Historic snow melt continues to threaten Yosemite with flooding

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  • Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
  • Wilson Walker reports on the historic Sierra Nevada snow pack that is continuing to limit access to Yosemite National Park. (5/16/2023)

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  • @kamsanimb
    @kamsanimb Рік тому +51

    I was there last week. It was so beautiful and waterfalls everywhere you look. One of the best trips I've had. Came all the way from Malaysia.

    • @nrom5960
      @nrom5960 Рік тому +4

      That’s awesome, perfect timing!

    • @jaylittleton1
      @jaylittleton1 Рік тому +2

      Kamsani, there is so much splendor on this planet, it is a shame that "borders" make it difficult to see.

  • @pentachronic
    @pentachronic Рік тому +65

    Might be worth mentioning that the water and ice cycle can cause massive rock falls and shearing of rock faces too.

    • @ct9850
      @ct9850 Рік тому +3

      its all natural.

    • @alwaysyouramanda
      @alwaysyouramanda Рік тому

      HALFDOME

    • @pentachronic
      @pentachronic Рік тому

      @@boblatkey7160 The heating of trapped water causes a massive expansion of the water too. I was talking about water too and not just ice.

    • @moistbreadstick5625
      @moistbreadstick5625 Рік тому

      @@ct9850that’s what you think at first but, humans DEFINITELY play a part in the change of it, the climate and pollution is probably speeding things up or changing them drastically.

    • @shawnsanborn2057
      @shawnsanborn2057 Рік тому +1

      @@moistbreadstick5625 just remember yosemite translates as those that kill

  • @Bozbaby103
    @Bozbaby103 Рік тому +7

    The same thing happened in ‘09 or ‘10. I have footage of it. Merced River overflowed and flooded several parts of the Valley, Lower Yosemite Falls looked exactly like we see in this video. Got a free shower from the bridge at the base of Lower Yosemite from all the mist. Same with Bridal Veil Falls.
    Now, this year will likely last much longer than a decade ago, but this snow melt flooding isn’t a “once in a lifetime” thing. Short memories, exaggerating statements and media sensationalizing events irk me.
    However, I AM happy for the much-needed, extra fresh water runoff to replenish whatever reservoirs need it, if any.

  • @mayolasbones6831
    @mayolasbones6831 Рік тому +21

    Such a beautiful 🌺 place. Thank you for showing us.

    • @johnscott2746
      @johnscott2746 Рік тому +1

      I’ve been there several times. If you haven’t, you are missing an incredible experience. No picture can do justice to the beauty of Yosemite. It will literally stun you and make you stand gaping at what you see.

  • @RUHappyATM
    @RUHappyATM Рік тому +16

    Isn't it beautiful to see water flowing in the creeks.

  • @JohnEboyee
    @JohnEboyee Рік тому +16

    The Merced waters as you enter park boundaries are insanity right now, especially the steeper grade runs. It's an amazing force of nature to be seen.

  • @miamivicefanatic9736
    @miamivicefanatic9736 Рік тому +11

    Don't look for Tioga Pass to open anytime soon. The road crews are seeing five to six inches of solid, compressed ice underneath all of that snow.

    • @danielserrano929
      @danielserrano929 Рік тому +1

      Maybe not even this summer, do you think glacier pt road will open soon?

    • @miamivicefanatic9736
      @miamivicefanatic9736 Рік тому +2

      @@danielserrano929 For Glacier Point Road, they have additional construction that must be done after the snow is cleared. The earliest it could reopen is July.

    • @hugmynutus
      @hugmynutus Рік тому

      They're saying late July

    • @badactor3440
      @badactor3440 Рік тому

      Ice does not compress

    • @Linda_Eskin
      @Linda_Eskin Рік тому

      Feet, I believe, not inches.
      Is snow that has been compressed so that it is much more like solid ice than fluffy snow.

  • @RoySATX
    @RoySATX Рік тому +7

    These rivers and creeks have been in need of a good flushing, the occasional flood is part of the natural cycle that for too long we've constrained (and continue to do).

  • @acampomft
    @acampomft Рік тому +5

    Juliette Goodrich! I used to work with her at my my first television news job.❤

  • @henrycole8705
    @henrycole8705 Рік тому +3

    The media can make tragedy out of any situation

  • @LearnwithJanice
    @LearnwithJanice Рік тому +1

    Hello from Kansas🇺🇸

  • @EricaScalzo
    @EricaScalzo Рік тому +4

    Oh heck, let Wilson stay one more day!!!!

  • @captglenn100
    @captglenn100 Рік тому +2

    I remember staying at Housekeeping back in 1982. The Rangers came and moved us as the river flooded the campsites.

