The abundant rain and snowfall are answered prayers! As someone who enjoys the Eastern Sierra, I am very grateful and definitely hoping that Owens Lake and Mono Lake will be replenished to healthy levels. I am fairly confident that the migratory critters would absolutely appreciate it too!
@@douglasodum364 , I'm guessing LP is Lone Pine. Good to read. Just curious, the return of the Owens Lake makes people happy how? Thanks. I'm happy for the environment & the opportunity for people to see it's return. v
@@virginiatyree6705 Yes, I am a Golden Eagle from Lone Pine. The reasons for feeling good about it are several, and some should be obvious. Firstly, as you alluded, the environment is slightly back to its original state. It will never be, completely, but we will take the slight victory. Next, the health issues will now be suppressed for an extended period of time. They may return, but again, we will take it. We will also benefit form the simple pleasure of it being more attractive. Nobody alive has seen what was the natural beauty of the Owens Valley. The DWP created a giant eyesore as well as a health hazard, which leads us to the final benefit, which is simply shoving it in their face. Of course, they will find a way to steal whatever water remains for any significant time...
@@douglasodum364 , Thanks for your input. I know I want to see Owens Lake while it's there. The Los Angeles water will do whatever it takes to destroy it again. I'd like to get rid of swimming pools & golf courses & I know that's not going to happen. People don't seem to get that they live in a desert landscape & need to conserve. I did do some reading about the dust hazards & a similar situation is occurring at the Great Salt Lake. The eastern Sierra is beautiful. Mono Lake is also impressive. v
I'm 2017 the army Corp of engineers redirected the water to Owen's Lake to prevent a flood in Ridgecrest. Huge project. I saw so much equipment going across the area from Victorville.
LA? The vast majority of the water in California is used for agriculture. 85 percent is used to water crops. A third of those crops are for cattle feed.
@@drmodestoesqactually... Owens Lake is dry because of Los Angeles. Owens Valley used to be a hearty agriculture area until LADWP bought all the water rights and shipped the water to Los Angeles
Agriculture consumes over 80% of all water usage leaving less than 20% for all other uses combined. That less the 20% covers all non-agriculture commercial and industrial needs AND all residential needs. Big agriculture wastes an enormous amount of water because they can, in fact, modern farming techniques (hydroponics/aeroponics) require less than 10% as much water as current practices to grow the same quantity of food. The problem is NOT residential or industrial or non-agriculture commercial users it is entirely the fault of big agriculture. In addition to the enormous waste of water, the runoff of that water pollutes the streams and rivers and lakes and if you don't think that's important why don't you take a trip to the Salton Sea!
@@MojaveDan Yes, except the OP was talking about Lake Mead and the Colorado River -- the water being diverted from the Owens Valley area and further north near Mono Lake do indeed cover the LA needs, but, once again, agriculture consume over 80% of all water usage. If the water being diverted for LA in the Owens Valley and Mono Lake area were to end and most of that water, say 80%, were earmarked for agriculture, then LA would need to get its water someplace else and you can be 100% confident that would impact agriculture elsewhere! The state has spent many billions for numerous water projects and the beneficiary of more than 80% of that spending is ... wait for it ... agriculture.
Elixir of life increasing to such an enormous extent makes me very happy. What would be even more surprising would be if 2024 continues this trend. Time will tell.
In the best of all possible worlds, the toxic dust from dry Owens Lake would not be allowed to reoccur. But that would require a water cover which doesn't seem possible.
You know the stories...I've heard em too... Dad uses to follow The Fruit Trail on the twenties through the Great Depression...he told me about that water war...it got nasty...blood in that plow that's for sure...✌️
I question that data, that is, I think it is old data. For many years now there has been a extensive remediation intended to reduce wind blown dust. There has been extensive planting of a specific species of grass that thrives in the alkaline lake bed. I understand that some years ago a court ordered DWP of Los Angeles to increase water flows in the Owens River. With this happening there has been some noticeable greening all along the once thirsty river bed analways some water in the Owens Lake..
