I am 80 years old and remember the Salton Sea as a vacation paradise. In the late 40s and 50s it was THE place to be. Hard to believe it has deteriorated to where it is today. How sad is that?
Wow! I lived in the area for 50yrs. Now, I live in the Midwest. I first went to salton sea in the late 50's. Thanks, I really miss my old home..the sun, the smells, the date farms.. the whole suabang.. I hate the snow.. lol
Every place west of the Sierra's is a crapfest. Seriously have no idea how people live in that state, some of the stupidest laws and regulations ever conceived. And stop moving north, you're migration has already turned Portland into SF 2.0. Leave the rest of my state alone, ya freakin' yuppie ass beyond liberal weirdo's. Real hippies are okay but everyone else stay the hell out.
I learned how to water ski and ride dirt bikes there in the early 80s. My best friend and his family took me in their motorhome. We'd play pool at a trailer park bar and us kids set in tents. Different times then. Wished they never ended.. Hats off for the update..
i just watched your upload of What Did The Government Leave At The Bottom Of Salton Sea? a few days ago...you caught my attention. thanks for the video
Loved your video, as I do most Salton Sea vids. An interesting note: When the Salton Sea eventually dries up, the remains of 27 or so Naval aircraft and accompanying deceased airmen will be exposed. The Navy chose not to recover them, instead leaving them there and formally calling it a "burial at sea". Regarding the unarmed atomic bomb accidentally dropped by the SAC, one has to wonder how long the shell can resist corrosion from the high salt content in the water.
The story of the Salton Sea has fascinated me since I found out about it probably 20 years ago, when the water still lapped at the bottom of the North Shore Texaco sign and the idea of it ever drying up was as unthinkable as the flooding that ruined many beachfront lots had been to those who bought into 'the Miracle in the Desert' thirty years earlier. Sadly with the lake now only 55' deep at its deepest point it will likely be gone within a generation, maybe even sooner.. I'd have loved to have seen it during its brief late Fifties / early Sixties heyday, when tourists flocked to the Salton 500, candy-coloured Chevys launched ski boats from the numerous boat ramps and the evening beaches flickered with campfires, but I think that it's current state of devastation would be all the more heartbreaking were that the case. Paradise lost, indeed.
Yeah I'm fascinated by it myself and it's because of Grand theft Auto v I learned about it they put almost replica small town and part of their storyline where you can do anything but they call it Sandy shores and the military base is called Fort zancudo.
Used to water ski on that Sea in 1964-8. Often wondered what was happening to it. So went to look in 2006. Water was going down. It was red in color and a row of fish skeletons all in a row went all the way around the Sea. They were about 20’ back from the water’s edge. Not the same place I skied. Thanks for the update. It’s going away. Strange.
Ah yes,..Now the People who live in Slab City could earn a living mining and selling lithium. And now,I want to live in Slab City so that I could mine and sell lithium.
The San Diego golf courses bug me in the drought years as well. “Fake grass doesn’t putt as nice” or whatever dumb excuse they use to overwater the golf course. Mini golf is where it’s at!
Wow! What a smart ass you are! I love your content sir! My mom owns two lots in Bombay beach, and her good friends own the ski inn. I was just there in early February. My sister and I walked to the shore line, and your right, no more fishy smell. Thank you for doing this!
I'm not too fond of Sonja, cuz I heard she was buying up all the abandoned properties, cleaning them up, and planning to sell them for a fat profit. I should've bought the place from the old man 3 years ago when he offered it to me for ten grand, cash. Had a single wide trailer, a motorhome, a shed, and a motorcycle, all included. A missed opportunity, never to be had again.
Best presentation of the facts and personal experience - I learned more from you than any other video about Salton Sea. I like how you go to the spot and show us what its like to be there rather than just talking about it and showing from a distance like other videos do.
When you got to Johnson's Landing, my jaw dropped. Bob Johnson was an old family friend, and the owners after them were also very close family friends (Jim & Joan). I can't believe it looks like that now. I'm stunned. Last time I was there was around 1990 when Jim & Joan owned it (they've both passed since). Unbelievable how it's changed since then.
This is heart breaking. I used to swim in it, in the early to mid 80's. My grandparents had some land out there. From 2008ish-2011ish I did a lot of night photography in and around the Salton. Even imbedded myself in the Slabs for a few weeks. What a trip that was! The Salton holds a special place in my heart. I need to get back to it, before it's too late.
I’m vacationing in Coachella valley and I’m planning to visit it, even if it’s a shadow of its former self. It’s the most bizarre part of California’s history and I want to see it with my own eyes before it’s gone.
I love it when people are so passionate about something good for you and it seems like you have the right information about the salton sea. I say tell everyone how you feel about it.👍
My late stepfather told me stories of boating at the sea in the late 1950's and early 1960's. He said it was a beautiful place and the crowds loved it. I've been out there recently on the way to and from Brawley, but I remember being in the car with my parents on the way to Yuma in 1975. As a six year old at the time, I though we were driving along the ocean and it was crowded.
You forgot about the pink flamingos. When I was little in the late 60"s my grandmother drove me down to the south end I think it was to see them. My grandfather had 120 acres of tangerines off of ave 84 in Oasis, in the 70"s I could throw rocks in the water from the grove road at the end of ave 84, now the water is way far away.
