1978 Fillmore Flood Pictures
Sespe River near corner of Sespe and D Street. Before the levee, this is what it looked like.
Sespe River near corner of Sespe and D Street. Before the levee, this is what it looked like.
Sespe Avenue near D Street. Water line just above bottom of windows.
Sespe Avenue near D Street. Water line just above bottom of windows.
Sespe Avenue near D Street. Car pushed thru back of garage.
Sespe Avenue near D Street. Car pushed thru back of garage.
Inside one of the apartments at the intersection of El Paseo and Sierra Vista (behind Tipsy Fox). Water line just below upper cabinets.
Inside one of the apartments at the intersection of El Paseo and Sierra Vista (behind Tipsy Fox). Water line just below upper cabinets.
Same apartment at the intersection of El Paseo and Sierra Vista (behind Tipsy Fox). Furniture and other objects pushed thru the walls.
Same apartment at the intersection of El Paseo and Sierra Vista (behind Tipsy Fox). Furniture and other objects pushed thru the walls.
Highway 126 & Rhodes Ct. (the highway's frontage road) standing near Tipsy Fox looking West.
Highway 126 & Rhodes Ct. (the highway's frontage road) standing near Tipsy Fox looking West.
Residential driveway at Highway 126 & Rhodes Ct. (Hwy 126 runs left to right in the background). Scott & Kellie Duckett enjoying a break from cleaning up mud. Not sure what the child labor laws were like in 1978 but this picture proves we were allowed to take at least one break.
Residential driveway at Highway 126 & Rhodes Ct. (Hwy 126 runs left to right in the background). Scott & Kellie Duckett enjoying a break from cleaning up mud. Not sure what the child labor laws were like in 1978 but this picture proves we were allowed to take at least one break.
Standing on highway 126 near D Street looking east. Not much traffic that day.
Standing on highway 126 near D Street looking east. Not much traffic that day.
City of Fillmore Yard at Highway 126 & D Street. This is Dave McKendry for the older folks who may remember him.
City of Fillmore Yard at Highway 126 & D Street. This is Dave McKendry for the older folks who may remember him.