Talk:Baldwin Hills Dam disaster

Rain?
I was only 3 when the dam broke and flooded my father's dental office with 4 feet of water, but didn't the dam failure occur when the reservoir was full beyond capacity with water due to heavy rain? This article discusses all sorts of speculative failure models but fails to mention the condition that initiated the failure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.215.115.31 (talk) 15:56, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I know nothing specific about this case but logic would tell me that intake to a storage reservoir on the top of a hill like this would have to be controlled. This wouldn't be used in a flood control situation.  With the small amount of rainfall annually in Southern California, even if dammed, I doubt a sustainable lake could form naturally in this location, there is no source of water.  The bottom of the bowl is still sealed today, at best it gets muddy after a rainstorm.  A dam should be designed to hold back water that will be in constant contact with one side.  More water or less water should not affect that condition for a viable dam. Trackinfo (talk) 19:04, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Photo(s)
Now I mentioned Richard N. Levine, who made photos of the dam break. We should ask him, if he would be so nice to donate one to wikipedia/commons. Then 17, nowadays he could be 71 (or 72). --Helium4 (talk) 20:17, 20 December 2017 (UTC)