Art; politics; odd @ 02 Aug 2007 01:03 pm by admin
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politics; neighborhoods; flood @ 06 Jul 2007 01:31 pm by Seth
Here’s some excerpts from Anderson Cooper 360 show last week that imagined Sacramento flooded into oblivion:
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”This is the scenario. It’s been raining for days. The normally dry, hard ground is near saturated. But the California sun is out now, peeking through the clouds in Sacramento.
A rain cloud has at last lifted and the streets of the capital are busy again. People enjoying the outdoors.
Then suddenly, a few hours later, the storms return. The wind kicks up and the Sacramento River, already swollen from the earlier rains, now surges. Lashing at the 2,400 miles of aging, crumbling levees that snake around much of northern California.
(on camera): Here the water rises higher and higher. This is the city most vulnerable to flooding in the entire United States. Even more so than New Orleans. But the real danger is beginning to unfold just over there beyond the capital dome and the skyscrapers of downtown.
(voice-over): In sprawling tracks of suburban housing built right up to the edge of the levees, people are anxious. Can the levees hold back a flood?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It’s really blowing now.
MATTINGLY: And as the water rises, anxiety turns to fear. But the worst is yet to come. A powerful earthquake strikes. And the decrepit water-soaked levees begin to shake and start to dissolve.
politics; technology @ 26 Jun 2007 02:28 pm by Seth
Modeshift.org has an excellent article about the ongoing high-speed rail debate in California.
“California Democrats have elevated building their state’s proposed high speed rail network to the top of their legislative priorities, according to the San Francisco Bay Guardian. The Daily Kos, one of the most read blogs in the country, noted the swirl of attention that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger stirred with his proposal to cut $2.5 million in state funding to the California High Speed Rail Authority, the agency overseeing the system’s planning.”
politics; neighborhoods @ 26 Jun 2007 01:57 pm by Seth
Sacramento needs a river crossing that is not a freeway. However there is much debate as to where to put it. Two current options are Broadway and Sutterville. Of course plenty of residents are against a bridge in those areas citing traffic concerns. With the two-way road modifications in Land Park / Curtis Park beginning this month, focus is shifting back to the bridge.
-picture credit: Beancounter on Flick’r