JUAN ... Thank you for being our 'Hall Monitor' of the Oroville Dam and especially the SPILLWAY situation from a few years ago. What you're doing matters. Bravo and Thank You many times over-! D.A.
Meanwhile here in Southern California near me it's over 100 degrees for a second week in June, and I'm surrounded by the absurdity of green grass in what is essentially desert, and by new subdivisions going up everywhere. Why it's almost like we're living in a complete fantasy world. What could possibly go wrong?
My friends in Palm Springs have their grass stripped they grow winter grass and summer grass and don't think watering the lawn in the summer is a waste of water. Everyone does it out there. They have a lovely home but the attitude is somewhat detached from reality.
@@markrichards6863 I lived in that area for 10 years. "detached from reality" doesn't even begin to cover the majority attitude in the Coachella Valley. but then, it's only slightly worse there than the rest of the US at this point. sooooo glad I left the US in 2008. moved to New Zealand, with zero regrets. almost have finished getting my citizenship here, and finally cutting all ties to 5 generations of US citizenry.
😇Many People Not Enough Water😇 River Discharge Flow Rates: Mississippi 593,000 ft³/s Saint Lawrence 356,700 ft³/s Columbia 264,900 ft³/s Ohio 262,700 ft³/s Missouri 86,340 ft³/s * * * Colorado 22,600 ft³/s They say one in 10 Americans live from the water of the Colorado River. Yet it's one of the smallest rivers in America? Everybody needs to realize that you can't sustain populations in the desert in Los Angeles and all these places from that little tiny River. The northwest has plenty of water. So does the Northeast, so does the Midwest, so does the Gulf. The problem is population density in a bad place. It's called critical mass, unsustainable.
I always appreciate blancolirio's reporting on the NorCal/Orville/weather situation. Stay cool today its gonna be another hot one! Peace from San Jose.
Your coverage of this event and the science and engineering involved and all the factors involved in management of one of the most important resources in the western US is what hooked me on blancolirio. Thank you Juan Brown for all your great analysis of all the fascinating subjects. It's fun to fly with you. Waiting on another motorcycle adventure but I guess fire threat and restrictions put a damper on camping and trail usage? I also realize you are now,,,,,,,back to work.
I love how Juan is flying so low that he can read the "area closed" sign at 20:24. Great job backing up almost every statement made with photographic evidence, it was cool to see the flood photos of the valley before the dam was built, great content.
Hey good luck from Cape Town We had a 3 year drought a few years ago and we where days away from running out of waters, before the drought broke. So save every drop you can.
My man, you do an AWESOME JOB in your reporting & we all thank you for it! Keep up the great work as we all are paying attention to what you are reporting. THANK YOU!
I did read from records 90% of water let loose in May went to habitat conservation. It also equated to one year supply of drinking/irrigation water. It's a management crisis as well. Good video.
It is completely a management crisis in this case. We did get good rainfall this year. I monitor the reservoirs all the time and in January Oroville was 75% while all the other reservoirs were full. They were letting water out of Oroville instead of retaining it. Probably something to do with the spillway failure.
This plays into their narrative. Let's mismanage the water supply and release 90 percent in May during a drought for "habitat conservation" and then we can blame the drought on "climate change". Lets create a problem and then blame the problem on climate change. The CA Gov needs to add a Climate Tax-Carbon Tax on everything sold in California. This will solve the problem.
Mix flip in da house! Yep… they always say they are saving the snow melt but before the melt comes they drain half the water to make more room. That water goes out to sea most times as irrigation for farms isn’t really needed at the same time. We need more storage, imo. ✌️
@@ClassicStreetIron not just smelt.. & they let rain water out if the res. is to full before spring snow run off. I caught a 14lbs steelhead on Merced river several years ago & it was priceless. Epic striper too! Millions of dollars go back into fixing these rivers if it’s not completely ruined yet. There is plenty of water imo but management is the key problem. & of course not enough storage.
I've been skiing on LO for almost 50 years... this is unbelievable to see! We sold our Berry Creek summer home the year before the fires burned it all down, we got a good 50 years out of BC.. luckily for us, my grandparents house, as well as uncles and aunt's that lived there passed away before it was all burned down.. sad to go and see....
Excellent presentation! Love the use of aerial video, still shots, charts, drawings, and graphs. And you present a very balanced narrative that explains the competing interests. I also appreciate your comments on the spillway project done by Kiewit. My son-in-law was manager of the vertical surfaces for phase 1. Many hot and tiring weeks away from family but the results are indeed amazing.
Juan, this is an excellent explanation of the complex water problems facing CA. I live at the Southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. Our local water district depends almost entirely on our contract with the California Water Project, which source of water is Oroville. We are probably going to receive 5 or 10%, if that, of our contracted amount of water this year. Yet, we have to pay for the entire amount of contracted water as if we receive it all. Please continue to explain to the public the complexity of these water issues.
@@nonameuno9394 For years local governments (cities and counties) have required builders to obtain “will serve water” letters as part of permitting processes in California. Obviously the water authorities issuing those letters have not forecasted the magnitudes of droughts we are experiencing. Juan mentions the moving parts of the problem.
I’m over in Marin, the Nicasio reservoir was full at the end of 2019, over the winter of 2020/2021 it has been drained to a point I’ve never seen before, even after the four year drought of 2014. I ride my classic motorcycle out to Point Rays station every Saturday, each week was a noticeable change, I hate to say this but I’m starting to feel like it’s malicious.
@@MichaelTaylor-yb6gt Newsom is draining our reservoirs. Deliberately. Ostensibly, it’s to save the Delta smelt, which haven’t been located for several years although there’s over 200 sampling locations throughout the Delta and is continual. One real reason for this is because the Bay Area sewage systems are failing. Every day, TONS of raw to partially treated sewage is dumped into the Bay. The state’s water (OUR water) is being used to flush the toilet. Newsom can also use the drained reservoirs to push his “progressive” agenda for climate change. At the end of 2019, our reservoirs throughout the state were over capacity. There was enough water to last at least 5 years of drought. To put water use into perspective, only 10% of stored water is for residential and local use. 40% is supposed to go to Ag. A full 50% has been usurped by environmentalists. So far this year, farms have seen their water allotments dropped to 0-5% of what they need to grow our food. Prime Ag land is either going fallow or crops planted are being plowed under. California produces a large percentage of this country’s food. Expect rising prices on top of the inflation caused by this current US administration. Newsom is spending billions on his ridiculous HSR train. Last tally I heard about is that he spends 26 BILLION annually to subsidize illegal aliens. He could instead be fixing the toilet. Vote YES to recall Newsom when time comes for the vote.
@@MichaelTaylor-yb6gt They will choose wildlife right up until they get hungry. Then FINALLY the light will switch on and they will get it (just as our ancestors who built these dams in the first place got it) Sadly, once the light finally comes on for some of these NPC's it will be too late. :(
@@MichaelTaylor-yb6gt human population should probably start being controlled to save the planet anyway. Idk how, that’s not something for one person to decide, and I don’t think killing people off is the right solution either, but we don’t all have to live in California for one! There’s room in a lot of other places for humans. Not so much for all the native species of animals
Thanks for this information. Such an interesting fly over. And your background information on the history of the entire system is fascinating. My dad worked on Oroville Damn in the Late 60’s. This place holds a special place in our hearts. Thank you sir. And Happy Fathers Day Juan. Safe Flying.
