Oroville Update! 18 August "Plunge Pool Details"
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- UPDATE: 8/27-UA-cam has demonitized this video as "Not Suitable for all Advertisers" AND cut it short at 7:14 MINUTES!!!!
After manual review by UA-cam, it was still considered 'unsuitable'. UA-cam will give no explanation for their actions.
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Finally broke down and bought a decent still/video camera and a TRIPOD!
Now we can take a good look deep down into the Plunge Pool(s).
Several special announcements on this episode.
www.paypal.me/juanbrowne
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I so enjoy your efforts documenting the Orville Dam spillway failure and how it impacts the wildlife and people who live downstream. Congratulations, you deserve the!!
Thanks Juan. This series should be used in journalism classes on what real reporting should be like.
Amen.
News is something which somebody wants suppressed: all the rest is advertising. Juan is documenting an interesting project and advertising his channel. Best of luck to him.
Don't change a thing your doing , love your reporting on everything!
Impressive footage, as usual, now made even better with the upgraded equipment! Thank for showing us whats really going on in a way that no others have. The building operation at Oroville is truly massive in scale. Imagine all the workers and people in the community who might want a documentary of this colossal undertaking when it is finally completed. The footage just gets better and better as Juan adds to a collection documenting the Oroville spillway saga. His work will certainly be of immense value to anyone studying the history of this event. Thanks for these diligent efforts Juan, and I hope you inspire thousands of others to undertake the noble path of citizen journalism. Whether your are on the land, upon the seas, or in the sky, be blessed!
CONGRATS on the 30k Juan! You really do an excellent job of reporting, none of that mainstream garbage. You are a first rate professional individual, this country needs another million of you! GOD BLESS!
I'm from Montana, but have found your Oroville videos very interesting. Your reporting and questions to the council have been very spot on and interesting.
Juan, whilst all the awards are good an such , the reason we all whatch is content , simple , no spin, no fancy camera work, keep it up . I dont mind fumbles and missed grammar , it is real world reporting . Thats why i keep whatching from the otherside of the Pacific Ocean
I think your now believing what many had said many months ago, these informational videos are top quality and we are being kept in the loop regarding the major build on what was a major disaster.... your questions aimed at those who know have now excepted you as a real reporter, unlike those who think they are!…
Keep them coming my friend and congratulations on it all... 🏆👍🏼😊
Congratulations on your award - well deserved for such high quality independent coverage of the Oroville Dam. Nice to see the Breitling cap too! Keep up the great work -- from your friends in the UK.
Hello Juan. I have watched every video in your Oroville series, with a genuine interest to learn from all of the problems and solutions, from my perspective of a designer/builder of dam networks. I commend you for your attention to detail. I have no doubt that your body of work will be studied by engineers for many decades.
I love your down to earth presentation style. The occasional inclusion of your family and "Chewy", the dog, is a nice grounding touch. Congratulations on your outstanding work. I wish you continued success.
Thanks John!
I have a retired friend that was the head inspector for the concrete installation part of dams and canals in California. When I showed him a couple of your videos on Oroville all he could say was you were right on all the topics that you covered. I can see why they're giving you the award. See if a gas card comes with that award probably would be more useful than a plack on your wall.
Congratulations on the UA-cam tier 3 club and the award from the flood districts. Well deserving Juan! When you head down to Long Beach/L.A. you should go to the You Tube studios there and do a walk through. They have everything and you have access to it all with your new tier status. I would definitely take advantage of it and it's cool to check out. Even us old guys can enjoy the new generation stuff and learn to use it to it's fullest. Cheers Juan, you deserve it!
will they let me in?
blancolirio yup, just need to make a reservation through email. Use the infomation you got from UA-cam. I'm telling you it's pretty cool. It's part of the creator academy thing I thought. They can show you how to use all the video and sound equipment they have and what they recommend. Also you have access to use their studios for your channel. I think there's UA-cam video's showing it.
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@blancolirio Do you think they are digging the "plunge pool" extra deep to make extra room for any possible debris in case the flow goes over the spillway this winter? Thanks!
