When my siblings and I were growing up (I am 68 so that’s how long ago it was) our parents took us to Lake Mead every summer for years, joining their friends on the water as everyone had boats. We would find a good spot to call home and camped out for a week. Worst sunburn I got was at this lake. We visited the dam one time and that was when I first felt a fear of heights. Our parents are gone now but we have wonderful memories of of this great place. It is a huge part of our childhood. It’s story now breaks my heart.
Wow, that's quite a story of a disappearing landmark. You've been there since 2002 , you say. Is there any solution here, besides short-term things, like cutting out agriculture draws & maybe forcing less water use. It seem the overwhelming cause of this cannot be stopped, except by a reversal of the long term drought that's been happening. That "dead pool" scenario, when do you see that happening? Thanks for the video. I live in upper Michigan on Superior & our only water "problem" is excess water at times. I did visit your area several times in 80s & 90s, & what is happening is startling.
Wow, that must have been so much fun. Find your own spot & camp for a week on the water like that,, Awesome.. Thank the Good Lord Above for MEMORIES.. I tell my kids my grandkids and great grandkids how we make memories daily, so enjoy life, treat everyone with respect, & make sure whether a year from today or ten or 30 years from now, that you can reflect on great wonderful proud moments/memories,, for sometimes it's all we got left.. Happy for you my friend. Stay Safe Stay Positive Stay Healthy and Have a Blessed Day. - Jim Gibbs New Hampshire USA aka BOSTON STRONG.
I was in the AF working F4-E avionics and did a trip to Vegas for Red Flag around 1989. I visited the Hoover Dam and the water was almost up to the spillways. I was in awe of how one side of the road was a massive drop and the other side was almost to the top with water. This video was an eye opener to me. Wow. Thanks for a great video.
Topnotch in every respect. The low-key and lucid narration enhances this beautiful, if disturbing, photographic portrait of a troubled landmark. Congratulations.
Thank you for the tour! I'm amazed that this was free to watch. Very educational and beautifully done. I knew there was an issue, but seeing it puts everything into perspective. Thanks again.
Great video. You let the images speak for themselves and when you do talk, its educational so thanks for that. I was at Lake Powell and Lake Mead back in 2001... the water levels were down about 30 feet back then but this is really scary. I'm surprised its not a major news story.
Awesome job bringing her in for a touchdown. My father and I used to fly a Bell47J2A that he owned back in the 70's. I lived in Vegas from 1984 to 1992 when Lake Mead was at its fullest and I must tell you it breaks my heart to see it this way. Every weekend we would go boating and find a small island to camp on and it was the best of times. I now live in Tennessee and wish I could make it back to Vegas for a visit. I wish our younger generations could experience it that way. Thank you for a great video and hope you bring us some more great images. My best to you sir.
This is the best video on the water crisis at Lake Mead and its surroundings! Thank you for no music! Commentary was excellent. What a cool helicopter!
we got married in 83 and I took my wife to Las Vegas and the water was Over the spillway. Wow this looks detrimental, thanks for the eloquent narration of the entire video.
@@allansmith7305 I'm not complaining about the music I'm just telling you that you're a crybaby you people complain and cry about everything that's what I'm complaining about you complaining and crying over everything
That 'monolith' reminds me of the spaceship from the first Planet of the Apes movie, where it stuck out of the water at about the same angle, an eerie similarity. Lake Powell was the filming location. Thanks for a great flight!
So sad I spent most of my younger years hanging out at lake mead cliff diving camping boating all of that. Your video makes me want go explore it again
Man you have a gift for narrating...... Thank's for sharing...... Visited the dam in 98 I think the lake level was full pond, rode the paddle boat down to the intakes...... I wish I could give yall a million gallons out of our 4 acre farm pond here in NC...... During minor droutes here my dad would say "there always comes a good shower after a long dry spell" Hope n Pray yall get some rain soon......
@@TheBHiveRV Your welcome, Hey like your helicopter.... I am a pilot/"pilot of sorts" to, I've built, sold, flown and trained folk's to fly Powered Parachutes for more than 3 decade's..... My buddies trained John Kennedy Jr. to fly the PP and in fact Kennedys leg was bummed up/in a soft cast from a PP mishap day's before the crash..... My buddies in Indiana that trained him to fly the ultralite told me that they used a small airport in upstate NY named the Saratoga and in a bit of irony the plane Kennedy, his wife Caroline and her sister perished in was a Cessna Saratoga...... A truly sad day for America...... Keep the Blue side up My friend......
