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1st Point of Divergence: The State of California and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power decide that the current level of the reservoir behind the dam is safe at its current levels.

2nd Point of Divergence: The Van Norman Dam in the San Fernando Valley collapses during the Sylmar earthquake on February 9, 1971.

Basic Facts

 * Approximately 80,000 people in the area
 * 15 million tons of water in the reservoir
 * Terminus of the aqueduct system; 80% of the city's water
 * An OTL UCLA study suggested that flooding could have killed between 71,600 and 123,400 people.