Crap, I'm gonna get pinned to the top... At 16:21 doesn't 27ft (current level) - 6ft (original level) = 21ft (drop). I love your videos. Thank you for all the time, and attitude you put in.
I’ve been to the salton sea 4 times and I must say it’s beautiful. California is sitting on a gold mine they are just too afraid to cash it in. Wish I as able to see it during its glory days. Praying that someone will save it.
I think the politicians in our town are stealing money because they have been talking about investing for years and I haven’t seen a single clean up operation or anything at all
I watched many of your videos. I live in el Centro and this is my backyard. I absolutely believe in your work. Would love to see you around someday. You jeep definitely is gorgeous.
We are entering the worst drought in recent history in the West. It will be a struggle just to grow food. There isn't excess water available to save anything like this.
@@scdevon There's plenty of water in the ocean. Maybe build a pipeline from the ocean to the Salton Sea. Also, maybe make the pumps solar powered. Solar power is pretty good for pumping water in applications like this since you don't really need it running all the time, which means you don't even need to have it grid connected. Just have it start pumping when the sun is enough, and shut off when it isn't. If you are worried about having it become too salty over time you can make a second parallel pipeline when you make the first, which pumps water from the Salton Sea back to the ocean. Anyways just a thought.
In 2000 through 2004 I lived in salton city. My wife and I almost bought the marina you were talking about. Sure glad we didn't. When I was 2 years old we moved to the Imperial Valley and ended up in Holtville on the east side of the valley. We lived 10 miles east of Holtville on the banks of the East Highline Canal but I have always considered Holtville as my hometown probably because I went to school there. We would go to the Salton Sea and go fishing for corvina. We would always catch a few. Never did catch any of the really big ones. They would have fishing ternaments and the guys that know what they were doing would bring in some really big fish. Something you might want to put in your video is about the Imperial Irrigation District (IID). I don't remember the year but I think it was in the 1970's. The IID had problems with the moss that would grow fast in the ditches and they were spending a small fortune sending out equipment to clean it out of the ditches. It would grow so thick it would slow down the water flow and it was causing the water not to get to the fields when they were promised. It's really a science to it. I learned all about it from my dad because he worked for the IID. I also learned even getting my Degree in Agricultural Engineering. So the IID decided that they could put Tilapia Fish in the ditches because they live off of that kind of moss. Someone questioned the wisdom of that because they might get in the Salton Sea but the IID argued that the fish were a fresh water fish so they would die if they got in the Salton Sea. Evidently someone didn't do their homework and they adapted to the salt water. When the Tilapia got to the sea they flurried in the fact that there was so much food to eat. They also found the eggs of the Corvina and literally wiped them out. They had the interior Sea to themselves. With no predator to keep them in check the Tilapia grew to large sizes and people started fishing for them. There is a time of year and I believe it's in the middle of summer when the temperature gets 110 plus degrees the fish will dive to the bottom and feast on the moss and not knowing there is no oxygen they just die and float to the surface and that was where the big stink came from and it would be bad. I haven't been to the Salton Sea in about 13 year's so I don't know much about what is going on there now. I have been living in Thailand since 2009 but would go back to Holtville and visit my mom for the Holidays. From what I have seen in this video it is not doing so good. Are all the Tilapia gone now? I would think that with the excess water not coming into it that the salt content would get even higher. I live in Thailand full time now because my Mom died in 2016 at the age of 98. I have lost the rest of my siblings so there is nothing left in America for me. I still love my country but I can live so much better here in Thailand so I will spend the rest of my life living in Thailand and be cremated and the ashes will put in a wall at the Buddhist Temple. If I can provide anymore information about the sea and the Imperial Valley please don't hesitate to ask.
Born and raised in New England, I never knew there was a Salton Sea until I saw it from a plane window in 1983. Have seen it a few times since... most recently around 2017. Hard to wrap one's brain around what the eves are seeing. Thank you for an enlightening video, however sad the story is.
I like your radio videos and your Salton Sea videos. I’m convinced the Salton Sea is a very interesting place. I would like to visit someday. I’ve watched quite a few of the videos about it on UA-cam.
Hey Randy, good vid. I have been a fan of anything SS for yrs. Thanks for the informative documentary. I have to go back to the part where you were standing where all the polls were going out in the water and made a short left turn and watch that. Wonder where I can go do some photography there at that place. I hear Tesla is looking at exploring deeper into the lithium prospects that surround the sea or that are in the water.Can you imagine how much that land would be worth then? LOL
Time to stop the ag runoff and build that canal to the Pacific. Yes, I'm serious. Some people at UC Berkeley did a study on it a few years back, interesting stuff.
Awesome video. It is very nice to have facts Myth busting and history about this area. My wife and I are very fascinated with the Salton sea we try to go down couple times a year. There is a lot to see and a lot to appreciate. More people need to be informed and educated about this area.
We camped at Corvina Beach a few years ago and loved it! No smell, interesting beach, heard the ground crackling at Bombay Beach (kind of frightening) and enjoyed the most spectacular sunrise ever. We need to get water to it now. “Yesterday” now.