Well-deserved award. No one has done better coverage of Oroville than Juan, including major media outlets. His coverage shows the power of the Internet to allow citizen journalists to flourish, bypassing the big media gatekeepers who used to be able to decide what the news was.
Juan,
Honesty, Integrity, Passion and Commitment have made you successful. No one can teach these things. Not even UA-cam.
What differentiates you from other channels is that you start with CONTENT - not razzle-dazzle. Many channels do the opposite. UA-cam may teach you some editing tricks or encourage you to run contests, but these things are trivial. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the quality of your videos. It's your content and presentation that have earned you subscribers.
30,000 subscribers is a HUGE accomplishment. 100K is an arbitrary number. It may or may not be realistic based on the subject matter you present. Don't use it to measure your success. What's important is that you enjoy what you are doing and that your efforts are recognized and appreciated by a growing number of subscribers.
Cheers!
marmaly....I second that.
Well done! It's a fine reward for all the hard work that you put in for us.
I really like your style of commentary so easy to follow and understand. More power to you elbow.
Juan, your videos, and the nearly averted disaster at the dam, led me to visit the delightful town of Oroville on my latest trip from Oregon to SoCal. Some of the friendliest people I've met.
By the way, congrats on your awards
Even though I'm way up in Calgary, I've been following this channel from the very beginning, as my go-to place for Oroville updates. Extremely well done!
Congratulations Juan on your youtube award, and happy to be one of thousands watching your channel as it grows, continued success to you and appreciate the great content you provide. ONWARD AND UPWARD!!
Congrats Juan on your award/achievement!!!! We really appreciate all the coverage you provide us
Good job, Juan ............ you've made a very interesting story since day one of the Oroville Dam "problem" far more interesting and easy to follow, which I would have not done otherwise. Thanks for the effort. Like the flyovers in the Mighty Luscombe !
Greetings Juan, from The Woodlands TX (near IAH)
Visited Oroville as a kid - my dad's friend was one of the engineers on the project - so this has always had a place in my brain, as one of mankinds HUGE structures. You are doing an AWESOME job covering this, like nobody else could do (or even could think of!). I've been a CFI and flown J3's, but never a Luscombe - looks like a beautiful plane you have there. So - best wishes and keep up the GREAT work!.
Congratulations Juan! Now the pressure is on to keep building the channel. Thanks for providing us with the news and entertainment we have come to love!
Congratulations on the success of blancolirio ! I found your channel during the Oroville dam emergency and stayed and subscribed because of the interesting content. Thanks and my best wishes
Juan, have been one of your long-time viewers keeping up to date on the Oroville remediation ever since the crisis... great work thus far and thanks for keeping up with it - congratulations on the recognition!
Another tremendously awesome video!
As I watched this, I had a clarifying thought. Now that the RCC is high enough, they will lay it as they are, and build up flat all the way up through the plunge pool.
This way, they won't ever have to be on a slope with the vehicles. As they continue up the hill, the width of the pour will widen and narrow as needed.
Excellent engineering!
Congratulations! Your material is always so well done, informative and enjoyable. Very diverse, yet all connected somehow by your unique take on things with your technical background. I admire your acumen in so many fields. Fun to see your family too.
Congratulations Juan on the award and the new equipment. Thanks for all your hard work.
I don't know your engineering and construction background, but you are able to keep me very interested in this project. I work in construction on a much smaller scale, but am aware of of how much bigger municipal jobs operate. Keep up the good work.
Congratulations Juan. You are already Tier one in many of our hearts❤️
Nicely done combination-pak of good data. Your work, and your further work to edit DWR'S data, is truly appreciated by serious students of human infrastructure design. The Oroville event has many ramifications for the survival of peoples around the globe. Keep up your competent endeavors, they become 'good works' in the eyes of your channel participants.
Juan, you don't need a reward... you are too good to be awarded phony tokens of appreciation. Thanks so much for the excellent coverage.
Congrats on another great, world-class, video on the progress at Oroville Dam, Juan !
And another Congrats on the attention and award from UA-cam !
