[81alum]

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.

Yes, I thought about that.  Here is the real question about flood control and Lake Lag:  what happens if the Lake overflows?  Is there a way the water gets diverted back to the creek?  Are there pumps or an overflow channel?  For that matter, are the embankments behind Roble in good enough shape to contain a really full Lake?  Or are they assuming that there never could be a winter wet enough to overfill the lake?

[81alum]

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.

Yes, I thought about that.  Here is the real question about flood control and Lake Lag:  what happens if the Lake overflows?  Is there a way the water gets diverted back to the creek?  Are there pumps or an overflow channel?  For that matter, are the embankments behind Roble in good enough shape to contain a really full Lake?  Or are they assuming that there never could be a winter wet enough to overfill the lake?