I knew the water levels were dropping but I never realized to the vast extent. Excellent video with great commentary accentuates the gravity of the situation.
Super cool seeing the road that drops down the canyon walls and goes over the dam. Hard to believe I used to drive a semi over that road before they built the bridge.
I retired in 2017 from UMC hospital in Las Vegas. I knew full well the lake was slowly evaporating daily. The City for a number of years had been pushing Water conservation strategies including rewards for desert landscaping versus grass lawns. I also knew eventually life was going to be rough for many living there. Not to mention California, Arizona, and New Mexico, who depends on the Lake Mead water for farming, and Electricity. It's only a matter of time how life will be affected by the water shortage I am a Native Hawaiian and I moved back home after retiring. I think about how lucky we are in Hawaii regarding forest fires and how easy it is for the Fire company helicopters to scoop up ocean water to put the fires out. I have a heart for the many lives affected by the drought and yearly forest fires throughout the West coast regions. I tip my hat and say thank you for the video presentation it further opened my eyes to the seriousness of the water problem there. Mahalo! (Thank you)
it isn't evaporation. I worked as a tech on the arizona side. Its because we're pumping out as much electricity as we can to fuel California's insane consumption for electricity because they refuse to use any energy alternatives.
Not to mention the have at least 16 cloud data storage centers around Vegas. Just a single data storage center can consume a million of gallons of fresh water A DAY to keep the those data centers properly cooled. Data centers take of billions of gallons of fresh water every year. Seems very idiotic to build something that requires so much water every day to operate in the middle of a giant desert.
I graduated high school in Vegas. Early 80s. Have been on dam tour back then and the water was flowing over the spillway. I watch scuba diving videos in Lake Mead. Amazing to see some of those things exposed now. Worried about your area. Thanks for sharing!
@@eddenoy321 No I agree everyone already pays. This will be this generations gentrification ONLY THE WEALTHY WILL HAVE THE MONEY NEEDED. I am talking water bill 10X what the last one was.
I grew up in Las Vegas so when I was about 10 to 12 years old in the 80s the lake was so full it was overflowing and the spillway was actually in use . Seeing the spillway in action was an amazing site , now it's an extremely sad site to see what used to be the largest man made lake , turn into a puddle !
I’m so worried about this. I realize that water use is a multifaceted complex problem but I mean there comes a point in time were you just have to say enough is enough and start working on things that can help immediately. Thank you for your informative video
I totally agree with your comment. In recent times, I too have been worried about the issue of water shortage there and throughout the West Coast. One idea or solution I thought of was; "How did Israel handle their water problem?" They solved the water issue. They manage to plant green gardens and vegetation in the desert as well as supply water to the population . Not only did they supply water for their country but also came into agreement with a few of their neighboring countries. Recently, about a month ago, I read a news article in which the Mayor of a region in southern Arizona visited Israel to learn what and how they solved their water issues. Then, he invited the Israelie engineers to come to Arizona and study the problem there. What resulted was the Israelie government and their engineers will help bring processed clean water to Southern Arizona via Mexico from the Baja water region. A Desalination plant will be built there in a small town in Mexico. In return, Arizona and that Mexican region gpvernment have made a deal to use the land to proces and pump the water to Arizona. Based on Israel's history with solving their water problems, "Why can't California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada work together in a joint effort to solve t Americahe water problem now!" Israel knew back in 1947 what the challenge would be to feed their country clean drinking water as well as farming water. It took years to perfect it and they did it! All I can say is "America wakeup and start moving on it!" Mahalo (Thank you)
@@hawaii50cowboy sorry my friend, but desalination creates problems itself. First, our ocean does more for the air we breath than forest, etc. It takes 3 gal to make 1 gal of drinking water; highly inefficient. What to do w/the waste? Put it back in the ocean? Look at countries doing this: coasts are high in sodium & it effects plant & animal life. So we should ruin the ocean so ppl can live where there is no water? Square peg, diamond hole.
@@hawaii50cowboy because californians keep voting for dirty democrat politicians who utilize fucked up policies. CA has terrible public education. probably on purpose.
Awesome video, it really is sad to see the lake so low. I remember going on the lake as a kid in the 90's and looking at the water ring and thinking about how much water it must take to make up the difference. Now it's uncomprehendable how much water it would take to get it back to the top of the ring.
