LA only get's 14% of their water from the OV and they are trying to get more from other sources as we speak. LA doesn't care how many places they turn into a dried up waste land. Last year because of the drought the water from the OV was cut off to LA for many months. I would like to see it cut off forever. The OV is one of my favorite playgrounds. Thanks for the great video. You did a nice job on it.
Duly noted. My data was way off on the percentage. I think once upon a time it was much more. I learned they started pumping ground water back into the basin to control the toxic dust. Otherwise there would be no surface water. Thank you for the comment!
That road up to Mt. Whitney is a lot steeper than it looks - I only went about half way up, but I used up almost a quarter tank of gas, and damn near burned out my brakes on the way back down.
Owens Valley is one of my favorite places to visit. travel the road to Cerro Gordo! That one is fun, at least the road to the Whitney Portal is paved, Cerro Gordo's isn't! Don't need a 4WD but it is steep. The Owens Valley isn't a proper valley as we know them, it is called a "Graben" which is a depressed block in the crust caused by the movement of the two mountain ranges. A typical valley is caused by erosion. Just an FYI, thought it interesting to note it. Owens Valley is an awesome place, like you said, a place of extremes. LA has done their best to ruin it.
Ah! I remember horst and grabens from a geology class in college. Didn't know OV was a graben. So it must mean there's some kind of divergence going on underground. Thanks for the interesting comment!
I wish that there was a viable way to ruin LA and than restore all the water back to the Owens Valley. Southern California doesn’t need a huge mega metropolis like Los Angeles- Long Beach taking all the fresh water and other resources away from these beautiful rural and mountain regions.
Back in the early 1970's living in Lone Pine, we would gig frogs on the Owen's River. Best and biggest frog legs ever! Now? It's a wasteland. Back in the 70's though, we knew that southern California was stealing our resources.
LA only get's 14% of their water from the OV and they are trying to get more from other sources as we speak. LA doesn't care how many places they turn into a dried up waste land. Last year because of the drought the water from the OV was cut off to LA for many months. I would like to see it cut off forever. The OV is one of my favorite playgrounds. Thanks for the great video. You did a nice job on it.
Duly noted. My data was way off on the percentage. I think once upon a time it was much more. I learned they started pumping ground water back into the basin to control the toxic dust. Otherwise there would be no surface water. Thank you for the comment!
Iff only corporations bought that land.... it would look like central valley! Imagine a bakersfield in the owens! Dumbass!
That road up to Mt. Whitney is a lot steeper than it looks - I only went about half way up, but I used up almost a quarter tank of gas, and damn near burned out my brakes on the way back down.
What were you driving, a monster truck?
Owens Valley is one of my favorite places to visit. travel the road to Cerro Gordo! That one is fun, at least the road to the Whitney Portal is paved, Cerro Gordo's isn't! Don't need a 4WD but it is steep. The Owens Valley isn't a proper valley as we know them, it is called a "Graben" which is a depressed block in the crust caused by the movement of the two mountain ranges. A typical valley is caused by erosion. Just an FYI, thought it interesting to note it. Owens Valley is an awesome place, like you said, a place of extremes. LA has done their best to ruin it.
Ah! I remember horst and grabens from a geology class in college. Didn't know OV was a graben. So it must mean there's some kind of divergence going on underground. Thanks for the interesting comment!
I wish that there was a viable way to ruin LA and than restore all the water back to the Owens Valley. Southern California doesn’t need a huge mega metropolis like Los Angeles- Long Beach taking all the fresh water and other resources away from these beautiful rural and mountain regions.
Back in the early 1970's living in Lone Pine, we would gig frogs on the Owen's River. Best and biggest frog legs ever! Now? It's a wasteland. Back in the 70's though, we knew that southern California was stealing our resources.
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