Because these farmers and dairymen are going tk go bankrupt after losing all the feed and crops. We have evacuated cows now for days and that’s costing these guys make than they can afford already
@@timmymiller9944 if you own property in the old Tulare Lake you are going to be flooded every 20~30 years - this is just a fact of operating on that land. The water must go somewhere.
You guys have car insurance right? What happens after your car gets crashed and you make an insurance claim? Your premium skyrockets until they get their money back. Think people, think
Screw the farmers who farm in Tulare Lake. Fill the lake to it's full capacity. Dig the lake deeper. Store more water and quit running it back to the Ocean.
My favorite relatives lived in Sanger. We floated down the Kings River a couple of times. The second time, I almost drowned. Luckily, a passers-by was able to make his way over and rescue me. Never went again. I'm so thrilled for all the water recieved so far this year. What a blessing 😊.
@@oceanview2965 ...I am so glad someone saved you. The/us people who grew up with the Mighty Kings River know the eddy currents, the rapids, and where you can get caught when rapids get you stuck against a tree or willows hanging out into the river. Many out of towners indeed sadly drown in the Kings River or in the Avocado Lake. My buddies and I spent many summers on the Lower Kings River. I also rafted down the Upper Kings where huge rapids exist, including water falls on the river!
This same thing happened with a river on the border between Washington and Canada recently …- two rivers flooded and the flooding was particularly bad in the Fraser valley on the Canadian side where the sumas lake had previously been and they had drained to farm. hard to stop nature in these situations from reverting back - at least some of the time .
@@imd1b4u Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming depend on the Colorado River water drainage system, define "wrong" state?
@@imd1b4u "California does not depend on the Colorado, we buy water to supplement." Bwhahaha! Where do you suppose California would be buying water from? and will my water bill be effected by these water purchases?? Just stop responding, your just embarrassing yourself
The drought risk would be lower without the dams, because the dams and irrigation diverted the original rivers and dried up Tulare Lake, and they continue using up the ground water. The Central Valley had more available water before the settlers came and messed with everything. The Valley used to be wetlands plus Tulare Lake.
Yeah, if we didn't have the dams then we'd still have Lake Tulare which was the 9th largest lake in the world. Our climate in the Valley would be much more wet and we'd have regular rains all year round. We wouldn't even have a drought in the first place most likely! At the very least it would have been considerably milder.
@@jaykroeker961 Yes. And also a much less arid climate. Fewer people would die from respiratory diseases. Better quality of life. Water sports and recreation. The farms around the lake would have fewer water issues. It would rain on the mountains and we'd have a permanent snowpack. Getting rid of a massive inland sea was a colossal mistake. The people who did this weren't thinking!
I heard a conspiracy theorist say that they seeded the sky so it would rain. I don't think that's true but if it is good on them for finally doing something about California's drought 😅
A single year of strong rains physically can't reverse almost a decade of sever drought and several decades of intermittent draughts. The aquifers and snowpack cannot be replenished in a single year. It would take close to a decade of good wet years to get back to normal conditions and obliterate the draught. This is just a fact and we all know it.
The farmers are the ones washing it off to see! What we actually need is to flood the fields so that the aquifers can recover. But the farmers only care about their profits. Asking them to skip a year is like asking them to murder their children. They never allow it. Consequently, the farmers will push for the water to just be diverted down the San Joaquins were very little of it can be captured for future use. You need to lay off the propaganda. "The farmers" are farming mega corporations. They are not beyond paying for propaganda and they're fairly active at spreading it to achieve their political goals.
They should send more. Much more. Better to flood the farms and recharge aquifers than flood cities.
Because these farmers and dairymen are going tk go bankrupt after losing all the feed and crops. We have evacuated cows now for days and that’s costing these guys make than they can afford already
@@timmymiller9944 if you own property in the old Tulare Lake you are going to be flooded every 20~30 years - this is just a fact of operating on that land. The water must go somewhere.
@@timmymiller9944 That’s what insurance is for.
@Timmy Miller they get massive federal subsidies yearly
You guys have car insurance right? What happens after your car gets crashed and you make an insurance claim? Your premium skyrockets until they get their money back. Think people, think
That is what happens when you build in a former giant lake you drained.
I'm following this from Northern California. This is am important story from an excellent reporter.
Finally someone mentioning the 82-83 El Nino! Fresno got 21 inches of rain that year and the lake bed flooded to 120,000 acres that year.
This reporter has a great presentation style! Very professional.
Yea we miss him up here in Chico! Very professional and always great with the facts!
Imagine natural going back to its natural habit.
Bring back Tulare Lake!
We wanted rain well here it is so don’t complain
This is just a wild guess but I'm assuming this has been going on for millions of years. Lol.
Not exactly millions, "only" about 500k years. But yes 😁
In the dry years, the lake behind the dam should be dredged to increase capacity.
But then they wouldn’t be able to pocket your taxes 🤷♂️🫃🤣
Wow I seen this guy in a old docu about tulare lake glad to see he is still around the lake
Screw the farmers who farm in Tulare Lake. Fill the lake to it's full capacity. Dig the lake deeper. Store more water and quit running it back to the Ocean.
It's only one company boswell
Restore Tulare Lake!
...I grew up with the Mighty Kings River. Born and raised in the Sanger-Reedley Area as were my parents and many family and close friends.
