Weaponized Sacredness — Ribbonfarm
On March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam, just north of Los Angeles, California, failed catastrophically and sent a wave of water through the valley that caused…
On March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam, just north of Los Angeles, California, failed catastrophically and sent a wave of water through the valley that caused the gruesome deaths of hundreds of people. No one had predicted the disaster, but after an investigation, it was decided that the dam was built on inadequate soil; the disaster was, in theory, predictable - after the fact. People thought they had control over a massive force (the water), but their control turned out to be illusory. Considering political and social disasters like the famines of the Great Leap Forward in China or the…
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