*I made a mistake with the depth. 300ft is one football field. This was a unique and interesting look, but hopefully we get some much needed rain soon. Is it bad where you are?
Im in Sacramento,Ca. we finally got a little rain here in the valley&up in Sierra Nevada they have gotten some snow.We have been on water restrictions for years now but now we are on permanent water restrictions.They tell home owners and agriculture to cut back but I still see green water hog Lawns at commercial properties like business parks&we don't need those lawns!We had a mostly triple digit summer &there are people at 12 noon watering Lawns while their oxygen giving/shade baring/wilderness habitat trees are dying from lack of water.
the FREEMASONS ARE CONTROLLING THE RIVERS DAMS AND RESEVIORS ! BELTZVILLE DAM IS DROPPING EVERY DAY I NEVER SEEN IT THIS LOW WE HAVE HAD LOST OF RAIN ALL SUMMER !! LESS THAN A MILE AWAY PENN FOREST DAM IS WAY ABOVE NORMAL !! ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD WILD CREEK DAM IS THE LOWEST IT HAS EVER BEEN !!
I love watching your adventures , have been watching for quite some time and it has helped me through many difficult times with my health, you are so professional with what you do and it's all very interesting, love from South Australia 🦘
Recently here in western pa. I backed my car out of the garage and washed it in the rain , my dad did that for years and now I’m older and remember his conservation skills from growing up on a farm…. Life is good ~~~
Just incredible and amazing how low the levels are. That is some great information and history that your nephew Josh shared about the borehole and also, I do remember your video that included the geyser, and that too was really interesting to learn. Wow, the footage under the concrete cap of the borehole is just crazy, I can't believe the power and strength behind the water! It was really dry here too but as of tonight we are getting rain and certainly not as dry as your conditions. Although these conditions are devastating, the landscape is still beautiful, and I sure hope you guys will get the rain that is much needed! As always, such beautiful photos! Lots of fascinating information you shared JP! What an awesome video, thank you! 💙
It's fascinating how much the landscape can change with either lots of water or hardly any. That borehole tunnel is pretty interesting, but can be dangerous as well if you tried to enter. Thanks for coming along.
Hughes Borehole... Another major Pennsylvania borehole driiled to vent AMD (Acid Mine Drainage). It is located in South Central Pennsylvania near the town of Portage, which is about 20 miles NE of the city of Johnstown. Its acidic waters eventually join many other rivers and streams to flow past Pittsburgh and into the Ohio River.
November skies surprisingly make for some beautiful and really interesting photos and film footage. The riverbed exploration was fascinating, and the picnic table was a nice find. Awesome of your nephew Josh to find that info for you, too. Glad you had a strong grip on your underwater camera! Great video, Jay!😊 Thanks for bringing us along!
By that’s remarkable for you all!! This is just the norm for us in California. I’ve seen 50 +foot lakes almost go empty after 10 or more months of no rain. Neat to see what’s usually below the surface!
@ they do in southern California! Thankfully where I live in the eastern Sierras.. (where the south gets much of their water from.) we don’t have to restrict water usage here! They’ve done insane amounts of manipulation to take the water from where it belongs and put it where all the people want to be. It was actually a huge controversy about how they obtain the water rights in my area. It must be very odd for you guys since you usually have plenty of water!
This was very interesting to me. I lived all my life on the Susquehanna until it flooded my house twice in 5 years, then i left for texas. There has been droughts so bad in texas that a spark from riding your horse with its shoes, would set feilds ablaze. I was watching another video from south east PA where the water went down low enough to expose the old town that was flooded. By next summer, you will probably be back to floods. Feast or famine.
I think you did a great but my tummy got in knots when you walked out on the pipe. I just knew you were going to fall. I’m old so me trying to turn around would have been a hilarious moment in time. Thought your arrow pointing back up the cap looked like it was swimming up stream like a salmon 🤣Really interesting video. Thanks
Great video, JP. Very interesting and informative. It is also very dry here in the lower Adirondacks; we’re supposed to get rain Thursday. Enjoyed seeing the rusty water and all the scenery; photo montage was also very nice. Thank you; much appreciated…..🌝
I truly.love.your explores...I watched mostly silent living in montgomery...been w u for several yrs. I've mentioned meltology some time ago, it's ok that you don't see it...I'd still love a chance to explore the creeks with you one day🤩🤗✌️and yes, I'm where devils hole creek meets the susquehanna...the. reek is a trickle
19:18 The empty lot to the left that’s out of frame is what used to be the West Pittston Shop of the former Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company, predecessor to Pennsylvania American Water and the former PG Energy (now UGI Penn Natural Gas). Some of my former coworkers (some who have since retired) told me that there was a deep hole in the basement that went down to the Susquehanna River so the company could pump water from the river. In 1984 during the Giardiasis outbreak PG&W briefly considered doing so, but ultimately decided against it.
Awesome video JP! Cool history and lesson on the mine water there! I didn't realize ya'll were going through a drought up there, we were until the hurricane Helene brought too much rain and kinda equaled things out. Thanks for bringing us along!👍
We were there a couple of years ago, right after covid. Went on a mine tour and then we went to where you are. We met this local guy and he said the feds gave money to the area to fix that but they spent it on four lane highways in Scranton that go nowhere.
My pond dried up completely and as far as I know it has never done that ,up until a couple weeks ago we had no rain for over 3 months and my well went dry also. Has been a very dry time here in southeastern Pa .
Very interesting video. We took photos when our area was about to flood. Very interesting what the water table did in our area. Also flooded nearby areas and was devastating to many people. Mother nature sure does some amazing things. As always, a great video JP, thank you for sharing.
Thanks for this informative and picturesque video. I like that you tied it into your previous videos. They popped right to mind when you referenced them. It always amazes me when I think of different structures found in/near water and the engineering and building techniques used to get them there. As usual, your video stimulates the curious mind with more questions to be asked. CT is experiencing hundreds of wildfires right now due to drought. Thankfully rain is on the way.
