California Water Wars - Los Angeles and the Future of Water | 6

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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UCLA environmental historian Jon Christensen discusses Los Angeles, its never-quenched thirst for water, and what that means for the future.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
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0:10.0	Imagine it's 1934.
0:20.4	Your construction worker with the US Bureau of Reclamation hired to work on the Parker
0:25.1	Dam.
0:26.2	It's 150 miles south of the Grand Canyon.
0:29.0	The dam site straddles the border of California and Arizona.
0:32.7	For the last week, your crew has been working on the Arizona side of the Colorado River,
0:36.8	attaching bridge footings.
0:38.7	It's around 2 in the afternoon, and even though it's November, the hot sun isn't making
0:42.8	it work any easier.
0:44.4	But suddenly, the sound of your foreman's whistle cuts through the din.
0:48.5	Hey, what gives?
0:49.9	And then around you stop what they're doing, look up to see the foreman.
0:53.5	Bullish man named Marty staying at the top of a bluff.
0:56.4	Everyone stop what you're doing, it's an order, stop.
0:59.6	Says who?
1:01.0	Says the governor of Arizona, apparently.
1:05.1	You and the men climb the short distance to the top of the riverbank.
1:08.2	Guess they thought calling in the National Guard would help convince us.
1:12.4	You can't believe it.
1:13.4	A high-morty or a dozen army transport vehicles on around 100 National Guardsmen climbing
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