Thanks, after looking at all the stuff inside the tunnel entrances I am not sure it was a good idea to swim through it in August. I am surprised that the guy who took his boat through there didn't hit anything.
This content is fantastic! As is your videography and editing. Your description of the location and history is fantastic as well! I'm amazed by the submerged tunnels. I love lakes and scuba and cave diving. I'm going to go find the video where you went into the tunnel! Subbed👍
Thanks for the nice comment. We did swim through it when it was only partly filled. Unfortunately we didn't get any video of actually swimming through.
Wow, it’s fascinating to see everything that was uncovered with the low water levels! I really appreciate the factoids you put in there as well. Thanks for the history, and here’s to this winter covering them back up. 😋
Thanks, this was taken just days before the rain began to refill the lake. The view of the Sacramento River flowing under the trestle only lasted a few days. I will raise a glass to a wet winter.
Great drone footage...good job. There's really no water emergency, you know....all you need is for Post 10 to clear a few culverts upstream and your troubles will be over. lol
Thanks for the comment. This view of the river flowing under the trestle only lasted a short time as it rained the next day and the water level once again began to cover the trestle.
I was told the river flowed under this trestle for just one day. It rained the next day and the river was once again running over the trestle. I don't think the river has run under this trestle since the dame was built. I was very fortunate to be able to video this event.
It is an amazing sight. The Pit River is one of my favorite places on Shasta Lake. This is the same place in August 2020 - th-cam.com/video/KgjkqkZl7jU/w-d-xo.html
David Ortega Thanks, that is interesting. I helped film a documentary on Deer Creek that also had a number of villages and structures that were destroyed by gold mining.
I live in Oklahoma. I know you guys are having a very difficult time dealing with the drought, however I do like seeing history of the West being uncovered due to the dropping lake level; not only Shasta, but also Oroville. I've seen Jeremy Tuggle's channel, but he is lacking in aerial drone video, and he hasn't posted anything since October 2nd. I wonder how much silt has filled in under the trail trestle at #5, and at the Highway 99 Pollock bridge over the decades, and what about the remainder of the bridge? Did it simply end there, or is there more of it buried under riverbed fill-in?. And how many other train tunnels are there, and where are they located? I'm guessing only the continuing drop of the lake level will tell.
Thanks for the nice comment. I plan on doing some video of Oroville as well. As soon as I get some time I will go over there. They have just opened a temporary ramp for boat access. A fair amount of silt has filled in the tunnel. The end of the Pollock bridge was cut off by the local marina some time ago. There are several tunnels and hopefully I can get to them before the lake level rises. This is a link to the other video done in August - th-cam.com/video/1cPN4OjoX7k/w-d-xo.html
Hello I'm from Pittsburgh PA and always follow what's going on with the lakes and dams out in California but I have a question that nobody ever answers how deep is the water behind Shasta dam.
Lets hope for more rain. I also remember those days. I would prefer to not do it again. We also have more people in California then we did in 1977. Thanks for the comment.
Has silt and sediments filled in a lot of these areas from the flooding? I saw a couple pics of the Pollock bridge before it was flooded and it looked like it was high above the river originally
They are still there. The fishermen I talked to said it is slow and not much action. There are a fair number of Eagles on the Pit River Arm looking for fish.
I do wonder what would happen. I suppose we could use lite beer to wash our cars and shower. I can just see the officer pulling me over and saying they smell a strong odor of beer.
The flooded trees are still where they were when the dam was flooded & the rings still contain the climate record of that time, as if it was yesterday.
Ya use the river its self. And work with natural flow. Deep areas give it locations to settle to the bottom. And inside bends. And areas were one river or creek. Flows into it. Leaving behind alluvial fan deposits then there's had bedrock. Minerals vaines and cracks. I the bed rock were it can get stuck in. One be doing the park service a favor by cleaning it out. As long as do it were they mark out the spot for u for safety
@@TitusDavis What you are doing is incredible work and very interesting and educational. I've always been infatuated with how deep these bodies of water are. I guess there's something forboding and mysterious about them, to me. And, I'm big on trains too!
