undefined | Better HN

0 pointsjsLavaGoat2mo ago0 comments

Not Crystal Springs. Hetch Hetchy, the damning of which legendarily caused John Muir, the founder of the Sierra Club, to die of a broken heart.

0 comments

stouset2mo ago

It’s a nitpick but the words you are looking for are “dam”, “dammed”, and “damming”. Damning is a very different thing entirely.

CalRobert2mo ago

They both work, really

Baeocystin2mo ago

Not really inaccurate in this case, though. It's a huge loss.

jsLavaGoatOP2mo ago

Thank you for that grace, it was totally just a typo. And when I re-read it I was embarrassed, but your putting it this way gave me a chuckle.

renewiltord2mo ago

Yeah but the Sierra Club enthusiastically believes that infill housing is evil because a shadow falls on a corner of a park used by underserved minorities. So one must assume that the environment is not anywhere near the top priority for them.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse