So far, most of my drought postings have focused on the unprecedented Southern California five-year drought. Relieved somewhat by the Santa Anna winds bringing some rain, the State of California remains under siege. Calif. Governor Jerry Brown's mandatory resrictions on water usage remain in place. My review of the U.S. Drought Monitor on the East Coast [...]
Category: Rivers
Largest Dam in the World: The Three Gorges Dam
http://youtu.be/b8cCsUBYSkw It took 40,000 workers 17 years to complete the Three Gorges Dam in China. This videotape lasts about 45 minutes, but is very interesting if you can spend the time. The primary purpose of the Dam was to tame the violent Yangtse River, which every decade or so would flood and demolish whole villages [...]
Florida’s Big Dig 