@@markthomas207 That court order was in 2004. The reintroduction of water into the lake bed of Lake Owens only covers about 25% of its surface area. Although the are quality is slowly becoming better, the lake bed is still the largest source of dust pollution in the United States of America.
@@dalesuhre6522 Yes, I pointed out that there is not a lot of water in the lake. Many years there has been absolutely none, I am sure that is when the lake bed earned the reputation you speak of. However, I have often driven past the lake in the course of my adult life and have seen the dust being blow around. I am going to say here and now that the situation appears to be very much improved. Also note that the author of this video goes on to say that we still have drought conditions in the state which is also incorrect. He is not up to date in many respects.
Great news! Now alter some of the 14 rivers headwaters flowing west to flow east or collect in a basin and tunnel it to the Owen's River watershed. Make this a normal occurrence and keep this lake full in non drought years. How's the Salton Sea doing? Arizona has been releasing incredible amounts of water into the Gila. Any common sense and it would be diverted into the American Canal and ultimately the Salton Sea.
Never gonna happen bro. LADWP has redirected every stream from the Southern sierras into the big ditch and goes to LA...the dry lake if full of salts which contaminate the water for drinking.
@Mushrooms, Mythology, and Mind The southern Sierra has nowhere near the precipitation surplus and consistency as the mid and northern sierras. The head waters for the Merced, Tuolumne, Mekolumne, Cosumnes, Stanislaus, American, Yuba and all of their tributary forks are within 5-40mi of the Mono Lake basin. The south end of that basin is less than 10mi from a large narrow dry lake bed that also happends to be an Owen's River tributary. This is extremely feasible and Colorado wrote the perfect blueprint.
Keep it that way,you (DWP),dried it up,and created the problem, and now want credit, for solving the problem. California needs to put they're wreckless abandon approach on land development and building, in check.
Science is developing technologies besides desalination to produce fresh water and already irrigated the desert, so a viable solution to California's historic drought crisis is in the making.
Funny, folks in California are all in a tizzy about the dust coming off of the Salton Sea as it drys up, but they do not seem to care about Owens Lake to the same degree.
Ummm someone been screaming for new reservoirs? Someone been bitching because minnows need water? What if I find some DELTA SMELT IN there! That'll fix ya
The lake filling up maybe a short term benefit as los Angela's department of water and power made a big investment into a dry lake mitigation not a flooded one that flood will more than likely destroy that infrastructure and when the lake dries out again they maybe back to square one
Seems like a very biased politically paid for viewpoint about a lake that should never have been dried up by LADWP in the first place---the best solution is to have water permanently in the lake as it once was, rather than a sick lakebed on life support like LADWP wants. Thank god the lake is back, even if only for a short while.
If any of you were really concerned about climate change,you would move out of California. After all as you stated the biggest source of dust pollution is a man made problem , created so you Southern Californians can have swimming pools.
So is the Colorado River flowing to the sea yet? I bet California is spilling flood waters from farmland as fast as they can possibly get away with. How's that ground water recharge going? It takes decades to centuries to recharge a watershed. Business will not allow this bonus water event to go to waste and will burn through it rapidly.
If you wouldn't have mentioned climate change driven droughts, this would have been a great video. I can't decide if this is the result of lazy journalism?
@@slymcfly123 The IPCC disagrees with "Climate Change = worse droughts in SW USA" The IPCC has found (medium confidence) that agricultural drought is worsening, but there are no clear signals for ecological or hydrological drought increases. FYI: Medium confidence = 50/50 chance. However, the lamestream media likes to trumpet nonsense just like this. In fact, they connect pretty much all bad weather with the climate change boogyman. So, the lazy journalist will just parrot what everyone else is saying. Meanwhile, a good journalist, doing proper due diligence, will actually look at what the experts are REALLY saying. Reference: IPCC AR6 WG1 Report (publicly available) Please tell me more about your so-called 'facts.'
typical trumper we have 8 years of drought and 1 year of lots of water and you think the drought is over the Aquifers underground are what need to be Replenished not just full lakes.
i see a flag must be a trumpet republican you follow a traitor who lost a election and sent republican Goons to the capital to kill people some Patriot you guys are.
