Ghost Lake Tulare Returns as Record Snowpack Overwhelms Flood Controls

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  • @TJ-id6ee
    @TJ-id6ee Рік тому +31

    Wow, just amazing footage. And what a historical weather event to remember!

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому +3

      Absolutely! Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for letting me know!

    • @aaronbright5028
      @aaronbright5028 Рік тому

      Happens ever 30-40 years. Not very commonly known or else you might not believe the global warming hoax

  • @mrfortion408
    @mrfortion408 Рік тому +5

    Shout out to the people from Puebla from Cali and Oaxaca

  • @MenwithHill
    @MenwithHill Рік тому +3

    Wonderfully shot and documented slice of life in this wild time. Great job man.

  • @monicalifornia_
    @monicalifornia_ Рік тому +7

    So cool that you speak Spanish. Such a blessing to know that beautiful language. I regret not continuing learning it.

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому

      It’s still a daily work in progress, but I find it useful for work and to talk with family in Mexico :)

  • @sharonpeterson896
    @sharonpeterson896 Рік тому +1

    Thanks to all those out there helping.

  • @miamivicefanatic9736
    @miamivicefanatic9736 Рік тому +26

    The difference between last year's snow measurement and this year's ... WOW!

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому +1

      Startling.

    • @kylefishmoore
      @kylefishmoore Рік тому +3

      Climate change lmfao 🤣

    • @ryanhessler8966
      @ryanhessler8966 Рік тому +2

      ​@kylemoore1654 maybe we should keep burning fossil fuels haha the government told us it wouldn't snow like this anymore while burning fossil fuel, I'd hate to see more snow 😂

    • @akorzan
      @akorzan Рік тому +1

      @@kylefishmoore sigh... increased energy in the atmosphere leads to more chaotic weather patterns. So with more energy being absorbed we should see more frequent extreme droughts, arctic highs, and atmospheric rivers.

    • @Nuttsy-vy7xh
      @Nuttsy-vy7xh Рік тому

      How about utilizing all of the really deep wells that have been drilled down a thousand feet or more and pump that excess water back into the aquifer? There has to be a way to pump water back into all of the empty wells.

  • @SisterSherryDoingStuff
    @SisterSherryDoingStuff Рік тому +28

    Thank you for highlighting the workers from Mexico. I wish you had more time to interview them, as I have so many questions.

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому +1

      Thank you, I also didn’t want to bother them too much. They had a lot of work to go😮

    • @SisterSherryDoingStuff
      @SisterSherryDoingStuff Рік тому +1

      @@JonathanPetramala Of course, maybe when they aren't at work is what I was suggesting.

    • @CP-mb7ly
      @CP-mb7ly Рік тому +1

      @@JonathanPetramalanew sub here and somewhat close neighbor! That would be an interesting human interest story, to document the lives of migrant workers in this historically Mexican area (and I say Mexican loosely, as there are multiple different indigenous groups that migrated historically north/south from what is now Mexico)

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому +2

      @@CP-mb7ly I would love to at some point. I have family dealing with the DACA system

    • @SisterSherryDoingStuff
      @SisterSherryDoingStuff Рік тому

      @@CP-mb7ly agreed.

  • @arnold1859
    @arnold1859 Рік тому +3

    Thank you. That was very interesting. I'm going to watch some more of your work.

  • @A-K_Rambler
    @A-K_Rambler Рік тому +5

    The Mother of All Winters!

  • @ruftime
    @ruftime Рік тому +14

    Thank you! Jonathan!
    Mainstream media should take note on how reporting is done….and was common 40-50 years ago when I was a kid🙄

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому

      Very nice of you, thank you for watching and the nice comment.

    • @mmariemarkel7482
      @mmariemarkel7482 Рік тому

      ​​@@JonathanPetramala
      Just watched this video. The train blower was one of my fave parts. My ex husband is a super train fanatic and 15 yrs of marriage made me catch the bug too. LOL 😂
      I HOPE YOU SEE THIS!!!
      Did you happen to work for Bay News 9 in Florida? I swear I used to watch someone that would sign off....Jonathon Petramala Bay News 9. I'm thinking I just might be right.

