Medina Lake 2024 Drought
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Footage captured on June 18, 2024, at Medina Lake, Bandera and Medina Counties, Texas, showing the results of the drought on water levels at this recreational and agricultrual water impoundment.
Footage is available for licensing for editorial or environmental films. Contact Aaron Yates at aaron@kerrvillephoto.com
The problem is more than the drought. For the past few years rain water that normally ran off to replenish Medina Lake has suddenly re-routed "totally on its own" to channel to the Edwards aquifer instead. So no amount of rain helps the lake when it's being diverted to supply the growing populations.
Wait, what? Are you serious? So people’s wells are going dry now because of this situation? Hmmm… Seems sketchy. Y’all know that SAWS is suing BMA water?
You are EXACTLY Right !!!!! If this lake is to survive, SAWS needs to keep it's hands off.
"Totally on it's own" ????? I have traveled the entire length of the Medina River starting in Bandera. It's a straight shot.....through ROCK and I have to call "BULLONEY" on this one.
Theres no debate . This lake was built for agriculture not recreational
The only debate is the reasons for the lake being so variable during certain times. How much is due to drought, agriculture, or management by the various authorities overseeing the lake.
@@AaronYates MIS-Management. There is a video on UA-cam that the "SAVE MEDINA LAKE" Group went down to BMA to request that meters be put on the Gates. Their Answer: "ABSOLUTELY NOT"
Why does BMA not want us to "meter" how much water goes out of the Lake?
And everybody knows why.
Medina Lake was built for Agricultural Purposes - Canyon Lake was built as a Secondary Water Source for San Antonio population. So the question is: Do you want to die from Starvation or Thirst ?
I use to water ski there in the 80s. There was a really bad drought then and it never dropped that much. Always plenty of water
I was out there recently. The lake is only at 2.3 % full. The recent tropical systems didn't do much for the lake.
I was hoping Beryl might help it, but again, we missed the tropical rains.
Didn’t do anything,we didn’t get anything out of that storm unfortunately
@@Live-Laugh-Love-2024 No tropical storm, no hurrican residuals. So sad about that!
You guys should start paying attention to the radar when rain is in area. It’s fascinating to see the storms approach then completely disintegrate over the lake then often reform after passing. So strange. I’ve been documenting this strange phenomenon for almost 2 years.
I have a friend in Bandera who experiences the same thing. A storm will move in from the west, and then split in half going around him in either direction, only to meet again in San Antonio.
@@Lumilan It happened again. Last night. It should have rained. But it didn't.
@@Lumilan Ever notice that when rain is eminent ... you see the Chem Trails in the sky ?? There have been over 70 patents issued for controlling the weather issued. And don't think you are going to find all of them because the Patent Office has the right to conceal any patent they so desire.
This is because of the ground effect of temp differences. The same happens over airports.
@@steveo1574 I can see how that is entirely possible over a black asphalted area like an airport. For me, it doesn't make sense that this is happening almost every time rain is near Medina Lake (a body of water NOT asphalt). It's been happening these past couple of days in fact. Rain everywhere EXCEPT the lake.
It takes 10" of runoff over the entire drainage area to fill this lake. That same drainage basin gets an average of 25" of rain each year, the average evaporation rate is 35" per year.
Since 1913, all tributaries of the Medina River have been modified with small dams within riparian rights, mostly. This has greatly increased evaporation and only allow the greatest rainfall rates to fill the Lake.
It's temporary. Medina has always been in and down. Look at 2014.
Flash flood alley lied to us
Is the park open for fishing?
The sign said closed and there was a gate locked when I was there. Not sure about today.
YES....but it's CATFISH ONLY..... and by that i mean STRAY CATS that run around the area.
It’s terribly low.
@@lizhale7572 😢
Well.. I wish I would have seen this BEFORE .. I drove to the lake 😂… GOOGLE MAPS CATFISHED ME!!!
This drought is unfortunately very different. Medina lake won’t recover from this and will soon be completely dry.
It's almost as if god is punishing Texas.
It’s not only Texas. It’s lakes all over the Country.