The abundant rain and snowfall are answered prayers! As someone who enjoys the Eastern Sierra, I am very grateful and definitely hoping that Owens Lake and Mono Lake will be replenished to healthy levels. I am fairly confident that the migratory critters would absolutely appreciate it too!
Glad I'm alive to see this happen. Thanks for posting.
All of us from LP are happy
@@douglasodum364 , I'm guessing LP is Lone Pine. Good to read. Just curious, the return of the Owens Lake makes people happy how? Thanks. I'm happy for the environment & the opportunity for people to see it's return. v
@@virginiatyree6705 Yes, I am a Golden Eagle from Lone Pine. The reasons for feeling good about it are several, and some should be obvious. Firstly, as you alluded, the environment is slightly back to its original state. It will never be, completely, but we will take the slight victory. Next, the health issues will now be suppressed for an extended period of time. They may return, but again, we will take it. We will also benefit form the simple pleasure of it being more attractive. Nobody alive has seen what was the natural beauty of the Owens Valley. The DWP created a giant eyesore as well as a health hazard, which leads us to the final benefit, which is simply shoving it in their face. Of course, they will find a way to steal whatever water remains for any significant time...
@@douglasodum364 , Thanks for your input. I know I want to see Owens Lake while it's there. The Los Angeles water will do whatever it takes to destroy it again. I'd like to get rid of swimming pools & golf courses & I know that's not going to happen. People don't seem to get that they live in a desert landscape & need to conserve. I did do some reading about the dust hazards & a similar situation is occurring at the Great Salt Lake. The eastern Sierra is beautiful. Mono Lake is also impressive. v
I hope this is the first in many years of rain for the West
I think it will be seasonally extremely wet... we'll see 👍✌️
Thank you I hope you're right.
I'm 2017 the army Corp of engineers redirected the water to Owen's Lake to prevent a flood in Ridgecrest. Huge project. I saw so much equipment going across the area from Victorville.
Hopefully, LA actually cuts back on water, so Lake Mead and the aquifers have a chance to refill.
LA? The vast majority of the water in California is used for agriculture. 85 percent is used to water crops. A third of those crops are for cattle feed.
@@drmodestoesqactually... Owens Lake is dry because of Los Angeles.
Owens Valley used to be a hearty agriculture area until LADWP bought all the water rights and shipped the water to Los Angeles
Agriculture consumes over 80% of all water usage leaving less than 20% for all other uses combined. That less the 20% covers all non-agriculture commercial and industrial needs AND all residential needs. Big agriculture wastes an enormous amount of water because they can, in fact, modern farming techniques (hydroponics/aeroponics) require less than 10% as much water as current practices to grow the same quantity of food. The problem is NOT residential or industrial or non-agriculture commercial users it is entirely the fault of big agriculture. In addition to the enormous waste of water, the runoff of that water pollutes the streams and rivers and lakes and if you don't think that's important why don't you take a trip to the Salton Sea!
LA has been cutting back. And what happens is some venture capitalists grow more almond groves with the water.
@@MojaveDan Yes, except the OP was talking about Lake Mead and the Colorado River -- the water being diverted from the Owens Valley area and further north near Mono Lake do indeed cover the LA needs, but, once again, agriculture consume over 80% of all water usage. If the water being diverted for LA in the Owens Valley and Mono Lake area were to end and most of that water, say 80%, were earmarked for agriculture, then LA would need to get its water someplace else and you can be 100% confident that would impact agriculture elsewhere! The state has spent many billions for numerous water projects and the beneficiary of more than 80% of that spending is ... wait for it ... agriculture.
I was wondering if Owens Lake would be flooded again, glad to see it.
Don't worry, California will screw this opportunity.
Ok Texas!