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому

      @@mmariemarkel7482 haha, yes. I was there from 2006-2011 :)
      thanks for watching, check out my channel for a longer version of the train video

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому

      @@mmariemarkel7482 here’s a longer version: ua-cam.com/video/2pX_FhZlDXQ/v-deo.htmlsi=VshpIVfBVCzCt8Ag

  • @BB-bv6uq
    @BB-bv6uq Рік тому +7

    Fantastic video 👍 you do better than the news "professionals". Thank you

  • @rtruth9832
    @rtruth9832 Рік тому +5

    That shot of you getting showered by that snow was awesome 😂

  • @thezambranos2973
    @thezambranos2973 Рік тому +1

    Awesome video and that crew are awesome workers! That is some back breaking work. Well done.

  • @shirleybewley6646
    @shirleybewley6646 Рік тому +7

    WOW! just WOW!

  • @bettylong7435
    @bettylong7435 Рік тому +5

    Thanks for letting us into the real back country this year!

  • @daver7013
    @daver7013 Рік тому +1

    I love snow, but oh my God. thanks for the footage.

  • @cathleenfrances2907
    @cathleenfrances2907 Рік тому +1

    Great story, beautifully done!

  • @Moondoggy1941
    @Moondoggy1941 Рік тому +7

    10:23 It is safe to say that you made that train engineers day.

  • @charlesreynolds2798
    @charlesreynolds2798 Рік тому +1

    Very well done thanks for sharing.

  • @wadenyoost1796
    @wadenyoost1796 Рік тому

    I am a brand new subscriber who JUST discovered you 10 minutes ago and love your videos. I work in NYC and saw the video on this week's flood. Thanks much. Your videos and narration are professionally done and informative.

  • @danl5653
    @danl5653 Рік тому +1

    Fantastic reporting

  • @kaymerritt3694
    @kaymerritt3694 Рік тому +14

    It's amazing how many Mexican people come to help us in times of need!

  • @bonnieprice9482
    @bonnieprice9482 Рік тому

    Thank you for helping..😊😊😊

  • @kevinkevin6806
    @kevinkevin6806 Рік тому +3

    Loved it and subscribed

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому +1

      I appreciate you watching! Thanks for the sub land letting me know!

  • @kayhaaland9609
    @kayhaaland9609 Рік тому

    Love this documentary!!

  • @2010gtoner
    @2010gtoner Рік тому +1

    nice one Jonathan, good stuff.

  • @StephanyChills
    @StephanyChills Рік тому +27

    You seriously need to be working for PBS or National Geographic

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому +5

      That is very kind…know anyone at Nat Geo? ;)

    • @mariehillerman5579
      @mariehillerman5579 Рік тому

      NAH NPR is State Media where you have kneel and bow before your masters you are in a good spot.

  • @davidm4689
    @davidm4689 Рік тому

    Super interesting, thankyou for sharing.

  • @bonnieprice9482
    @bonnieprice9482 Рік тому +2

    The 2015 --16 snow fall in the sierras was massive too..!!

  • @ordinaryman1904
    @ordinaryman1904 Рік тому +1

    This was a great video !

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching! I am glad you liked it!

    • @ordinaryman1904
      @ordinaryman1904 Рік тому

      @@JonathanPetramala I did laugh when the train hit you with snow.
      LOL !
      A great video though, excellent camera work.

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому +1

      @@ordinaryman1904 Haha, I was having a lot of fun with it too...exhilarating moment

  • @timkis64
    @timkis64 Рік тому +1

    congrats to the roof truss builders of those buried homes.the total weight of that snow has to be tremendous.but their still supporting the weight.(for now).

  • @klintbartle54
    @klintbartle54 Рік тому +1

    Great overview of the snow fall and it's repercussions on the State of California

  • @sgan937
    @sgan937 Рік тому

    AMAZING, watching from Australia

  • @OSS1956
    @OSS1956 Рік тому

    Great video and I just found you today. I'm a big fan on how we deal with mother nature, when she decides to let us mere humans, who's really in charge.
    Keep up the great work!!