You're a really great photographer/videographer, you bring me into the scenery so well, that I feel like I'm out exploring with you. Thanks for all the great adventures so far!
Great video! There's a small mining town near me in western PA called Vintondale, and the creek next to it ran orange due to all nearby mine runoff from several mines for years. They did a bore hole project similar to this when I was a child. I'm 51 now, and the creek isn't totally clean but it's considerably better to the point where fish can live in there again and it isn't nearly as orange as it was. If taken care of properly, and with assistance, nature can heal itself. It's just not an instant fix. I can't wait to see the creek when I'm 70.
I'm in north east New Jersey. We have a large forest fire in NY near our border. We also had one not far from my home a couple weeks ago. I got to see the helicopters picking up water from the resrevoir to fight it.
Wow, I've seen the Lackawanna get a lil low but, not like that. Supposedly, we have snow on the way next week. I forgot about that bridge in Pittston, been a moment.
Interesting video, JP. The information on the bore hole was fun to learn. I can't believe there is still that much water flowing out of it. I was surprised by how low the water level is. I live two blocks from a creek and just realized I should try to get over there in day light to see how it looks. I know we have had some rain here in Schuylkill County. I'm not sure how much because it has come overnight. I see wet roads and puddles in the morning. Hopefully we will get enough rain before it gets too cold.
Great video !! It has been really dry and hot here all summer long ....but right after the first of October all it done is ran off and on we had 4 inches of rain in 2 days ....the weather has been very odd . And your right you never know what you will find when the water levels drop. It's always so pretty there great video as always !!! 👍
Out here in Fort Collins Colorado it’s very dry. Been watching the web camera on the local reservoir and seeing the water level going down Hopefully the upper mountains get lots of snow this winter. Enjoy all of your videos!!!!
It amazes me how mother nature takes care of herself, especially with the water level there at that river. Who would ever think the water level would be so low there, but I'm sure there are conditions as to why it is what it is.
So interesting to see all the different "landscapes" that was lying underwater ...the beach , the many beautiful river rocks, and sculptured rock formations .etc. ....amazing footage . It will all be covered again soon ...but your documentary has preserved some of these old rivers' story . Awesome job ! 👍💙
It's called Shoring they interlock and they drive them down and then fill it with concrete I used some replacing a bridge for stopping the water pumping the water around the original route till job complete sometimes the shoring is left in because its down to far and stuck I enjoy you're video's make people aware of the waste of freshwater and not doing the right thing for the community!
On November 27th, I drove 1.5 hours to see the bridge at Somerfield PA. It had about 4 feet more water than the previous week, but I could still see the other end. There's quite a few ruins in that lake. And at least 3 old engine blocks. As bad as droughts are, they make for some fine exploring.
With the exception of areas that were hit by hurricanes most of the eastern US has been in drought. Very strange weather this year, the summer was pretty hot with irregular rains. Especially here in the Great Lakes region the drought officially began as soon as the summer started. At least here in southern Michigan this is the 3rd or so year in a row when the humidity broke in late summer temperatures generally warm late into fall. For the most part it had been in the 70’s and 80’s through the end of October during the daytime. With the exception of some wildfires it’s been a bit of a blessing in disguise for shoreline property owners. The lakes have been at record levels for the past 5 years or so. There’s been really bad erosion with the lack of winter ice leaving the beaches and dunes to undermined. Quite a few homes fell into Lake Michigan a couple years back before the state and federal government stepped into get emergency funding to armor vulnerable beaches with rocks. Water levels were down by 4 feet in Lake Superior last time I checked there’s been severe to extreme drought all summer in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan & the arrowhead of Minnesota. Huron and Michigan are down as well, not in any kind of crisis mode or anything water levels are around average. But it usually takes 5-10 years or more for the Great Lakes to fluctuate between their low and high points. Seeing Lake Superior the largest freshwater lake on the planet by area drop by 4 feet over 6 months is nuts. Thankfully there’s been a couple of decent rains over the past week hope we can have something close to normal precipitation this winter. If this becomes a long term drought it’s going to start effecting shipping from the Iron, Copper and Nickel mines up north. The only active Nickel mine in America is in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan & it’s a critical component in electronics. There’s two new Nickel & Copper mines that are planning to open in Michigan and one in one in Minnesota. If water levels drop to their low points freighters are going have to start lighting their loads. Most of the Iron for states around the Great Lakes come by down by freighter either directly to steel mills or are loaded on trains at port side railheads. Whenever Great Lakes levels get low it pushes operating costs in the steel and automotive industries. A study was done by the department of homeland security to see what the economic impact would be if a terrorist bomb took out the Poe Lock on the St Mary’s River connecting Lake Superior to Huron. Most domestic iron ore production is located in Upper Michigan and Northern Minnesota. The national unemployment rate would hit 11.3 percent, which exceeds the 10 percent rate recorded in October 2009 during the recession. Michigan, Texas and Ohio would experience job losses in excess of 800,000. California, Illinois and New York would each lose more than 500,000 jobs. In Michigan and Indiana, unemployment rates would jump to 22.6 percent and 22 percent, respectively. Ohio's unemployment rate would jump to 17.2 percent. Kentucky and Tennessee would follow at 16.7 percent and 15.3 percent. Because of the complex supply chain, automobile production and sales of cars made in North America would completely halt for almost 10 months. The National Gross Domestic Product would fall by $1.1 trillion, about 6 percent. "In terms of an impact to the North American economy, it is hard to conceive of a single asset more consequential than the Poe Lock," the report author concluded. The "supply shock as contemplated herein may be unprecedented," but the closest example could be the 1973-1974 Arab Oil Embargo. Source; www.mlive.com/news/2016/03/soo_locks_breakdown_would_plun.html A unexpected extreme drought hitting the Great Lakes causing the closure of shipping for months or more while dredging occurred and new locks were built bridge the gap between the low water and the natural level would be catastrophic. Fortunately a new 3 billion dollar lock is being built at Sault St Marie alongside the Poe and smaller MacArthur so a terrorist attack or a breakdown won’t cause chaos. It’s hard to see a scenario where the Great Lakes ever reach deadpool status, where all but Huron and Michigan are cut off from each