Floods of 1938

The flooding problems in the midwest and south right now are pretty mind boggling! It made me think of our own river, running right along of the edge of our fair city. The Santa Ana River looks pretty tame most of the time but when it gets angry it can get REALLY angry. The flood of 1938 was the big one. I have a chapter in my book, Rubidoux, that is devoted to the Santa Ana River. In it I include photos of various floods through the years, including the 1938 monster. Every bridge on the Santa Ana River except the one crossing from Rubidoux to downtown Riverside was damaged or destroyed by that flood. Much of Rubidoux (then called West Riverside) was flooded and the Riverside Airport was put out of business. Why the Riverside Airport was in West Riverside will have to be a story for another day!