  • @MrErichonda30
    @MrErichonda30 Рік тому +11

    More taxes will fix this

  • @mayolasbones6831
    @mayolasbones6831 Рік тому +10

    So great to get all this snow and water. Thank you Lord.

    • @frankmacleod2565
      @frankmacleod2565 Рік тому

      You thank him for the drought too right? Tell him to knock the drought off. And all the rape and child abuse he watches every day, tell him to end that too

  • @hamwank
    @hamwank Рік тому +3

    Nice report I love looking at waterfalls

  • @danc1197
    @danc1197 Рік тому +1

    The mist trail on Vernal Falls must be blinding. Especially since it's the Merced river itself and not just a temporary Yosemite waterfall. There must be dozens of temporary falls now.

  • @Chompchompyerded
    @Chompchompyerded Рік тому +2

    Upper Cherry and the slide at Tenaya Creek must be absolutely mad white water kayaking right now. If you can even get to them.

  • @markfcoble
    @markfcoble Рік тому +1

    Weather cycles. Great news.

  • @kofiacheampong4986
    @kofiacheampong4986 Рік тому +1

    I worked there 20 years old very beautiful place I missed it.

  • @f1s2hg3
    @f1s2hg3 Рік тому +3

    Thank you Heavenly Father for giving the land the snow and rain fall ! The earth needs the water and your people prayed and PRAYERS ANSWERED IN JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH NAME AMEN 🙏

  • @mirandathomsen7479
    @mirandathomsen7479 Рік тому +3

    Does this mean the waterfalls might not be dry in august

  • @Taskerofpuppets
    @Taskerofpuppets Рік тому

    Thanks you two!!

  • @dhowto3005
    @dhowto3005 Рік тому +6

    Stay safe everyone. Hopefully, a lot more snow and rain comes .
    Thanks for showing this video.

  • @retiredmusiceducator3612
    @retiredmusiceducator3612 Рік тому

    It was so nice of 'father nature' to replenish the oceans with all this new fresh water that will flow through CA to the ocean.

  • @regularjoe621
    @regularjoe621 Рік тому +1

    I was there in probably about 07 or 08
    The waterfalls and rivers were pretty much totally DRY

  • @petestanton1945
    @petestanton1945 Рік тому +1

    Hey boss let him stay over there next time if there's any campgrounds left

  • @robertkeller5930
    @robertkeller5930 Рік тому +2

    Water was a lot higher in 1982. Three of us were lifting a refrigerator out of 1 to 2 feet of water in a NPS employee tent cabin by Yosemite Village when the refrigerator door came open and the light in it was on. Quite a jolting sight!

    • @lawrence-yx1ew
      @lawrence-yx1ew Рік тому

      What the hell are you talking about. This reads like a chat gpt comment.

  • @moonbender95
    @moonbender95 Рік тому +1

    Nature cannot be contained

  • @jongaskins1
    @jongaskins1 Рік тому +1

    That Global warming sure is melting all that SNOW!!!!

  • @michaelashby9654
    @michaelashby9654 Рік тому +1

    Shocking, nature is wild. I'm shocked.

  • @saeidkharrat4397
    @saeidkharrat4397 Рік тому

    THAT WOMAN WITH SUNGLASSES AT WATERFALL WAS BEAUTIFUL

  • @mayolasbones6831
    @mayolasbones6831 Рік тому +2

    Could have a show and tell there every day.

  • @tomosbon7347
    @tomosbon7347 Рік тому +1

    Why is it called an historic snow pack? ❄️ How do you think that all that beauty was carved our of those stones. Two things that are infinite " the universe and human Stupidity " Albert Einstein. 😮😮

  • @mayolasbones6831
    @mayolasbones6831 Рік тому

    So fun to see all your videos.

  • @GizaDog
    @GizaDog Рік тому

    Oh no. Too much water! Media is never happy.

  • @victorkoc6658
    @victorkoc6658 Рік тому

    Water is life, inconveniences to human is minor. Much better than drought be thankful.

  • @OmarAhmed-jr6kf
    @OmarAhmed-jr6kf Рік тому

    Summer hot makes ice melt. If it melts more ice that means that in the winter it got more snow. Hence the balance

  • @EricaScalzo
    @EricaScalzo Рік тому +1

    1997 floods kicked my ass

  • @twilightgardenspresentatio6384

    Rebuild the wetlands if you want to refill the aquifers

  • @justsmitty1709
    @justsmitty1709 Рік тому +1

    Dam i gotta get out there to see the snow and ice burn. Must be a Cali thing..... back east it only melts.😮

  • @cheeto4sure
    @cheeto4sure Рік тому +1

    Does anyone think Yosemite falls will still be flowing in mid July? I was there mid July 2 years ago and it was completely dry.