other. However there are traditional low spots or rapids like in the St Mary’s River or Straits of Detroit where the shipping channel is only 25-30 feet deep. The massive amounts of water that the lakes contain would likely take years of severe drought to drop to levels where 1,000 foot bulk carriers are unable to operate. That should give the powers that be time to dredge and construct new low water bypasses around current facilities. The picture painted by the department of homeland security if the Sault locks were taken out of service isn’t pretty. “In the Homeland Security report, authors note the Burns Harbor steel mill in Indiana has been receiving ore via ships for 160 years "and there is logistically no way to receive iron ore by rail" because the intake is designed around Lake Michigan. The report says there's an "insufficient number of locomotives and railcars" to move iron ore by rail lines anyhow. Between 1,670 and 2,500 rail cars per day would be needed, which -- if that amount of rail cars existed, which the report says does not -- would add to already heavily-congested Midwest rail lines moving Bakken shale oil. As for semi-trucks: "There are not enough trucks, or drivers, in the nation" to move ore to the mills. One 1,000-foot ship carries about 70,000 tons of ore, which is equivalent to about 3,000 trucks. "The Interstate Highway System would have to be shut down to all traffic except for the iron ore trucks and no road maintenance could occur." According to a USGS study funded by the Pentagon the mountainous region around western Lake Superior contains as much Nickel as Canada or Russia the largest Nickel producers in the world today. There’s a lot of billionaires and defense contractors freaking out that the US only produces 1% of the world’s supply of nickel with how critical it is to electronics. With several new nickel & copper mines opening up and rare earth minerals drilling occurring in the Superior Highlands a mega drought hitting the north central United States would be crippling. It’s not something that ever really crossed my mind as this part of the country has some of the most reliable rains outside of the Pacific Northwest in winter. However the weather has become downright bizarre lately a new mega dustbowl that effected areas east of the plains is probably has one in a million or more chance of happening but the fact the question hasn’t been posed or planned for is disconcerting to say the least.
Took Amtrak from Rochester to Albany yesterday - down the Mohawk River. My wife and I were astounded at the low water levels. Many tribs were bone dry. I really wanted to walk the river bed. Thanks for a very relevant and wonderful video.
That was a very interesting video. My family was from the Wilkes Barre and Scranton area. I remember visiting the area back in the 1950s. Back in those days the mines would dump their waste water into the rivers and I remember seeing the Lackawanna River and water was pitch black. And the Susquehanna River was also very polluted.
Aren't some rock stacks hobo signs? I think I remember seeing that in a documentary about people that train hop, info from decades ago until in the 2010s. I know from having lived in SoCal that the people traveling through the desert from Mexico into the US illegally used to stack rocks to mark the route. You videos are interesting. Thank you for the content.
Great footage and info. That water is bad for the river kills off all the inverterbrates they need to get the treatment plant and reed bed filtration sorted out
If they stopped the water from flowing into the river it would back up tremendously and end up in people's basements. But hopefully a water filtration plant can help that issue sometime soon
You should really go and see little river canyon in Alabama. When seeing you standing on those rocks in the beginning, reminded a tad of the little river canyon, but the waterfall is beautiful and the canyon is a mini me version of the grand canyon. Beautiful AF. So you should definitely check that out and check out an area called the pocket in North West Georgia where I was born and raised. When I go there I usually bring gallon jugs to fill up with water the water is under ground spring water system being filtered many many times and it's tastes so good. Now that I live near Cincinnati I can't just go down there whenever I can but when I do go and visit I make sure to bring huge water containers, those blue ones. Both places have campgrounds but the one in Georgia is closed, but you can still have a daytime visit and it's free, the Alabama one is open all year but like all campgrounds have to pay a fee for a spot, but it's not bad. Can't remember it's been 10 years since I've been there. Shouldn't be too much. Walking trails on both.
yep it's been real dry here in southwestern pa . the yough lake is so low the old town of Somerfield and the old bridge built in 1818 is now showing i guess if there is a silver lining in a drought it would be the extreme low water levels show what was there at one time...real interesting video thanks for posting take care
Another interesting video! See, we are down with whatever you feel the urge to explore or inform us about. Down here in north east Berks/Lehigh counties its dry as well. We got that rain. It helped with the mostly contained Neversink mountain fire. Was interesting but scary to see from the Pagoda. Schulkyll river is down majorly as well. Thanks for the video!😊
It was really dry here in Allegheny County until last night with the crazy thunderstorms freezing rain/snow storm. We have had a few large wild fires in my area
16:17 There are quite a few large, very large and extremely large catfish right there. They are all up and down that river, especially in the deep holes and in that specific area they are particularly large.
Another great video with interesting storytelling & sites along the way. Yes, I want to get out and metal detect while the water is so low. Down here in the Reading area we have had a series of bushfires including one on Neversink Mountain that lasted several days and burned about 170 acres. It looks like a good time to try panning for gold in the valleys of the bedrock. Anything that looks glacial may have gold flakes. I’m glad you didn’t lose that Osmo Camera and handle. Need a wrist strap next time. I wish you had caught a train 🚂 on those historic truss girder bridges. Did your area up there have any old canals like the Middle & Southern Anthracite Fields did? Thanks for sharing Jay. I look forward to future adventures. Dave in Reading
Here in extreme northern Indiana we have a giant aqua for below hour ground also it's natural and in limestone. Having a well and most of the people in our little town having a well as we have no city water there are layers to the aquifer sometimes you will have 10 ft 20 ft or 30 ft and it all varies headwater. I explain it to people as a giant swimming pool or like you said a giant lake. Ours probably and I don't know and I'm no expert but I had to learn when our well went dry when I moved in here in 1980. At that time we had a shallow well now we have a deep well which is better because it's in your different section of the aquifer. And a deeper depth. But we probably go 20 miles north to south and 30 mi east or west. We are very lucky to have this aquifer under our feet
As a native Californian, I am unfortunately familiar with drought conditions. It's always so sad to see the water drop so low. Exposing things you never knew were there, while interesting, it's also sad to see marina docks sitting down on the dry cracked mud. Our Lake Shasta in the far north end of the state is a prime example.