Thanks for the video. Used to frequent that area with my 4x4 club (San Diego Outbacks, charter member thank you very much! 😁) in the middle to late 80's. Still have some 5/8" chain I "borrowed" from one of the old military machine shops on the shore. Got too close to the shore line once and the mud ate the paint off the fender and door of my FJ40 LC. Never got that close again. They closed the area for a while and after Desert Storm happened we went back and all the buildings on the shore were used for target practice. Hellfires I assume. Huge holes on the concrete walls. Lots of great memories from stomping around that area. Thanks again.
Super interesting video especially since my interest in the Salton Sea is from a seismic/volcanic perspective. Your history and background with the SS gives airtight credence to your ability to confirm or dispell rumors. Excellent. Thanks.
Great video! I remember seeing a The Beach Boys visiting Salton Sea and wishing as a kid to be able to visit. (The 60s) Anyway, very informative and it illustrates how governments can function so badly overall.
I built a home in Salton City. How many acre feet of water flow freely from the Colorado River into Mexico ? Who negotiated THAT deal ??? Maybe we just need a master negotiator who puts America first :)
You alluded to the fact this is not the first Salton Sea, it has existed several times either as a huge freshwater lake or as part of the Gulf of California, the whole area is well below sea level and should be part of the Gulf, the only reason it is not is thousands of years of silt deposits from the Colorado River Delta seals it off from the Gulf, periodically due to quakes and subsidence those silt deposits would collapse and the Ocean would reclaim the area and then the Colorado would deposit more silt and the process would start all over and at times the Colorado would seal itself off from the sea with its silt deposits filling up the entire basin with river water creating a giant freshwater lake much bigger than today's Salton Sea until the silt deposits collapsed again. Eventually those deposits will collapse/subside or liquify in a quake and the Gulf will rush into to reclaim the area. I find it ironic that California claims to be so progressive and environmentally conscious yet cuts off the last source of freshwater for the lake which will create an environmental disaster as it dries out as you pointed out regarding the dust and not to mention it was a very important stop over for migratory birds but with it becoming too salty for fish that will end, California is beyond hypocritical. I feel very sorry for the people who live there and those it has meaning to like yourself, California government owes you all millions of dollars.
May I add , one of many . CA Resident 2001-2007 , there to watch the "Good Citizens" spend muti-millions to re-call the Governor (Gray Davis) they duly elected so they could elect "Ahnold aka Guvernator " who may/ may not have been an actor but certainly wasn't capable of running the State . Seemed to me one of the main reasons Davis enraged them was an attempt to raise money (Tax $$ ?! begone you Madman !!) to save the State from the "state " they find themselves in now .
I was there over 3 weeks ago, I walked on the sand of what was formerly the lake before in mid 2010's, near Desert Shores. I did the walk on the sand the day after it had rained hard in March. Don't make my mistake. Now I need me a new pair of boots.
Jordan planning a project to bring water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. The water will go through a desalination plant and the brine leftover from the process will go to the Dead Sea. Haven't seen anything about whether they're actually going ahead with it.
I see you definitely have roots in the salton sea and I heard you saying that it’s a myth that the sea is too dirty to swim in and so forth. But honestly why not set up your camera on the beach and in front of the camera and all of us just walk right into the sea and take a dip for all of us to see? Then everyone would believe you when you say he sea IS ok to swim in, whether you want to or not.
Ok... Here you go: ua-cam.com/video/pEFskc9dCTQ/v-deo.html You can also see me getting wet in it more here: ua-cam.com/video/rE_t9vFxH4c/v-deo.html ...anything else you need me to do?
Weird I found this channel for my GMRS education and suddenly after half a year find youre also into the Salton sea history. I'm from Kentucky so it seems so cool to me!! If I ever venture to California. Forget Hollywood, the sequoia trees, lake Tahoe. I want to see the huge smelly toxic beautiful disaster.
I lived at the Salton Sea State from 1975 - 1983. Fishing was absolutely amazing and nothing like I have ever seen. My dad "Tex" Jimmie Ritter was a corvina fishing icon and taught fishing classes at the state park . After high school (early 80"s) I was employed with the California Department of Fish and Game and was involved in environmental impact studies as a means of gathering information to save the Salton Sea. Many universities within the United States and overseas did studies as well. The results where mind blowing on how heathy the lake was as well as the fish and water quality. ABSOLUTEY HEATHY...........
Thanks. I enjoy your videos, and I haven't explored much of that area. You've given me some ideas of things to see around there, and I'll be wandering around down there this weekend.
DAM! I use to fish at the level you're standing in as a kid, back in the 60s, Covina, sargo? Catfish, ah man Those were the days. I loved going fishing twice a year with my neighbors parents
We also camped and had plenty of fun with my uncle and his Hondo V drive flat bottom hot boat. He would pull all of us kids around the lake on skis and tubes, what great times we had. This was around 65 thru the end of the 70s. Laughed at your " I am an old man can't remember" Excellent video brings back fond memories.
Great video, brings a lot of memories. I was stationed at George AFB up in Victorville in the early 80s. I 'd get a couple of tents from MWR on base and take that long drive to Corvina Beach. Tilapia fishing was the game. I'd pull them in 3 at a time and fill up a couple of coolers. What a shame to see it drying up.
