[HN Gopher] A long-dormant lake has reappeared in California, br...
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       A long-dormant lake has reappeared in California, bringing havoc
       along with it
        
       Author : Stratoscope
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2023-04-02 19:02 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | Giorgi wrote:
       | So... it's not a good thing now?
        
       | leereeves wrote:
       | > Tulare Lake refilled in 1997 and 1983 during very wet seasons.
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       | I don't understand why people choose to live in known flood
       | zones.
        
         | gumby wrote:
         | If you look at the geography of the Central Valley the reason
         | is stark: the farm owners live in big houses on berms or hills,
         | while the workers live in smaller houses on the plains.
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         | Its easy to see everywhere. Just look right as you drive I205
         | into the Central Valley (before/around Tracy).
         | 
         | It reminds me of Marc Bloch's descriptions of the landscaping
         | of European feudal manorial communities, and how you can still
         | see the consequences of that structure in contemporary rural
         | landscapes. But in this case it's recent, and far from Europe.
        
         | booboofixer wrote:
         | More curious as to why the high-speed rail construction sites
         | seem to be located there too.
        
         | gmokki wrote:
         | So it becomes a lake an average every 20 years. And still
         | people manage to forget it?
        
       | mwint wrote:
       | [flagged]
        
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