I road tripped to Lake Powell the first time in the mid nineteen 90s. Rented a boat and spent two day exploring and tubing . The lake was so much different , much deeper , so much more surface area. Very saddened seeing it this low. Glad i had the chance to experience it when it was nearly full. Thanks for sharing your video .
Your welcome, thank you for your story. Also, if possible you should come check it out now. We may never see it this low again for years or… continue to see it get lower. Only time will tell.
@@DesertRatExploration very interesting area, no matter what! More to see when the level is this low. ;-) But, understandably shocking ~ have faith though~ nature never disappoints!
Excellent video! Thanks for the updates on the water situation. We're optimistic that lake levels will increase substantially as our snowpack up north holds much promise.
Grateful for the rain on the California side, I was so hoping and believed these lakes would received a great deal of the rain also. Still praying, it is coming, it will nice to see these rise and fish proliferate and the situation get back to a full capacity.
Glen Canyon ( Lake Powel) and Lake Mead are both in the Colorado River Watershed, mostly to the south and east of where the California rain and snowstorms have come. Feather and Sacramento River drainages, Tuolumne River, Lake Tahoe have received that precipitation. There may be aome snowfall in the upper Colorado, so we’ll see what happens when that snowmelt moves downstream.
I just came across this video and enjoyed every second of it! I subscribed and liked because . . . well, your voice is soothing, I love the lake, and have not been on the water since before covid so I am longing for visual delight and any info I can find! Keep up the good work (my new favorite LP reporter! ;-)
GREAT video...THANKS.... Hope to see water up to the ramps this year... YAHOOOO.!!!! been a long time coming... hope this wet stream continues for the next couple of years.!!!
@@DesertRatExploration Peak run off is June 6th in colorado. If you haven't traveled in colorado this winter what the data does not show is incredible snow down low that's starting to melt now and will fill the soil profile with out impacting the high altitude snow.
@@prospectorsoils1240 that’s interesting. It makes sense in regards to the water table. If it’s low all the moisture is sucked up by the dirt. Early snow melt gives you guys hardcore wildfires in the summer. Hopefully this year with all that moisture the Rockys will stay wet throughout the summer.
@@DesertRatExploration Not to be a downer, but you should read the NYT article by Dale Maharidge from three days ago about how the dam's level is even lower than is appears because of the ignored sediment deposits. It's important.
I have seen something about that recently. Above the Bullfrog at Hite. The whole area has seen 100 feet of sediment build up. There was one video on Facebook were someone compared the before and after photos. Insane!
@@DesertRatExploration How crazy to actually catch a flare being shot off. It just goes to show how effective a flare could be. Thanks for calling it in, good deed for the day.
You answered a lot of my dam questions in your video. Thanks,and I, just subscribed to your channel, because I would love to take my wife out west. I’ve been there, but that was decades ago.
Thank you very much for this interesting report. So sad to see what is going on at Lake Powell. I have been there a few times and I always found the beauty of this lake nearly extraterrestrial. Hopefully the water will rise in the next days or weeks due to the actuall weather conditions. Best wishes from Germany.
I live in Pittsburgh PA and I always watch videos of Lake Powell In lake Mead And I've always wanted to see them in person but this is one of the best videos on the lake very informative Can you go to parts of the lake that barely get Shown The point where the river flows into the Lakes thank you
Visited Lake Powell in 1998. Rented a boat and crossing the lake was like a rough day on the ocean. Now, poor water management and population growth and the growing of crops in the desert, the lake will continue to drop unless people start taking a hard look at water waste.
Lake Powell is the pinnacle of Lakes. If you’re goal is to see and ski the absolute best Lakes in the U.S., Lake Mead and Lake Powell are the top of the heap. But Lake Powell is just special. The view is unmatchable. As a boater, this is the ultimate in lakes. Nacimiento, Shasta, Mead and Powell all are very exceptional.
Took my bass boat right up to the barrier you see there back in 2001 remember seeing the depth around 300-400 feet deep on the sonar screen back when the lake was almost full. It was rough lake in a bass boat was 20 feet long but was almost flat bottom after 2nd time we decided not to go back just too rough at least in the narrow canyons where lot of boat traffic.
There is an episode of the 1960s television show, Route 66, which used Glen Canyon Dam as the backdrop for the story. There are several sequences showing the actual construction of the dam in progress.