Great video! I remember about fifteen years ago I was driving a long distance and parked near the old, abandoned yacht club for a rest. There was fog and I heard a distant cawing from some bird over the sea. Very eerie but cool.
We were there in 2016 and camped. Fish bones everywhere! Interesting to see how the reclamation process will be in a few years. Thanks for the video. Cheers!
Mark this on your calendar and check back in a few years - The overall reclamation process will be nowhere.. The specific Red Hill Marina project will likely be completed, but that is about 0.001% of what will need to be done to have any actual impact on the area.
I just watched the same video regarding "what did the government leave at the bottom of Salton sea", and how is Uranium safe to be around? Or how is it effecting the water table. And all the planes with their oils, fuels and grease? How is that safe to be around? I remember going here as a young child myself and my parents even had property they purchased. It always had fish and birds and now I drive by seasonally to go camping out at Glamis. I don't notice the smell as much but probably like you said, they are all dying off and unable to reproduce bc of lack of oxygen as the water shrinks and the salt level rises. But all that military debris? ...I believe it contibutes to birth defects in a large way that would be expensive to prove. How about those farmers and their fields? Aren't they using fertilizers and pesticides? And the run off runs into the Salton Sea and that dust that causes cancer is not loaded with those same chemicals? I would be scared to swim
Interesting to say the least. I have never visited so enjoy the videos all that much more. Initially, the Colorado River overflowed due to heavy rains, which was the main factor in development. Then the irrigation runoff helped expand it. I wonder how far the sea is going to recede.
Dude. I’m at the abandoned base today & something is wrong. There is military in tents everywhere. Bunch of LMTV, choppers, tents, etc. bunch of the vehicles have Florida plates. It’s not so abandoned anymore
This is more alarming ua-cam.com/video/b3AIYWROQkE/v-deo.html
"Smells better than Long Beach." 🤣
I’m from Long Beach. 😭
Anything smells better than green Bay Wisconsin it smells like a dairy barn
🌈🌈 🤣🤣🤣
@@1ofhis518
Wrong. The smell is due to the paper/pulp mill(s). And dead Bears.....
Venice would've been a better comparison
I am 80 years old and remember the Salton Sea as a vacation paradise. In the late 40s and 50s it was THE place to be. Hard to believe it has deteriorated to where it is today. How sad is that?
Wow! I lived in the area for 50yrs. Now, I live in the Midwest. I first went to salton sea in the late 50's. Thanks, I really miss my old home..the sun, the smells, the date farms.. the whole suabang.. I hate the snow.. lol
paradise lost
@@musk-eteer9898 It's still a paradise to me.
It 100% smells better than San Francisco
To be perfectly honest, dead bodies baking in the Iraqi desert for over a week smell better than San Francisco.
@@NonyaDamnbusiness lmao so true. San Francisco is one of the many cess pools of California
Every place west of the Sierra's is a crapfest. Seriously have no idea how people live in that state, some of the stupidest laws and regulations ever conceived. And stop moving north, you're migration has already turned Portland into SF 2.0. Leave the rest of my state alone, ya freakin' yuppie ass beyond liberal weirdo's. Real hippies are okay but everyone else stay the hell out.
I’ve been to San Francisco but it wasn’t that bad
San Francisco smells like feces
If a ham radio operator was to swim in that water for a little while, would that make them a salty ham?
Mr. D.B. Cooper If I were to swim in that it would make me salt cured ham, and at my age I kind of look like it
You can get the same affect by using a baofeng near them
Winner !!! Good one ☝️
LOL!
I'm a licensed ARO.
😂
So what you’re saying is, as Salton sea dries up, I’ll be able to afford a house in Palm Springs
If you hit the lottery.
when winds blow as they do,,,,palm springs will be no more,,,
Corrosion proof house and car and face mask for desert winds
no houses free💀
Ur joking, right
I learned how to water ski and ride dirt bikes there in the early 80s. My best friend and his family took me in their motorhome. We'd play pool at a trailer park bar and us kids set in tents. Different times then. Wished they never ended.. Hats off for the update..
i just watched your upload of What Did The Government Leave At The Bottom Of Salton Sea? a few days ago...you caught my attention. thanks for the video
A nuclear bomb.
Loved your video, as I do most Salton Sea vids. An interesting note: When the Salton Sea eventually dries up, the remains of 27 or so Naval aircraft and accompanying deceased airmen will be exposed. The Navy chose not to recover them, instead leaving them there and formally calling it a "burial at sea". Regarding the unarmed atomic bomb accidentally dropped by the SAC, one has to wonder how long the shell can resist corrosion from the high salt content in the water.
The story of the Salton Sea has fascinated me since I found out about it probably 20 years ago, when the water still lapped at the bottom of the North Shore Texaco sign and the idea of it ever drying up was as unthinkable as the flooding that ruined many beachfront lots had been to those who bought into 'the Miracle in the Desert' thirty years earlier. Sadly with the lake now only 55' deep at its deepest point it will likely be gone within a generation, maybe even sooner.. I'd have loved to have seen it during its brief late Fifties / early Sixties heyday, when tourists flocked to the Salton 500, candy-coloured Chevys launched ski boats from the numerous boat ramps and the evening beaches flickered with campfires, but I think that it's current state of devastation would be all the more heartbreaking were that the case. Paradise lost, indeed.
