Mega Disasters: California's Katrina – Full Episode (S1, E12) | History

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2. Flood fighters? They must’ve either changed careers to fire fighters or Cal Trans workers.

3. wow

4. I live in sacramento ? lmao this is a funny video

5. You know everyday we all escape something like this. We should count our blessings

6. Funny thing is people are leaving California because of skyrocketing prices

7. Few years back…. it was a major disaster… when Levees broke n large areas of land became flooded from chico to sacramento past stockton… tracy n manteca where flooded too

8. They knew this was going to happen did they do anything no and they will continue not to do anything.

9. “The foolish man built his house upon the sand. The rains came down and the floods came up. And the house on the sand washed away.” Sand… seriously?

10. The state government shutting down might not be such a bad thing..?

11. Couldn't happen to a better place

12. How come such fanciful but impractical minded eager beavers are allowed to build cities on lands that are geologically unstable and highly subjected to weather related disasters, as those so tragically depicted here?

    Another thing, when recklessly and capriciously planned cities are constructed, notwithstanding better advice to the contrary, in such chronically unstable regions, despite constant and timely reminders of potential impending doom, inevitably one day the worst will occur.

    At that juncture, politicians will then start scrambling and deflecting accusations of personal culpability, as they feverishly plan their exodus.

    With all the desperate hand wringing that follows among those paper town fathers and aldermen who remain and are now under the bright lights in the news media, is the scenario that supersedes all others and that is the relentless but totally futile efforts on the part of every possible agency under the sun employed to stem the damage as far as they can.

    The figurative old story about closing the barn door after the horse had run away!

13. I live in Sacramento CA they have done a lot of work at Folsom dam and the levees and have setup new systems so it would not be as nearly has bad as they were showing by the way the stuff like saying time is running out isn't true right after this California had it's worst drought and unlike new Orleans Sacramento does not get hurricanes all we get is rain

14. "The government would shut down."
    Where's the down side in that?

15. It would seem the commentator for Kitchen Nightmares (a Gordon Ramsay show for those unfamiliar) got a job commentating on the History Channel. Quite frankly, the history channel went down hill after they stopped airing documentaries about history. Although, I don't mind this type of content. I do mind the reality shows but I guess money is more important than educating the American people on true historical fact.

16. Nobody recorded a TikTok ?

17. So sad

18. Fema predicted three major disasters (one is still coming) a bad hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico (Katrina) and a terrorsist attack in New York (9/11) (I think it was made after the bombing in the wtc basement I think.) the 1993 bomb was a wakeup call. The one that is still coming is this one

19. Katrina!
    Featuring California

20. Would easily to build a dam instead of levees

21. Rain in California? Lol. Have they actually lived here? It hasn't actually rained, liked real rain for more than a few hours, in like 20 years.

22. 31:24 is it just me or does that make no sense? If they added 10 feet of dirt, how would the basement become the first floor ? Wouldn’t the first floor become the basement ?

23. Don't build in a bowl??

24. We are waiting with breathless…anticipation???

25. I lived through two "100 year floods" in Sacramento: 1986 and 1997. Most people will never even live long enough to see one. Now living in SoCal I just worry about earthquakes and wildfires.

26. I guess those rivers don't have a name? Thanks very informative….

27. This is what everything that is produced by HAARP (look it up) looks like, but I was told MAN doesn't control the weather……..

28. I'm not real sure any of those levees or dams can handle the mega flood when it comes. How can anyone design something to hold back multiple Mississippi rivers getting dumped non stop for 43 days etc? I really don't think there is much people can do but evacuate when the ARkStorms come..the floods are already overdue and normally follow a long drought historically…

29. I have family that live there . so verry worried for their safety :((

30. Quit repeating.

31. The Pineapple Express lol. Love that movie

32. And our infrastructure is crumbling already.

33. A lot of states need a hose aimed at them and given a good bath.?I think many state governments have already shut down, not to mention city governments .As for New Orleans the people were warned again and again. They chose to stay so they brought it on themselves then they whined, cried for help even though they chose to stay? Well if the levees were built for a category 3 and it was a 5 of course it will flood they broke because the state and city governments didn't want to pay for stronger levees .?

34. OMG !!! " Hold On A Little Longer Sweet-Heart , We're Gonna Have To Come Back With Chinook ! " (13:40)

35. Such a fantastic channel and Mega Disasters is a great show.

36. Who else hates it whenthey always mention Sacramento..

37. When he said this can happen in Sacramento California that gave me goosebumps

38. The gradual destruction of the miles and miles of wetlands around New Orleans are part of the problem there. They offered a great deal of protection for the city for years but big business is gradually destroying them. The city is at the mercy of the Gulf of Mexico.

39. So. this is why HAARP is active along the West Cost.

40. what is that the helicopter drops at 13:56?

41. Man I hate these assumption/ hypothetical type episodes! They just have a eerie sense, almost like these are warning/cautionary tales about what’s actually going to happen!
    God forbid!
    ?????

42. Everyone at Kern County, CA: Bring it on!

43. You would think the people of California would have learned something about Katrina and what happened in New Orleans. If the people of California do not change their actions when it comes to levies, the people of California will have their own Katrina. I hope my parents, who live on the coast line, do not live to see this happen. There is that saying of "the foolish man builds his house upon the sand."

44. This is crazy and it's California, which is worse?

45. Every one from Cali going to move to Nevada and Arizona since there Soo close

46. If you've ever traveled the upper Columbia River gorge.
    You'll see what water can do

47. I live in Sacramento… There's also alot of homeless ppl who camp on the levees and they dig deep holes so they can light a fire and burn the plastic off copper wires so they can get their dope. This weakens the levees. This is a huge problem.

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