We drove by Lake Shasta a couple of weeks ago and it looked just as bad. And you are 100% right, California built homes and more homes and not one acre foot of reservoir space was added since the early 70's....close to 50 years.
In normal times I think water from the flooded rice fields enters the aquifer. Much of the central valley relies on ground water wells. So it's not so clearly a bad idea. Just saying that things are usually more complicated when you know more, although it could be a political choice. The farmers have a lot of power and use far more water than people do.
I was just in Yosemite, and can't believe how dry it is already! Add that to the crazy heat wave as I drove back North, and this year is shaping up to be pretty dangerous. Stay safe down there!
In my southern California locale, lawns are overwatered, new lawns are planted, and people still hose off their cars and driveways. Yesterday a neighbor was running their sprinklers in the hottest part of the day-- during a heat wave. Planting native plants can greatly reduce irrigation needs for landscaping, but most "water-wise" plants sold are not natives, and require more water than local natives. If you convert your yard into a beautiful native garden, then sell the property, chances are that the new owner will rip out the natives and plant a lawn... in the summer. Most people just don't understand that there is a different way to make their yards look nice.
@@krtacct Farms grow food. We need to eat food. Lawns are not food. They are primarily ornamental, and in suburban soCal, take up a huge portion of each residence's water usage. If every homeowner in my area replaced their lawn with a judicious selection of plants from our coastal sage scrub community, and diverted select gray water to landscape use, we would need to use little to no imported water in our yards. Multiply that effect by millions of properties, and we'd be on our way to a more sustainable landscape overall. I don't know the stats for how many acre-feet could be saved, but presumably the water agencies have some estimates.
@Andrew H Excellent point. It would also be helpful if we didn't have to release so much water into the delta to either "help" the extinct smelt, or to flush the sewage out of the SF Bay. In all of the hundreds of surveys done since 2018, only 4 smelt have been found. San Francisco has been leaking sewage into their bay for decades. They don't use a single drop of their water supply, Hetch Hetchy (currently 90% full), to flush their own crap out of their own bay. No, the water comes from Folsom, Oroville, and Shasta. I guess there's no incentive for them to fix their sewage leaks. Faux environmentalists. Just back in March we were dumping over 13,500 CFS into the delta. Only 3,300 is needed for salt intrusion. cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/QueryDaily?s=DTO&end=2021-05-06&span=30days&fbclid=IwAR08DSLBS1FteNkpqM3b7_3nAbEM7_7EPQZ4k308lnNKoSz-wtvfjxuo8d4
@@missingremote4388 Yeah, right now we are pretty dry in Michigan for only being mid-June. All of our water is from individual Wells, something we sometimes take for granted.
@@generalkayoss7347 It's not communism to blame sadly. Its worse. Its cronyism. They've been sucking the north state dry and shipping that water down to a desert wasteland for 100 years. Which is why it's strategically vital the State of Jefferson succeeds from the failure of California and sells them the water power they so desperately need and make a nice tidy profit for it. If they want to live in a desert, that's their choice. But they need to pay desert prices.
Thanks again, Juan! Another accurate easy to follow and understand overview of the water situation at Oroville Dam and Lake. With glimpses into different parts of the back story behind this important vital facility. Juan Brown- Mr Facts and History!!
Population needs to be in balance with jobs, resources, nature and the environment. The virus is nature fighting back. Humans are crowding out all other species of plants and animals. Men need to be more responsible for their children or get a vasectomy. More people demand more resources. Endless population growth is not sustainable on a finite planet. Having a child that you can not provide for is cruel and irresponsible. If you can not provide for yourself you can not provide for a child. People need to be more responsible.
I don't know what their options are if that thing dries up. Where do they get water for 44 million people and a bunch of farmers throughout the valley? It is such a cluster and yet their biggest concern is spending 100 million dollars to get more people a corona vax.
Actually, its a prequel to the world. Overpopulation depletes natural resources beyond recovery. Maybe if the gubbamint would quit paying people to overpopulate the planet and stop penalizing those that do not.
If I did not watch your report on the spillway repairs I would of never met the rice farmer. If I never met the rice farmer i would of never met the Armless Farmer. Juan you have opened many eyes. Great job my friend.
Hey Mr Brown great video? I'm actually in Oroville now working up in Berry Creek. Despite all the fires and the drought, it's still beautiful country. I actually came over from Virginia to work on the fire damage.
🤯 JB, you just blew my mind with all the details. You weren't kidding! This is complicated. Thanks for your time and patience explaining all of this and for the free ride over the dam area. I guess Matt Sligar gets his H2O from here? Haven't heard from him for a while. All the best if you see him. All the best at work. Hope it's going well? Take care and fly safe. 🖖🏼🤟🏼
It has been a long time since I've commented one but fantastic coverage as usual. I lived here for over 17 years and still a head scratcher. Thank you for your video and your audio coverage.
Looking Forward to Your Updates👍. Actually “Seeing with your own two eyes” with your Video makes a Huge Impact compared to just numbers and words in a report.
Loved your Oroville updates when the thing was falling apart. You were the only one with full coverage. I still have the CDEC water levels dashboard in my bookmarks - every spring I root for the Oroville reservior to get filled up....
Maybe we could divert money from the High Speed Rail boondoggle and build desalination plants of the Pacific coast. If we get started now ,the first ones should be operational in 15 years . Lots of environmental impact studies, lawsuits for shutting down Brown's buddies. Ya know. Ironically, Brown's father was one of the driving forces to build our water distribution system. Thanks for your videos. Always informative.
California has been in a "7 year drought cycle" for over a century. 6 years on average of La Niña with almost no rain. Then a year of El Niño, with massive flooding. But over the decades the population has exploded, and there is no longer enough water to go around. This is an issue of massive state mismanagement of their resources.
I couldn't agree with you more, California constantly cries out WE HAVE NO WATER WE ARE IN A DROUGHT. which is really funny when you see how millions of gallons of their water is being dumped in to dry creek beds and rivers because some sort of sacred fish was found that they have to keep alive. Even though these creek beds and smaller rivers are naturally designed to dry up and reflow during the snow seasons in the colder part of the states. Crazy!
Everyone and their mother owning wineries sure makes a negative dent. And I am speaking of when the winery ownership got big in the 90s....a lot of cons with the internet and being "connect" EVERYONE wants to come here and max out resources for what they have as their idea of what the california dream should be.
@@kevinbossick8374 I'm in North Los Angeles County, and lake Perris is 90 miles to the south, it's even south of Los Angeles. It's literally the southernmost end of the same project this post is about.
You've got tens of millions of people with lawns and golf-courses that suck-up the water. If you blame the farmers, then stop eating so they don't consume water to feed you.
Yep...I have been bitching about that for years here in Ontario, we spend billions of dollars building water treatment plants to make the water drinkable and then we take fully 60% and use it to water frigging lawns! Absolutely ridiculous!!!