Yeah I'm fascinated by it myself and it's because of Grand theft Auto v I learned about it they put almost replica small town and part of their storyline where you can do anything but they call it Sandy shores and the military base is called Fort zancudo.
Anything that has mud pots and sulfur coming out is a volcano yes it's pretty cool
Used to water ski on that Sea in 1964-8. Often wondered what was happening to it. So went to look in 2006. Water was going down. It was red in color and a row of fish skeletons all in a row went all the way around the Sea. They were about 20’ back from the water’s edge. Not the same place I skied. Thanks for the update. It’s going away. Strange.
The Salton Sea is is going to become a boomtown for lithium. It'll be great.
Ah yes,..Now the People who live in Slab City could earn a living mining and selling lithium. And now,I want to live in Slab City so that I could mine and sell lithium.
The San Diego golf courses bug me in the drought years as well. “Fake grass doesn’t putt as nice” or whatever dumb excuse they use to overwater the golf course.
Mini golf is where it’s at!
Or Frisbee golf
@@sierramojo5639 Indeed.
Stupid windmills, doh!
Golf is wack af not even worth the waste of water
I kept waiting for a sad ham to appear over his shoulder. I love this fellow's videos and have learned a lot from watching them.
Wow! What a smart ass you are! I love your content sir! My mom owns two lots in Bombay beach, and her good friends own the ski inn. I was just there in early February. My sister and I walked to the shore line, and your right, no more fishy smell. Thank you for doing this!
I'm not too fond of Sonja, cuz I heard she was buying up all the abandoned properties, cleaning them up, and planning to sell them for a fat profit. I should've bought the place from the old man 3 years ago when he offered it to me for ten grand, cash. Had a single wide trailer, a motorhome, a shed, and a motorcycle, all included. A missed opportunity, never to be had again.
I was there in July 2023 and it STUNK and had millions of tiny bugs swarming the entire coastline.
Best presentation of the facts and personal experience - I learned more from you than any other video about Salton Sea. I like how you go to the spot and show us what its like to be there rather than just talking about it and showing from a distance like other videos do.
When you got to Johnson's Landing, my jaw dropped. Bob Johnson was an old family friend, and the owners after them were also very close family friends (Jim & Joan). I can't believe it looks like that now. I'm stunned. Last time I was there was around 1990 when Jim & Joan owned it (they've both passed since). Unbelievable how it's changed since then.
You've added more humor to your videos, I like it. :-)
This is heart breaking. I used to swim in it, in the early to mid 80's. My grandparents had some land out there. From 2008ish-2011ish I did a lot of night photography in and around the Salton. Even imbedded myself in the Slabs for a few weeks. What a trip that was! The Salton holds a special place in my heart. I need to get back to it, before it's too late.
I’m vacationing in Coachella valley and I’m planning to visit it, even if it’s a shadow of its former self. It’s the most bizarre part of California’s history and I want to see it with my own eyes before it’s gone.
I agree! What's the situation regarding your grandparents land?? My parents have land too, I heard the military wants it
I’m still a teen but I have been Interested in the Salton Sea for years and I would really like to see it before it’s gone
I love it when people are so passionate about something good for you and it seems like you have the right information about the salton sea. I say tell everyone how you feel about it.👍
My late stepfather told me stories of boating at the sea in the late 1950's and early 1960's. He said it was a beautiful place and the crowds loved it. I've been out there recently on the way to and from Brawley, but I remember being in the car with my parents on the way to Yuma in 1975. As a six year old at the time, I though we were driving along the ocean and it was crowded.
You forgot about the pink flamingos. When I was little in the late 60"s my grandmother drove me down to the south end I think it was to see them. My grandfather had 120 acres of tangerines off of ave 84 in Oasis, in the 70"s I could throw rocks in the water from the grove road at the end of ave 84, now the water is way far away.
I saw them in the early 90’s
Crap, I'm gonna get pinned to the top... At 16:21 doesn't 27ft (current level) - 6ft (original level) = 21ft (drop). I love your videos. Thank you for all the time, and attitude you put in.
You are correct! in my excitement I made a mathz error.
@@TheNotaRubicon You're awesome man!
I’ve been to the salton sea 4 times and I must say it’s beautiful. California is sitting on a gold mine they are just too afraid to cash it in. Wish I as able to see it during its glory days. Praying that someone will save it.
My spouse and friends chat about Salton Sea fishing, im like "awwwww, dangit, missed that."
@Artin Baller wrong. In the 50s it was booming.
I think the politicians in our town are stealing money because they have been talking about investing for years and I haven’t seen a single clean up operation or anything at all
it can be a tourist attraction
Love the history and comparison. I’ve always had a thing for the salton sea and love learning more about it.
Do you know how deep the sea is today at its deepest depth. You are one very knowledgeable source of information. Thank you for sharing
I watched many of your videos. I live in el Centro and this is my backyard. I absolutely believe in your work. Would love to see you around someday. You jeep definitely is gorgeous.
I am native from El Centro living in TX each time I pass to take the 10 I am in awe. Save the Salton Sea..
Absolutely fascinating video and I love your approach to the trolls! 👍👍
What an excellent tour and description of what once was. You're entertaining and you didn't waste a lot of time. Just a great video. Thanks sir!!!
