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by sacnoradhq 1091 days ago
Native peoples have an oral history that the Sacramento and Central valleys can turn into inland seas during periods of unusual rain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Flood_of_1862

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that event is literally the "punchline" of the researcher in the article
Apparently the non native people of Wikipedia also have a history of it