@@nancychace8619 Central Arizona Project. As large Southwestern cities go, Tucson does a pretty good job of water management. As in, don't even THINK of having a lawn here. Just don't.
Very appreciated for your time making this video. I really want to watch it but after 2mins in while you're flying, I can't believe my head can't take it because I've been having serious dizziness problems lately that I can't keep watching. Keep up the good work! I'll try to skipping the flying part and watch it later again.
My God Juan.. When you showed the inlet to the spillway and it was high and dry.. Holy cow.. That's just crazy.. I pray you guy's get through this.. We know this year is far from over at this point.. Stay blessed, stay healthy Juan.. It's great to see you back up in the air my friend..
Some great information, particularly the historical review of water levels, thanks for putting this together! Could you investigate other locations for your in-cockpit camera? There were several times where you referred to something that was out of (our) view; the diagonal struts inside the windshield might be a better spot.... Thanks again!
I’ve lived through too many droughts in California to get alarmist about this video. Our State government has never concerned themselves with the average tax-paying resident as their primary concern. Its about #1 environmentalists, #2 staying in office through changing demographics to vote. #3 Money from special interests. That’s all
you got everything right except #1. it was scientists and environmentalists who warned about overdevelopment, destroying natural watersheds, and planting water hungry crops in an area that was semi desert. it was the fucking greedy neocons who told us all to fuck off, they were going to make their money no matter what. I know, I was one of those scientists. they didn't need special interests at the state level, because the neocons took control of the coast development agency, and already had control of the ag business in the central valley.
My Dad is retired DWR. He foretold this about 20 years ago when the DWR decided the measurements division could be eliminated and let the plant operators take over. That and corruption just added to the problem. Nice little Husky you have there!
"That's what put this channel on the map". Yep - I was watching this and recalled how I found your channel while looking for footage of the spillway failure. When I realised your channel was an aviation channel, I felt like I hit the jackpot. You are now on rotation with my other aviation channels like 74 Gear and Mentor Pilot.
I know drought is bad, we're having lots of our own here in CO, however this means it's a good time for making improvements to structures that are normally under water.
@Jerry P re: "They say Colorado had more moisture than recorded in 77 years" in contrast the "bathtub rings" at Hoover and Lake Mead "say" (in no uncertain terms) the area has been in drought for the last 22 years... mead.uslakes.info/level.asp
@Jerry P re: "That’s democrats convincing you of global warming" no those RINGS are ones seen with my OWN EYES year's ago while standing on the Tillman Bypass Bridge, the bridge was completed 2010. the level in Lake Mead is now down to 1070ft. Dems "crowing" about Climate Change is relatively NEW phenomena of the past 5 years.
@Jerry P re: "not saying global warming isn’t real" GOOD, there's hope for you kids yet. i mean it's going to be YOUR problem when we're gone so you'd better start dealing with it. oh look, yet another HORRENDOUS fire season "approacheth" (as if 2019 and 2020 weren't bad enough). "Those who don't know History are DOOMED to repeat it..." - George Santayana (1863-1952)
The Middle Fork of the Feather River passes not far from my home near Portola, CA. The river is still flowing to the reservoir. Can’t speak for the North and South forks
@@allgrainbrewer10 Yes, but not this quickly, and never like this in the history of human civilisation. The changes we're seeing happen in the last 50 years typically take tens of thousands of years to occur naturally.
The scenic view is better better from the Mighty Luscombe. Could you mount a camera outside the cockpit for a better scenic view? I am a huge fan of all of your varied content.
I remember about 10 years ago lake Dillon in Colorado rockies was drying up. Looked like end of the world. After few years of good snow it refilled to normal. It is matter of cycles. Eastern Colorado had a wet and cool spring, we are now finally out of drought status.
well west slope has only been getting worse and worse.... most boat ramps over here are out of the water. mc phee dropped something like 40ft in the last year alone.
Excellent documentary showing complexity of variables ("many moving parts"). Very impressive to fly into the region to show the fire damage and the drought impact!
El Nino v La Nina. We used to know these patterns by heart. Now, no one even mentions them. Next year there will be landslides again in California and Oroville will be full.
El Nino can fill 15 Orovilles! La Nina can drain 5 Orovilles... We simply need more reservoirs west of the Sierra Nevada...And figure out how to stop sucking migration fish up...what a wonderful State it could be...3rd Centurion Californian... Farmers need to rotate crops during La Nina and stop their bitching....
The definitive read on the history of western water needs development is Marc Reisner’s Cadillac Desert. It is very California centric but California’s water needs have driven most of the dam and water management policies throughout the entire west for over a century and more. PBS did a series on it back in the 70s and the problems haven’t changed, but only been exacerbated by population growth and intransigent environmental policies.
@@DirtFlyer you have to build the reservoirs to collect the run off. You cant double the population and not increase out water storage capacity. This goes in cycles and it doesn't take a rocket surgeon to figure out that you have to build the reservoirs first or we will just keep completing this cycle that we have been doing this for as long as i can remeber.
@@DirtFlyer in East Tennessee, 2016, we went months and months without a drop of rain (which led to the Gatlinburg fire), and other than burned out lawns and a giant forest fire, we had ZERO issues for water supply. Why???? Because we have freaking reservoirs all over the place. I can launch my bass boat at 5 different reservoirs within 30 minutes drive of my house
You would think with the lower water levels it would be an excellent time to clean out the bottom of these lakes to increase capacity when we do have a significant rainfall. Get the correct company and they can reclaim quite a bit of gold at the same time to sweeten the pot
@@ogfight So, youtube removed my comment about California losing a Congressional Seat because of population loss. Interesting. Now, they are throttling my likes. Fuck this place
First dig out all of the vineyards. Vineyards are like Starbucks now. There is one on every corner. Hundreds of gallons of water to make one gallon of wine.
@Sonnie Smiles Let's just have Stewart Resnick of Paramount Farms fund desalination plants in SoCal. That's the least he could do to make up for what he has done.
A golf course doesn't have to use excess water. Only the greens need to have grass all of the grass between the greens us just for show. But I concede that I do think golf is a waste of space.
@@markrichards6863 your right why have that beautiful space that you pay for btw to enjoy?alot of the grass is drought resistant and doesnt have to be watered as much!but im sure youd rather have another tesla supercharging station!oh btw run partial by coal power plants
Ok, so how does a line on a map make people on one side different from the other....it doesn't, it just brings out the dummies in the crowd. Grow up and use your head for more than a hat rack.
@@royormonde3682 Well said Roy...there are fools here in Scotland trying to open 400 year old differences...for what...to get their names written down in history...instead of governing the country well...😡
we who grew up in CA in the 60s.. said the same things when rice started displacing more conservative crops in the 70s and 80s. but no, conservatives controlling development in CA refused, literally refused, to listen.
Over the last month Lake Shasta dumped a ton of water. It was released due to no cooling spring rain and the need to get rid of warm surface water so that later it will not continue to warm, harming fish migration. I watched the releases go from one tube releasing to a high of 5 tubes releasing. These releases also bypassed the power generation system in the dam. The lake is over 10 lower than it was on 11/15/20. This does need to be evaluated going forward.