2000 thumbs up from me for keeping it OBJECTIVE and REAL! Myth busting and shunning stereotypes! Word!
Thank you for this! Save the Salton Sea!!
we should also say save big bear lake. After going there after 12 years the water level dropped liek crazy
We are entering the worst drought in recent history in the West. It will be a struggle just to grow food. There isn't excess water available to save anything like this.
Kyle Ha I went last year for the first time ever and even I noticed how much the water receded
@@scdevon There's plenty of water in the ocean. Maybe build a pipeline from the ocean to the Salton Sea. Also, maybe make the pumps solar powered. Solar power is pretty good for pumping water in applications like this since you don't really need it running all the time, which means you don't even need to have it grid connected. Just have it start pumping when the sun is enough, and shut off when it isn't. If you are worried about having it become too salty over time you can make a second parallel pipeline when you make the first, which pumps water from the Salton Sea back to the ocean. Anyways just a thought.
In 2000 through 2004 I lived in salton city. My wife and I almost bought the marina you were talking about. Sure glad we didn't. When I was 2 years old we moved to the Imperial Valley and ended up in Holtville on the east side of the valley. We lived 10 miles east of Holtville on the banks of the East Highline Canal but I have always considered Holtville as my hometown probably because I went to school there.
We would go to the Salton Sea and go fishing for corvina. We would always catch a few. Never did catch any of the really big ones. They would have fishing ternaments and the guys that know what they were doing would bring in some really big fish.
Something you might want to put in your video is about the Imperial Irrigation District (IID). I don't remember the year but I think it was in the 1970's. The IID had problems with the moss that would grow fast in the ditches and they were spending a small fortune sending out equipment to clean it out of the ditches. It would grow so thick it would slow down the water flow and it was causing the water not to get to the fields when they were promised. It's really a science to it. I learned all about it from my dad because he worked for the IID. I also learned even getting my Degree in Agricultural Engineering. So the IID decided that they could put Tilapia Fish in the ditches because they live off of that kind of moss. Someone questioned the wisdom of that because they might get in the Salton Sea but the IID argued that the fish were a fresh water fish so they would die if they got in the Salton Sea. Evidently someone didn't do their homework and they adapted to the salt water.
When the Tilapia got to the sea they flurried in the fact that there was so much food to eat. They also found the eggs of the Corvina and literally wiped them out. They had the interior Sea to themselves. With no predator to keep them in check the Tilapia grew to large sizes and people started fishing for them.
There is a time of year and I believe it's in the middle of summer when the temperature gets 110 plus degrees the fish will dive to the bottom and feast on the moss and not knowing there is no oxygen they just die and float to the surface and that was where the big stink came from and it would be bad.
I haven't been to the Salton Sea in about 13 year's so I don't know much about what is going on there now. I have been living in Thailand since 2009 but would go back to Holtville and visit my mom for the Holidays. From what I have seen in this video it is not doing so good. Are all the Tilapia gone now? I would think that with the excess water not coming into it that the salt content would get even higher.
I live in Thailand full time now because my Mom died in 2016 at the age of 98. I have lost the rest of my siblings so there is nothing left in America for me. I still love my country but I can live so much better here in Thailand so I will spend the rest of my life living in Thailand and be cremated and the ashes will put in a wall at the Buddhist Temple.
If I can provide anymore information about the sea and the Imperial Valley please don't hesitate to ask.
Fascinating and well done. I learned something(s) today. Thank you!
Your video's comments make me chuckle, but the story of the Salton sea really makes me cry. Thank you for the story, you're the man
Born and raised in New England, I never knew there was a Salton Sea until I saw it from a plane window in 1983. Have seen it a few times since... most recently around 2017. Hard to wrap one's brain around what the eves are seeing. Thank you for an enlightening video, however sad the story is.
I just stumbled onto your channel and I really like your presentation. New subscriber here :)
Great knowledge and fantastic ability to NOT be boring.
Thanks for the lesson on Salton Sea. You have my attention.
I like your radio videos and your Salton Sea videos. I’m convinced the Salton Sea is a very interesting place. I would like to visit someday. I’ve watched quite a few of the videos about it on UA-cam.
Who knew, the most information about the Salton Sea I have seen in a video.
A thumbs up for the video 👍
Hey Randy, good vid. I have been a fan of anything SS for yrs. Thanks for the informative documentary. I have to go back to the part where you were standing where all the polls were going out in the water and made a short left turn and watch that. Wonder where I can go do some photography there at that place. I hear Tesla is looking at exploring deeper into the lithium prospects that surround the sea or that are in the water.Can you imagine how much that land would be worth then? LOL
Love your videos, keep up the great work!
Your sense of humor toward "dickheads", governmental or civilian is priceless. If that makes you a "character", hey, embrace it.
Time to stop the ag runoff and build that canal to the Pacific. Yes, I'm serious. Some people at UC Berkeley did a study on it a few years back, interesting stuff.
Sounds like a huge project for what?
California would be stupid enough to "invest" in something like that.
That was a great and informative video. Thank you.
Awesome video. It is very nice to have facts Myth busting and history about this area. My wife and I are very fascinated with the Salton sea we try to go down couple times a year. There is a lot to see and a lot to appreciate. More people need to be informed and educated about this area.
