people you need to get an education first!
(H3IH3IM)Ignorant ... ( 4 months ago by genuinelyblessed)
(H3IH3IM)Ignorant people like yourself spread ignorant theory's! If you were educated you would know that Africa today is not how it was found, and its people have influenced and continue to influence the world, I am sure there is something u use everyday that has been invented by a Black person, or the music you listen too, influenced by Black music.
This dam was very ... ( 4 months ago by NODISCOonkrth)
This dam was very young. I beleive it was built in 1950. Now it is Janice Hahn Park
Great material!! ... ( 3 months ago by DoctorHLecter)
Great material!! Did lots and lots of people get done in?
since your were so ... ( 3 months ago by ceo925)
since your were so pre occupied with trying to sound like an asshole, you probably didnt hear the man say only 5 people died
Absolutely awesome ... ( 2 months ago by hollywood101usa)
Absolutely awesome footage of one of the most
destructive catastrophes to hit Los Angeles...such a nice area devastated by a dam built right on top of an earthquake fault...KTLA should be applauded for its groundbreaking coverage it provided...actually showing the entire dam collapse from start to finish...all the great footage in KTLA archives and at the Radio and Television museum.
This brings back ... ( 2 months ago by Bluesteve32)
This brings back memories. I was only 3 but I remember having to go to my grandma's house and when we came back there was a lot of mud around, but my tricycle was a bit muddy but all right.
I remember the crew rebuilding the hardest hit areas of "The Village" (Village Green) where I was living at the time. Most of the water ended up flowing into Ballona Creek and then out to the ocean.
is it around ... ( 2 months ago by monsterfan101)
is it around kenneth hanh park?
Yes dam was were ... ( 2 months ago by hra74)
Yes dam was were Kenneth park is located now
It is at the top of ... ( 2 months ago by TL250Rider)
It is at the top of The Park Now it is Janice Hahn Valley
20-F-New York - MSG ... ( 1 month ago by ahhshootme)
20-F-New York - MSG me on MSN. ID is in my profile. U
one question... ... ( 1 week ago by xtom1973)
one question... when you see the braking concrete, it seems there is no steel in it. could that be?



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