• rtxn@lemmy.world
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        10 hours ago

        IIRC, that specific island is downstream from the spillway of a reservoir dam that is opened periodically. When it opens, the island gets flash-flooded. The opening is preceded by eight siren blasts.

        The idea of that much water approaching at that velocity puts the fear of God in me.