No one in I cannot remember how far back, has ever been able to bring this perfect level of coverage to something that was last year, a possible disaster to all of us who live south of the dam..
You naturally have the perfect talents, intellect, awesome family, and the willingness to go so many extra miles for all of us..
And work full time at the same time !!!
I hope you know how grateful I am - we are - for all you do, and for your incredible, wonderful, family, that shares you with us.. Please thank them all for me..
I just know that if I ran into you guys, you would be exactly the same wonderful, decent, people you have been on camera all these months, and it would be a great time for all..
Hope and pray that all will go well for the Browne family up there and that our Lord will continue to Bless you and keep you all close to His Heart..
Thanks Fran!
Congratulations, I've learned so much about structural details on the Oroville dam and have enjoyed your very detailed narrating. I always look forward to new videos.....
I enjoy all your videos and congrats on your awards you are now getting. I get a notification on my phone every time you post a new video and then after work I go home and watch it. Thanks for the great work you are doing.
JUAN BROWNE YOU ARE GREAT !! 🇺🇸. Love the information you share. So educational!
We needed a new update. Excellent work, thank you. While they are at it and have the RCC plant in place, they should roll some RCC on the lake side of the main spillway head structure so that in the event they have to drain down the lake again they can go all the way at full throttle without scrubbing the inlet.
I was thinking the same thing. I hope the idea doesn't make too much sense, or they might not do it.
Engineers are famous for always leaving part of the job unfinished, so they can come back and make money off of any project a second time. They sometimes even get three bites at the apple if you don't keep a good watch over them. They seem to think the money supply is endless, therefore the people who are paying for it need to rein them in sometimes.
Juan noted that the lakeside ramp already has its scheduled upgrade next season. We might expect that the glitch of that unauthorized blasting damage on the upper spillway has resources more focused on contending with that extra work in order to meet their main deadlines. Juan noted that issue too.
I'm an engineer and would do it just for safety. Normally once they get the lake level down they would throttle the outflow so that there is no scouring on the inlet side. They lost the ability to throttle because of the damage and a need to maintain a flow rate over the edge to prevent undercutting. That being said there is always the risk of having to drain the lake in a hurry to increase storage before a heavy rain.
@ bingofoothill I think that ramp he mentioned is for access to the lake side of the headgate structure for scheduled maintenance on the headgates. I don't think Juan has mentioned anything about a plan to harden the floor of the inlet with concrete to mitigate scrubbing. But I may have missed that detail.
Priorities #1: Make the existing spillway work by November 2017. 2nd Priority get the funding approved to finish Priority One. Priority 3 switch Priority 2 with Priority 1 Untill Priority 1 is complete. Priority 4 finsh Priority #1. Priority 5 Look for other improvements that need to be done. Priority #6 make funding available for other improvements. So, Rest assured all of the concrete plants will remain in place and operational for a couple of years at least. Because Priority #xx20 is funding the removal of the Concrete Plants. Expecially, if Priority 15 is build another concrete plant because DWR dosen't have enough conctrete to finish Priortiy 1-6.
Congratulations Juan! You deserve it. You are doing what news sources should do, inform and teach!
Congratulations on your award Juan. Well deserved. I only watch your reports on the situation at Oroville Dam. I love the new camera. Keep on reporting!
Congrats on award !!! You are doing a great job on Oro Thanks JB
Thank U for the info about the airport. I live in Inglewood which is in Southern California, I have been following your explanation of the Oroville dam disaster since U started it. It's quite formative and I enjoy the play by play. All the videos and still photo work is OUTSTANDING. 🐢🇺🇸🐢🇺🇸🐢🇺🇸
Thanks for the update Juan, interesting the way they have put the cutout wall in... good to have extra safety feature there. Looking forward you going back to the dam. Congrats on the award. Thanks again .
Congratulations with your award and your new camera. Good choice with Canon. Thank you for sharing your amazing video. God bless you and your family
Congratulations on your award from the Flood Districts, Juan, and the new YT Tier status!
You deserve all the official accolades and a whole lote more for how you're keeping us living in NorCal informed and updated on a very crucial part of our lives and safety here! Also, congratulations on your new photo equipment, which I'm sure will give you much enjoyment and benefit! Godspeed!