Thanks again for the great coverage. Glad to see your back to work and also able to keep up with these Videos. I watch with interest from San Francisco.
Seems like a good time to take climate change seriously, and stop whistling past the graveyard! Upgrade the dam? You may not NEED the damn soon! Yet, we love our cheap gas prices. Everyday I see people sitting in their parked cars, looking at their phones, with their motors running. Just one more indication of how seriously we take the issue.
You know they drained Anderson reservoir in Santa Clara county to do maintenance knowing they were in a drought. Maybe those managing these systems need to rethink what they are doing.
Thanks Juan, I'm thinking this year is going to be a game changer. The fall salmon run is going to be heavily stressed and the farmers are not getting what they need. The Colorado system is in dire condition so southern Cal needs will be high as ever. Somethings gotta give. Time to desalinate water for the south maybe
Had Cali not elected any Progressives by 2010 we would have had over a 100 Reservoirs collecting water and free energy. Instead we got the Soviet Union screaming seig-heil at us.
@@mitch_the_-itch We have somewhere around 1500 reservoirs in California as of now. Gonna run out of places to put them. Beside the fact we can't seem to fill the ones we have. Seig heil was a Nazi salute so you won't find any soviets using it.
California needs MORE grass. Weeds as well. A natural blanket to hold in ground water. like mother nature intended. The Orville Resovoir is merely a catchment, NOT a source. The ecosystem needs to recover from the decades of man made problems. The landscape wont heal if it is cemented over and allowed to erode into desert. And fools in the State bueracracy need to step aside for people who will actually fix things vs lining their pockets and sticking to FAILED policies.
It was that spillway failure that I found Juan. It was nail biting addictive coverage. I couldn't get enough of it. Citizen journalism at it's best!!
Same here. Following ever since and appreciate the variety of topics he covers.
Hardly seemed worth fixing that spillway now!
Same here. The "White Lilly" spell.......
That's when I started watching Juan. Looked up Oroville Dam because it was in the news and your video was down below. A great channel!!💯🌟✨
Don't invest towards maintenance (spillway) . . . it will bite you, in the A double S ! 💀
JUAN ... Thank you for being our 'Hall Monitor' of the Oroville Dam and especially the SPILLWAY situation from a few years ago. What you're doing matters. Bravo and Thank You many times over-!
D.A.
No answers or theories from me, just a heartfelt thank you for an excellent, fascinating and instructive film. Thanks Juan, stay safe.
The best answer is More Rain, and the best theory is that it ain't likely to Happen.
Meanwhile here in Southern California near me it's over 100 degrees for a second week in June, and I'm surrounded by the absurdity of green grass in what is essentially desert, and by new subdivisions going up everywhere. Why it's almost like we're living in a complete fantasy world. What could possibly go wrong?
My friends in Palm Springs have their grass stripped they grow winter grass and summer grass and don't think watering the lawn in the summer is a waste of water. Everyone does it out there. They have a lovely home but the attitude is somewhat detached from reality.
@@markrichards6863 I lived in that area for 10 years. "detached from reality" doesn't even begin to cover the majority attitude in the Coachella Valley. but then, it's only slightly worse there than the rest of the US at this point. sooooo glad I left the US in 2008. moved to New Zealand, with zero regrets. almost have finished getting my citizenship here, and finally cutting all ties to 5 generations of US citizenry.
Preach!!
@@thomasneal9291 when the going gets tough , give up. The US will never quit, we will find a way . Always do
😇Many People Not Enough Water😇
River Discharge Flow Rates:
Mississippi 593,000 ft³/s
Saint Lawrence 356,700 ft³/s
Columbia 264,900 ft³/s
Ohio 262,700 ft³/s
Missouri 86,340 ft³/s
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Colorado 22,600 ft³/s
They say one in 10 Americans live from the water of the Colorado River. Yet it's one of the smallest rivers in America? Everybody needs to realize that you can't sustain populations in the desert in Los Angeles and all these places from that little tiny River. The northwest has plenty of water. So does the Northeast, so does the Midwest, so does the Gulf.
The problem is population density in a bad place. It's called critical mass, unsustainable.
Best video yet. Very informative. Good graph Explanation. A lot of work went into this video. People have no idea how much work went into this video.
When the spillway was compromised/potential flood conditions is when I started following this. Thanks, Juan, for your continued keeping us up to date.
It was a year-long hair raising action movie, expertly narrated by Juan Browne.
As a licensed professional engineer I have to say your command of the details on this is beyond impressive.
I always appreciate blancolirio's reporting on the NorCal/Orville/weather situation. Stay cool today its gonna be another hot one! Peace from San Jose.
We lost our power and internet last night for several hours. San Jose here as well.
I haven't been up to Lexington but I assume it's low. Power out in west San Jose as well.
His coverage of the Oroville Dam spillway was the best and most comprehensive available. I thought he should have won a Peabody for that one!
Your coverage of this event and the science and engineering involved and all the factors involved in management of one of the most important resources in the western US is what hooked me on blancolirio. Thank you Juan Brown for all your great analysis of all the fascinating subjects. It's fun to fly with you. Waiting on another motorcycle adventure but I guess fire threat and restrictions put a damper on camping and trail usage? I also realize you are now,,,,,,,back to work.
I love how Juan is flying so low that he can read the "area closed" sign at 20:24. Great job backing up almost every statement made with photographic evidence, it was cool to see the flood photos of the valley before the dam was built, great content.
I love the comment about landing his plane on the up-slope......."They wouldn't like that one bit........."
Sending rain wishes to you guys from small-town Texas where we received just about 25" of rain in a little over a month.
Dang!! We sure could use some of that in California. Shows how out of balance Nature is at the moment.
@@nancychace8619 Agreed!
2 feet of rain. Woah!
We are I'm a rain deficit, in wisconsin.
I feed the trees some water, by the bucket full.
@@missingremote4388 Yep it was pretty crazy!
Hey good luck from Cape Town We had a 3 year drought a few years ago and we where days away from running out of waters, before the drought broke. So save every drop you can.
My man, you do an AWESOME JOB in your reporting & we all thank you for it! Keep up the great work as we all are paying attention to what you are reporting. THANK YOU!
As has been frequently said in California, "water flows uphill towards money".
Yup- San diego has plenty of water for a decade because of $$ and deals we made.
WoW Oroville! Thank you Blancolirio! From the views in the plane, It looks so brown to the right of the dam & so green to the left.
I did read from records 90% of water let loose in May went to habitat conservation. It also equated to one year supply of drinking/irrigation water. It's a management crisis as well. Good video.
It is completely a management crisis in this case. We did get good rainfall this year. I monitor the reservoirs all the time and in January Oroville was 75% while all the other reservoirs were full. They were letting water out of Oroville instead of retaining it. Probably something to do with the spillway failure.
What management ??
Its plain old communism wrapped in a " green" package.
This plays into their narrative. Let's mismanage the water supply and release 90 percent in May during a drought for "habitat conservation" and then we can blame the drought on "climate change". Lets create a problem and then blame the problem on climate change. The CA Gov needs to add a Climate Tax-Carbon Tax on everything sold in California. This will solve the problem.