True. It's a really good hidden, best kept secret of California. I want to drive down and be see it before it dries up.
We camped at Corvina Beach a few years ago and loved it! No smell, interesting beach, heard the ground crackling at Bombay Beach (kind of frightening) and enjoyed the most spectacular sunrise ever. We need to get water to it now. “Yesterday” now.
as always a great video, this was the
most information about the salton sea that I have ever heard, you really know how to talk of history . thanks
On my bucket list to visit. I hope it still has some water by then. Great videography sir, I appreciate your humor. 😅👍🏻
I went to click the like button and realized that I'd already clicked it. You get two likes from me!
I hope you're not a real doctor or at least hope you're kidding.
Well?This video clears things up. 👍👍👍👍👍Great video.
Looks like a nice place to metal detect with the water having gone down so much.
My exact thoughts too.
be interesting to see data on air quality w/winds being an issue and ho far it spreads over the years -great vid btw
Would love to see your waypoints with some drone footage together and your narration.
I just came from Salton Sea and go there often and I thought I was nuts because the shrinking is real and I am glad I am not the only one concern.
I love your old school attitude... You just got a new subscriber.
agreed, ill 2nd that
Thanks for the video. Used to frequent that area with my 4x4 club (San Diego Outbacks, charter member thank you very much! 😁) in the middle to late 80's. Still have some 5/8" chain I "borrowed" from one of the old military machine shops on the shore. Got too close to the shore line once and the mud ate the paint off the fender and door of my FJ40 LC. Never got that close again. They closed the area for a while and after Desert Storm happened we went back and all the buildings on the shore were used for target practice. Hellfires I assume. Huge holes on the concrete walls. Lots of great memories from stomping around that area. Thanks again.
Alot of old war air planes down in that lake. I saw a documentary how this happened in another country and now they mine salt 🧂
Super interesting video especially since my interest in the Salton Sea is from a seismic/volcanic perspective. Your history and background with the SS gives airtight credence to your ability to confirm or dispell rumors. Excellent. Thanks.
Great video! I remember seeing a The Beach Boys visiting Salton Sea and wishing as a kid to be able to visit. (The 60s) Anyway, very informative and it illustrates how governments can function so badly overall.
Thanks for the video, it was informative and entertaining...
Lol when you said it smells better then long beach 🌴 I was like yes I know that smell I work there and it's bad lol😂
As the water keeps going down the salten sea walk 2035 will only take a few hours. Great video
I built a home in Salton City.
How many acre feet of water flow freely from the Colorado River into Mexico ? Who negotiated THAT deal ???
Maybe we just need a master negotiator who puts America first :)
Maybe we should just cut Mexico off completely. Who's going to stop us, Mexico?
I like your style. I lived there in the 70s in north shore. Worked for the motel you showed and the chevron that is or was thete
That water is not safe to swim. Pin my post, laugh at me, tie me to the whipping post. 😁 thank you for the informative video
The next Huel Housner😆 Very cool info and coverage. Would love to hear more about future wetlands.
I was thinking the same dam thing, Huel Houser #2 he could be.
So what you’re saying is the amount of air that the Salton Sea holds is rising.
Thanks Dan , we were in need of clarification , personally , " I blame it all on the squirrels " (quote source , unknown) Regards , Dan.....
P.S. From one DC to another......
You alluded to the fact this is not the first Salton Sea, it has existed several times either as a huge freshwater lake or as part of the Gulf of California, the whole area is well below sea level and should be part of the Gulf, the only reason it is not is thousands of years of silt deposits from the Colorado River Delta seals it off from the Gulf, periodically due to quakes and subsidence those silt deposits would collapse and the Ocean would reclaim the area and then the Colorado would deposit more silt and the process would start all over and at times the Colorado would seal itself off from the sea with its silt deposits filling up the entire basin with river water creating a giant freshwater lake much bigger than today's Salton Sea until the silt deposits collapsed again. Eventually those deposits will collapse/subside or liquify in a quake and the Gulf will rush into to reclaim the area. I find it ironic that California claims to be so progressive and environmentally conscious yet cuts off the last source of freshwater for the lake which will create an environmental disaster as it dries out as you pointed out regarding the dust and not to mention it was a very important stop over for migratory birds but with it becoming too salty for fish that will end, California is beyond hypocritical. I feel very sorry for the people who live there and those it has meaning to like yourself, California government owes you all millions of dollars.
You should ask the locals how safe that place is! People that live around there are deathly ill!
Thanks for not including a flashy intro in your videos. "Man, I wish that guy's UA-cam video intro was longer!" Said literally no one ever.
One of California's shameful, preventable disasters.
From its very inception.
May I add , one of many . CA Resident 2001-2007 , there to watch the "Good Citizens" spend muti-millions to re-call the Governor (Gray Davis) they duly elected so they could elect "Ahnold aka Guvernator " who may/ may not have been an actor but certainly wasn't capable of running the State . Seemed to me one of the main reasons Davis enraged them was an attempt to raise money (Tax $$ ?! begone you Madman !!) to save the State from the "state " they find themselves in now .
