[Goose]

So my memory about flood control was not entirely in error.  I wonder in what sense it is used for flood control, given that we know from our resident expert that it certainly isn't part of the regional flood control plan.

Well, all that water in the lake would presumably flowed down the hill and into the rest of the campus area, by Skilling etc. down Lomita Mall. Whether there is enough drainage in that area to handle it I don't know. However, I do believe that the "flood control" function is a serendipity of it being there already. Probably didn't figure much in the "original" planning.

[Goose]

So my memory about flood control was not entirely in error.  I wonder in what sense it is used for flood control, given that we know from our resident expert that it certainly isn't part of the regional flood control plan.

Well, all that water in the lake would presumably flowed down the hill and into the rest of the campus area, by Skilling etc. down Lomita Mall. Whether there is enough drainage in that area to handle it I don't know. However, I do believe that the "flood control" function is a serendipity of it being there already. Probably didn't figure much in the "original" planning.