@@homomorphic California's water problem = too many people and too little water
So strange. It wasn't that long ago water was overflowing the dam almost destroying it lol. It's one extreme to another at Oroville.
That's California for ya.
Just full of extremes.
Just look at Inyo county.
It's only 70 miles from Mt. Whitney to Bad Water
Mix flip in da house!
Yep… they always say they are saving the snow melt but before the melt comes they drain half the water to make more room.
That water goes out to sea most times as irrigation for farms isn’t really needed at the same time.
We need more storage, imo.
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Sure, there's a drought but we'll let the Winter run off spill into the ocean because we have to protect these smelt.
@@ClassicStreetIron not just smelt.. & they let rain water out if the res. is to full before spring snow run off.
I caught a 14lbs steelhead on Merced river several years ago & it was priceless. Epic striper too!
Millions of dollars go back into fixing these rivers if it’s not completely ruined yet. There is plenty of water imo but management is the key problem.
& of course not enough storage.
Strange that we took millions of years of death from deep underground, burned it for fuel and now the weather is out of control...Ya, strange.
Good morning Juan - thanks for producing such incredible work here.
I've been skiing on LO for almost 50 years... this is unbelievable to see! We sold our Berry Creek summer home the year before the fires burned it all down, we got a good 50 years out of BC.. luckily for us, my grandparents house, as well as uncles and aunt's that lived there passed away before it was all burned down.. sad to go and see....
your CO2 output from all the skiing did NOT cause this, so you can sleep well knowing you had your enjoyment
Another great one, Juan.
Your videos continues to get better and better.
Keep ‘em coming. I appreciate it.
Excellent presentation! Love the use of aerial video, still shots, charts, drawings, and graphs. And you present a very balanced narrative that explains the competing interests.
I also appreciate your comments on the spillway project done by Kiewit. My son-in-law was manager of the vertical surfaces for phase 1. Many hot and tiring weeks away from family but the results are indeed amazing.
Juan, this is an excellent explanation of the complex water problems facing CA. I live at the Southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. Our local water district depends almost entirely on our contract with the California Water Project, which source of water is Oroville. We are probably going to receive 5 or 10%, if that, of our contracted amount of water this year. Yet, we have to pay for the entire amount of contracted water as if we receive it all. Please continue to explain to the public the complexity of these water issues.
There sure is no shortage of houses being built and golf courses being watered in California even though there's no water.
@@nonameuno9394 For years local governments (cities and counties) have required builders to obtain “will serve water” letters as part of permitting processes in California. Obviously the water authorities issuing those letters have not forecasted the magnitudes of droughts we are experiencing. Juan mentions the moving parts of the problem.
Southern San Joaquin is almost all supplied by the San Joaquin river and ground water.
@@craigsanders6925 Where are you getting that information?
@@stephensteinhoffer4896 ca.water.usgs.gov/projects/central-valley/san-joaquin-basin.html. www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=341
Excellent discussion of Oroville Reservoir
I’m over in Marin, the Nicasio reservoir was full at the end of 2019, over the winter of 2020/2021 it has been drained to a point I’ve never seen before, even after the four year drought of 2014. I ride my classic motorcycle out to Point Rays station every Saturday, each week was a noticeable change, I hate to say this but I’m starting to feel like it’s malicious.
Most of the actions of our "leaders", seems to be malicious, don't it? Opening up our border to the South? Yup. Creeps.
@@MichaelTaylor-yb6gt Newsom is draining our reservoirs. Deliberately. Ostensibly, it’s to save the Delta smelt, which haven’t been located for several years although there’s over 200 sampling locations throughout the Delta and is continual.
One real reason for this is because the Bay Area sewage systems are failing. Every day, TONS of raw to partially treated sewage is dumped into the Bay. The state’s water (OUR water) is being used to flush the toilet. Newsom can also use the drained reservoirs to push his “progressive” agenda for climate change.
At the end of 2019, our reservoirs throughout the state were over capacity. There was enough water to last at least 5 years of drought.
To put water use into perspective, only 10% of stored water is for residential and local use. 40% is supposed to go to Ag. A full 50% has been usurped by environmentalists. So far this year, farms have seen their water allotments dropped to 0-5% of what they need to grow our food. Prime Ag land is either going fallow or crops planted are being plowed under. California produces a large percentage of this country’s food. Expect rising prices on top of the inflation caused by this current US administration.
Newsom is spending billions on his ridiculous HSR train. Last tally I heard about is that he spends 26 BILLION annually to subsidize illegal aliens. He could instead be fixing the toilet.
Vote YES to recall Newsom when time comes for the vote.
@@MichaelTaylor-yb6gt yep and it looks nice 👍
@@MichaelTaylor-yb6gt They will choose wildlife right up until they get hungry. Then FINALLY the light will switch on and they will get it (just as our ancestors who built these dams in the first place got it) Sadly, once the light finally comes on for some of these NPC's it will be too late. :(
@@MichaelTaylor-yb6gt human population should probably start being controlled to save the planet anyway. Idk how, that’s not something for one person to decide, and I don’t think killing people off is the right solution either, but we don’t all have to live in California for one! There’s room in a lot of other places for humans. Not so much for all the native species of animals
Thanks for this information. Such an interesting fly over. And your background information on the history of the entire system is fascinating. My dad worked on Oroville Damn in the Late 60’s. This place holds a special place in our hearts. Thank you sir. And Happy Fathers Day Juan. Safe Flying.
I grew up on the head waters of the North Fork of the Feather River in Quincy and where I'm trying to move back to, this is beyond heartbreaking
We drove by Lake Shasta a couple of weeks ago and it looked just as bad. And you are 100% right, California built homes and more homes and not one acre foot of reservoir space was added since the early 70's....close to 50 years.
Diamond Valley Lake in Riverside County was completed in 2003 and holds 800,000 acre feet when full. I think it is the only recent one in the state.
Apparently there are dams being torn down!
(Do yt search)
@@ericojonx those are dams on the Klamath River. Hydro power dams. That water isn’t being exported south
@@Idahoguy10157 I also heard that the Fed's have stopped Klamath River Basin releases to close to 1200 farmers in Southern Oregon.
@@GrandsonofKong …. I heard that too. Supposed to be for the minimum flows for Salmon and Steelhead
We have huge water problems - what do we do? Grow rice - one of the most water-intensive crops known.
Almonds as well. I think we can survive without almonds.
In normal times I think water from the flooded rice fields enters the aquifer. Much of the central valley relies on ground water wells. So it's not so clearly a bad idea. Just saying that things are usually more complicated when you know more, although it could be a political choice. The farmers have a lot of power and use far more water than people do.
@@juniorgonzalez2344 but have you ever had an Almond Joy.
You're right! California should just BAN all the farms! Let them eat cake!
Who needs food anyway?
@@juniorgonzalez2344 And frickin pistachios.
I was just in Yosemite, and can't believe how dry it is already! Add that to the crazy heat wave as I drove back North, and this year is shaping up to be pretty dangerous. Stay safe down there!
Never thought I would see Lake Shasta so low you can walk across it at LakeHead!!!