Juan congratulations on the growth of your channel. Congrats in the award. I want to thank you for taking time to make these videos and share them with us. It has been very educational. Also thank you for letting us into a portion of your personal and familys life you seem to have a great family. Look forward to the next video.
Hey, Juan, Congratulations on attaining YT Teir 3, and especially the Media Award getting you better access to the mouth of the horse. I really love your updates, and I intend to follow this story as it unfolds.right to the finish - when ever that will be.
A stellar report, as always! Congratulations on your growing channel, and yes, keep being you and doing it your way. Love the new camera! Cheers!
I enjoy your videos and the close-ups of the construction , and way to go, I got the T6 two months ago and am happy with it. Please keep up the coverage of Orville thank you
Great update, Juan. I think the main reason they added that new road to the back of the gate structure is not for inspections; it's because they lost their access to the upper spillway lay down area (where they are building forms, etc) when they did the 'unauthorized blasting'. They have a dirt access road to the lower end but they'll have to remove that to place the concrete There is a picture on the DWR picture gallery of a semi hauling a load through the gate structure.
Hi:
It is great that all your hard work is being reconsider by your peers. Congratulation to you. That was great shots of the plunge pool. I also, enjoyed your visit to the boat show. I did not know that boat was still floating. That was also a great show. I hope you are having fun with your family this Summer.
I really enjoy your videos, and watching you fly the mighty Luscombe brings me back to memories of flying Citabrias out of Reid Hillview. Now living in Texas I am unable to do this anymore. But I sure miss it. Keep up the great job and don't let millennials influence your videos too much. You have a good formula going. Take care and fly safe.
I think your success is that you have great content and genuine interest of what's happening. I look forward to each of your videos. Thanks.
I am so glad you have been honored. You are my favorite , actually, only news on youtube for Oroville that I watch! You deserve the kudos.
Excellent, Excellent, Excellent! What great detail. I like watching because you keep it informal and you do not take yourself too seriously. But your reporting is right on, my go-to source.
Hey Juan, well done you, you deserve it. It can't be easy doing what you do with the family and the 'day' job. I want to wish you all the success in the world, to you and the family. I've been following you since day 1 and will continue to do so! No matter where I am, if I hear "weightless" I know instantly that Juan's 'in town'. Cheers buddy, Andy, Southampton, England.
Congratulations Juan! You da man! Great work from the get go. You will get to the top of the YT kingdom because what you do is real. I saw that in the first video I watched and have been onboard ever since. Your work is a perfect example of how far we have gotten from what real news is. The new camera is great btw. Thank you for what you do.
As always Juan great update, I have a brother that lives below the dam so I follow your updates here from the east coast.
Congratulations on your Award...I really enjoy your reports...I am hooked on the Mighty Luscombe...and your new camera will give you a lot of improvements in the video...even tho, you have really done well, so far...you are doing two of my favorite things in the whole world...Flying and taking photos...thanks for your efforts...I live in Western Colorado, and have to deal with the same things on a much smaller scale...I am part of a non-profit water co-op, a reservoir and ditch company, with an earthen dam...and have many of the same problems...so, Blue Skies and Many happy landings...
great photos! love all the info on the build. fascinating to me, as are all of your videos on this project. that camera is excellent. i hope that you don't loose some of your essential character in your effort to take your channel up a notch. your "voice" (as in an author's voice, an artist's voice) is a big part of the draw. you express yourself as a regular guy with knowledge of how things work and an enthusiasm for learning more about how things function. you brought us all along on your learning adventure and took seriously the responsibility you took on with the investigative reporting. your story telling structure is excellent. you always have well timed introductions, fade ins and outs. you summarize well. you are also very funny. i've seen some lovely youtube channels loose it as they wrongly packaged what they thought would improve their videos. congrats on the award! that's massive. (a little milenia speak sneaks in cuz i have 2 grown off spring who influence me now.)
Excellent Advice! Thanks!