What state are you from troll? The state of confusion?🤪😜😝🤪😜😝
loud mouth trumpers who never say what state they live in Hmm i wonder why .🤣
It’s Chinatown Jake ! Chinatown !
Yay! The Central Valleys waterways are returning to life again!
Elixir of life increasing to such an enormous extent makes me very happy.
What would be even more surprising would be if 2024 continues this trend. Time will tell.
In the best of all possible worlds, the toxic dust from dry Owens Lake would not be allowed to reoccur. But that would require a water cover which doesn't seem possible.
I can’t express in words how happy this makes me. I fully support the farmers blowing up the aqueduct back in the day
You know the stories...I've heard em too... Dad uses to follow The Fruit Trail on the twenties through the Great Depression...he told me about that water war...it got nasty...blood in that plow that's for sure...✌️
Fascinating story! Thanks for sharing.
Wow. That is shocking about the dust levels of past decades.
I question that data, that is, I think it is old data. For many years now there has been a extensive remediation intended to reduce wind blown dust. There has been extensive planting of a specific species of grass that thrives in the alkaline lake bed. I understand that some years ago a court ordered DWP of Los Angeles to increase water flows in the Owens River. With this happening there has been some noticeable greening all along the once thirsty river bed analways some water in the Owens Lake..
@@markthomas207 that is interesting and encouraging. Thank you.
@@markthomas207 That court order was in 2004. The reintroduction of water into the lake bed of Lake Owens only covers about 25% of its surface area. Although the are quality is slowly becoming better, the lake bed is still the largest source of dust pollution in the United States of America.
@@dalesuhre6522 Yes, I pointed out that there is not a lot of water in the lake. Many years there has been absolutely none, I am sure that is when the lake bed earned the reputation you speak of. However, I have often driven past the lake in the course of my adult life and have seen the dust being blow around. I am going to say here and now that the situation appears to be very much improved. Also note that the author of this video goes on to say that we still have drought conditions in the state which is also incorrect. He is not up to date in many respects.
@@markthomas207
Great info thank you !
I want to see the Salt Tram and Ferry back and in operation.
I love the new term “Atmospheric Rivers”
Bring it on !
Great news! Now alter some of the 14 rivers headwaters flowing west to flow east or collect in a basin and tunnel it to the Owen's River watershed. Make this a normal occurrence and keep this lake full in non drought years.
How's the Salton Sea doing? Arizona has been releasing incredible amounts of water into the Gila. Any common sense and it would be diverted into the American Canal and ultimately the Salton Sea.
I think that the Gila River joins the Colorado River downstream of where the All American Canal takes water from the Colorado River.
Never gonna happen bro. LADWP has redirected every stream from the Southern sierras into the big ditch and goes to LA...the dry lake if full of salts which contaminate the water for drinking.
@Mushrooms, Mythology, and Mind The southern Sierra has nowhere near the precipitation surplus and consistency as the mid and northern sierras. The head waters for the Merced, Tuolumne, Mekolumne, Cosumnes, Stanislaus, American, Yuba and all of their tributary forks are within 5-40mi of the Mono Lake basin. The south end of that basin is less than 10mi from a large narrow dry lake bed that also happends to be an Owen's River tributary. This is extremely feasible and Colorado wrote the perfect blueprint.
I usually like this channel but using old stock photos is uninformative. You should go there and shoot some drone footage or something more recent
Artificial voice. stock photos. Repetitive information. Sounds like HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey. "What are you doing, Dave?"
When do the floods start?
Turn off your "Noise Gate". It's incompatible with many systems and makes your sound cut out.
It will dry up and it will be a toxic dust bowl , unless a new source of ongoing water is found.
it wasn’t dry before los angeles stole the water that supplies it
@@ogdobber It WILL DRY UP unless the reasons for the lack of water are addressed.
@@doomie77 100% it will dry up. Because the water that supplied it is now diverted into the California aqueduct
Keep it that way,you (DWP),dried it up,and created the problem, and now want credit, for solving the problem.
California needs to put they're wreckless abandon approach on land development and building, in check.