In my southern California locale, lawns are overwatered, new lawns are planted, and people still hose off their cars and driveways. Yesterday a neighbor was running their sprinklers in the hottest part of the day-- during a heat wave. Planting native plants can greatly reduce irrigation needs for landscaping, but most "water-wise" plants sold are not natives, and require more water than local natives. If you convert your yard into a beautiful native garden, then sell the property, chances are that the new owner will rip out the natives and plant a lawn... in the summer. Most people just don't understand that there is a different way to make their yards look nice.
Water thirsty crops!! Avocados, Rice, Almonds. Its mental.
This has nothing to do with residential usage and everything to do with watering farms.
@@krtacct Farms grow food. We need to eat food. Lawns are not food. They are primarily ornamental, and in suburban soCal, take up a huge portion of each residence's water usage. If every homeowner in my area replaced their lawn with a judicious selection of plants from our coastal sage scrub community, and diverted select gray water to landscape use, we would need to use little to no imported water in our yards. Multiply that effect by millions of properties, and we'd be on our way to a more sustainable landscape overall. I don't know the stats for how many acre-feet could be saved, but presumably the water agencies have some estimates.
@Andrew H Excellent point. It would also be helpful if we didn't have to release so much water into the delta to either "help" the extinct smelt, or to flush the sewage out of the SF Bay. In all of the hundreds of surveys done since 2018, only 4 smelt have been found. San Francisco has been leaking sewage into their bay for decades. They don't use a single drop of their water supply, Hetch Hetchy (currently 90% full), to flush their own crap out of their own bay. No, the water comes from Folsom, Oroville, and Shasta. I guess there's no incentive for them to fix their sewage leaks. Faux environmentalists. Just back in March we were dumping over 13,500 CFS into the delta. Only 3,300 is needed for salt intrusion. cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/QueryDaily?s=DTO&end=2021-05-06&span=30days&fbclid=IwAR08DSLBS1FteNkpqM3b7_3nAbEM7_7EPQZ4k308lnNKoSz-wtvfjxuo8d4
Hard to believe....4 years and a ciuple ago when i found your channel...evacuations were taking place in fear of a possible dam failure.
The dam was never in question. It was the spillways that were.
@@nebtheweb8885 not my point
Interesting stuff, makes me glad I live on the shore of Lake Ontario.
I hear you, I'm glad to be living in Michigan.
Likewise, NW Pa.
Iwe are in a draught too. I'm in Milwaukee and I drink the tap water.
@@missingremote4388 Yeah, right now we are pretty dry in Michigan for only being mid-June. All of our water is from individual Wells, something we sometimes take for granted.
We don't call it the Department of Wasted Resources for just any reason.
The resources always run out under communism.
@@generalkayoss7347 It's not communism to blame sadly. Its worse. Its cronyism. They've been sucking the north state dry and shipping that water down to a desert wasteland for 100 years. Which is why it's strategically vital the State of Jefferson succeeds from the failure of California and sells them the water power they so desperately need and make a nice tidy profit for it. If they want to live in a desert, that's their choice. But they need to pay desert prices.
@@yellowcat1310 Autocorrect fail.
Wasted on growing rice in an area prone to drought.
Lol
Thanks again, Juan! Another accurate easy to follow and understand overview of the water situation at Oroville Dam and Lake. With glimpses into different parts of the back story behind this important vital facility. Juan Brown- Mr Facts and History!!
You can "defy" gravity, for a little while...but in the end, gravity always wins.
Nature is the same...it will always win.
Try as we might, for better or for worse, mother nature will always be the winner in the end.
Population needs to be in balance with jobs, resources, nature and the environment. The virus is nature fighting back. Humans are crowding out all other species of plants and animals. Men need to be more responsible for their children or get a vasectomy. More people demand more resources. Endless population growth is not sustainable on a finite planet. Having a child that you can not provide for is cruel and irresponsible. If you can not provide for yourself you can not provide for a child. People need to be more responsible.
@Carter Mcafee So your saying men should not be responsible for their children ? Sounds selfish and self centered.
@@KJSvitko
The virus was man made.
As a midwesterner, I feel like California is just one big Mad Max Prequel.
I don't know what their options are if that thing dries up. Where do they get water for 44 million people and a bunch of farmers throughout the valley? It is such a cluster and yet their biggest concern is spending 100 million dollars to get more people a corona vax.
Actually, its a prequel to the world.
Overpopulation depletes natural resources beyond recovery.
Maybe if the gubbamint would quit paying people to overpopulate the planet and stop penalizing those that do not.
The over abundance of homeless people sure makes it feel that way
Well said.
As a Californian I feel like it is most definitely just one big Mad Max Prequel. Thank you
If I did not watch your report on the spillway repairs I would of never met the rice farmer. If I never met the rice farmer i would of never met the Armless Farmer. Juan you have opened many eyes. Great job my friend.
Hey Mr Brown great video? I'm actually in Oroville now working up in Berry Creek. Despite all the fires and the drought, it's still beautiful country. I actually came over from Virginia to work on the fire damage.
"Hosed" haven't heard that term in years.....Love your channel blancalirio
🤯 JB, you just blew my mind with all the details. You weren't kidding! This is complicated.
Thanks for your time and patience explaining all of this and for the free ride over the dam area.
I guess Matt Sligar gets his H2O from here? Haven't heard from him for a while. All the best if you see him.
All the best at work. Hope it's going well?
Take care and fly safe. 🖖🏼🤟🏼
Super video! I applauded for $5.00 👏👏
Thanks George!
It has been a long time since I've commented one but fantastic coverage as usual. I lived here for over 17 years and still a head scratcher. Thank you for your video and your audio coverage.
Thank you for another amazing Oroville update. So clear and informative. I really appreciate your updates!
Hi Blanco. Wieder ein geniales Video. Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland.
Excellent explanation, history and current summary of a very important area.
Looking Forward to Your Updates👍.
Actually “Seeing with your own two eyes” with your Video makes a Huge Impact compared to just numbers and words in a report.
Loved your Oroville updates when the thing was falling apart. You were the only one with full coverage. I still have the CDEC water levels dashboard in my bookmarks - every spring I root for the Oroville reservior to get filled up....
Maybe we could divert money from the High Speed Rail boondoggle and build desalination plants of the Pacific coast. If we get started now ,the first ones should be operational in 15 years . Lots of environmental impact studies, lawsuits for shutting down Brown's buddies. Ya know. Ironically, Brown's father was one of the driving forces to build our water distribution system. Thanks for your videos. Always informative.
Bruh, they don't have 15 years if it keeps going at this rate. They've got like 2 or 3 years. You seriously don't understand how bad it is.
There are already 11 desalination plants in California, with at least an additional 10 in the planning stages or early development.
California has been in a "7 year drought cycle" for over a century. 6 years on average of La Niña with almost no rain. Then a year of El Niño, with massive flooding.
But over the decades the population has exploded, and there is no longer enough water to go around. This is an issue of massive state mismanagement of their resources.
I couldn't agree with you more, California constantly cries out WE HAVE NO WATER WE ARE IN A DROUGHT. which is really funny when you see how millions of gallons of their water is being dumped in to dry creek beds and rivers because some sort of sacred fish was found that they have to keep alive. Even though these creek beds and smaller rivers are naturally designed to dry up and reflow during the snow seasons in the colder part of the states. Crazy!