  • @MountainFisher
    @MountainFisher Рік тому +1

    What happened to the water from the record breaking 2016-17 Winter where over 60 to 100 feet of snow fell? How soon the media forgets. I lived in Mammoth in the 1970s and it had skiing until June-July sometimes.

  • @denif5678
    @denif5678 Рік тому +2

    Muita paz, saúde, felicidade, sucesso, respeito, compaixão, empatia, honestidade, SEM FALSO TESTEMUNHO ENTRE AMIGOS E INIMIGOS, reconhecem os erros, sabem perdoar e muito amor no coração3!!!
    🙏🙏🙏

  • @ericfielding2540
    @ericfielding2540 Рік тому

    Great video!

  • @xxManscapexx
    @xxManscapexx Рік тому +2

    This was awesome, in the literal sense.

  • @fidelmontollaiii7866
    @fidelmontollaiii7866 Рік тому

    great video

  • @shelbycobra427
    @shelbycobra427 Рік тому

    But in General for the natur its a good Thing that tulary Lake return hopfully he stays this time

  • @lorijudd2151
    @lorijudd2151 Рік тому +2

    Awesome footage!
    Where can I go to find snowpack totals and water equivalent statistics?
    How much of California is out of drought now?
    Really have been enjoying your videos!
    Excellent coverage and camera work.

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому +3

      I appreciate it. I find what I need on the California Department of Water Resources website. Here is their latest news release.
      water.ca.gov/News/News-Releases/2023/April-23/Snow-Survey-April-2023

    • @MaleusMaleficarum
      @MaleusMaleficarum Рік тому +1

      The majority of California is completely out of drought conditions... only the Mojave and far, north east counties still have any drought conditions
      Yet ... the state refuses to acknowledge the change

  • @unadamalatina1878
    @unadamalatina1878 Рік тому +1

    I never imagined such a snow plow for train tracks.

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому

      It’s incredible. And very old.

    • @msjosieb
      @msjosieb Рік тому

      @@JonathanPetramala
      On Atlantic street in Roseville Ca next to the rail yard there’s a snowplow that looks just like the one in your video.

  • @glendavis1266
    @glendavis1266 Рік тому +2

    You should come back an May and reshot the scene!

  • @Stitchwitchstitch
    @Stitchwitchstitch Рік тому

    That is incredible! I mean, not literally, because here’s credible evidence but WOW, without pictures it’d be hard to imagine. Nature is extreme, and mind blowing. What a feeling!

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому

      I remember learning about it in 2021 in the middle of the drought and then to see it reappear is wild

  • @edwardhogan1877
    @edwardhogan1877 Рік тому +1

    If the swollen lake waters re-charge an underground aquifer it might well remove the need for CA growers to have to drill so deep for water as they did during the drought?

  • @bajaboy27
    @bajaboy27 Рік тому +1

    I think it's very interesting, I had no idea that type of train existed. I guess I just never gave it any thought since train tracks are not something people deal as compared to a highway or roads.

  • @Deliveredfromevil
    @Deliveredfromevil Рік тому +1

    $25/hour?!?!? That’s awful, they deserve SO much more.

  • @mattwhaley1865
    @mattwhaley1865 Рік тому

    With how much snow that’s in these places that have too much that makes it unsafe and will cause flooding, would it be possible to haul the snow to the places that have wells that are essentially empty and help fill them up and also to the areas that even had little to no snow? Per se, Washington state or Northern and Southern California?

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому +1

      I can’t imagine that would be feasible from a logistics perspective. The number of trucks needed would be staggering and cost would be astronomical. Plus much of the snow would be inaccessible by mechanical means. California needs more storage 🤷‍♂️

    • @alecwhatshisname5170
      @alecwhatshisname5170 Рік тому

      Lol that would be wildly impractical and counterproductive. Every transport option we have emits heavily. Any temporary relief to the places who want the water would be outweighed by the future droughts by climate change caused by snow transport

  • @giuseppecolombini9697
    @giuseppecolombini9697 Рік тому +1

    such an amazing video! sad to see from the alps perspective, here it snowed close to nothing… some more snow would have helped!

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому

      Thank you! California took all the snow this year. Hopefully it balances out next season for you!