Something I've done when finding old railways on Google Earth is scrolling through to find the yr with the highest drought to see the lines that end at a reservoir.
There is a under water cave in the woods near my house for years you cud owney see the top of it but in to a week or so ago you cud go in but was t scared to go in alone but did show it in a live stream that was fun and a deep hole in mill creek first time I seen it dry now the rain is back here in West Virginia and snow to
Actually, where you were walking is an active river level gauge, USGS 01536000. It's those concrete structure earlier in your video. The active level was 2.1 foot during filming and action stage is 7 foot. Usually it's 2.5-4 foot in depth per the USGS historical data.
These orange water spilages always fascinate me and make me sad at the same time. Fascinating because you know there is more interesting stuff and history where this comes from and it also often hints to abandoned holes, and sad because of the environmental damage the water causes .. Along a road nearby there are also a few abandoned levels and when I still went to elementary school the bus always drove by there, and one day they've built a concrete basin around that specific adit, for the orange water to settle out before it ran into the river, but you could see with time how that thing just eroded away. Some years ago then they built that huge filter thing there and since then it apparently works and no more mine drainage goes into the river from there. One day I'm gonna sneak up there with my flashlight and check it out I think. As for drought ... in 2018 it didn't rain here for half a year. You could see it in the trees, they were suffering badly, losing their leaves early not only that year but for a few years after, but also making excessive amounts of fruit, I guess in an attempt to desperately make more of themselves in fear of dying. Our water here luckily apparently ran deep enough so we had no problems but neighbours did and had to go to others with tank wagons to still be able to get water. I never want to experience something like that again. You could feel how everyone and everything was aching for rain yet nothing happened. Just maybe every now and then a spray of 5 minutes ... just a little to get the roads wet but not enough to help anything. And then, in the winter between 2018 and 2019 we had so much snow that it turned into an emergency situation.
Interesting video. Should grab some footage in the area of the Knox mine in Pittston. Railroad car should be very visible. Maybe even the cap over the mine breach in the river. Just a thought.
they used lime to clean up some sulphur creeks in wv i remember as a kid swimming in it and any cuts healed quickly but no fish or snakes could live in the water
on the great Allegheny passage bike trail between Boston and Buena Vista there is a waterfall that as red water come out of it sometimes and on your last video came across a hand waterpump on the trail there is another one on that trail at Qween Aliquippa camp ground that is next a cemetery where most of the graves are over 100 years old and if make to liberty Boro there Is dead man's hollow that has old terracotta pipe factory ruins i thank you would like it's just a couple of miles away from the hot metal bridge in the last video I commented on
*I made a mistake with the depth. 300ft is one football field.
This was a unique and interesting look, but hopefully we get some much needed rain soon. Is it bad where you are?
The pipe is a 24” water main. I worked on it. When it blew out. Years ago. In the middle of the river. We put a union in we’re it blew out.
Im in Sacramento,Ca. we finally got a little rain here in the valley&up in Sierra Nevada they have gotten some snow.We have been on water restrictions for years now but now we are on permanent water restrictions.They tell home owners and agriculture to cut back but I still see green water hog Lawns at commercial properties like business parks&we don't need those lawns!We had a mostly triple digit summer &there are people at 12 noon watering Lawns while their oxygen giving/shade baring/wilderness habitat trees are dying from lack of water.
Not far from Coxton Road and the beloved Duryea Swamps. Never seen it this dry.
the FREEMASONS ARE CONTROLLING THE RIVERS DAMS AND RESEVIORS ! BELTZVILLE DAM IS DROPPING EVERY DAY I NEVER SEEN IT THIS LOW WE HAVE HAD LOST OF RAIN ALL SUMMER !! LESS THAN A MILE AWAY PENN FOREST DAM IS WAY ABOVE NORMAL !! ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD WILD CREEK DAM IS THE LOWEST IT HAS EVER BEEN !!
I love watching your adventures , have been watching for quite some time and it has helped me through many difficult times with my health, you are so professional with what you do and it's all very interesting, love from South Australia 🦘
Recently here in western pa. I backed my car out of the garage and washed it in the rain , my dad did that for years and now I’m older and remember his conservation skills from growing up on a farm…. Life is good ~~~
Just incredible and amazing how low the levels are. That is some great information and history that your nephew Josh shared about the borehole and also, I do remember your video that included the geyser, and that too was really interesting to learn. Wow, the footage under the concrete cap of the borehole is just crazy, I can't believe the power and strength behind the water! It was really dry here too but as of tonight we are getting rain and certainly not as dry as your conditions. Although these conditions are devastating, the landscape is still beautiful, and I sure hope you guys will get the rain that is much needed! As always, such beautiful photos! Lots of fascinating information you shared JP! What an awesome video, thank you! 💙
It's fascinating how much the landscape can change with either lots of water or hardly any. That borehole tunnel is pretty interesting, but can be dangerous as well if you tried to enter. Thanks for coming along.
Hughes Borehole... Another major Pennsylvania borehole driiled to vent AMD (Acid Mine Drainage). It is located in South Central Pennsylvania near the town of Portage, which is about 20 miles NE of the city of Johnstown. Its acidic waters eventually join many other rivers and streams to flow past Pittsburgh and into the Ohio River.
Beautiful photos
This was a fun tour. Thanks
Good video, JP. Fun to watch you walking around those uncovered areas. Hope your area gets rain soon.
Thanks for checking it out
I love listening to JP videos on UA-cam
@ 19:47 That's an Amazon tote bag used in the delivery vans.
