Tag Archives: Flood Control

Best Bike Paths in Orange County

Los Angeles County offers, per square mile, some of the most beautiful views of the wetlands, ocean and hillside in Southern California. Before you get to the juicy details, it’s important to ensure your health and the health of those around you, so follow these important tips: Ride in pairs or groups Care about overpasses […]

How Hydroelectric Dams Generate Electricity

Why build a dam to produce electricity? Dams must be constructed because the force of flowing water rarely is powerful enough or consistent enough to generate large amounts of reliable electrical power. Building a dam guarantees that enough water force will be readily available to maintain a steady stream of power moving from the plant […]

The Ancient City of Mohenjo-daro

Mohenjo-daro is an ancient Indian city in present day Pakistan. The city is sometimes called by other names, but the name Mohenjo-daro is the most common and means Mohen. It was once a busy city that could house about 35,000 people. It is now the largest buried ruin that lies on the banks of the […]

History of the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane

Hurricane or Okeechobee (in Puerto Rico) Hurricane San Felipe Segundo occurred in September of 1928. The hurricane made landfall in the Leeward Islands, Guadalupe, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas and the state of Florida. The Okeechobee Hurricane has been a Category 3, 4 or 5 hurricane at different times as it made its destructive path through […]