  • @julienrockingham-ip4co
    @julienrockingham-ip4co 11 місяців тому

    History repeats itself every day

  • @NordeggSonya
    @NordeggSonya Рік тому

    OOOOh look at the snow cats!!! Piston Bully's!!!

  • @johnranney1708
    @johnranney1708 Рік тому

    Jezzz. Last year was the driest on record, and this year was either the first or second most on record. Really great pictures. Glad we don't have climate change like that here in Iowa.

    • @MaleusMaleficarum
      @MaleusMaleficarum Рік тому +1

      This isn't "climate change." This is literally the normal pattern for most of California's recorded geological history.
      Until the levees were built (by what were essentially Chinese slaves) no one could live in the valley floor

  • @nashguy207
    @nashguy207 Рік тому +1

    Great reporting as always. You need to go home and get some rest.

  • @karinb57
    @karinb57 Рік тому +1

    Here's hoping the big melt won't do a lot of damage. I can't even imagine where all that water is supposed to go. 🤷🏼‍♀️

  • @itzcoatlmedina1952
    @itzcoatlmedina1952 Рік тому +33

    Mexicans. Work. Anywhere, anytime ❤

    • @philcaprino
      @philcaprino Рік тому +8

      They are great people. Viva Mexico!!!!

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому +4

      Absolutely

    • @purpl3grape
      @purpl3grape Рік тому +1

      while people play in the sun all day

    • @bob494949
      @bob494949 Рік тому +1

      Huh. You’ve never met any of the ones that live in my apartment complex. They don’t do squat.

    • @bajaboy27
      @bajaboy27 Рік тому +4

      @@bob494949 those aren't true Mexicans, they're the offspring of people like we saw on the video, they're born in the states.

  • @tommyudo3195
    @tommyudo3195 Рік тому

    Questions: does a big snowpack affect the volume of runoff? Does the snow melt at an even pace? Does more snow in the mountains automatically mean flooding in the spring?

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому +1

      A larger snowpack = more volume of runoff
      Some studies show the amount of dust on snowpack increases the heat and speeds up melting. California has more snowpack and equivalent water than the entirety of Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the country.
      There is a lot of variability with flood concerns…how quickly warm up occurs for instance. Already we see Lake Tulare reforming which means it’s beyond control. But flash flooding of communities like Springville last month, that is a whole different set of circumstances

    • @tommyudo3195
      @tommyudo3195 Рік тому +1

      @@JonathanPetramala Thank you so much for bothering to reply. You've cleared these questions up for me.
      I guess we can expect spring flooding in California and Nevada, is that right?

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому +1

      @@tommyudo3195 to some point definitely…how much depends on the weather 🤷‍♂️

  • @Antonio63lozkh
    @Antonio63lozkh Рік тому

    omg 6:40 dude! the workers were building stairs DX and you just slid down and smoothed out their work lol *facepalm^

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому +1

      I decided to not fall and took the slide option, bc those steps were a little janky

  • @levislevitas
    @levislevitas Рік тому

    that train is like an arrakis sandworm but for snow

  • @susanpetropoulos1039
    @susanpetropoulos1039 Рік тому +1

    What if one of those homes caught fire. The whole place looks like a disaster waiting to happen.

  • @tsherwood2112
    @tsherwood2112 Рік тому +1

    Residents and farmers in the Tulare basin can suck it. This is what happens when you alter nature to such a massive extent and so I don't feel bad. Not to mention, the drought is literally caused by water table dryness from lake drainage

  • @Moondoggy1941
    @Moondoggy1941 Рік тому +1

    So who is paying them, is it the homeowner? the city? Is it part of a service they provide?

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому +2

      Homeowners hire a contractor who pays his crew. They were out of Yuba City I think

  • @gartwilliams3347
    @gartwilliams3347 Рік тому +9

    Droughts are cyclical! The “drama” of the DWR is ridiculous!

  • @kskssxoxskskss2189
    @kskssxoxskskss2189 Рік тому

    Now THAT is a train video!

  • @davemitchell6281
    @davemitchell6281 Рік тому

    Try growing massive amounts of row crops in the South Valley, move that water around.

  • @ericanderson3534
    @ericanderson3534 Рік тому +1

    Um, Ghost Lake Tulare IS Flood control.