That's cool. Fresno had the Mighty San Joaquin.
My favorite relatives lived in Sanger. We floated down the Kings River a couple of times. The second time, I almost drowned. Luckily, a passers-by was able to make his way over and rescue me. Never went again. I'm so thrilled for all the water recieved so far this year. What a blessing 😊.
@@oceanview2965 ...I am so glad someone saved you. The/us people who grew up with the Mighty Kings River know the eddy currents, the rapids, and where you can get caught when rapids get you stuck against a tree or willows hanging out into the river. Many out of towners indeed sadly drown in the Kings River or in the Avocado Lake. My buddies and I spent many summers on the Lower Kings River. I also rafted down the Upper Kings where huge rapids exist, including water falls on the river!
Maybe the flooding can solve a little of the selenium build up it's seen over the last 80 years. Get some new minerals in the ground.
Hey Randy, why don’t you suggest to flood all the farm lands, replenish the damn aquifers!!
Amazing to see ....farm land will replenish
A beautiful sight to see
Biggest rainfall since...1982/3. Wow, 40 whole years! Historic!! Unpreceden, er, wait.
This same thing happened with a river on the border between Washington and Canada recently …- two rivers flooded and the flooding was particularly bad in the Fraser valley on the Canadian side where the sumas lake had previously been and they had drained to farm. hard to stop nature in these situations from reverting back - at least some of the time .
Records only go back 60 or so years or so. Even rainfall records go back 90-100 years
I wonder if my water bill will go down?
Your feed bill will go way up
@@imd1b4u Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming depend on the Colorado River water drainage system, define "wrong" state?
@@imd1b4u "California does not depend on the Colorado, we buy water to supplement."
Bwhahaha! Where do you suppose California would be buying water from? and will my water bill be effected by these water purchases?? Just stop responding, your just embarrassing yourself
"Break the dam! Release the river!" -- Treebeard
Flood every farm
And put every farmer out of business? Sounds like a great plan if you’re an idiot
@@timmymiller9944yes flood them they don’t belong there. Get a real job with a real education but you can’t cause you’re incompetent.
Yes exactly restore the lake and the wetlands once the largest in the west. What a shame they allowed farming with these criminals.
@@ariankarimi952 communist
Cognitive of the dangers! I had to Google to know what that meant. In other words if the water is rising " FEETS DON'T FAIL ME NOW"!😂
Act Fast and Smart. massive drilling to drain this into the near empty aquifers below.
Anybody want to notice Randy the Consultant official has gross creepy eye brows that he could trim himself in minutes ?
Just think how much more extreme drought there would be if the dams didn’t exist. 😉
The drought risk would be lower without the dams, because the dams and irrigation diverted the original rivers and dried up Tulare Lake, and they continue using up the ground water. The Central Valley had more available water before the settlers came and messed with everything. The Valley used to be wetlands plus Tulare Lake.
Yeah, if we didn't have the dams then we'd still have Lake Tulare which was the 9th largest lake in the world. Our climate in the Valley would be much more wet and we'd have regular rains all year round.
We wouldn't even have a drought in the first place most likely! At the very least it would have been considerably milder.
@@TohaBgood2 Yes, so true!
@@TohaBgood2, we would definitely have more mosquitos.
@@jaykroeker961 Yes. And also a much less arid climate. Fewer people would die from respiratory diseases. Better quality of life. Water sports and recreation. The farms around the lake would have fewer water issues. It would rain on the mountains and we'd have a permanent snowpack.
Getting rid of a massive inland sea was a colossal mistake. The people who did this weren't thinking!
2.6 million acre feet is over 847 billion gallons of water (3.2 trillion liters for you metric folks)
I was born their in 1982
I heard a conspiracy theorist say that they seeded the sky so it would rain. I don't think that's true but if it is good on them for finally doing something about California's drought 😅
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Does this mean we can drink almond milk guilt free again?
modern history 1982 ?
Good to see the climate crisis is mitigating the water crisis in California. ✌️🗽🇺🇸
Yet Newsom will declare a drought and need more taxes
A single year of strong rains physically can't reverse almost a decade of sever drought and several decades of intermittent draughts.
The aquifers and snowpack cannot be replenished in a single year. It would take close to a decade of good wet years to get back to normal conditions and obliterate the draught. This is just a fact and we all know it.
Wow that's great news but don't tell Al Gore
Omg what year is this
@@stargatis Should be this year, we got two feet of rain and 8 feet of snow at my cabin.
Is this going to save the Farmers or are they going to wash it all to the sea
The farmers are the ones washing it off to see! What we actually need is to flood the fields so that the aquifers can recover. But the farmers only care about their profits. Asking them to skip a year is like asking them to murder their children. They never allow it.
Consequently, the farmers will push for the water to just be diverted down the San Joaquins were very little of it can be captured for future use.
You need to lay off the propaganda. "The farmers" are farming mega corporations. They are not beyond paying for propaganda and they're fairly active at spreading it to achieve their political goals.
this interview edit is terrible. at least blend the audio. jeeze.
California soon to be a huge Tiajuana
You can’t even spell it lol
Gee..Mother Nature.
A large lake is good!
When god answers the prayers
You mean “G”od. gods do nothing; God is maker and sustainer of everything.
God answered all the water prayers ????