Biggest Floods:
The biggest floods were in the past ages.. .1894, over thirty feet higher than recent floods. The biggest landslide occurred above Happy Camp sometime before 1800. This dammed the Klamath River completely, and when the dam broke, a flood over 120 feet in the canyon. ..all the lower houses at Weitchpec were dismantled and hauled up the hill in anticipation. A people who do this are not afraid of floods. I:99 Ruth Roberts, letter of 1966

Calvin Rube On Rivers:
That was the reason why the earth wasn't right at Hoopa. The people went down and got driftwood for their fires. You are supposed to use fir from the mountains for the fires at the dances. This is the Law. They have become lazy. And when they do this, then the river will come back up to the driftwood. The People do not follow The Law. That is the reason the ocean waves rose one hundred feet under the bridge at Weitchpec and washed out the houses. I:123