That is so true. We did see a boat that had sunk. The aluminum and outdrive looked in very good condition. So may things that would make for a very bad day. Thanks for the comment.
Seeing these artifacts is a double edged sword, on one hand, yay history! On the other, how much did the railroads and state have to pay themselves to leave all their industrial litter all over such a place? Imagine how much coal residue (carcinogens and creosote) were layered inside those tunnels that has dissolved into the water, fish, plants! Interesting this likely faux drought was mostly created by the water management departments to cause everybody to pay attention to water levels (their life's blood) while such a convenient amount of property is under the influence of "wildfires" that happen to generally be burning along a route of private property that just happens to be along a proposed state rail project where the owners refused to sell said property to the state of California! #TooManyCoincidences
You bring up some very thought provoking points. The more I visit lakes that are almost empty I see a lot of things that make me wonder. For instance the number of plastic porta potties I see on the bottom of the lake. Old batteries, half burnt boats, lots of stuff that shouldn't be in our drinking water. Thanks for the comment.
Did the government of Commiefornia take the opportunity to remove millions of cubic yards of exposed silt to restore capacity for the future if it ever rains again?
It is amazing what we try to do. We run water allover the place. We make the assumption that things will always stay the same and build without much of a safety margin.
Great Job!!!!!
Thanks.
I love these drone videos. It truly gives you a wider view of the area. Thanks for posting this.
Thanks for the nice comment. I sure enjoy creating them.
Great video! We included it in our Lake Shasta area playlist.
I am glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for adding it to the Lake Shasta area playlist.
Came over here from Chris Wedgworth's channel. Awesome footage, info and music, Titus. New sub here.
I am glad you liked he video. Thanks for the sub.
Thanks for the update video. Fascinating watching this one and then the one from two months ago. No kayaking through the tunnel this time!
Thanks, after looking at all the stuff inside the tunnel entrances I am not sure it was a good idea to swim through it in August. I am surprised that the guy who took his boat through there didn't hit anything.
This content is fantastic! As is your videography and editing. Your description of the location and history is fantastic as well! I'm amazed by the submerged tunnels. I love lakes and scuba and cave diving. I'm going to go find the video where you went into the tunnel! Subbed👍
Thanks for the nice comment. We did swim through it when it was only partly filled. Unfortunately we didn't get any video of actually swimming through.
Wow, it’s fascinating to see everything that was uncovered with the low water levels! I really appreciate the factoids you put in there as well. Thanks for the history, and here’s to this winter covering them back up. 😋
Thanks, this was taken just days before the rain began to refill the lake. The view of the Sacramento River flowing under the trestle only lasted a few days. I will raise a glass to a wet winter.
Good timing, capturing this before the recent storm.
It was just in time. The lake level has risen a fair amount since the storm. My title may be true. Thanks for the comment.
Great seeing all that was covered.. not for long. Be safe with the rain.
We are sure having a bunch of rain, so it could be covered soon.
Great drone footage...good job. There's really no water emergency, you know....all you need is for Post 10 to clear a few culverts upstream and your troubles will be over. lol
Thanks, it is good to poke some fun every once in a while.
This really shows the amount of water that's gone. Amazes me that it's possible to have lost so much.
Imagine trying to fill it up with tanker trucks. It would never happen. Thanks for the comment.
Great job nice and smooth
Thanks, I work at it so the viewer isn't distracted by the motion.
Very Cool video
Thanks for the comment. This view of the river flowing under the trestle only lasted a short time as it rained the next day and the water level once again began to cover the trestle.
I find this incredibly fascinating that we can see these before once again they return to their watery grave
I was told the river flowed under this trestle for just one day. It rained the next day and the river was once again running over the trestle. I don't think the river has run under this trestle since the dame was built. I was very fortunate to be able to video this event.
Nice job !!!!
Thanks.