Great video! Would be interesting to fly out and take a look at both of the old city water system intakes. That will give a really good perspective on how much the lake level has dropped. When they were built, it was never thought they would be out of the water.
That image at 11:23 is telling. I remember visiting the dam in April of '84 and watching thousands of gallons of water per minute spill down the overflow drains on the east side. Now their 150 feet or more above the water line.
Absolutely amazing video, been to Vegas from New Hampshire about 12 years straight. Always come for the Nascar race in March. Diffenty brought back great memories when you flew over Hover Dam. That's for a great and beautiful video.
Do a few more passes over the city and the suburbs. I’m wondering where they are getting all the water to keep those swimming pools filled as their lake disappears
Thank you , thank you so much for taking the time to redo the video with no music. I really enjoyed it and subscribed. I am scared of heights so this is the best way for me to have a birds eye view because if I was up there with you I wouldn't even open my eyes. Thank you for giving us so much information in a wonderful format.
That speed boat sticking straight up is a good lesson in science. It probably has a pair of big block Chevys and outdrives attached to it that were heavier than the air left in the bow of the boat when it sank. The air kept the nose pointing straight up as it hit the bottom when it sank and gravity pulled the boat into the super soft silty mud. There you go. Someone's $250,000 screw up is now the talk of the world. I'm betting that dude isn't jumping at the chance to be Mr Cool now. Excellent video. You have a marvelous voice for narrating. Thanks for the view, i lived in Vegas 1991-2000 and put alot of hours on my watercrafts on Lake Meade. I hope in recovers although I won't see it in my lifetime. Very sad to see now.
Very cool. Thank you for taking the time to do this and post it. I have an uncle who lives in Vegas, but is currently working in Ridgecrest. I've been watching Lake Mead levels and the Colorado snow for a while. Great landing!
We were here as tourists in 2004 - when we commented on how low the levels were then, to the Hoover Dam tour guide, we were told there was no real problem and electricity production would never be threatened - if only he had a crystal ball ! 😉
Thank you, great video. Sensible, pleasant, informative, low key commentary, pity some news reporters, and documentary file makers don't do the same. Great flying as well! If I ever make it to Vegas I'll be taking a flight with you!
Each time I see the speedboat I wonder how it got there, and if the family have seen these videos and if it causes them sadness. Such an sad event happening at Lake Meade. Prayers for everyone affected by this.
Now something happened and that was the engine in the back that made the thing go straight down backwards hopefully the people on that boat that day are okay but the engine weight is what it made togo down that way
I remember driving a semi over the Hoover dam back around 1992. The water was all the way to the top of the towers at that time. That was only 30 years ago. Something more has happened to the water supply than what we are being told.
I remember back in the late 1990's when the lake was very full. There were talk by various environmental groups at the time about allowing all of the water to be emptied from Lake Mead entirely in an effort to return the Colorado River to it's natural state. . . Well, it appears that it is on schedule. . .
As a Las Vegan thanks for taking the time and expense to make this video. I was hoping someone would take some footage of the lake from the air. Beautiful day to fly and see the disappearing Lake Mead reservoir. The lake has changed from a blue sapphire color to a darker jade green from lack of fresh water circulating through the reservoir. Not good.
- Getting that skanky dead pool color. Callville Bay was my place to launch and the water was at the main ramp in 2007. The lake was all that I liked of the place.
I must say your video was quite informative and being legally blind and living in Las Vegas for the past going on 6 years I didn't realize like me was in such bad shape but thank you for your kindness and God bless
This is excellent! what a tremendous vantage point, seeing the lake from the air...it truly is head-shaking, these low levels. I live in Phoenix, and we get much of our water from the CAP, the Central Arizona Project. This series of canals brings us water (compliments of the dams) from the Colorado river....which originates in Colorado, in the Rockies > where winters have certainly diminished, over time. I've been looking to buy a home and while I love Arizona, the water issue is foremost in my mind: do I move north, given this drought situation? I may become a "modern day Anasazi", the ancient American Indians who, altho with a thriving culture, disappeared, the theory is, due to drought. In my view, we need to never forget that the Southwest, including SoCal, is a desert. 'Nuff said.
So sad the way it looks now compared to when my family use to go camping I the 1960. I will be 70 years old in September. Thank you for the opportunity to see the lake levels.
The silent version is sooooo much more powerful! It's eerie, and it lends real gravitas to a very grave situation. Thanks!
This is really good.
