1938 Gardena Los Angeles CA 3c V.I. Commemorative DELAYED BY FLOOD WATERS Cover

Description

Disaster Mail - march 2 1938 7 a.m. Gardena California canceled cover to Berkeley Cal. purple straight line cancel DELAYED.BY.FLOOD.WATERS .
some history -
March 1938, when the Flood of 1938 occurred, was one of those times.
The flood of March 2, 1938, as it was labeled, peaked on March 2, but the deluge actually began on February 28, intensified on March 1 and continued until March 3. It was generally widespread over Southern California, and it did damage to Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange and Riverside counties. San Bernardino County bore the most significant degree of Mother Nature’s wrath in terms of the sheer volume of rainfall, as the storm producing the flood was centered over the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains. Nevertheless, it was Orange County that sustained the most damage as flood waters that started in Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties ultimately washed over it. Maximum storm precipitation for a 24-hour period was 14.1 inches for the Deep Creek drainage area and 12.6 inches for the West Fork of the Mojave River drainage area.