All those trees underwater in Shasta Lake thinking they would never see the day of light again!…
It is an amazing sight. The Pit River is one of my favorite places on Shasta Lake. This is the same place in August 2020 - th-cam.com/video/KgjkqkZl7jU/w-d-xo.html
Nice to see the train bridge and trees all back about the water in the sunshine
I can only imagine the history, archeology and native communities we’ve covered
I have visited Folsom reservoir and there is a bunch of stuff there.
Absolutely beautiful. Silly for people to think that water levels would remain forever.
Thanks, water is never a certainty.
At 4:13 through 4:17 there were two (2) very unique circles in the mud, there on the left side of the screen, what in the world were these?
I think it was someone with an ATV spinning circles in the mud. I have seen this before and I usually can see the tracks of the vehicle.
There use to be about 70 native villages on the pit river in shasta dam area back in 1880 and. Buriel grounds Wintun people
David Ortega Thanks, that is interesting. I helped film a documentary on Deer Creek that also had a number of villages and structures that were destroyed by gold mining.
I live in Oklahoma. I know you guys are having a very difficult time dealing with the drought, however I do like seeing history of the West being uncovered due to the dropping lake level; not only Shasta, but also Oroville. I've seen Jeremy Tuggle's channel, but he is lacking in aerial drone video, and he hasn't posted anything since October 2nd.
I wonder how much silt has filled in under the trail trestle at #5, and at the Highway 99 Pollock bridge over the decades, and what about the remainder of the bridge? Did it simply end there, or is there more of it buried under riverbed fill-in?. And how many other train tunnels are there, and where are they located? I'm guessing only the continuing drop of the lake level will tell.
Thanks for the nice comment. I plan on doing some video of Oroville as well. As soon as I get some time I will go over there. They have just opened a temporary ramp for boat access. A fair amount of silt has filled in the tunnel. The end of the Pollock bridge was cut off by the local marina some time ago. There are several tunnels and hopefully I can get to them before the lake level rises. This is a link to the other video done in August - th-cam.com/video/1cPN4OjoX7k/w-d-xo.html
Hello I'm from Pittsburgh PA and always follow what's going on with the lakes and dams out in California but I have a question that nobody ever answers how deep is the water behind Shasta dam.
It should be 517 when it is full.
I remember the drought of 1977. No lawn watering. I lived in SLT, and was on a well, so we dodged that one, but it was a bad year
Lets hope for more rain. I also remember those days. I would prefer to not do it again. We also have more people in California then we did in 1977. Thanks for the comment.
Would love to have the trestle at tunnel 5 for my 7.5 railroad, but it would cost a fortune to move to South Carolina!!
That sounds like fun. It wouldn't cost as much as moving the London Bridge to Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
Very interesting, thanks
Thanks for the comment. This view of the tunnel and trestle will be gone soon.
Cool video
Thanks.
Has silt and sediments filled in a lot of these areas from the flooding? I saw a couple pics of the Pollock bridge before it was flooded and it looked like it was high above the river originally
Yes, there is an amazing amount of silt that has covered a lot of stuff. Even the tunnels have a bunch of sediment in them.
Thanks
Thanks for watching.
Need a time lapse video to see the water levels covers everything back up. That would be a video to watch
I agree, if I lived closer I would take a picture every day. It would be great to see.
Where did all the fish go?
They are still there. The fishermen I talked to said it is slow and not much action. There are a fair number of Eagles on the Pit River Arm looking for fish.
Why doesn't anyone show the other end of Tunnel 5?
Thanks for the comment. It is not very interesting. I do have a picture of it in the August video I did of the tunnel.
Let's hope there is less than 5% of normal rain fall this winter.
I'm a goth and always look on the darkside💜
I do wonder what would happen. I suppose we could use lite beer to wash our cars and shower. I can just see the officer pulling me over and saying they smell a strong odor of beer.
The flooded trees are still where they were when the dam was flooded & the rings still contain the climate record of that time, as if it was yesterday.
Yes, the Pit river Arm was not logged before the lake filled. It is my favorite part of the lake.