SORRY, THE FEDS DON'T CONTROL THE WEATHER, BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME, TO MANY PEOPLE IN AZ, CA, NV, AND UTAH ALL SUCCKING WATER FROM THE COLORADO ,SOON, MIGRATION WILL OCCUR TO STATES WITH MORE WATER
@@impitt28 , for years lake Powell and lake Meade have been mismanaged, they have have been releasing more water than they intake, no reservoir will fill with this corrupt managing of the reservoirs . Most likely to create fear of climate change .
I had a chance back in the 60's to rent a small houseboat in Bullfrog with my family. It was a great family time so bought a bigger boat and camped for years. I never dealt wit low water. It's a shame CA and Nevada and AZ keep building housing then draining the Colorado river basin. You can't fill a bath tub if you leave the drain open no matter how much water enters the system.
Just a small correction, Nevada uses less water today than it did 20 years ago.... its not Nevada (which only gets 4% of the lower Colorado basin allocation anyway). And I agree, renting a houseboat from Bullfrog 50 years ago was epic, our family did the same
@@DesertRatExploration I can’t agree. Lake Mead is really losing water. Powell feeds the system. The developers are now using less water design but the damage is done because the lawns, golf courses, and whatever are sucking up water. I believe to agree to disagree not create a issue
We had a really good snow year... but that's a drop in the bucket compared to what is needed. given the evaporation rate from the lake and the human use, not much of this huge snow year is going to be left come winter. Putting us more or less right back where we're at now. We need about 5 to 8 years in a row like this to really break the drought, but if that doesn't alter the overall weather and use patterns we're still going right back into significant low water.
If it’s not consistent then we are in trouble. All of the projections say we are not out of the woods. Climate change is happening and it’s happening fast
Coming to Lake Powell with the CAP'N LEM for the Great Ring O' Fire Eclipse in October. That would be an opportunity for Desert Rat to do some YT s on where to view, stay, what to see what to avoid.
In 1983 there was a flood event that caused the Lake to fill above capacity. Literally the federal government used plywood to hold back Lake Powell. They attached it to the spillway gates. I’ll send you a link. That’s a possibility of what you are seeing. Unless it’s the lighting and time of day. www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2019/07/18/1983-arizona-glen-canyon-dam-lake-powell-almost-overflowed-colorado-river/1662234001/
$0 for personal filming and no monetization on UA-cam or TikTok. But there is a one time application fee depending on the park and location of $100-$260 NON REFUNDABLE. Unfair
That depends on agricultural restrictions mainly. The Feds have implemented a tier system restriction for the states this past year of 2022. Arizona was hit hard and reduced it’s agriculture. California was not hit which they are the biggest user. It all depends on Lake Mead water level.
@@DesertRatExploration I am talking about all water consumption that affects the water levels at Lake Mead. Simply reporting on the water level is meaningless
So, total releases for water year 2023 are 2,852,156 acre feet from Glen Canyon Dam to Lake Mead. This is 38.03% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet. The upper basin must send that 7.5 Million every year to Mead. But to answer your question I don’t know what all the consumption factors are as, there is many. You would have to do your own research. Im sorry your dissatisfied with my content and "meaningless" reporting on water levels.
Lake Powell has started rising since your video was shot. Must be the snowpack is melting. March 20: Lake Powell is up 0.52 feet from the low for water year.
Your correct. It might be the low elevation melt but it’s most likely the rain storms that have come through the basin. Lake Powell is very sensitive to rise and fall right now due to it being in the canyons. Think of the lake as a martini glass. It has a V shape which makes it rise and drop fast at certain elevations.
Your not wrong on the ruins. So much history of our past gone. Here is a great video. Not sure if you have seen but you’ll love it. ua-cam.com/video/0b3xj-4gcLk/v-deo.html
If the powers to be of Powell and Meade shut down 50% of their power generators. The lakes would fill quicker. It's not like the dams are their only power source now with solar and wind in the area now.
Municipalities would complain about the rise in power bills even if it’s pennies on the dollar. They all want those fix rates with no variability. The last thing utility companies wanna do is break into their reserves which, the people themselves I’ve already paid for.
Lake Powell Straddles the Utah Nevada state line. The water would be raised faster if they cut California out of the loop because the system was only designed for 14 million people not 40 million
Prior Appropriation Doctrine “first in time, first in right” is a concept which this country has had as its basis. California was first. Dang 49ers and their gold!