Thanks for the info on that
So stolen most likely
Very cool videos. As a Canadian i enjoy learning about some of the locations you explore.
Thanks
November skies surprisingly make for some beautiful and really interesting photos and film footage. The riverbed exploration was fascinating, and the picnic table was a nice find. Awesome of your nephew Josh to find that info for you, too. Glad you had a strong grip on your underwater camera! Great video, Jay!😊 Thanks for bringing us along!
By that’s remarkable for you all!! This is just the norm for us in California. I’ve seen 50 +foot lakes almost go empty after 10 or more months of no rain. Neat to see what’s usually below the surface!
Do you often have water restrictions out there?
@ they do in southern California! Thankfully where I live in the eastern Sierras.. (where the south gets much of their water from.) we don’t have to restrict water usage here! They’ve done insane amounts of manipulation to take the water from where it belongs and put it where all the people want to be. It was actually a huge controversy about how they obtain the water rights in my area. It must be very odd for you guys since you usually have plenty of water!
This was an awsome adventure. We often have dry rivers here and they make a great place to explore. Thanks for taking me along
This was very interesting to me. I lived all my life on the Susquehanna until it flooded my house twice in 5 years, then i left for texas. There has been droughts so bad in texas that a spark from riding your horse with its shoes, would set feilds ablaze. I was watching another video from south east PA where the water went down low enough to expose the old town that was flooded. By next summer, you will probably be back to floods. Feast or famine.
That was super interesting!! Love low-water explores, drought is bad but sometimes creates unique opportunities for exploring!
Definitely!
I think you did a great but my tummy got in knots when you walked out on the pipe. I just knew you were going to fall. I’m old so me trying to turn around would have been a hilarious moment in time. Thought your arrow pointing back up the cap looked like it was swimming up stream like a salmon 🤣Really interesting video. Thanks
Thankfully the pipe wasn't high off the ground, so my feet stayed dry 😊
Neversink fire was unreal! Was up there today hitting some singletracks on the MTB. Cleaned up the trash though on the city side
Enjoyed this very much!
Nice look at the drought in your area. There is much to explore. I enjoyed your video like always. Thank you JP. ❤
That was really good. Thanks for the video.
Back in 89, I lived in Dauphin. Slept in my car on the side of the Susquehanna a few times. It's a beautiful area.
Another excellent adventure 👍
Thank you again JPVideos
Anytime!
Fascinating and educational video, thank you for sharing!
Great video, JP. Very interesting and informative. It is also very dry here in the lower Adirondacks; we’re supposed to get rain Thursday. Enjoyed seeing the rusty water and all the scenery; photo montage was also very nice. Thank you; much appreciated…..🌝
Hope you get some rain soon
I fish that side of the Susquehanna River from the trestle to the pipeline. That's crazy how low it is. Great video.
Have you fished it since the levels dropped?
I truly.love.your explores...I watched mostly silent living in montgomery...been w u for several yrs. I've mentioned meltology some time ago, it's ok that you don't see it...I'd still love a chance to explore the creeks with you one day🤩🤗✌️and yes, I'm where devils hole creek meets the susquehanna...the. reek is a trickle
Awesome video, very informative, nice visuals.
Appreciate the kind words!
19:18 The empty lot to the left that’s out of frame is what used to be the West Pittston Shop of the former Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company, predecessor to Pennsylvania American Water and the former PG Energy (now UGI Penn Natural Gas). Some of my former coworkers (some who have since retired) told me that there was a deep hole in the basement that went down to the Susquehanna River so the company could pump water from the river. In 1984 during the Giardiasis outbreak PG&W briefly considered doing so, but ultimately decided against it.
Awesome video JP! Cool history and lesson on the mine water there! I didn't realize ya'll were going through a drought up there, we were until the hurricane Helene brought too much rain and kinda equaled things out. Thanks for bringing us along!👍
Super wet summer and very dry fall. Hopefully it balances out.
We were there a couple of years ago, right after covid. Went on a mine tour and then we went to where you are. We met this local guy and he said the feds gave money to the area to fix that but they spent it on four lane highways in Scranton that go nowhere.
My pond dried up completely and as far as I know it has never done that ,up until a couple weeks ago we had no rain for over 3 months and my well went dry also. Has been a very dry time here in southeastern Pa .
Hope you get the water you need sooner than later.
@@JPVideos81 Yeh it will hopefully get better and wetter. Never thought I would be looking forward to rain or praying for rain.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH . JAY it is very interesting and a chance 4 u to sit at a picnic table along that very wonderful area
Very interesting video. We took photos when our area was about to flood. Very interesting what the water table did in our area. Also flooded nearby areas and was devastating to many people. Mother nature sure does some amazing things. As always, a great video JP, thank you for sharing.
Thanks for this informative and picturesque video. I like that you tied it into your previous videos. They popped right to mind when you referenced them. It always amazes me when I think of different structures found in/near water and the engineering and building techniques used to get them there. As usual, your video stimulates the curious mind with more questions to be asked. CT is experiencing hundreds of wildfires right now due to drought. Thankfully rain is on the way.
Appreciate you watching
You're a really great photographer/videographer, you bring me into the scenery so well, that I feel like I'm out exploring with you.
Thanks for all the great adventures so far!
Thanks so much!
Great video! There's a small mining town near me in western PA called Vintondale, and the creek next to it ran orange due to all nearby mine runoff from several mines for years. They did a bore hole project similar to this when I was a child. I'm 51 now, and the creek isn't totally clean but it's considerably better to the point where fish can live in there again and it isn't nearly as orange as it was. If taken care of properly, and with assistance, nature can heal itself. It's just not an instant fix. I can't wait to see the creek when I'm 70.
I'm in north east New Jersey. We have a large forest fire in NY near our border. We also had one not far from my home a couple weeks ago. I got to see the helicopters picking up water from the resrevoir to fight it.