At the very least I have several fishing trolling leaders hanging off that bridge !!!!
Yes, and we saw evidence that a number of outdrives have hit it as well. It is holding up fairly well for being covered in water for so long.
Man if the weather forecasting is right on windy they are predicted anywhere from 8 to 10 inches of rain this coming week in the Shasta drainage!
That is good news. My title "Last look" may be correct.
will raise the lake one inch
@@dethray1000 You may be right, the little streams are running high but the larger ones are not.
where does all the fish go
Even with the lake at this level there is still plenty of deep water. Thanks for the comment.
Fish and chips
David Ortega That sure sounds good.
i guess its over a 100 feet deep when full
Yes, when you look up to the water line it sure feels deep. Thanks for the comment.
Get the gold pans out while can. Bet u find some nice nugs in that silt
That could be fun, assuming you can get through all the fine silt. With years of dirt moving downriver it sure is a possibility.
Ya use the river its self. And work with natural flow. Deep areas give it locations to settle to the bottom. And inside bends. And areas were one river or creek. Flows into it. Leaving behind alluvial fan deposits then there's had bedrock. Minerals vaines and cracks. I the bed rock were it can get stuck in. One be doing the park service a favor by cleaning it out. As long as do it were they mark out the spot for u for safety
Read that Shasta Lake's maximum depth is 518 feet. That's awesome. Got this from google.
It is a little surprising that it can be that deep.
@@TitusDavis It stated Lake Tahoe at 1,644 feet deep. That's like a darned ocean depth!
@@tommythomason6187 My depth finder cannot even find the bottom of Tahoe.
@@TitusDavis What you are doing is incredible work and very interesting and educational. I've always been infatuated with how deep these bodies of water are. I guess there's something forboding and mysterious about them, to me. And, I'm big on trains too!
@@tommythomason6187 Thanks for the nice comment. It is interesting to see what's below when boating or swimming.
need to fish that spot when it full
When we were swimming there we saw some large fish at the entrance to the tunnel.
What drone do you have ?
This footage was taken with a DJI Phantom 4 Pro. It has a mechanical shutter so any moving images are really clear. I also use a DJI Mini 2.
This is not a trestle. This a cantilever truss.
Thanks, I was just copying others. I will update the notes.
👉 when you play stupid games you win stupid prizes… your best thinking got you here
This always true, thanks for the comment.
Well, maybe some boaters will get to see what put them holes in their boats.....
That is so true. We did see a boat that had sunk. The aluminum and outdrive looked in very good condition. So may things that would make for a very bad day. Thanks for the comment.
Time to gold pan
Better hurry, the lake level is rising.
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity….
That is one of my favorites. The other is nothing under the sun is new.
Seeing these artifacts is a double edged sword, on one hand, yay history! On the other, how much did the railroads and state have to pay themselves to leave all their industrial litter all over such a place? Imagine how much coal residue (carcinogens and creosote) were layered inside those tunnels that has dissolved into the water, fish, plants! Interesting this likely faux drought was mostly created by the water management departments to cause everybody to pay attention to water levels (their life's blood) while such a convenient amount of property is under the influence of "wildfires" that happen to generally be burning along a route of private property that just happens to be along a proposed state rail project where the owners refused to sell said property to the state of California! #TooManyCoincidences
You bring up some very thought provoking points. The more I visit lakes that are almost empty I see a lot of things that make me wonder. For instance the number of plastic porta potties I see on the bottom of the lake. Old batteries, half burnt boats, lots of stuff that shouldn't be in our drinking water. Thanks for the comment.
Did the government of Commiefornia take the opportunity to remove millions of cubic yards of exposed silt to restore capacity for the future if it ever rains again?
The amount of silt is staggering, that would be a big job. It is also very fine material.
@Titus Davis Way less staggering without water
Grow rice in the desert is not sustainable. Not a new concept.
It is amazing what we try to do. We run water allover the place. We make the assumption that things will always stay the same and build without much of a safety margin.