Agreed! The age old saying.."ask a teen-ager while they still know everything" may not fit here! LOL great work as always Juan. When i find a few extra bucks to chip in for fuel I'll find you on Patreon or pay-pal etc.
Congrats Juan - this award is very well deserved.
More excellent reporting - it all goes to show yet again what a massive operation this is.
nice work glad you got tier 3 and thank you for your continued interest and coverage on this topic as by now most media has abandoned the story as there is no evacuation and no drama, but the thing is, this is the real story a city that now has to rebuild and how much work it actually takes
Congratulations. It has been a pleasure watching your channel over the last half year. I'm not even sure how I stumbled upon it, but so very glad I did.
Seeing your coverage, information, interrogation skills.... I really wish that more main stream media took the time to really dig in like you do.
I look forward to your future videos with all those new fangled features and millennial flare.
Congrats Juan, Julianne & Pete for that great award. As usual another very informative video.
Nice job. The Mighty Luscome sure looks like a plane that has received a lot of tender care and maintenance.
Congratulations on your youtube and news award, they are well deserved. Thankyou for your coverage of the Oroville situation and the stunningly beautiful footage of California by foot, on your bike and of course that awesome plane. My wife and I look forward to your broadcasts, keep up the great work.
This is the ONLY FACTUAL news organization out there today. I stop what I am doing for my update. Productions are getting better keep up the great work. Keep blasting the facts!
Well done Juan!! Glad to see you getting recognized for your dedication and hard work! Best wishes as always from Wisconsin.
Awesome new addition to your arsenal. I've been a Canon fan for years. The mainstream media must be disappointed their doom & gloom predictions of "imminent failure" and "we're all gonna die" never happened.
Thank you for your very informative videos, best coverage. Always happy when you have a new report. Glad to see update of plunge pool.
Congrats on that reporting award! You are doing an excellent job, it's really nice to know what is really happening.
Congrats Juan on your award! Well deserved! You are doing a awesome job on the Oroville coverage and all the extras you do. Keep up the good work!
Congrats on the accolades!! Well deserved. I have always enjoyed your videos. Well presented and very clear and factual. No ridiculous hype. Also loving the photos from the new camera. A great addition. Keep up the good work!!
Juan,
Congrats on your UA-cam stardom! As an engineer, I am enjoying your Oroville coverage. Great job!
Congrats on the awards . You are the only reason I'm still interest in something that's happening some2,000 miles away . Keep up the good work Mr. B.
ANOTHER UPDATE THAT GIVES A CLEAR VISUAL ACCOUNT THAT EXPLAINS THE PROCESS AND THE REQUIREMENTS THAT IT WILL TAKE TO COMPLETE THE TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION, THANKS JUAN...
Congrats on your awards and I'm sure you'll improve your audio as well. I lived in Orovillenwhen you started or when I found you talking about the damn situation and I said then you were the only sane reporter on the topic. Now I live in Calavarez county mountains. Feels alot safer from some of the possible weather anomalies we are experiencing across the globe.
Congratulations! You do a great job. It's fun to watch the updates even though I live in Utah. The construction project is amazing. Like nothing I've ever seen before.
Love, Love, LOVE the song "Weightless" used in your updates!
However.........Your coverage of the Oroville Spillway is Even Better!
Simply Superb Reporting, Camerawork, Citizenship.......!!!!
Juan-----You Da MAN! Congratulations on the 31,000+ viewers and Recognition! Thanks So much for your Service in the Best Dam Airforce in the World! ANNND----Once again---Juan Browne for President!
32,000+
Thanks for the update, Juan, and major congrats on your well-deserved recognition!! Proud to say I knew about your channel before you were "discovered"! LOL
Congrats, Juan! It just goes to show why you are getting the following you are when you look at this award as a challenge and opportunity to make your content better. Thanks for all you do!
Juan- Congrats, brother. I subbed early on, when you started the coverage on Oroville. I live in Tennessee. We have many dams as well. It has been very interesting & educational to join you in your journey. I will stay tuned...
Good for you - blanco ! You know why dont you cos you've been making great vids FULL of great imfo !!!!!! Well deserved imo !!