  • @dennisarntz3177
    @dennisarntz3177 Рік тому

    Why didn't he adjust the camera so everyone could see the upper Yosemite falls vs just the lower half while he was talking.

  • @judyrussoniello1497
    @judyrussoniello1497 Рік тому

    Blessings

  • @CrystalRicotta
    @CrystalRicotta Рік тому

    Also please bring a bag to pick up trash 🗑️ we need all the help we can get

  • @trueKENTUCKY
    @trueKENTUCKY Рік тому

    What happened to the drought?

  • @straightup7up
    @straightup7up Рік тому

    Snow melts, it's impressive, but eventually turns to ice. Not sure what all the hub-bub is about.

  • @jkardez4794
    @jkardez4794 Рік тому

    This is going to be a massive deluge in Yosemite; I'll be surprised if it doesn't break all the records as all the pentup snow melts in a giant gush down the mountains.

  • @josephastier7421
    @josephastier7421 Рік тому

    "Threaten"? This is Yosemite being Yosemite.

  • @donjaun540
    @donjaun540 Рік тому +1

    Take it away Walter. 😅😂

  • @RedheadedMusic
    @RedheadedMusic Рік тому

    This year's Snow pack in the Sierras is 240% compared to previous

  • @poetmaggie1
    @poetmaggie1 Рік тому

    Flooding isn't a threat, it is a natural consequence.

  • @yurmomsaccount
    @yurmomsaccount Рік тому

    "Itll ruin peoples vacation for weeks" wow not to mention the earth is like, screwed.

  • @uptone12111
    @uptone12111 Рік тому

    Now thats the best place you can be as a reporter lol

  • @moy19vh
    @moy19vh Рік тому

    Who cares about camping or vacations? They should be thankful. News always finding bad in everything

  • @rockyesterline7942
    @rockyesterline7942 Рік тому

    Don't complain!!!! We need water!! Liberals!!! Love camping Yosemite!!! Greatest place on earth!!! No Lie

  • @sclogse1
    @sclogse1 Рік тому

    I'm surprised the on site video looks like something from 20 years ago. But, what do i know. It's live footage from a remote.

    • @mirandachumee1410
      @mirandachumee1410 Рік тому +1

      I've gone to Yosemite every year since a little girl I'm 27 and ill never forget how beautiful the waterfalls were back in the 2000's and lemme tell yah they defiantly are looking how they used to finally. My grandma was one of the lucky ones to be there for this and it's not "fake news" if that's what you're implying.

  • @mrlaw711
    @mrlaw711 Рік тому

    You have to close the park to protect people from themselves. Many have no sense.

  • @annwilkiemeyer3433
    @annwilkiemeyer3433 Рік тому +1

    Bad connection KPIX 5

  • @donjaun540
    @donjaun540 Рік тому +4

    I just hope all this water isn't going to waste. I hope it isn't going back to the ocean 🌊.

    • @rideyourdamnbike
      @rideyourdamnbike Рік тому +4

      The Merced river flows into Lake McClure Reservoir not into the ocean.

    • @donjaun540
      @donjaun540 Рік тому +1

      @@rideyourdamnbike That is great. I just wonder about other places like the Kern River.

  • @thisisger
    @thisisger Рік тому

    so can i go back to my religious water usage at home this summer or nah?

  • @b.visconti1765
    @b.visconti1765 Рік тому +2

    Hope your able to save alot of this water for farmers crops and drinking water

  • @lee95757
    @lee95757 Рік тому

    That reporter at Yosemite was horrible.

  • @Antonio-uw6ue
    @Antonio-uw6ue Рік тому

    Now is the time to colect the water for that dry times ahead

  • @dougpolentz5771
    @dougpolentz5771 Рік тому

    Yea none of those campgrounds got flooded, not even close. That's some 'reporting'

  • @dmmchugh3714
    @dmmchugh3714 Рік тому

    Well get used to it as the Sierra still have snow. Many rivers will eventually be affected.

  • @kathleenfriend8090
    @kathleenfriend8090 Рік тому

    Y’all worry about having vacations messed up. What about the employees that will be evacuated from their homes?!?!?!? Y’all should worry about the people that take care of y’all when you stay there!!!!

  • @cjmarsh504
    @cjmarsh504 Рік тому +1

    2:54 Alotta wawda😂

  • @arthurfoyt6727
    @arthurfoyt6727 Рік тому

    Yea. Fresh water.

  • @TheSilentpigs100
    @TheSilentpigs100 Рік тому

    glad I didnt choose to live in a flood risk zone keep the water coming!!!

  • @Mystery_G
    @Mystery_G Рік тому

    No geoengineering here. Moving along.

