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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "floods"
The Christmas Flood of '55: Gentle Rain Inundated Santa Cruz, by
Ross Eric Gibson
We are fortunate so far that the 1995 storms are nowhere near the disastrous floods of 1982, or the flood ... [Read more]
The "Christmas Flood of '55" hit Santa Cruz, California, on the evening of December 22, 1955. The Santa Cruz Sentinel ... [Read more]
The History of Floods on the San Lorenzo River in the City of Santa Cruz, by
Daniel McMahon
The downtown area of the City of Santa Cruz has been located in the floodplain of the San Lorenzo River ... [Read more]
Degree of Damage and Public Reaction to Floods, by
Daniel McMahon
In addition to quantitative measurements, (see Table) the public reaction as found in newspaper stories is another good way to ... [Read more]
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Floods and Flood Control on the San Lorenzo River in the City of Santa Cruz, by
Daniel McMahon
The San Lorenzo River drains a watershed of approximately 138 square miles, and drops from an elevation of 2900 ft. ... [Read more]
Bibliography for the History of Floods on the San Lorenzo River in the City of Santa Cruz, by
Daniel McMahon
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Flood waters have flowed in Soquel Village at least eight times since 1890 (see Table 3). Severe damage was incurred ... [Read more]
Few records exist of past floods in the San Lorenzo Basin. However, damaging floods are known to have occurred in ... [Read more]
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Cleaning up and Re-opening the Branch Libraries
On Day 1 (October 18) we began re-shelving books and clearing up the mess at nine of our ten Branches. I was not able to communicate with some of the Branch Managers for several days, but each of them took that approach ..." [More]
Excerpted from What a Mess! 295,000 Items on the Floor by Anne Turner