@@bubcat54 YEP......California is the world’s 5th largest supplier of food, cotton fiber, and other agricultural commodities. In the U.S., California is the largest producer of food despite having less than 4% of the farms in the country. The state has a unique Mediterranean climate that allows it to grow a variety of over 450+ different crops. Some of the crops such as almonds, artichokes, figs, and raisins are exclusive to California, and the state is the largest exporter of almonds in the world. In the U.S., California is the number one dairy state and is the 4th largest wine producer in the world. The state produces over 90% of the wine in the U.S. It is also the nation’s leading producer of strawberries, averaging 1.4 billion pounds of strawberries (that’s 83% of the country’s total fresh and frozen strawberry production).
@@domcizek I have a small farm 40 acres, which includes a greenhouse, chickens, goats and a large garden. I also let neighbors cows graze on select sections. Cut wood to heat with. Plus sell the wood to rich prats who pay me four hundred dollars for a cord of wood. I Grow grains which i can make flour or I trade to other farmers for beef. The fact is poor water management by California politicians and a water system designed to support on 14 million is the cause of farmers in California continuing fighting with the state to ensure they have enough water to irrigate their crops.
When a flare is shot skyward, someone is in need of immediate assistance, not to have their flare wasted on the one person more interested in continuing filming their video blog. For your lack of concern, I am giving you a dislike.
At about the same time you posted your comment, @Desert Rat Explorations responded to another person that inquired about this. You should take note that the other person was able to ask the same question without being an asshole, try it out. @Desert Rat Explorations did indeed call the rangers. Thanks for concern Karen.
I can understand your frustration if the proper action was not taken. Rest assured, I spoke to the rangers immediately after that specific clip was shot. They told me they couldn’t do anything until the following morning! They didn’t have a ranger on shift able to drive a boat across the bay. Insane!! If I had a boat I would have gone myself.
Lookin' bleak to me! I am sitting on the Colorado River in Western Colorado watching lots of water flow by and the occasional baldy cruise by. I'm not real sure you should be counting on a 50' rise in water level this year. That'd be nice, but don't bet on it.
I believe the lake could raise 20-25’ IF they don’t go back to releasing so much water downstream. If you’re one of the fisherman like me who is itching to get up there…I’m thinking it’s gonna be rising rapidly, be dirty and lots of floating debris till mid July with fish Wondering what’s going on with the rising lake. But I’m gonna get there at least 5-6 times this year and enjoy it while we have it!
A 50 foot rise in the lake level would not surprise me at all. There is a heavy snowpack in the Uinta Mountains of Utah, which will translate into high water flows in the Green River drainage. The Green will bolster the Colorado considerably. Our weather pattern here in the Intermountain West has been heaven sent.
The very best Lake Powell video, with informative comment and NO IRRITATING MUSIC/NOISE in the background. Thank you for your hard work.
Appreciate your comment. Keeping it simple is the way to go. I’ll try and keep you all informed with quality film and information.
So water levels are lower but consumption in the last 50 years is ...........
Welcome back Steve
@@DesertRatExploration Can I see pictures of the puddles in your yard ?
I road tripped to Lake Powell the first time in the mid nineteen 90s. Rented a boat and spent two day exploring and tubing . The lake was so much different , much deeper , so much more surface area. Very saddened seeing it this low. Glad i had the chance to experience it when it was nearly full. Thanks for sharing your video .
Your welcome, thank you for your story. Also, if possible you should come check it out now. We may never see it this low again for years or… continue to see it get lower. Only time will tell.
how low is your IQ? weather is always in cycles--lake powell was empty in 1963--
@@DesertRatExploration very interesting area, no matter what! More to see when the level is this low. ;-)
But, understandably shocking ~ have faith though~ nature never disappoints!
Even Barry Goldwater who was the Arizona Senator who was in favor of the dam......was regretfull later in his life, of his push for its construction.
I'm very saddened I never got to see these canyons before they filled them with water.
Nice views, thanks for the local knowledge 👍 That desert sun and landscape is beautiful 🇨🇦🇺🇸
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent video! Thanks for the updates on the water situation. We're optimistic that lake levels will increase substantially as our snowpack up north holds much promise.
Very true!
Thanks for the updates. I hope you keep them coming +++
Your welcome! I have a Antelope Canyon video in the works. Should be posting soon. Hope to see you there.
Great update video!
I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.
Great video! Thank you.