Good news for the Owens Valley. Now lets see how long it will take for others with water rights to drain it back to what it was in November '22.
I want to see owens lake filled again
Wasn't Owens Lake flooded in 2005?? Maybe back in 1983 / 84 as well.
Science is developing technologies besides desalination to produce fresh water and already irrigated the desert, so a viable solution to California's historic drought crisis is in the making.
I love it
Californians will screw this up
where do you liver trumpet i am sure it is great ya right.
Glad the lake has gotten water. It was a eye soar living in the area.
Funny, folks in California are all in a tizzy about the dust coming off of the Salton Sea as it drys up, but they do not seem to care about Owens Lake to the same degree.
It’ll evaporate this summer.
Ummm someone been screaming for new reservoirs?
Someone been bitching because minnows need water?
What if I find some DELTA SMELT IN there! That'll fix ya
The lake filling up maybe a short term benefit as los Angela's department of water and power made a big investment into a dry lake mitigation not a flooded one that flood will more than likely destroy that infrastructure and when the lake dries out again they maybe back to square one
really flood or and refill
Seems like a very biased politically paid for viewpoint about a lake that should never have been dried up by LADWP in the first place---the best solution is to have water permanently in the lake as it once was, rather than a sick lakebed on life support like LADWP wants. Thank god the lake is back, even if only for a short while.
That just proves that GOD IS IN CONTROL OF ALL THINGS ❤🙏😇😎
No it doesn’t ,he still killing people all over world.
God built the reservoirs?
@@drmodestoesq 👈you’re ignorant
@@drmodestoesq -- Not that I know of, but God bless you.
would god help me control my farts?
If any of you were really concerned about climate change,you would move out of California. After all as you stated the biggest source of dust pollution is a man made problem , created so you Southern Californians can have swimming pools.
what red crap hole state do you live in Greg you guys run your mouth but never say i wonder why Haha.
Man made drought! Watch where that water will go.
So is the Colorado River flowing to the sea yet? I bet California is spilling flood waters from farmland as fast as they can possibly get away with. How's that ground water recharge going? It takes decades to centuries to recharge a watershed. Business will not allow this bonus water event to go to waste and will burn through it rapidly.
Just watch until 3:30 to avoid the propaganda
wow did AI make this
If you wouldn't have mentioned climate change driven droughts, this would have been a great video. I can't decide if this is the result of lazy journalism?
Omitting facts is now good journalism?
@@slymcfly123 The IPCC disagrees with "Climate Change = worse droughts in SW USA"
The IPCC has found (medium confidence) that agricultural drought is worsening, but there are no clear signals for ecological or hydrological drought increases. FYI: Medium confidence = 50/50 chance.
However, the lamestream media likes to trumpet nonsense just like this. In fact, they connect pretty much all bad weather with the climate change boogyman. So, the lazy journalist will just parrot what everyone else is saying. Meanwhile, a good journalist, doing proper due diligence, will actually look at what the experts are REALLY saying.
Reference: IPCC AR6 WG1 Report (publicly available)
Please tell me more about your so-called 'facts.'
typical trumper we have 8 years of drought and 1 year of lots of water and you think the drought is over the Aquifers underground are what need to be Replenished not just full lakes.
It will dry out,don't worry.
yup that is death valley down there 130 plus in the summer.
no Climate b.s. please
ATMOSPHERIC RIVER IS A FARCE! QUIT LYING TO VIEWERS!
If you don't know what something is, don't claim it and lie to people.
Were still in a drought?? Yeah, whatever.....such bs.
We may be in the midst of a mega drought that could last centuries
@@pongop that is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard.
i see a flag must be a trumpet republican you follow a traitor who lost a election and sent republican Goons to the capital to kill people some Patriot you guys are.
God controls the weather not man. Be wise & repent, turn from your sin.
So you greedy pigs, do not tell us where it is or anything about it. Hype, Hype, Hype
Most likely going to be an intense fire season coming down the road. Calif needs to prepare for that.