Thank you Josh 👍
Wow, I've seen the Lackawanna get a lil low but, not like that. Supposedly, we have snow on the way next week.
I forgot about that bridge in Pittston, been a moment.
Interesting video, JP. The information on the bore hole was fun to learn. I can't believe there is still that much water flowing out of it. I was surprised by how low the water level is. I live two blocks from a creek and just realized I should try to get over there in day light to see how it looks. I know we have had some rain here in Schuylkill County. I'm not sure how much because it has come overnight. I see wet roads and puddles in the morning. Hopefully we will get enough rain before it gets too cold.
Go take a look. Probably lower than you think.
Great video !! It has been really dry and hot here all summer long ....but right after the first of October all it done is ran off and on we had 4 inches of rain in 2 days ....the weather has been very odd . And your right you never know what you will find when the water levels drop. It's always so pretty there great video as always !!! 👍
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Out here in Fort Collins Colorado it’s very dry. Been watching the web camera on the local reservoir and seeing the water level going down Hopefully the upper mountains get lots of snow this winter.
Enjoy all of your videos!!!!
It amazes me how mother nature takes care of herself, especially with the water level there at that river. Who would ever think the water level would be so low there, but I'm sure there are conditions as to why it is what it is.
So interesting to see all the different "landscapes" that was lying underwater ...the beach , the many beautiful river rocks, and sculptured rock formations .etc. ....amazing footage . It will all be covered again soon ...but your documentary has preserved some of these old rivers' story . Awesome job ! 👍💙
Beautiful indeed and like always nature will help repair itself.
Come up to orangeville. I can show you the remains of an old diversion dam and wood pylons from an old tressle bridge that are now out of the water.
Great adventure Jay, our son lives just west of Middletown N.Y. and they are having the same problem.👍👍
Like how you explain civil engineering feats/structures in user friendly language
I’m in south east PA
about 2hrs below your area we even had a very dry summer and still is now I never seen anything like this before in my life
It's called Shoring they interlock and they drive them down and then fill it with concrete I used some replacing a bridge for stopping the water pumping the water around the original route till job complete sometimes the shoring is left in because its down to far and stuck I enjoy you're video's make people aware of the waste of freshwater and not doing the right thing for the community!
On November 27th, I drove 1.5 hours to see the bridge at Somerfield PA. It had about 4 feet more water than the previous week, but I could still see the other end. There's quite a few ruins in that lake. And at least 3 old engine blocks. As bad as droughts are, they make for some fine exploring.
Very true and glad you checked it out
With the exception of areas that were hit by hurricanes most of the eastern US has been in drought. Very strange weather this year, the summer was pretty hot with irregular rains. Especially here in the Great Lakes region the drought officially began as soon as the summer started.
At least here in southern Michigan this is the 3rd or so year in a row when the humidity broke in late summer temperatures generally warm late into fall. For the most part it had been in the 70’s and 80’s through the end of October during the daytime.
With the exception of some wildfires it’s been a bit of a blessing in disguise for shoreline property owners. The lakes have been at record levels for the past 5 years or so. There’s been really bad erosion with the lack of winter ice leaving the beaches and dunes to undermined. Quite a few homes fell into Lake Michigan a couple years back before the state and federal government stepped into get emergency funding to armor vulnerable beaches with rocks.
Water levels were down by 4 feet in Lake Superior last time I checked there’s been severe to extreme drought all summer in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan & the arrowhead of Minnesota. Huron and Michigan are down as well, not in any kind of crisis mode or anything water levels are around average. But it usually takes 5-10 years or more for the Great Lakes to fluctuate between their low and high points.
Seeing Lake Superior the largest freshwater lake on the planet by area drop by 4 feet over 6 months is nuts. Thankfully there’s been a couple of decent rains over the past week hope we can have something close to normal precipitation this winter. If this becomes a long term drought it’s going to start effecting shipping from the Iron, Copper and Nickel mines up north. The only active Nickel mine in America is in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan & it’s a critical component in electronics. There’s two new Nickel & Copper mines that are planning to open in Michigan and one in one in Minnesota.
If water levels drop to their low points freighters are going have to start lighting their loads. Most of the Iron for states around the Great Lakes come by down by freighter either directly to steel mills or are loaded on trains at port side railheads. Whenever Great Lakes levels get low it pushes operating costs in the steel and automotive industries.
A study was done by the department of homeland security to see what the economic impact would be if a terrorist bomb took out the Poe Lock on the St Mary’s River connecting Lake Superior to Huron. Most domestic iron ore production is located in Upper Michigan and Northern Minnesota.
The national unemployment rate would hit 11.3 percent, which exceeds the 10 percent rate recorded in October 2009 during the recession.
Michigan, Texas and Ohio would experience job losses in excess of 800,000. California, Illinois and New York would each lose more than 500,000 jobs. In Michigan and Indiana, unemployment rates would jump to 22.6 percent and 22 percent, respectively. Ohio's unemployment rate would jump to 17.2 percent. Kentucky and Tennessee would follow at 16.7 percent and 15.3 percent.
Because of the complex supply chain, automobile production and sales of cars made in North America would completely halt for almost 10 months. The National Gross Domestic Product would fall by $1.1 trillion, about 6 percent.
"In terms of an impact to the North American economy, it is hard to conceive of a single asset more consequential than the Poe Lock," the report author concluded. The "supply shock as contemplated herein may be unprecedented," but the closest example could be the 1973-1974 Arab Oil Embargo.
Source; www.mlive.com/news/2016/03/soo_locks_breakdown_would_plun.html
A unexpected extreme drought hitting the Great Lakes causing the closure of shipping for months or more while dredging occurred and new locks were built bridge the gap between the low water and the natural level would be catastrophic. Fortunately a new 3 billion dollar lock is being built at Sault St Marie alongside the Poe and smaller MacArthur so a terrorist attack or a breakdown won’t cause chaos.