Yeah climate change is a killer.
puts the sin in sin city
The perfect chopper pilot. Nice Vid. Thank You. Amazing. Our worlds in dire straits.
When my siblings and I were growing up (I am 68 so that’s how long ago it was) our parents took us to Lake Mead every summer for years, joining their friends on the water as everyone had boats. We would find a good spot to call home and camped out for a week. Worst sunburn I got was at this lake. We visited the dam one time and that was when I first felt a fear of heights. Our parents are gone now but we have wonderful memories of of this great place. It is a huge part of our childhood. It’s story now breaks my heart.
Wow, that's quite a story of a disappearing landmark. You've been there since 2002 , you say. Is there any solution here, besides short-term things, like cutting out agriculture draws & maybe forcing less water use. It seem the overwhelming cause of this cannot be stopped, except by a reversal of the long term drought that's been happening. That "dead pool" scenario, when do you see that happening? Thanks for the video. I live in upper Michigan on Superior & our only water "problem" is excess water at times. I did visit your area several times in 80s & 90s, & what is happening is startling.
Thank you for caring to share these videos with us, God bless and safe flying.
Wow, that must have been so much fun. Find your own spot & camp for a week on the water like that,, Awesome.. Thank the Good Lord Above for MEMORIES.. I tell my kids my grandkids and great grandkids how we make memories daily, so enjoy life, treat everyone with respect, & make sure whether a year from today or ten or 30 years from now, that you can reflect on great wonderful proud moments/memories,, for sometimes it's all we got left.. Happy for you my friend. Stay Safe Stay Positive Stay Healthy and Have a Blessed Day. - Jim Gibbs New Hampshire USA aka BOSTON STRONG.
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@PRES. BARACK H. OBAMA We got no President by that name. Who are u?
Unique perspective; thanks!
My pleasure!
I was in the AF working F4-E avionics and did a trip to Vegas for Red Flag around 1989. I visited the Hoover Dam and the water was almost up to the spillways. I was in awe of how one side of the road was a massive drop and the other side was almost to the top with water. This video was an eye opener to me. Wow. Thanks for a great video.
Great video. Great narration. Pleasant video without any crazy music. I will check out your other video's.
Awesome, thank you!
Very cool video, good information about Lake Mead and a great perspective from high in the air, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching :-)
Vegas, aka the den of iniquity is running out of water. Seem is hasn't dawned on em yet judging from their gailey smiley comments.
Thanks for giving us a new prospective. 👍
Our pleasure!
Topnotch in every respect. The low-key and lucid narration enhances this beautiful, if disturbing, photographic portrait of a troubled landmark. Congratulations.
This was amazing footage. I'm so familiar with all those places from all the boat footage I've seen lately. It was fascinating to see it from the air.
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Thanks 🤠 and enjoy your Day Cheers 🍻🍻🤠✊✊
This is the BEST tour and complete analysis of just how bad the effect of the drought is. Very Well Done ! Thank you.
Next time I am in Vegas I will definitely make sure I call you. Thank you for the update on Lake Mead.
Please do! Thanks for watching :-)
Thank you for the tour! I'm amazed that this was free to watch. Very educational and beautifully done. I knew there was an issue, but seeing it puts everything into perspective. Thanks again.
Nice landing, Thanks for the tour ! 👍👍😎😊
Great video. You let the images speak for themselves and when you do talk, its educational so thanks for that. I was at Lake Powell and Lake Mead back in 2001... the water levels were down about 30 feet back then but this is really scary. I'm surprised its not a major news story.
Well done, thanks for sharing.
Did not miss the music😉 Great flyover, thank you.
Excellent footage and narration! Thank you!!!
Thank you
I'll second that! Very clear, nicely "scripted", and great sound quality. Thanks!
Thank you for caring and sharing ❤️ these videos with us, God bless and safe flying.
Awesome job bringing her in for a touchdown. My father and I used to fly a Bell47J2A that he owned back in the 70's. I lived in Vegas from 1984 to 1992 when Lake Mead was at its fullest and I must tell you it breaks my heart to see it this way. Every weekend we would go boating and find a small island to camp on and it was the best of times. I now live in Tennessee and wish I could make it back to Vegas for a visit. I wish our younger generations could experience it that way. Thank you for a great video and hope you bring us some more great images. My best to you sir.
This is the best video on the water crisis at Lake Mead and its surroundings! Thank you for no music! Commentary was excellent. What a cool helicopter!
