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Ikke så langt væk
herfra står der et mindesmærke for en regnmager, der hed
Charles Hatfield. Sammen med sin bror Paul blev han under en
tørke omkring 1915 ansat af San Diego Byråd til at lave
regn. Brødrene byggede et 8 meter højt tårn ved
Morena-søen, hvorfra de dryssede hemmeligt regnmagerpulver
rundt omkring, og kort efter kom der over en meter regn på 26
dage. Morena-dæmningen sprang læk og store dele af amtet
var oversvømmede. Omkring tyve mennesker omkom. Folk var
så vrede på dem, at Hatfield-brødrene endte med at
stikke af, uden nogensinde at blive betalt de $10,000 de skulle have
haft af byrådet.
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So, not too far from here is
this memorial for Charles Hatfield the Rainmaker (Charles Who the
What? you say? Yeah, exactly. That's pretty much what I said too...!)
Evidently this guy fancied himself a rainmaker, and along with his
brother Paul he was hired by the City of San Diego during a drought
in 1915. The brothers built a 24-foot tower at Lake Morena, sprinkled
secret rain-potions all around, and shortly a deluge began that
caused the Morena Dam to burst and vast areas of San Diego County to
be flooded. about twenty people were killed and the Hatfields were
forced to leave town without the $10.000 they were supposed to get
paid by the city. Now isn't that fascinatin'?
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