It’s hard to see a scenario where the Great Lakes ever reach deadpool status, where all but Huron and Michigan are cut off from each other. However there are traditional low spots or rapids like in the St Mary’s River or Straits of Detroit where the shipping channel is only 25-30 feet deep. The massive amounts of water that the lakes contain would likely take years of severe drought to drop to levels where 1,000 foot bulk carriers are unable to operate. That should give the powers that be time to dredge and construct new low water bypasses around current facilities.
The picture painted by the department of homeland security if the Sault locks were taken out of service isn’t pretty.
“In the Homeland Security report, authors note the Burns Harbor steel mill in Indiana has been receiving ore via ships for 160 years "and there is logistically no way to receive iron ore by rail" because the intake is designed around Lake Michigan.
The report says there's an "insufficient number of locomotives and railcars" to move iron ore by rail lines anyhow. Between 1,670 and 2,500 rail cars per day would be needed, which -- if that amount of rail cars existed, which the report says does not -- would add to already heavily-congested Midwest rail lines moving Bakken shale oil.
As for semi-trucks: "There are not enough trucks, or drivers, in the nation" to move ore to the mills. One 1,000-foot ship carries about 70,000 tons of ore, which is equivalent to about 3,000 trucks. "The Interstate Highway System would have to be shut down to all traffic except for the iron ore trucks and no road maintenance could occur."
According to a USGS study funded by the Pentagon the mountainous region around western Lake Superior contains as much Nickel as Canada or Russia the largest Nickel producers in the world today. There’s a lot of billionaires and defense contractors freaking out that the US only produces 1% of the world’s supply of nickel with how critical it is to electronics.
With several new nickel & copper mines opening up and rare earth minerals drilling occurring in the Superior Highlands a mega drought hitting the north central United States would be crippling. It’s not something that ever really crossed my mind as this part of the country has some of the most reliable rains outside of the Pacific Northwest in winter. However the weather has become downright bizarre lately a new mega dustbowl that effected areas east of the plains is probably has one in a million or more chance of happening but the fact the question hasn’t been posed or planned for is disconcerting to say the least.
Took Amtrak from Rochester to Albany yesterday - down the Mohawk River. My wife and I were astounded at the low water levels. Many tribs were bone dry. I really wanted to walk the river bed. Thanks for a very relevant and wonderful video.
That was quite interesting, enjoyed the info JP. It’s the same here in MA. drought and wildfires. We are all in need of rain! TYFS 👍🥰
Very interesting video. Quite beautiful even though we are concerned about rain.
Hey JP as of 11/10/24 Trenton’s record of no measurable rainfall was 42 days per the national weather service
Thanks for sharing
Very interesting I didn't know the river was that low.
That was a very interesting video. My family was from the Wilkes Barre and Scranton area. I remember visiting the area back in the 1950s. Back in those days the mines would dump their waste water into the rivers and I remember seeing the Lackawanna River and water was pitch black. And the Susquehanna River was also very polluted.
Great video journey. Also great balance on the pipe out in the river.
Aren't some rock stacks hobo signs? I think I remember seeing that in a documentary about people that train hop, info from decades ago until in the 2010s. I know from having lived in SoCal that the people traveling through the desert from Mexico into the US illegally used to stack rocks to mark the route. You videos are interesting. Thank you for the content.
I've also heard they are created by Bigfoot, aliens, hikers, hobos, so who knows?
Same thing in south east and east central Ohio. We be dry. Haven't been able to fish my favorite creek for smallies
thanks for the video jp i had alot of fun watching this one it`s amazing how much water level get down that low and find cool things.
Great video. Have a home down in the west end of Monroe County. Have to take a road trip. There is so much history in the area that I love.
Great footage and info. That water is bad for the river kills off all the inverterbrates they need to get the treatment plant and reed bed filtration sorted out
I’m surprised that the EPA hasn’t done anything about the toxic mine runoff going into the river.
Sadly it's happening in so many different areas, but this is one of the major discharge areas of AMD.
Wonder if the EPA will ever get around to addressing the problem with the new administration coming in.
If they stopped the water from flowing into the river it would back up tremendously and end up in people's basements. But hopefully a water filtration plant can help that issue sometime soon
GOOD VIDEO. GOOD JOB
You should really go and see little river canyon in Alabama. When seeing you standing on those rocks in the beginning, reminded a tad of the little river canyon, but the waterfall is beautiful and the canyon is a mini me version of the grand canyon. Beautiful AF.
So you should definitely check that out and check out an area called the pocket in North West Georgia where I was born and raised. When I go there I usually bring gallon jugs to fill up with water the water is under ground spring water system being filtered many many times and it's tastes so good. Now that I live near Cincinnati I can't just go down there whenever I can but when I do go and visit I make sure to bring huge water containers, those blue ones. Both places have campgrounds but the one in Georgia is closed, but you can still have a daytime visit and it's free, the Alabama one is open all year but like all campgrounds have to pay a fee for a spot, but it's not bad. Can't remember it's been 10 years since I've been there. Shouldn't be too much. Walking trails on both.
Very Interesting, Thank you.
You are welcome!
Thanks for taking us along. It's sad that the water in your state is contaminated due to mining.
yep it's been real dry here in southwestern pa . the yough lake is so low the old town of Somerfield and the old bridge built in 1818 is now showing i guess if there is a silver lining in a drought it would be the extreme low water levels show what was there at one time...real interesting video thanks for posting take care
I've been seeing tons of pictures about that lake and town. Pretty fascinating.
It's amazing how low the river is. I can only imagine what the winter holds for us.
Another interesting video! See, we are down with whatever you feel the urge to explore or inform us about.
Down here in north east Berks/Lehigh counties its dry as well. We got that rain. It helped with the mostly contained Neversink mountain fire. Was interesting but scary to see from the Pagoda. Schulkyll river is down majorly as well. Thanks for the video!😊
It was really dry here in Allegheny County until last night with the crazy thunderstorms freezing rain/snow storm. We have had a few large wild fires in my area
Was a great video 🌻
16:17 There are quite a few large, very large and extremely large catfish right there. They are all up and down that river, especially in the deep holes and in that specific area they are particularly large.