I appreciate the feedback. I’ll do my best to stay accurate and not be misleading.
Thanks for sharing the video.
Your welcome!
Grateful for the rain on the California side, I was so hoping and believed these lakes would received a great deal of the rain also. Still praying, it is coming, it will nice to see these rise and fish proliferate and the situation get back to a full capacity.
IT WILL TAKE 10 MORE YEARS OF STORMS LIKE THIS TO FILL UP TO FULL POOL
Glen Canyon ( Lake Powel) and Lake Mead are both in the Colorado River Watershed, mostly to the south and east of where the California rain and snowstorms have come. Feather and Sacramento River drainages, Tuolumne River, Lake Tahoe have received that precipitation. There may be aome snowfall in the upper Colorado, so we’ll see what happens when that snowmelt moves downstream.
I just came across this video and enjoyed every second of it! I subscribed and liked because . . . well, your voice is soothing, I love the lake, and have not been on the water since before covid so I am longing for visual delight and any info I can find! Keep up the good work (my new favorite LP reporter! ;-)
Hey thanks for the support! I’ll try and keep my reporting accurate and to the point. No BS. I hope you make it to the Lake this summer!
@@DesertRatExploration Your 4K HDR color camera work is amazing!!
@@HardRockMaster7577 thanks! Just need a better mic.
Great video. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Nice! Thanks for the info. Here in L. Tahoe we have plenty of snow.
My 87 yr old Pops and I were there in October!! Beautiful views....
Glad y’all came out. Come back this summer and be amazed how much the water has risen. It will be a completely different view!
GREAT video...THANKS.... Hope to see water up to the ramps this year... YAHOOOO.!!!! been a long time coming... hope this wet stream continues for the next couple of years.!!!
Keep it coming! Hopefully we get a spring storm this year. Not uncommon to get a foot in the Rockies in May!
When does the snow pack begin to melt? I would like to watch this as it fills the lake. Thank You for your videos!
Mid May - Late June
AS SOON AS IT STAYS ABOVE 40 DEGREES AT NIGHT
It also won’t fill the lake
@@DesertRatExploration Peak run off is June 6th in colorado. If you haven't traveled in colorado this winter what the data does not show is incredible snow down low that's starting to melt now and will fill the soil profile with out impacting the high altitude snow.
@@prospectorsoils1240 that’s interesting. It makes sense in regards to the water table. If it’s low all the moisture is sucked up by the dirt. Early snow melt gives you guys hardcore wildfires in the summer. Hopefully this year with all that moisture the Rockys will stay wet throughout the summer.
For reference, what you're looking at here is the lowest the lake has been since being filled in 1980 (3,520.46 feet on March 13, 2023).
Indeed. We are looking at a good spring runoff
@@DesertRatExploration Not to be a downer, but you should read the NYT article by Dale Maharidge from three days ago about how the dam's level is even lower than is appears because of the ignored sediment deposits. It's important.
I have seen something about that recently. Above the Bullfrog at Hite. The whole area has seen 100 feet of sediment build up. There was one video on Facebook were someone compared the before and after photos. Insane!
Did you report seeing that signal flare? Thanks for the great video & info.
Yes! I reported it to the National Park Service. Spoke to a officer. Hopefully no one was seriously hurt.
@@DesertRatExploration How crazy to actually catch a flare being shot off. It just goes to show how effective a flare could be. Thanks for calling it in, good deed for the day.
Timestamp: 9:50
You answered a lot of my dam questions in your video. Thanks,and I, just subscribed to your channel, because I would love to take my wife out west. I’ve been there, but that was decades ago.
I appreciate the feedback. You guys definitely need to come out and visit. It’s a whole different environment that’s for sure.
awesome video , just subbed
Thank you!
Thank you very much for this interesting report. So sad to see what is going on at Lake Powell. I have been there a few times and I always found the beauty of this lake nearly extraterrestrial. Hopefully the water will rise in the next days or weeks due to the actuall weather conditions. Best wishes from Germany.
Appreciate your feedback. Stay safe and hope to see you again here in Arizona!
I live in Pittsburgh PA and I always watch videos of Lake Powell In lake Mead And I've always wanted to see them in person but this is one of the best videos on the lake very informative Can you go to parts of the lake that barely get Shown The point where the river flows into the Lakes thank you
I got something in the works you might like. Just need some final touches. Thank you for your response. I really appreciate the feedback.
