Tuesday, July 28, 2015

907: A Disaster Waiting to Happen: The Johnstown Flood

WORDS TO KNOW:  
Alleghany
avoided
barbed
collapse
destruction
disasters
engineers
industrial
inhabitants
Johnstown
leaks
maintain
massive
Pennsylvania
planning
reservoir
system
thunderclap

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 2, 2015 at 11:19 AM

    907:

    Allegheny- a river flowing NW from Pennsylvania into SW New York and then S through W Pennsylvania, joining the Monongahela at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River. 325 miles (525 km) long.

    Reservoir- a natural or artificial place where water is collected and stored for use, especially water for supplying a community, irrigating land, furnishing power, etc.

    Leaks- an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes

    http://www.jaha.org/FloodMuseum/facts.html


    3WK



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  2. AnonymousNovember 2, 2015 at 11:24 AM

    Three most difficult words:
    Barbed, Alleghany, and industrial.

    link that talk about the Johnstwon flood:
    http://www.jaha.org/FloodMuseum/history.html
    http://www.jaha.org/FloodMuseum/1936.html
    http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-johnstown-flood


    3ST

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  3. AnonymousNovember 2, 2015 at 2:37 PM

    1) Glacier
    2) Reservoir
    3) Particulary
    E.P. Period 6

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  4. AnonymousNovember 2, 2015 at 2:47 PM

    Allegheny, Reservoir, Particularly M.W period 6

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