This is a super cool video jp
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Thanks
Great video.
Awesome Video! I’m glad to see others exploring lesser knows spots. I wonder if I could dive down into that hole???
Great info! We are expecting a bit of snow today sometime. Up here in Miinocqua, WI is 35F feels like 29F.
Up here in BRATTLEBORO VT WHERE I LIVE .ITS SUPPOSED TO RAIN ☔ WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY WITH A SOME SNOW .
I have a friend named caldon who lives in the Brattleboro area some place.
Pretty sure that’s an Amazon warehouse tote, label and code used for sorting and delivery vehicles.
Yeah, it was stolen off a truck and looted
Another great video with interesting storytelling & sites along the way. Yes, I want to get out and metal detect while the water is so low. Down here in the Reading area we have had a series of bushfires including one on Neversink Mountain that lasted several days and burned about 170 acres. It looks like a good time to try panning for gold in the valleys of the bedrock. Anything that looks glacial may have gold flakes. I’m glad you didn’t lose that Osmo Camera and handle. Need a wrist strap next time. I wish you had caught a train 🚂 on those historic truss girder bridges. Did your area up there have any old canals like the Middle & Southern Anthracite Fields did? Thanks for sharing Jay. I look forward to future adventures. Dave in Reading
No canals in the area I filmed this that I'm aware of, but definitely some not too far away.
In a 1907 photo I colorized of the Railroad Bridge you were under, that space on the right hand side was there then, no second track.
Maybe they had plans for a second line, but never happened. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for video I enjoyed hearing about what going on your state here south California we have some thing
Here in extreme northern Indiana we have a giant aqua for below hour ground also it's natural and in limestone. Having a well and most of the people in our little town having a well as we have no city water there are layers to the aquifer sometimes you will have 10 ft 20 ft or 30 ft and it all varies headwater. I explain it to people as a giant swimming pool or like you said a giant lake. Ours probably and I don't know and I'm no expert but I had to learn when our well went dry when I moved in here in 1980. At that time we had a shallow well now we have a deep well which is better because it's in your different section of the aquifer. And a deeper depth. But we probably go 20 miles north to south and 30 mi east or west. We are very lucky to have this aquifer under our feet
As a native Californian, I am unfortunately familiar with drought conditions. It's always so sad to see the water drop so low. Exposing things you never knew were there, while interesting, it's also sad to see marina docks sitting down on the dry cracked mud. Our Lake Shasta in the far north end of the state is a prime example.
Something I've done when finding old railways on Google Earth is scrolling through to find the yr with the highest drought to see the lines that end at a reservoir.
There is a under water cave in the woods near my house for years you cud owney see the top of it but in to a week or so ago you cud go in but was t scared to go in alone but did show it in a live stream that was fun and a deep hole in mill creek first time I seen it dry now the rain is back here in West Virginia and snow to
Jeez, “if you want to see what’s in this video keep watching”… lol
Thanks, I wasn’t sure how that worked.
Actually, where you were walking is an active river level gauge, USGS 01536000. It's those concrete structure earlier in your video. The active level was 2.1 foot during filming and action stage is 7 foot. Usually it's 2.5-4 foot in depth per the USGS historical data.
Didn't know that. Thanks for sharing.
It’s bad in Bucks County Pa
These orange water spilages always fascinate me and make me sad at the same time. Fascinating because you know there is more interesting stuff and history where this comes from and it also often hints to abandoned holes, and sad because of the environmental damage the water causes .. Along a road nearby there are also a few abandoned levels and when I still went to elementary school the bus always drove by there, and one day they've built a concrete basin around that specific adit, for the orange water to settle out before it ran into the river, but you could see with time how that thing just eroded away. Some years ago then they built that huge filter thing there and since then it apparently works and no more mine drainage goes into the river from there. One day I'm gonna sneak up there with my flashlight and check it out I think.
As for drought ... in 2018 it didn't rain here for half a year. You could see it in the trees, they were suffering badly, losing their leaves early not only that year but for a few years after, but also making excessive amounts of fruit, I guess in an attempt to desperately make more of themselves in fear of dying. Our water here luckily apparently ran deep enough so we had no problems but neighbours did and had to go to others with tank wagons to still be able to get water. I never want to experience something like that again. You could feel how everyone and everything was aching for rain yet nothing happened. Just maybe every now and then a spray of 5 minutes ... just a little to get the roads wet but not enough to help anything. And then, in the winter between 2018 and 2019 we had so much snow that it turned into an emergency situation.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing!
Interesting video. Should grab some footage in the area of the Knox mine in Pittston. Railroad car should be very visible. Maybe even the cap over the mine breach in the river. Just a thought.
I did a few videos about and from the knox site, but by now levels will be rising.
Just a slight correction. I think you said the drill was 300ft deep. That would be 1 football field deep. But great video!
Good catch. 600ft would be two football fields. I realized I said that upon watching it back.
We had a mountain fire about half a mile above my house near Caledonia. Had helicopter drops for it. Our reservoir is shockingly low now.
they used lime to clean up some sulphur creeks in wv
i remember as a kid swimming in it and any cuts healed quickly but no fish or snakes could live in the water
my good man ya would make a perfect hobo - looking forward ta some train hopping videos and more videos on ya local freight trains -
on the great Allegheny passage bike trail between Boston and Buena Vista there is a waterfall that as red water come out of it sometimes and on your last video came across a hand waterpump on the trail there is another one on that trail at Qween Aliquippa camp ground that is next a cemetery where most of the graves are over 100 years old and if make to liberty Boro there Is dead man's hollow that has old terracotta pipe factory ruins i thank you would like it's just a couple of miles away from the hot metal bridge in the last video I commented on
It's kind of surprising their aren't any vehicles visible above the waterline, as so many are found in lakes and rivers across America.