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому

      I think some multi-million dollar agricultural interests would disagree.

  • @jimburg621
    @jimburg621 Рік тому +1

    Think how the Donner party members must have felt. They had this amount of snow.

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому

      Absolutely. And it must have been insane bc they weren’t at the summit so to get 17-22 feet of snow measured when they were rescued is a lot.

  • @susanellis3606
    @susanellis3606 Рік тому +1

    True we need farmland. But draining a lake? water wants it's space. Will reclaim it.🤔🤔

  • @troyalger1603
    @troyalger1603 Рік тому

    I live off grid and have my water delivered. You have to treat it like gold. It's not something to waste and yet look at all the water being wasted around everyone? All them drips add up.also try crapping into a bucket and then cover it with saw dust. Get skinny and you'll consume less. Cooking and other wise.

  • @Live2ride2live54321
    @Live2ride2live54321 Рік тому +10

    I wish they would push the farmers out of Tulare lake permanently and let it become protected lands and remain a waterway.

    • @danielcarroll3358
      @danielcarroll3358 Рік тому +2

      Tulare Lake is complicated. Unless some way is found to get water to the sea it will salt up. Until the late 1800 this would happen every other year or so, but the lakebed has sunk so much and so little water reaches it now that it would take a truly biblical flood for it to happen today. Any solution is going to take truly heroic engineering. This includes digging out the Fresno Slough until it looks like the LA River.

    • @Live2ride2live54321
      @Live2ride2live54321 Рік тому +4

      @@danielcarroll3358 but that’s my point is fluctuate, so let it do that naturally. If it floods great, if it doesn’t, all good!

    • @bob494949
      @bob494949 Рік тому +1

      Yes, just push the farmers out. We can all just eat dirt, right? 🤦

    • @TohaBgood2
      @TohaBgood2 Рік тому +2

      @@bob494949 They farm cotton and alfalfa there, not food, bud.

    • @TohaBgood2
      @TohaBgood2 Рік тому +2

      Same! Bring the lake back!

  • @kendallkahl8725
    @kendallkahl8725 Рік тому

    They can pump water out and send it to Southern California to top off dams and use it for ground water recharge in places like Apple Valley and Antelope Valley. They are stupid if they don't.

    • @GSMSfromFV
      @GSMSfromFV Рік тому +1

      Excess water is in the process of being pumped to the Diamond Valley Reservoir near Hemet for a number of weeks now.

  • @loragunning5394
    @loragunning5394 Рік тому

    I had hoped you would speak more to Lake Tulare and less to Sierra snowpack...also the why and how of flood control measures. IMO, a bit misleading of a video title.

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому +1

      I will have more on the Lake soon, wanted to cover it all since April 1 is the traditional “peak” snowpack and that is going to be leading to a larger Tulare Lake

  • @bzbzob
    @bzbzob Рік тому

    I keep thinking about how polluted that lake will be. If they rebuild there, they should require that everything is built on wheels or somehow temporary so it can be moved next time this happens which of course it will.

  • @royandtracyboling5969
    @royandtracyboling5969 Рік тому

    Remember that the water goes to multiple cities too. Please stop blaming it on farmer's only. The river's have been dammed up and the water diverted for city, industry, wildlife, as well as agriculture. We have ALL contributed to the growth of California and the Southwest. We ALL have to eat. the farmer's only grow what they can sell. The industries produce what they can sell. The cities continue to grow astronomically, so why is it that we continue to hear that "farmer's" caused this?

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому +1

      I don’t blame anyone in my videos, just stating the facts and the fact what it’s tributaries were dammed for agriculture purposes. And we have all benefited from the last century of farming there. Stop being so sensitive and understand not everything is an attack, I seek to inform

    • @royandtracyboling5969
      @royandtracyboling5969 Рік тому +1

      @@JonathanPetramala The water diversion and distribution system is a federal, state, county, and city system designed to help the state grow. I am not a farmer, nor have I ever been. I constantly hear that farmer's are the cause, they are only a part of the cause. Blaming farmers is not a fact, it is a misplaced opinion. I am aiming to inform viewers and readers that the issue is much more complicated than simple blaming. If we eat, bath, wash our laundry, wash our cars, simply exist we contribute to the water issue. My household of four conserves greatly and uses a quarter of the average Californian. I simply tire of the circular arguments that continue decade after decade. I am glad for the videos, the more open discussion that leads to conservation efforts, the better.

