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Johnstown Flood

Johnstown Flood

Airbursts?

           Could air bursts been a factor in this flood?
                                       We know that the flood was caused by a dam failure from a heavy rainfall. Could water have really destroyed everything? Air bursts are basically just a burst of air. But before meterologists classified them most people thought that the damage done by airbursts had really been caused by tornadoes they just didn't happen to see. The Johnstown Flood also occured during a horrific thunderstorm and guess when airbursts explode? During thunderstorms!! Because the damage was so great and there were so many different factors(dam failure, horrible rain storm, etc) airbursts could have easily contributed to the destruction of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.

Questions answered

   Of course the flood had aftermath but what exactly was destroyed?
                  The flood caused all communication to Johnstown,PA to be destroyed. Telegraph lines were down, railroad tracks washed away! This was one powerful flood.
    So how did the citizens of Johnstown recover?
                   Citizens stayed and helped clean up their town after the flood. $17 million was spent on property damage. Clean up took 5 years! And during the time after the flood they were still finding bodies. Gross!!!
     Do floods today take this long to clean up?
                    Although I couldn't exactly answer this question, because from all my research I found how to clean up a house flood. I would guess depending on the severity of the flood, you may never know how long it could  take to clean up, and especially a whole city!!!!

Let's get started!

     First of all the Johnstown Flood took place in Johnstown, Pennslyvania in 1889. The surprising factor to me was that the flood was cause by an overflow from rain water of The South Fork Dam just 14 miles from this town. My first research question was originally going to be "Who/What was the flood named after?" but that just seems too easy. So I figured I would try to find out if the owners or workers of the South Fork Dam knew that the heavy rainfall was coming, and this is what I found:
     Because the dam had held for so long the flood was ruled as a natural disaster so, no lawsuit was filed. The knowledge of what the weather would be like was very skim to what it is today, so surely in 1889 no one would have had any idea that a horrible rainfall would occur. And why worry if this dam has been holding up for so long? Clearly no one was quite worried until the dam actually failed to hold up.

First Post!!

Welcome to my blog! This is my first post so there won't be much info. on my topic in this post, but this blog will be taking you through the Johnstown Flood. Feel free to ask any questions about the flood!!!