Perhaps the home buyers thought the levee was just a massive gopher mound
It was the defining moment of the January 1997 floods. A KCRA-TV news crew was standing in the backyard of a Weston Ranch home that was on a street where every family was busy loading up rental vans with whatever possessions they could jam inside.
Weston Ranch United States San Joaquin Valley French Camp Slough San Joaquin County San Joaquin River
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