I was there over 3 weeks ago, I walked on the sand of what was formerly the lake before in mid 2010's, near Desert Shores. I did the walk on the sand the day after it had rained hard in March. Don't make my mistake. Now I need me a new pair of boots.
I’ll have to head down and check it out before it disappears. Sadly, the same thing is happening to the Dead Sea.
Jordan planning a project to bring water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. The water will go through a desalination plant and the brine leftover from the process will go to the Dead Sea. Haven't seen anything about whether they're actually going ahead with it.
Love the style of presentation, no nonsense in your face factual approach. 👌
I see you definitely have roots in the salton sea and I heard you saying that it’s a myth that the sea is too dirty to swim in and so forth. But honestly why not set up your camera on the beach and in front of the camera and all of us just walk right into the sea and take a dip for all of us to see? Then everyone would believe you when you say he sea IS ok to swim in, whether you want to or not.
Ok... Here you go: ua-cam.com/video/pEFskc9dCTQ/v-deo.html
You can also see me getting wet in it more here: ua-cam.com/video/rE_t9vFxH4c/v-deo.html
...anything else you need me to do?
Dude I love this video we fly para motors there at Johnson Landing .Great work on the good info
Weird I found this channel for my GMRS education and suddenly after half a year find youre also into the Salton sea history. I'm from Kentucky so it seems so cool to me!! If I ever venture to California. Forget Hollywood, the sequoia trees, lake Tahoe. I want to see the huge smelly toxic beautiful disaster.
Very informative video! I think I was at Bombay Beach the one and only time I visited.
I lived at the Salton Sea State from 1975 - 1983. Fishing was absolutely amazing and nothing like I have ever seen. My dad "Tex" Jimmie Ritter was a corvina fishing icon and taught fishing classes at the state park . After high school (early 80"s) I was employed with the California Department of Fish and Game and was involved in environmental impact studies as a means of gathering information to save the Salton Sea. Many universities within the United States and overseas did studies as well. The results where mind blowing on how heathy the lake was as well as the fish and water quality. ABSOLUTEY HEATHY...........
Dude, your camera optics are excellent.
Thanks. I enjoy your videos, and I haven't explored much of that area. You've given me some ideas of things to see around there, and I'll be wandering around down there this weekend.
DAM! I use to fish at the level you're standing in as a kid, back in the 60s, Covina, sargo? Catfish, ah man Those were the days. I loved going fishing twice a year with my neighbors parents
Great information, Thank You..
Yes sir now i know whats happening in saltonsea sir thank for sharing this from philippines supporting your another video
Wow from the Philippines I live next to the salton sea surprised that your interested,Save The Salton Sea!
Very informative!!
We also camped and had plenty of fun with my uncle and his Hondo V drive flat bottom hot boat. He would pull all of us kids around the lake on skis and tubes, what great times we had. This was around 65 thru the end of the 70s. Laughed at your " I am an old man can't remember" Excellent video brings back fond memories.
Great video, brings a lot of memories. I was stationed at George AFB up in Victorville in the early 80s. I 'd get a couple of tents from MWR on base and take that long drive to Corvina
Beach. Tilapia fishing was the game. I'd pull them in 3 at a time and fill up a couple of coolers. What a shame to see it drying up.
Thanks for your report!
Nice video. It was funny watching you getting a bit of a tan by the end of the video :)
Too many people get into the comments and spew opinions and assumptions. Love his approach to that and getting subscriptions!
Great history and jokes, glad I found your channel
Great video! I remember about fifteen years ago I was driving a long distance and parked near the old, abandoned yacht club for a rest. There was fog and I heard a distant cawing from some bird over the sea. Very eerie but cool.
We were there in 2016 and camped. Fish bones everywhere! Interesting to see how the reclamation process will be in a few years. Thanks for the video. Cheers!
Mark this on your calendar and check back in a few years - The overall reclamation process will be nowhere.. The specific Red Hill Marina project will likely be completed, but that is about 0.001% of what will need to be done to have any actual impact on the area.
I just watched the same video regarding "what did the government leave at the bottom of Salton sea", and how is Uranium safe to be around? Or how is it effecting the water table. And all the planes with their oils, fuels and grease? How is that safe to be around? I remember going here as a young child myself and my parents even had property they purchased. It always had fish and birds and now I drive by seasonally to go camping out at Glamis. I don't notice the smell as much but probably like you said, they are all dying off and unable to reproduce bc of lack of oxygen as the water shrinks and the salt level rises. But all that military debris? ...I believe it contibutes to birth defects in a large way that would be expensive to prove. How about those farmers and their fields? Aren't they using fertilizers and pesticides? And the run off runs into the Salton Sea and that dust that causes cancer is not loaded with those same chemicals? I would be scared to swim
Interesting to say the least. I have never visited so enjoy the videos all that much more. Initially, the Colorado River overflowed due to heavy rains, which was the main factor in development. Then the irrigation runoff helped expand it. I wonder how far the sea is going to recede.
Awesome Video- Thanks
Dude. I’m at the abandoned base today & something is wrong. There is military in tents everywhere. Bunch of LMTV, choppers, tents, etc. bunch of the vehicles have Florida plates. It’s not so abandoned anymore
Good video! BTW, where are the Baofengs??😀
I like this place for some reason huge fan of the videos man keep them coming