Listen to The Larry O’Connor Show as Larry chats with Professor Victor Davis Hanson about his article, The Oroville Dam disaster is yet another example of California’s decline.
An excerpt of his article is found below:
A year ago, politicians and experts were predicting a near-permanent statewide drought, a “new normal” desert climate. The most vivid example of how wrong they were is that California’s majestic Oroville Dam is currently in danger of spillway failure in a season of record snow and rainfall. That could spell catastrophe for thousands who live below it and for the state of California at large that depends on its stored water.
The poor condition of the dam is almost too good a metaphor for the condition of the state as a whole; its possible failure is a reflection of California’s civic decline. [Read More]
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