Brilliant, NO music. Thank you.
Thanks for watching 😄
we got married in 83 and I took my wife to Las Vegas and the water was Over the spillway. Wow this looks detrimental, thanks for the eloquent narration of the entire video.
Thanks for watching :-)
Awesome job thank you for the tour!
Thanks for watching!
Fascinating tour of Lake Mead and Hoover Dam. Thanks for the video.
Thank you for the update. It was very hard for me to enjoy the other one because the music was such a distraction. Appreciate this one very much
You're welcome
Cry baby
People don't appreciate anything anymore always crying always complaining
@@richthetrashpicker-upper5244 nothing wrong with constructive criticism. And speaking of complaining, isn't that what you are doing now?
@@allansmith7305 I'm not complaining about the music I'm just telling you that you're a crybaby you people complain and cry about everything that's what I'm complaining about you complaining and crying over everything
Thanks for the beautiful photography of Lake Mead. I enjoyed it
Great video! It’s easy on the eyes and very informative. I appreciate you taking the time to show us the lake and your helicopter!
I lived in Vegas from 1986-2017, I remember the water at the dam going over the spillway. Nice video… keep the updates coming…. Please.
5:05 Amazing how fast plants take advantage of moist soil out in the desert.
Lots of seeds must settle in the flats along with mud. Rocky slopes dont hold water so not great for growth.
Thanks for sharing, nice landing BTW. Have not been to Vegas since 92. Glad I have memories of the lake being full. Have a blessed day.
Thanks for watching 😄
That 'monolith' reminds me of the spaceship from the first Planet of the Apes movie, where it stuck out of the water at about the same angle, an eerie similarity. Lake Powell was the filming location. Thanks for a great flight!
Thanks for watching :-)
Your absolutely right and that is a great catch. Good eye.
Or 2001 a space odyssey. Just glad there wasn't a group of monkeys down there furtively trying to touch it.
I was just about to write the same comment then I saw your post. Someone needs to shoot a movie using this as a prop. A time machine movie. 💪
So sad I spent most of my younger years hanging out at lake mead cliff diving camping boating all of that. Your video makes me want go explore it again
Thanks for watching :-)
Fabulous flying, camera, and tour of the retreating waters.
Thanks for watching :-)
Man you have a gift for narrating...... Thank's for sharing...... Visited the dam in 98 I think the lake level was full pond, rode the paddle boat down to the intakes...... I wish I could give yall a million gallons out of our 4 acre farm pond here in NC...... During minor droutes here my dad would say "there always comes a good shower after a long dry spell" Hope n Pray yall get some rain soon......
Thanks for the comments greatly appreciated :-)
@@TheBHiveRV Your welcome, Hey like your helicopter.... I am a pilot/"pilot of sorts" to, I've built, sold, flown and trained folk's to fly Powered Parachutes for more than 3 decade's..... My buddies trained John Kennedy Jr. to fly the PP and in fact Kennedys leg was bummed up/in a soft cast from a PP mishap day's before the crash..... My buddies in Indiana that trained him to fly the ultralite told me that they used a small airport in upstate NY named the Saratoga and in a bit of irony the plane Kennedy, his wife Caroline and her sister perished in was a Cessna Saratoga...... A truly sad day for America...... Keep the Blue side up My friend......
I knew the water levels were dropping but I never realized to the vast extent. Excellent video with great commentary accentuates the gravity of the situation.
Wow. No Music. So Much Better. Thanks for Sharing.
Thank you for watching :-)
Hope everyone got their grass real wet and green today!
Ya, toilets flushed, pools, unchecked housing expansion, you name it.
First class video. Very well done. Thanks God Bless..
Wow that’s really put the lake in perspective
Thanks from Australia 🇦🇺
Scary times for sure. Very nice video. ♥️
Much better without the music. Thanks! 🙂
I agree Thanks for watching :-)
Super cool seeing the road that drops down the canyon walls and goes over the dam. Hard to believe I used to drive a semi over that road before they built the bridge.