  • @armandosanchez361
    @armandosanchez361 Рік тому

    I hope I get to stay too

  • @yunggloboxing4718
    @yunggloboxing4718 Рік тому

    I hope the water reaches socal

  • @JanetPendley-sy9yn
    @JanetPendley-sy9yn Рік тому

    Water needed

  • @vinnartaigh2076
    @vinnartaigh2076 Рік тому

    I wana go fishin'

  • @jewelsquinlan333
    @jewelsquinlan333 Рік тому

    We're planning a trip!

  • @CrystalRicotta
    @CrystalRicotta Рік тому

    Look up for rocks falling 🪨🪨🪨

  • @garyrandalls853
    @garyrandalls853 Рік тому

    My old stomping grounds

  • @eddym5532
    @eddym5532 Рік тому

    Lucky California.

  • @goofsaddggkle7351
    @goofsaddggkle7351 Рік тому

    Juliette Goodrich you hot hotty - go Falcons!

  • @alwaysyouramanda
    @alwaysyouramanda Рік тому

    Once in a lifetime 😅 let’s hope

  • @4Realkevv
    @4Realkevv Рік тому

    Hope it doesnt go too the ocean

  • @will7its
    @will7its Рік тому

    Waters back, build more condo's Kali......

  • @vladislavkuba5837
    @vladislavkuba5837 Рік тому

    what????????????

  • @lisalastnamesmith
    @lisalastnamesmith Рік тому

    Y'all are a bit dramatic 🙄

  • @cscmolts77
    @cscmolts77 Рік тому

    🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @MomentswithDavid
    @MomentswithDavid Рік тому

    All fear porn. I was just there.

    • @shel1102
      @shel1102 Рік тому

      I’m heading that way from Angels Camp in a Kia Optima. Are the roads flooded or is the news just trying to make a story out of nothing? Thanks in advance!

    • @MomentswithDavid
      @MomentswithDavid Рік тому

      @@shel1102 the roads are NOT flooded and you will be fine in a Kia. I entered through El portal, cuz the other entrance was closed at the time.

    • @shel1102
      @shel1102 Рік тому

      @@MomentswithDavid I appreciate the heads up. Have a great holiday weekend!

  • @whelp7306
    @whelp7306 Рік тому

    Threat? Doom and gloom media like always.

  • @khawmtiti4460
    @khawmtiti4460 Рік тому +1

    Russian creek? Isn't this in California...it should be America creek

    • @captglenn100
      @captglenn100 Рік тому

      The river takes its current name from Russian Ivan Kuskov of the Russian-American Company. The earliest Slavic name for the river, Slavyanka, appears on a Russian-American Company chart dated 1817. This is long before California was part of the United States.

  • @kenwin5845
    @kenwin5845 Рік тому

    Yoaz a might gets its due coarse

  • @davidvick749
    @davidvick749 Рік тому +1

    NO SHIT SHERLOCK

  • @jillm4406
    @jillm4406 Рік тому

    Please stay home. It's not safe. Bears lions wolf s . Water

  • @saeidkharrat4397
    @saeidkharrat4397 Рік тому

    MR . WILSON WACKER SPEAKS ENGLISH VERY FLUENTLY

  • @ShakeNBake8869
    @ShakeNBake8869 Рік тому

    so pretty, get out there people enjoy some sun

  • @michaelbatty2645
    @michaelbatty2645 Рік тому +1

    First there's not enough water now there's too much. I think the only thing concerned about is drama.

    • @mirandachumee1410
      @mirandachumee1410 Рік тому +1

      lol they're happy about the water they are just warning the public and closing the parks for safety. The real drama is the ones crying because they can't make reservations for the park haha

    • @frankmacleod2565
      @frankmacleod2565 Рік тому

      Yep like everyone else. Florida, Minnesota, Texas, Alabama. Drama everywhere

  • @southernbreeze3278
    @southernbreeze3278 Рік тому +5

    buh ma global warmin emergency 😭

    • @frankmacleod2565
      @frankmacleod2565 Рік тому

      Global warming isn't an emergency but it is happening. Climate changes

    • @MehYam2112
      @MehYam2112 Рік тому

      Quote for you, although I’m pretty sure it’s a lost cause:
      “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” - Abe Lincoln

  • @janosik150
    @janosik150 Рік тому +2

    Damn, Damn people in California are never damn happy,,, now we got too much water!! la lalala

    • @frankmacleod2565
      @frankmacleod2565 Рік тому +2

      We're perfectly happy dude. Now get back to your tornado

  • @cscmolts77
    @cscmolts77 Рік тому

    😂is that where we divide the line of the""🤡🤡🤡"",,s,,,of the 🌎

  • @jamescoleakaericunderwood2503

    It's a coming your way flatlanders! Get yer life jackets at stand by! 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

  • @robertjenkins7663
    @robertjenkins7663 Рік тому

    Yeah, looks like a lot of flooding. Give me a break.