Everyone and their mother owning wineries sure makes a negative dent. And I am speaking of when the winery ownership got big in the 90s....a lot of cons with the internet and being "connect" EVERYONE wants to come here and max out resources for what they have as their idea of what the california dream should be.
@@ATI556 don't fight over water
there's plenty of water in the ocean right next to
just build desalination plants and convert it to drinkable water
Rice Paddies everywhere in the central valley yet nobody questions why we are growing a monsoon crop in an arid region. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Yeah desalination & nuclear energy are the answer. But it’ll take a crisis to get people to move their ass
Fires, earth quakes and droughts sound like a great place to live. I'll buy 1 small house for 1.5 million dollars please.
You only have 1.5 million? Would you like your phone booth with or without a yard?......LOL
Ah, sharp wit.
Washing the poop off the sidewalks has used too much water
And silicon valley claims they are smart
Better make sure it includes water rights or your high and dry
I believe that there still aren't any serious watering restrictions in SoCal.
So cal is in better shape then in the north. Still bad though.
There are 0. Pools are filled, lawns watered, people are hosing down cars and paved areas without a care.
@@aredditor4272 Lake Perris is at 86%. Probably the best in all of California.
@@kevinbossick8374 I'm in North Los Angeles County, and lake Perris is 90 miles to the south, it's even south of Los Angeles. It's literally the southernmost end of the same project this post is about.
@@kevinbossick8374 yeah they’re in great shape because they steal everyone elses water
Thank you for these videos. The impact is so much greater than the meteorological maps and 15 second sound bytes offered by the mainstream media.
Thanks for taking us up again, very informative.
You've got tens of millions of people with lawns and golf-courses that suck-up the water.
If you blame the farmers, then stop eating so they don't consume water to feed you.
No
And don’t forget the swimming pools. Imagine how much water it takes to fill all of those swimming pools.
@@kanamichelle7404 Other than evaporation, pools aren't so bad. But lawns and golf courses are terrible consumers of water.
Yep...I have been bitching about that for years here in Ontario, we spend billions of dollars building water treatment plants to make the water drinkable and then we take fully 60% and use it to water frigging lawns! Absolutely ridiculous!!!
Sending rain wishes from Tucson.
Thanks, Tucson. Curious where your water comes from? How do you manage it?
@@nancychace8619 Central Arizona Project. As large Southwestern cities go, Tucson does a pretty good job of water management. As in, don't even THINK of having a lawn here. Just don't.
Really well presented overview, just facts, sights, and graphs, no political or environmental bs.
Very appreciated for your time making this video. I really want to watch it but after 2mins in while you're flying, I can't believe my head can't take it because I've been having serious dizziness problems lately that I can't keep watching. Keep up the good work! I'll try to skipping the flying part and watch it later again.
My God Juan.. When you showed the inlet to the spillway and it was high and dry.. Holy cow.. That's just crazy..
I pray you guy's get through this.. We know this year is far from over at this point..
Stay blessed, stay healthy Juan.. It's great to see you back up in the air my friend..
Some great information, particularly the historical review of water levels, thanks for putting this together! Could you investigate other locations for your in-cockpit camera? There were several times where you referred to something that was out of (our) view; the diagonal struts inside the windshield might be a better spot.... Thanks again!
Mount a GoPro 360 cam under the Husky so viewers can look around.
I know it sounds bad but I'm glad there was a dam emergency. Because of it I found perhaps the best channel on youtube!
Thank you! Appreciate clarity, as always from your updates.
Thanks for the trip back to Oroville and water education over the past several years
I’ve lived through too many droughts in California to get alarmist about this video. Our State government has never concerned themselves with the average tax-paying resident as their primary concern. Its about #1 environmentalists, #2 staying in office through changing demographics to vote. #3 Money from special interests. That’s all
you got everything right except #1. it was scientists and environmentalists who warned about overdevelopment, destroying natural watersheds, and planting water hungry crops in an area that was semi desert. it was the fucking greedy neocons who told us all to fuck off, they were going to make their money no matter what. I know, I was one of those scientists. they didn't need special interests at the state level, because the neocons took control of the coast development agency, and already had control of the ag business in the central valley.
Over the Pitt River arm of Shasta today during the ARC on the LOC BC 16 .All exposed trees. Never seen the lake so low
My Dad is retired DWR. He foretold this about 20 years ago when the DWR decided the measurements division could be eliminated and let the plant operators take over. That and corruption just added to the problem.
Nice little Husky you have there!
retired from Darrell Waltrip Racing??😜😂
Boogity Boogity Boogity
@@ManMountainMetals I wish: CA Department of Water Resources brother.
"That's what put this channel on the map". Yep - I was watching this and recalled how I found your channel while looking for footage of the spillway failure. When I realised your channel was an aviation channel, I felt like I hit the jackpot. You are now on rotation with my other aviation channels like 74 Gear and Mentor Pilot.
Thanks Juan.Im in Portland right now and it let's me see how dire it's gett.
I know drought is bad, we're having lots of our own here in CO, however this means it's a good time for making improvements to structures that are normally under water.
Colorado had 2 lakes. When I was there and one was a dry reservoir.
(Sloan lake/
+1
@Jerry P re: "They say Colorado had more moisture than recorded in 77 years" in contrast the "bathtub rings" at Hoover and Lake Mead "say" (in no uncertain terms) the area has been in drought for the last 22 years... mead.uslakes.info/level.asp
@Jerry P re: "That’s democrats convincing you of global warming" no those RINGS are ones seen with my OWN EYES year's ago while standing on the Tillman Bypass Bridge, the bridge was completed 2010. the level in Lake Mead is now down to 1070ft. Dems "crowing" about Climate Change is relatively NEW phenomena of the past 5 years.
@Jerry P re: "not saying global warming isn’t real" GOOD, there's hope for you kids yet. i mean it's going to be YOUR problem when we're gone so you'd better start dealing with it. oh look, yet another HORRENDOUS fire season "approacheth" (as if 2019 and 2020 weren't bad enough). "Those who don't know History are DOOMED to repeat it..." - George Santayana (1863-1952)
Heard you can get a hell of a deal on a houseboat fully loaded. Bring water!
The Middle Fork of the Feather River passes not far from my home near Portola, CA. The river is still flowing to the reservoir. Can’t speak for the North and South forks
Good to know. Thank you.
My Mom said they were predicting 113 in the Portland area, I don't think I've ever seen that. Bottom line is much of California is arid.
Fantastic job as usual Juan. We following you through the whole process of the dam repair. It still amazes me what that Engineer was able to do.
"We burned through a lot of water." Exactly... Mismanagement.
And heat wave due to climate change
@@muddywisconsin The climate always changes.
"Investigate letting water out with malice intent" That's what i propose
@@allgrainbrewer10 Yes, but not this quickly, and never like this in the history of human civilisation. The changes we're seeing happen in the last 50 years typically take tens of thousands of years to occur naturally.
It's planned like the case of Australia before they privatized water access.
The scenic view is better better from the Mighty Luscombe. Could you mount a camera outside the cockpit for a better scenic view? I am a huge fan of all of your varied content.