Visited Lake Powell in 1998. Rented a boat and crossing the lake was like a rough day on the ocean. Now, poor water management and population growth and the growing of crops in the desert, the lake will continue to drop unless people start taking a hard look at water waste.
We need conservation!
Nice to see more water
Lake Powell is the pinnacle of Lakes. If you’re goal is to see and ski the absolute best Lakes in the U.S., Lake Mead and Lake Powell are the top of the heap. But Lake Powell is just special. The view is unmatchable. As a boater, this is the ultimate in lakes. Nacimiento, Shasta, Mead and Powell all are very exceptional.
Unmatched scenery without a doubt.
Were
Took my bass boat right up to the barrier you see there back in 2001 remember seeing the depth around 300-400 feet deep on the sonar screen back when the lake was almost full. It was rough lake in a bass boat was 20 feet long but was almost flat bottom after 2nd time we decided not to go back just too rough at least in the narrow canyons where lot of boat traffic.
Got to be carful of them monsoons too!
There is an episode of the 1960s television show, Route 66, which used Glen Canyon Dam as the backdrop for the story. There are several sequences showing the actual construction of the dam in progress.
I love that episode. You can find it here on UA-cam!
Pray for lots of rain in all the upper river basin states this year. Will be great for agriculture and the lakes.
Hopefully we get more this month and May!
Even at this level it is beautiful and enormous well worth the trip.
Lots of Lake still.
Man's folly knows no boundaries. ✌️
None whatsoever
Don't worry. The Federal Government will save us from the mess they caused.
yup.. They will have a 1T rescue package and then realize that doesnt bring water!
SORRY, THE FEDS DON'T CONTROL THE WEATHER, BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME, TO MANY PEOPLE IN AZ, CA, NV, AND UTAH ALL SUCCKING WATER FROM THE COLORADO ,SOON, MIGRATION WILL OCCUR TO STATES WITH MORE WATER
@@whatnow9288 well what’s the solution, Einstein?
@@impitt28 , ha! You are not one that looks to the government to solve problems are you? You must be a democrat.
@@impitt28 , for years lake Powell and lake Meade have been mismanaged, they have have been releasing more water than they intake, no reservoir will fill with this corrupt managing of the reservoirs . Most likely to create fear of climate change .
I had a chance back in the 60's to rent a small houseboat in Bullfrog with my family. It was a great family time so bought a bigger boat and camped for years. I never dealt wit low water. It's a shame CA and Nevada and AZ keep building housing then draining the Colorado river basin. You can't fill a bath tub if you leave the drain open no matter how much water enters the system.
Agree my friend.
Just a small correction, Nevada uses less water today than it did 20 years ago.... its not Nevada (which only gets 4% of the lower Colorado basin allocation anyway). And I agree, renting a houseboat from Bullfrog 50 years ago was epic, our family did the same
Las Vegas is actually leading the way in conservation! Reclaimed water and tearing out lawns!
@@DesertRatExploration I can’t agree. Lake Mead is really losing water. Powell feeds the system. The developers are now using less water design but the damage is done because the lawns, golf courses, and whatever are sucking up water. I believe to agree to disagree not create a issue
@@larrykaminski3269 that’s a fair point.
We had a really good snow year... but that's a drop in the bucket compared to what is needed. given the evaporation rate from the lake and the human use, not much of this huge snow year is going to be left come winter. Putting us more or less right back where we're at now. We need about 5 to 8 years in a row like this to really break the drought, but if that doesn't alter the overall weather and use patterns we're still going right back into significant low water.
If it’s not consistent then we are in trouble. All of the projections say we are not out of the woods. Climate change is happening and it’s happening fast
Coming to Lake Powell with the CAP'N LEM for the Great Ring O' Fire Eclipse in October. That would be an opportunity for Desert Rat to do some YT s on where to view, stay, what to see what to avoid.
I got a few spots that would be a great vantage point. Just hope that it’s not a cloudy day!
Good job kid 👍
Appreciate the feedback.
The 'bathtub ring' seems to be higher than the spillway, how is that possible?
In 1983 there was a flood event that caused the Lake to fill above capacity. Literally the federal government used plywood to hold back Lake Powell. They attached it to the spillway gates. I’ll send you a link. That’s a possibility of what you are seeing. Unless it’s the lighting and time of day. www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2019/07/18/1983-arizona-glen-canyon-dam-lake-powell-almost-overflowed-colorado-river/1662234001/
Let's hope for more snowfall.
