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I think statement "State of California went bankrupt" in the opening section should have a reference. Kevink707 ( talk) 21:59, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
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I was reading the section on the flood's impact on Sacramento, and saw this: "At the time, Chinese labor force consisted of immigrants accustomed to the Mediterranean climate that closely resembled that of their homeland." What part of China is Mediterranean climate?? When I look at a Koppen climate map, southern China's climate is the same as the American South -- wet and humid, not dry summers like Spain/Italy etc. The northern part of China is also nothing like Sacramento. There's no part of China I see with Mediterranean climate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:7C0:C500:3540:2CAC:6E32:F6CF:E7C3 ( talk) 05:34, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
In the introduction it says:
The storms caused approximately $100 million 1861 USD in damage, approximately equal to $299.9 billion
One (or both) of these numbers is wrong, and the financial impact needs a reference. There is no way that $100M is worth 3000x more even after 150 years. Online inflation calculators say $1 in 1862 would be worth $27.16 today. So either it's $100M --> $2.7B or the $299.9 billion would need to be put into 1862 dollars (around $11B - which I seriously doubt). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.202.116.61 ( talk) 08:49, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
The overlaying of modern satellite pictures with the flooded areas is problematic as various geographical features have changed, it particular the quite visible salton sea did not exist in 1860s. I might be better to do that overlay with a map show the california of the 19th century than a current satellite picture.-- Kmhkmh ( talk) 07:07, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
But it is on the wayback machine
https://web.archive.org/web/20160307013237/http://www.parkerdesign.info/AR_site/html/history.html
http://www.parkerdesign.info/AR_site/html/history.html
If I knew how to repair that I would.
Also
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/atmospheric-rivers-california-megaflood-lessons-from-forgotten-catastrophe/ contains infor not found in the article
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talk) 11:25, 23 September 2022 (UTC)