  • @steven7650
    @steven7650 Рік тому

    It's annoying how Cali is like yay the drought is over. It's not and going to get worse as we head into the super el nino.

  • @eternalfizzer
    @eternalfizzer Рік тому

    I wish I lived on a train route. They retired the Bullet when Newfoundland joined Confederation.

  • @screamdoctor
    @screamdoctor Рік тому

    If they throw black sand on the snow, the sand will melt the snow many times faster than it will melt on it's own.

  • @LTDALEXI600
    @LTDALEXI600 Рік тому

    $25/hr!??? People have been charging $650/hr for snow removal. I need these guys phone numbers.

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому +1

      I imagine the company they work for is charging much more

  • @albeerobert
    @albeerobert Рік тому +35

    I am praying for Tulare Lake to stay FOREVER. And people should NOT live in the Sierra Nevada Mountains because that is California's Water Supply. People living up there are polluting it.

    • @lollypop2413
      @lollypop2413 Рік тому +10

      Our watercatcment areas in australia are heavily pfotected...nobody is permitted within those areas except rangers...heavy fines if you are caught even walking in there. I live near one.

    • @jjgreek1
      @jjgreek1 Рік тому +4

      What about skiing…where do we go for that ?!

    • @ranware2779
      @ranware2779 Рік тому

      ​@@jjgreek1 take your ass to Colorado

    • @1naturelover
      @1naturelover Рік тому +4

      @@jjgreek1 isn't snow skiing a want?

    • @jjgreek1
      @jjgreek1 Рік тому +6

      @@1naturelover it’s a need!

  • @PInk77W1
    @PInk77W1 Рік тому

    Al Gore • no more snow
    CA breaks record for snowfall
    Media • silence

  • @sebastianwrites
    @sebastianwrites Рік тому

    I'm surprised California has these empty lakes, and then just abandons these... that there is not more constructive protection of water.

  • @jbshaka653
    @jbshaka653 Рік тому

    I want that hat!

  • @jeremyowen1
    @jeremyowen1 Рік тому

    Mother Nature, you crazy.

  • @kimclarkson9083
    @kimclarkson9083 Рік тому

    Thanks to migrants and immigrants do we have the assistance we need for ALL work in this country.

  • @mikeakers2043
    @mikeakers2043 Рік тому +1

    This is a prime example of too much of a good thing

  • @johnr5252
    @johnr5252 Рік тому

    Why did the homeowners let the snow pile up on the roofs like that? Get out there and shovel a little each day and keep it clear.
    Lazy.

  • @tarnishedknight730
    @tarnishedknight730 Рік тому

    Ah...
    ”Ghost Lake Tulare Returns as Record Snowpack Overwhelms Flood Controls"
    but all you show is snow...
    For those that may not know where the referenced lake is and where you are...
    could you connect the dots?
    How does this snow have anything to do with the lake?
    Where is this snow in relation to the lake?
    And other details that people, who are not there, would not know.
    Great footage and fantastic shot of the Union Pacific plow, but I was looking for information on the lake. Maybe chang the title so it's not misleading.

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому

      Watch the first two minutes, and then realize the snow has everything to do with the lake. Record snowpack in the southern Sierra lead directly to this lake. So much snow has overcome diversions for the first time since 1997

    • @tarnishedknight730
      @tarnishedknight730 Рік тому

      Johnathan,
      If I have to rewatch the video in order to understand it, then maybe (just maybe) you didn't make your point quite clear enough for idiots like me (who don't have a degree in geography) to understand.
      Also, please understand that not very person has perfect hearing and therefore, we have a difficult time understanding a video that uses other videos to give us details.
      The video mentions Nevada and immediately following, you talk about the weather in California..?? Nothing confusing there.
      What I was trying to point out is that your video is great for people that live near the lake. But rather vague to those that don't.
      The couple of seconds that it takes to give a relative location of where the lake is, is time well spent.
      Saying something like "The Sierras in (insert geographical reference here) feed into/feed the lake/etc. would go a long way towards educating people who don't know where (exactly) the Sierras are.
      Ask most people "where are the Sierras?" and you will most likely get something like "Out west, aren't they?"
      Try to remember, not everyone that watches your videos is from that area and not everyone knows where "The Sierras" are.
      Also, remember that not everyone that watches your videos has learned how snow from one location can end up in a lake somewhere else. You know how that works; I know how that works; but not every young adult/student/adult in general knows.
      Taks a few extra seconds and educate us.