It’s not uncommon for western Colorado to be hit with snow in April or even May!
@@kevinlawrence4930 it’s raining here in Page, AZ right now
How much you needed to pay to get the filming permit?
$0 for personal filming and no monetization on UA-cam or TikTok. But there is a one time application fee depending on the park and location of $100-$260 NON REFUNDABLE. Unfair
Here's hoping that this year's snowfall will start to refill the lake.
It’s gonna definitely help but filling it would be consistent wet years
How much does consumption factor into the current water levels ?
That depends on agricultural restrictions mainly. The Feds have implemented a tier system restriction for the states this past year of 2022. Arizona was hit hard and reduced it’s agriculture. California was not hit which they are the biggest user. It all depends on Lake Mead water level.
@@DesertRatExploration Lots of words but no real answer
@@stevep927 I may not be qualified enough to answer your question. Are you asking about municipality consumption or agricultural?
@@DesertRatExploration I am talking about all water consumption that affects the water levels at Lake Mead. Simply reporting on the water level is meaningless
So, total releases for water year 2023 are 2,852,156 acre feet from Glen Canyon Dam to Lake Mead. This is 38.03% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet. The upper basin must send that 7.5 Million every year to Mead. But to answer your question I don’t know what all the consumption factors are as, there is many. You would have to do your own research. Im sorry your dissatisfied with my content and "meaningless" reporting on water levels.
We were there a week before, we did Horseshoe Bend too
Glad you stopped by Page. What about Antelope Canyon?
@@DesertRatExploration next trip we ran out of time
@@kjmunster so much to see. You can spend a lifetime and not see it all.
Powell is now on the rise - six inches in the last five days. BuRec is forecasting a max elevation of ~3562 this Water Year.
All the rain we been having has definitely added to the pot.
So, what’s the percentage of fill?
LAKE POWEL IS AT 21 PERCENT OF FULL POOL
@@domcizek thank you ! Appreciate the answer!
Lake Powell has started rising since your video was shot. Must be the snowpack is melting. March 20: Lake Powell is up 0.52 feet from the low for water year.
Your correct. It might be the low elevation melt but it’s most likely the rain storms that have come through the basin. Lake Powell is very sensitive to rise and fall right now due to it being in the canyons. Think of the lake as a martini glass. It has a V shape which makes it rise and drop fast at certain elevations.
Still has more water then Before the dam was built!
Reasonable
It’s LA, Phoenix, Las Vegas
Don’t forget the agriculture
The scariest 9 words -- We're the federal government, and we're here to help!
I learned to swim not far from the dam in the 70's
Same here!
wow. it looks like you could add another 100' to that lake with no problems :(
Yes, I agree. And a lot of that would be going out to Lake Mead
Hopefully the atmospheric rivers of 2023 will help the water shed.
They are helping most definitely
Did you tell anyone you saw a possible flare go up? 9:52
Yes, NPS was notified.
Lake Powell needs more rains
Yes!
So much for Lake Foul. What a travesty the damn was ever built. Submerging countless Anasazi ruins upriver in the many branching canyons.
Your not wrong on the ruins. So much history of our past gone. Here is a great video. Not sure if you have seen but you’ll love it. ua-cam.com/video/0b3xj-4gcLk/v-deo.html
If the powers to be of Powell and Meade shut down 50% of their power generators. The lakes would fill quicker. It's not like the dams are their only power source now with solar and wind in the area now.
Municipalities would complain about the rise in power bills even if it’s pennies on the dollar. They all want those fix rates with no variability. The last thing utility companies wanna do is break into their reserves which, the people themselves I’ve already paid for.
Wish those open spillways in CA were headed to Colorado rather than to the Pacific Ocean.
Unfortunate
You have to wait for the snow melt
Should be coming soon!
to bad there is not a way to harness the excess water california was getting to feed back in to the colorado river area
California definitely uses every last drop they can get their hands on.
Lake Powell Straddles the Utah Nevada state line. The water would be raised faster if they cut California out of the loop because the system was only designed for 14 million people not 40 million
Prior Appropriation Doctrine “first in time, first in right” is a concept which this country has had as its basis. California was first. Dang 49ers and their gold!
HAHA, FUNNY, CALIFORNIA PRODUCES 50 PERCENT OR MORE OF ALL THE USA FOOD SUPPLY , WHEN DO YOU WANT TO STOP EATING ?