I remember about 10 years ago lake Dillon in Colorado rockies was drying up. Looked like end of the world. After few years of good snow it refilled to normal. It is matter of cycles. Eastern Colorado had a wet and cool spring, we are now finally out of drought status.
well west slope has only been getting worse and worse.... most boat ramps over here are out of the water. mc phee dropped something like 40ft in the last year alone.
Excellent documentary showing complexity of variables ("many moving parts"). Very impressive to fly into the region to show the fire damage and the drought impact!
Very informative. Thanks so much for the background and the recent history.
2020: Social distancing
2021: Water distancing
Scarecity and inflation!
#grandpa's opinion. A couple years ago, it was a flood. Where did all of that water go??
Personally I'm here at the 4,000' elevation below Lassen with a 75' well. The last thing I need is for it to go dry.
Great video as usual Juan. Been watching you since the start of the Oroville situation. Hope all is well with you and the family. Blessings from NZ.
El Nino v La Nina. We used to know these patterns by heart. Now, no one even mentions them. Next year there will be landslides again in California and Oroville will be full.
I live above Lake Oroville and the word is they'll ever let it get close to full again due to the emergency dam's inability to function correctly.
El Nino can fill 15 Orovilles!
La Nina can drain 5 Orovilles...
We simply need more reservoirs west of the Sierra Nevada...And figure out how to stop sucking migration fish up...what a wonderful State it could be...3rd Centurion Californian... Farmers need to rotate crops during La Nina and stop their bitching....
The definitive read on the history of western water needs development is Marc Reisner’s Cadillac Desert. It is very California centric but California’s water needs have driven most of the dam and water management policies throughout the entire west for over a century and more. PBS did a series on it back in the 70s and the problems haven’t changed, but only been exacerbated by population growth and intransigent environmental policies.
New reservoirs? Naw. Let's build a train to nowhere!
@@kareno8634 billion. Only one thousand million.
only commies build reservoirs
I was going to say the exact same thing! Time to leave this state!
@@DirtFlyer you have to build the reservoirs to collect the run off. You cant double the population and not increase out water storage capacity. This goes in cycles and it doesn't take a rocket surgeon to figure out that you have to build the reservoirs first or we will just keep completing this cycle that we have been doing this for as long as i can remeber.
@@DirtFlyer in East Tennessee, 2016, we went months and months without a drop of rain (which led to the Gatlinburg fire), and other than burned out lawns and a giant forest fire, we had ZERO issues for water supply. Why???? Because we have freaking reservoirs all over the place. I can launch my bass boat at 5 different reservoirs within 30 minutes drive of my house
Great video - CA’s water management is the key issue for anyone who knows anything about CA.
You would think with the lower water levels it would be an excellent time to clean out the bottom of these lakes to increase capacity when we do have a significant rainfall. Get the correct company and they can reclaim quite a bit of gold at the same time to sweeten the pot
Mr. Brown.... I suggest you investigate the "system" and see if water is being let out with malice intent.
I second the motion.
@@ogfight So, youtube removed my comment about California losing a Congressional Seat because of population loss. Interesting. Now, they are throttling my likes. Fuck this place
Close the golf courses and water park’s and stop watering lawns.
First dig out all of the vineyards. Vineyards are like Starbucks now. There is one on every corner. Hundreds of gallons of water to make one gallon of wine.
@Sonnie Smiles Let's just have Stewart Resnick of Paramount Farms fund desalination plants in SoCal. That's the least he could do to make up for what he has done.
Let's have another shut down
A golf course doesn't have to use excess water. Only the greens need to have grass all of the grass between the greens us just for show. But I concede that I do think golf is a waste of space.
@@markrichards6863 your right why have that beautiful space that you pay for btw to enjoy?alot of the grass is drought resistant and doesnt have to be watered as much!but im sure youd rather have another tesla supercharging station!oh btw run partial by coal power plants
I hope CA gets the rain they need, mostly so Californians don’t leave CA and infect other states.
It's not all California people just the coastal a holes, and of course politicians.
Good point ! Only problem is that they are already ruining my state of Arizona !
This effecting most western states not just California
Ok, so how does a line on a map make people on one side different from the other....it doesn't, it just brings out the dummies in the crowd. Grow up and use your head for more than a hat rack.
@@royormonde3682 Well said Roy...there are fools here in Scotland trying to open 400 year old differences...for what...to get their names written down in history...instead of governing the country well...😡
Kind of begs the question whether rice agriculture does make sense in a dry area.
we who grew up in CA in the 60s.. said the same things when rice started displacing more conservative crops in the 70s and 80s. but no, conservatives controlling development in CA refused, literally refused, to listen.
Over the last month Lake Shasta dumped a ton of water. It was released due to no cooling spring rain and the need to get rid of warm surface water so that later it will not continue to warm, harming fish migration. I watched the releases go from one tube releasing to a high of 5 tubes releasing. These releases also bypassed the power generation system in the dam. The lake is over 10 lower than it was on 11/15/20. This does need to be evaluated going forward.
Thanks again for the great coverage. Glad to see your back to work and also able to keep up with these Videos. I watch with interest from San Francisco.
Seems like a good time to do some maintenance / upgrades on dam systems...
Seems like a good time to take climate change seriously, and stop whistling past the graveyard!
Upgrade the dam? You may not NEED the damn soon!
Yet, we love our cheap gas prices. Everyday I see people sitting in their parked cars, looking at their phones, with their motors running. Just one more indication of how seriously we take the issue.
Yes, and an extra season for construction.
@@carlwilliams6977 No, California has just been over using resources for the longest time.
@@carlwilliams6977 why would you go there? Smh
You know they drained Anderson reservoir in Santa Clara county to do maintenance knowing they were in a drought. Maybe those managing these systems need to rethink what they are doing.
I'm constantly surprised at the number of people who advocate destroying the rivers of California as a response to drought.
Thanks Juan, I'm thinking this year is going to be a game changer. The fall salmon run is going to be heavily stressed and the farmers are not getting what they need. The Colorado system is in dire condition so southern Cal needs will be high as ever. Somethings gotta give. Time to desalinate water for the south maybe
Had Cali not elected any Progressives by 2010 we would have had over a 100 Reservoirs collecting water and free energy. Instead we got the Soviet Union screaming seig-heil at us.
@@mitch_the_-itch We have somewhere around 1500 reservoirs in California as of now. Gonna run out of places to put them. Beside the fact we can't seem to fill the ones we have. Seig heil was a Nazi salute so you won't find any soviets using it.
@@mitch_the_-itch truth spoken
So glad for your informational vids on this issue among the many other Nor Cal issues.
Time for Cali to implement a "No-grass, 1-minute Navy-shower, No-golf, No-carwash" policy.
California needs MORE grass. Weeds as well. A natural blanket to hold in ground water. like mother nature intended. The Orville Resovoir is merely a catchment, NOT a source. The ecosystem needs to recover from the decades of man made problems. The landscape wont heal if it is cemented over and allowed to erode into desert. And fools in the State bueracracy need to step aside for people who will actually fix things vs lining their pockets and sticking to FAILED policies.