The beauty and splendor of having a home far from the large cities of Southern California while still having an ariel panoramic view of them is enticing. Many people have moved to the great mountains of Southern California to get away from it all and live in simple and solitary exquisiteness but within this serene environment lays a powder keg that in downpour can go off. The deceptive tranquility of the San Gabriel Mountains is the backdrop of many debris flows that cause countless destruction numerous deaths.

The loss of property and the fact that the American people have the burden of paying for

These basins and deflector walls also generate jobs for several construction companies. It is a continual a breed of work. Due to the ever changing mountain side. These contractors have work every winter and as deduced by the quote it is large amounts of work. Sometimes work will continue for twenty four hours straight during a harsh down pour since that is when debris flows become something real.

The wealthy build their homes on these disaster areas and the average working person gets stuck with the bill while the same generic story is told over again. They didn’t know the mountain was so brittle, so easily swept down the steep hill till they are dragged out of the river of debris and explained that their house was a ticking time bomb and the ignition was water. It is a reoccurring cycle in which the American taxpayer gets the “short end of the stick” because the forces of development are hard to oppose and because of the vast amount of mountain dwellers that know little or noting about there surroundings.

Our attempts to control nature in “Los Angeles Against the Mountains.” can only be characterized by a viscous cycle. It destroys property and ends lives but also gives jobs to countless builders who in turn try to save lives. In a way this creates a taking and giving

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