Also you come across as a " One of the good n honest guys "
Congrats and great job keeping the "midwesterners", like me, posted. Hope to make it out to Oroville sometime next year and check it out for myself
Great new camera you have there Juan. I bought a Canon a few years ago and love it, even though it's not as fancy as yours. It was on sale. :-) Congratulations on your tier 3 with UA-cam and your award from the flood districts too. You deserve it for sure. I'm just an interested California resident and really appreciate all your reporting on the Oroville Dam Spillway. I sure hope they can get it finished enough to make it through this coming winter. I don't think anyone can really predict how much rain. Could be very dry or at least as much as last winter. We'll just have to wait and see. Thanks so much for all you do.
yet another excellent production . and great stick landing . flying by the seat of your pants as though you've done it for a century . Best Regards to you
well almost half a century...lol
Congratulations on the award Juan. Keep up the great work. UA-cam Tier 2 next!
Thanks for adding details about the "unauthorized blasting". I'd heard the term used before, but didn't know what the issue was.
Juan, it's the Man Not the Camera.
Carry on, carrying on. KUDOS & HAT 🎩 TIPS. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
YEAH!!!!.... Love you Juan and Family!!! You deserve all the honors offered and more... You are a true gentleman and a scholar!...
Been watching from the beginning, thanks for the updates and videos of the dam, very interesting subject, when it overflowed I was praying for everybody, ,
wow it's good to see you again , oh and I think the word that fits best (that you momentarily lacked lol) is 'recognition' by youtube . which of course everyone here has done from the get-go . a remarkable fact is . . . . most all channels provoke conversation on a topic . your uploads however spontaneously get complete strangers to say how much they like you ! and then a little bit about the topic . it's great , (this) doesn't just happen everywhere else . congratulations Mr. Brown , bravo
Juan - I am not even from California but I enjoy your continued coverage of the Dam work and issues. I feel its the best coverage and relevant of the issues and what is currently happening. This would very well happen with other similar dams through out the NW (WA, OR and ID) given the number we have and the neglect that government agencies have for public lands.
I'll add my congratulations! You deserve all the accolades you get Jaun. You are are the best source of information we have abut the dam and its very good info at that. Don't be too worried about the quality of your video, it is the content that counts and your content is always excelent. That includes your non-dam videos too.
Great Job Juan!! Just keep doing what you are doing! You give the best information out there! Love your Family too!!!
Juan Brown - Real News. Congrats and thank you for all your hard work.
Juan...A BIG CONGRATS..!!! I have the Canon T3i; bought it about 4 or 5 years ago. It takes great HD videos so I don't necessarily have to have a dedicated video camera....yippeee..!! My package deal came with an 18-135mm lens. It's a great lens considering it's not a top of the line lens , which I didn't need, but I'm happy with it....it's nice & clear & sharp for my needs. The only thing about the lens that is frustrating is that when I have it strapped around my neck and the camera hanging kinda downward from the weight of the lens, the lens likes to extend out from 18mm to 135mm . Oh well...I just deal with it. Congrats again..!!
Juan, well done on all your accomplishments. I'm in Australia and I really enjoy your field of interests, aviation, motorcycle adventures, and engineering. I also really enjoy your detailed analysis of the problem solving challenge that is the Oroville Dam repair. Well done resisting that role as their media director so that you can continue to remain an open and fair voice talking in detail about the engineering aspects and the relevant detail.
Another great video Juan, always makes my day when you post one... loved the landing too.. thanks for all your efforts on Oreville
Congratulations for the well-deserved award! Watching your Oroville coverage has kindled an interest in infrastructure in general. Keep up the good work!
P.S. That Luscombe reminds me of all the taildraggers my folks flew when I was growing up. Someday I'll say I knew you when ...
I too would like to congratulate you I believe it's for you up on the clarity that you got the award for thank you
Congrats on the UA-cam, the awards, and the camera!
First off, congratulations on several fronts! Love the updates and the mighty Luscombe.
Congratulations all around! Great reporting. Had to subscribe after coming across your channel. Glad I could be part of your first 30K.