Comments on: Strange Geographies: The Little Town That Los Angeles Killed

By: Bubba

Bubba — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:50:30 +0000

Progress isn’t always happy for the ones who get left behind. http://buddharocks.deviantart.com/art/Ode-To-A-Wrecking-Ball-139603809

By: Kandi Balvins

Kandi Balvins — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:04:50 +0000

I love to steal water and money from everyone.

By: Mike wedge

Mike wedge — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:07:25 +0000

great photos and story thanks

By: Introspective

Introspective — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:14:56 +0000

Amazing facts! This site provides great information. I never new about LA’s water affair.

By: RaeAnna

RaeAnna — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:53:11 +0000

This is the second article in 3 days that I have read that pertains to the ravaging of the earth. I for one find this thought provoking and very very sad.
I hope that more people learn to care about the earth and really pay attention to the current “go green” movement. It is getting to be a bit too late for it, but the effort may grant us more time to enjoy what the natural world has to offer.

By: gene

gene — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:27:09 +0000

You can find out more about the theft of Owens Lake in the book Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner. The Hollywood version of the story can be found in the film China Town.

By: dooperman

dooperman — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:17:30 +0000

wow

By: Anonymous Dan

Anonymous Dan — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:02:05 +0000

I’ve heard that the water that was diverted from there for our water is now just being pumped directly into the ocean (over 80 million gallons in the past few months) because of the environmental restrictions that have been placed on us that won’t allow us to move the water from Northern Cali to Southern Cali. I don’t understand why pumping the water to us is destructive but just pumping it into the ocean isn’t.

By: Titania

Titania — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:56:25 +0000

They just featured L.A. on the show Life After People last night. Scientists figure that if people suddenly disappeared and there was no one to maintain the aqueducts, L.A. would become desert-like again in just a few years.

Small consolation, I guess!

By: Ransom Riggs

Ransom Riggs — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:10:48 +0000

That’s right — the “LA water wars,” as they were called, were the basis for ‘Chinatown.’