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому

      Sierra Nevada is a very common and well known geographic area in California...so ubiquitous that typically it is a stand alone phrase with no added context needed. It's like "Rocky Mountains" or "Pacific Ocean." This video was less of a history and more of a documentation of what is occurring so that was my focus.
      But to save you time, Sierra Nevada is a chain of mountains mostly in California, with a tiny spur that goes into Nevada. In Spanish, Sierra means range of mountains, Nevada is snow...so Snowy Mountains is its literal name.
      Tulare Lake is historically a massive freshwater lake situated in the Central Valley of California...at one time the largest west of the mississippi. If you want to locate it on a map, its in the southern San Joaquin Valley, in Kings County, CA.
      Hope this little added context helped

    • @tarnishedknight730
      @tarnishedknight730 Рік тому

      It did. My geography sucks. I am one of those "Sierras? It's out west, isn't it?" people.

  • @LizSchubert
    @LizSchubert Рік тому

    The farmers killed the area? Did you just say that? How about the fact that the environmental people stopped the water coming from the north that used to feed the area and diverted to to the ocean to save an endangered fish.

    • @JonathanPetramala
      @JonathanPetramala  Рік тому

      Farmers canals diverted the water and in its place the most productive plot of land in the world emerged.

  • @deborahriley1166
    @deborahriley1166 Рік тому

    ☺️🙏💜🙏

  • @John_Montgomery
    @John_Montgomery Рік тому +1

    don't let it evaporate. Drill and pump into the aquafers. There is a great opportunity to refill.
    This would not be a first. It is not revolutionary. But to let it evaporate is a terrible waste

  • @TheSilentpigs100
    @TheSilentpigs100 Рік тому +1

    It would suck to live in a flood zone better have insurance

  • @Brannee248
    @Brannee248 Рік тому

    😂like that steam train 🚂 has a melting tool on~ bright

  • @billp6191
    @billp6191 Рік тому

    Thank God California hasn't outlawed your wood stove yet

  • @jasondiaz8431
    @jasondiaz8431 Рік тому

    I'm so sick of Californians telling us about how to live with all of their environmentalism without realizing that they are the ones living and farming in places that are effectively deserts.

  • @denif5678
    @denif5678 Рік тому

    Deus Todo Poderoso Criador do Universo/Allah é ONIPOTENTE, ONICIENTE E ONIPRESENTE, ou seja, Todo Poderoso ABSOLUTO, tudo sabe e tudo vê3, sem precisar de tecnologia para saber o que os humanos fazem ou deixam de fazer3!!!
    🙏🙏🙏

  • @simmack17
    @simmack17 Рік тому

    Good

  • @OWK000
    @OWK000 Рік тому

    Urine is good nitrogen fertilizer and relatively sterile: salves flushes! I treat mine in the bottle with oyster shell lime powder to bind the amonia nitrogen and nutritlize aciditiy. Dolimitic agricultrual lime would work. Pelleted lime stinks in bottle: not a good idea!

  • @IrishNDF
    @IrishNDF Рік тому

    No excuse…this should be expected and planned for so this water is captured efficiently as possible and California should have adequate water supply for years

  • @1ntwndrboy198
    @1ntwndrboy198 Рік тому

    They better pump it underground for when they need it.

  • @henrycole8705
    @henrycole8705 Рік тому

    Hun lets build a Home in the lake bottom. Smartest decision you could make. wow

  • @SpruceOaks
    @SpruceOaks Рік тому

    Yeah, let’s all pretend the Lake Tulare was NOT planned as a flood overflow basin.