@@domcizek
50% huh? You sure about that number? Or should I say: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT NUMBER ?!!!!
@@bubcat54 YEP......California is the world’s 5th largest supplier of food, cotton fiber, and other agricultural commodities. In the U.S., California is the largest producer of food despite having less than 4% of the farms in the country.
The state has a unique Mediterranean climate that allows it to grow a variety of over 450+ different crops. Some of the crops such as almonds, artichokes, figs, and raisins are exclusive to California, and the state is the largest exporter of almonds in the world.
In the U.S., California is the number one dairy state and is the 4th largest wine producer in the world. The state produces over 90% of the wine in the U.S. It is also the nation’s leading producer of strawberries, averaging 1.4 billion pounds of strawberries (that’s 83% of the country’s total fresh and frozen strawberry production).
@@domcizek I have a small farm 40 acres, which includes a greenhouse, chickens, goats and a large garden. I also let neighbors cows graze on select sections. Cut wood to heat with. Plus sell the wood to rich prats who pay me four hundred dollars for a cord of wood. I Grow grains which i can make flour or I trade to other farmers for beef. The fact is poor water management by California politicians and a water system designed to support on 14 million is the cause of farmers in California continuing fighting with the state to ensure they have enough water to irrigate their crops.
It will take 10 years of record snowpack to refill that lake.
What we get this year needs to go to Mead. It’s a balancing act.
All the studies I have read state, 4 winters of this same magnitude.
That's just sad.
We are about to get the runoff!
@@DesertRatExploration I hope you have a few canoes or kayaks ready for ya.
Install wind farms. shut down power plant.
Great Plains would be the spot for wind or off the coast. Here in AZ solar would work best. Solar though has its drawbacks.
Looks like one lonely place now so sad 😭
It’s just because it’s the off season. There will be people in the summer. But right now anyone can have the whole lake to themselves.
In 40 deg daytime weather
Horrible audio
Need a mic
Looks low
Indeed. Should rise a lot this spring
Be gone by next summers end
Definitely a roll of the dice kind of situation.
Too depressing to watch.
It will come up this year!
Dude get to the point why are you so out to lunch I’m not watching this
Sorry to waste your time.
THE VIDEO SHOULD HAVE MORE NARITIVE
I love criticism, what would you like me to add? Genuinely trying to improve.
Very uninformative
More of a real time view of lake levels. The Channel "Time Bomb" I can recommend to you. I’m sorry I didn’t meet you expectation.
When a flare is shot skyward, someone is in need of immediate assistance, not to have their flare wasted on the one person more interested in continuing filming their video blog. For your lack of concern, I am giving you a dislike.
At about the same time you posted your comment, @Desert Rat Explorations responded to another person that inquired about this. You should take note that the other person was able to ask the same question without being an asshole, try it out.
@Desert Rat Explorations did indeed call the rangers.
Thanks for concern Karen.
I can understand your frustration if the proper action was not taken. Rest assured, I spoke to the rangers immediately after that specific clip was shot. They told me they couldn’t do anything until the following morning! They didn’t have a ranger on shift able to drive a boat across the bay. Insane!! If I had a boat I would have gone myself.
Lookin' bleak to me! I am sitting on the Colorado River in Western Colorado watching lots of water flow by and the occasional baldy cruise by. I'm not real sure you should be counting on a 50' rise in water level this year. That'd be nice, but don't bet on it.
Shoot I already put down $500. Lol
all the colorado river lakes will be full this year-
I believe the lake could raise 20-25’ IF they don’t go back to releasing so much water downstream. If you’re one of the fisherman like me who is itching to get up there…I’m thinking it’s gonna be rising rapidly, be dirty and lots of floating debris till mid July with fish Wondering what’s going on with the rising lake. But I’m gonna get there at least 5-6 times this year and enjoy it while we have it!
A 50 foot rise in the lake level would not surprise me at all. There is a heavy snowpack in the Uinta Mountains of Utah, which will translate into high water flows in the Green River drainage. The Green will bolster the Colorado considerably. Our weather pattern here in the Intermountain West has been heaven sent.
all this is nonsense--all colorado river lakes will fill up this year-drama queens ---record snow levels this year and we are not done
Time will only tell. We need proper managment and adjust to low years and not overindulging on the wet years.
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Please tell me you reported that flat to the authorities lol
Of course!