How Good Is Your Geography?? [3]

"Monongahela"
I have no Idea but I really enjoy saying that word :crazy:

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Originally Posted by Tazio

"Monongahela"
I have no Idea but I really enjoy saying that word :crazy:

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Nope...no clues yet either...

I suspect the Johnstown flood. I also think Johnstown was/is in Pa. but darned if I can name the river.
I know the Susquehanna is prone to flooding but I don't remember Johnstown as being on it and I have been along most of it.

My wild guess was actually pretty close
The event is Johnstown but there are about 100 creeks in Western Penn they call "Rivers"
That is going to be a tough one.
BTW not a high point in American History
Kind of like Katrina :down:

it was a lake and a dam that broke that caused the flood;
Me and Sarah P can not remember the name of the river that was dammed
Difference between Katrina and the flood was a hurricane did contribute to the former, the latter was all man made and the result of stupidity and/or greed when it came to the dam and its maintenance

But speaking of lawyers, of course they swooped in but found the pickings difficult based on then prevalent american law, but it did provide the incentive to modify american law on matters, where due to the nature of the item, a higher standard could be imposed, for example with elevators, animals known to be vicous, dams and so forth.....leading to the current laws on product liability

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Originally Posted by Tazio

My wild guess was actually pretty close
The event is Johnstown but there are about 100 creeks in Western Penn they call "Rivers"
That is going to be a tough one.
BTW not a high point in American History
Kind of like Katrina :down:

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I disagree Taz. Although the rich guys who owned the dammed lake didn't always shower themselves with glory, the story of the rescue efforts and the way the town rebuilt better is a good story.

Still no one has named the river.

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Originally Posted by markabilly

it was a lake and a dam that broke that caused the flood;
Me and Sarah P can not remember the name of the river that was dammed
Difference between Katrina and the flood was a hurricane did contribute to the former, the latter was all man made and the result of stupidity and/or greed when it came to the dam and its maintenance

But speaking of lawyers, of course they swooped in but found the pickings difficult based on then prevalent american law, but it did provide the incentive to modify american law on matters, where due to the nature of the item, a higher standard could be imposed, for example with elevators, animals known to be vicous, dams and so forth.....leading to the current laws on product liability

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The Dam tho was built in a time when science wasn't perfect, and naivety in operating things such as this dam was commonplace. The 19th century wasn't a good place to expect justice...

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Originally Posted by Tazio

My wild guess was actually pretty close
The event is Johnstown but there are about 100 creeks in Western Penn they call "Rivers"
That is going to be a tough one.
BTW not a high point in American History
Kind of like Katrina :down:

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You know the town, you know the catastrophe...figure out the actual river now....

Sorry, I was curiouis to Tazio's las Q so I just had to Google. It was quite misleading. Sitka, similar to other Alaskan cities is considered a consolidated city-county:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...cities_by_area

"The list is headed by consolidated city-counties, where a city comprises the whole area of a county (or equivalent), and so may include significant portions of rural areas or even wilderness. When these cities are removed from consideration, the largest cities are Oklahoma City, Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles and San Antonio - all western cities that have had few or no geographical constraints to their expansion..."

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Originally Posted by schmenke

Sorry, I was curiouis to Tazio's las Q so I just had to Google. It was quite misleading. Sitka, similar to other Alaskan cities is considered a consolidated city-county:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...cities_by_area

"The list is headed by consolidated city-counties, where a city comprises the whole area of a county (or equivalent), and so may include significant portions of rural areas or even wilderness. When these cities are removed from consideration, the largest cities are Oklahoma City, Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles and San Antonio - all western cities that have had few or no geographical constraints to their expansion..."

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even more interesting to me is Sikta is smaller than the Juneau population of 30k-----Sitka has a whole total of about 8,000 people spread over a very large distance......