by Bob | Dec 23, 2019 | Books, Movies and TV shows
Most have heard of the Donner Party and we immediately think of the most notorious aspect: the cannibalism. But when I began researching the event for my Gift of Failure book, what struck me was the lack of leadership and the murders that occurred before the...
by Bob | Oct 28, 2019 | Survival
Wildfires are a very nasty natural disaster– not that any of them are good. They are deadly, move fast and are unpredictable. We had one here in East TN a few years ago that killed 14, hurt many more and destroyed a number of residences. I recently drove through...
by Bob | Mar 13, 2019 | Survival
At 11:57 PM on 12 March 1928 and then cascading into 13 March, the St. Francis Dam, north of Los Angeles, failed. Designed by William Mulholland, the man who was hailed for bringing water to the City of Angels, there is another dam, designed exactly the same, still in...
by Bob | Dec 19, 2018 | Hidden History
was the St. Francis Dam failure in California. What’s interesting is that there is still a dam of the exact same design in Los Angeles. The name Mulholland is one near and dear to Los Angeles. He’s the man who built the aqueduct and brought water to the...
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