Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - The LA Flood Project (sitios de interés)

Stage 1
The ichthyologists in the basement saw the first sign. The old tunnels began to
leak in coffee-colored streams and threaten the shelves of neatly labeled and
preserved sea life. One call confirmed this was not just another plumbing
problem. The school kids had already been evacuated to the second floor and
there was barely enough time to grab the computers and get out the door.

Stage II
Dioramas became aquariums. The hair on the coats of the musk oxen floated all
feathery like a fine kelp forest. The polar bears were back in their element. A
walrus glided on his faux ice flow. Indian beads and insect legs swirled through
in the imitation scenery.

Stage III
An interesting smell: the rot of creatures already long dead. Clumps of what
appears to be moldy rugs and soggy wood are decorated with random glass eyes. A
bit of T-Rex jaw protrudes from an elephant hide. Water still drains from the
surviving dioramas and a chimpanzee bobs helplessly behind the glass.

-- NET