Keeler , California was once an attractive lakeside resort on the shoring of Owens Lake . But as waters from the lake were divert toLos Angeles , the shoreline drop off , triggering a small , subdued apocalypse in Keeler .
Owens was once a vast lake , but in 1913 , an aquaduct was constructed to feast its waters into the growing City of Los Angeles . As the lake dried up , township like Keeler , which draw revenue from both its mines and its lakeshore emplacement , transform into hot , marshy patches of acres . And Keeler did n’t just lose tourist tax income from the disappearance of the lake . Once Owens vaporize , Keeler was plagued by pervasive dust storm , including one-time mining chemical kick up from the now dry lake bottom .
A causa forced the Los Angeles Water Department to build pools in an attempt to restitute Keeler ’s ecosystem , and continued minelaying promote some resident to stick through the 1960s and 1970s , but continued dust violent storm and lung cancer deaths finally pushed even the hardiest soul out of town . Today , Keeler ranks as the 2d dustiest place on Earth , after Kazakhstan ’s Aral Sea , and only aghost townremains .
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