I retired in 2017 from UMC hospital in Las Vegas. I knew full well the lake was slowly evaporating daily. The City for a number of years had been pushing Water conservation strategies including rewards for desert landscaping versus grass lawns. I also knew eventually life was going to be rough for many living there. Not to mention California, Arizona, and New Mexico, who depends on the Lake Mead water for farming, and Electricity. It's only a matter of time how life will be affected by the water shortage I am a Native Hawaiian and I moved back home after retiring. I think about how lucky we are in Hawaii regarding forest fires and how easy it is for the Fire company helicopters to scoop up ocean water to put the fires out. I have a heart for the many lives affected by the drought and yearly forest fires throughout the West coast regions. I tip my hat and say thank you for the video presentation it further opened my eyes to the seriousness of the water problem there. Mahalo! (Thank you)
it isn't evaporation. I worked as a tech on the arizona side. Its because we're pumping out as much electricity as we can to fuel California's insane consumption for electricity because they refuse to use any energy alternatives.
It isn't evaporation. Several million people moved into the desert and that's the water source...
Not to mention the have at least 16 cloud data storage centers around Vegas. Just a single data storage center can consume a million of gallons of fresh water A DAY to keep the those data centers properly cooled. Data centers take of billions of gallons of fresh water every year. Seems very idiotic to build something that requires so much water every day to operate in the middle of a giant desert.
Wonderful ariel tour thank you so much!! Be safe up there!! 🚁
I graduated high school in Vegas. Early 80s. Have been on dam tour back then and the water was flowing over the spillway. I watch scuba diving videos in Lake Mead. Amazing to see some of those things exposed now. Worried about your area. Thanks for sharing!
Very cool! Thanks for watching :-)
Vegas Valley High 1969!!
I think by 2024 when I go to see my Raiders- we will pay for any use of water
@@troystewart7730 Don't we already pay ? I think you mean that we will just pay more.
@@eddenoy321 No
I agree everyone already pays. This will be this generations gentrification
ONLY THE WEALTHY WILL HAVE THE MONEY NEEDED. I am talking water bill 10X what the last one was.
I really like this style. Dampening the helo sounds and overdubbing worked out really well.
Amazing flying and commentary... Thank you 🤙... Mother nature ALWAYS returns herself to the original.
so a ball of lava and toxic gas? Cool.
Please keep us updated on the water level of Lake Mead. Your video is powerful and we should not take water for granted.
I grew up in Las Vegas so when I was about 10 to 12 years old in the 80s the lake was so full it was overflowing and the spillway was actually in use . Seeing the spillway in action was an amazing site , now it's an extremely sad site to see what used to be the largest man made lake , turn into a puddle !
Great shots Kudo's to all involved. What I like the most, is the absence of music.
I’m so worried about this. I realize that water use is a multifaceted complex problem but I mean there comes a point in time were you just have to say enough is enough and start working on things that can help immediately. Thank you for your informative video
Not actually complex: Global warming. We were warned, we knew how to reverse it. We won't and it will get worse.
I totally agree with your comment. In recent times, I too have been worried about the issue of water shortage there and throughout the West Coast. One idea or solution I thought of was; "How did Israel handle their water problem?" They solved the water issue. They manage to plant green gardens and vegetation in the desert as well as supply water to the population . Not only did they supply water for their country but also came into agreement with a few of their neighboring countries. Recently, about a month ago, I read a news article in which the Mayor of a region in southern Arizona visited Israel to learn what and how they solved their water issues. Then, he invited the Israelie engineers to come to Arizona and study the problem there. What resulted was the Israelie government and their engineers will help bring processed clean water to Southern Arizona via Mexico from the Baja water region. A Desalination plant will be built there in a small town in Mexico. In return, Arizona and that Mexican region gpvernment have made a deal to use the land to proces and pump the water to Arizona. Based on Israel's history with solving their water problems, "Why can't California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada work together in a joint effort to solve t Americahe water problem now!" Israel knew back in 1947 what the challenge would be to feed their country clean drinking water as well as farming water. It took years to perfect it and they did it! All I can say is "America wakeup and start moving on it!" Mahalo (Thank you)
@@hawaii50cowboy sorry my friend, but desalination creates problems itself. First, our ocean does more for the air we breath than forest, etc. It takes 3 gal to make 1 gal of drinking water; highly inefficient. What to do w/the waste? Put it back in the ocean? Look at countries doing this: coasts are high in sodium & it effects plant & animal life. So we should ruin the ocean so ppl can live where there is no water? Square peg, diamond hole.
@@hawaii50cowboy because californians keep voting for dirty democrat politicians who utilize fucked up policies. CA has terrible public education. probably on purpose.
what exactly are they gonna do? relocate a million people who are using the water?
Thank you for the air tour. I pray that Mother Nature will restore the lake to its glory days.
Awesome video, it really is sad to see the lake so low. I remember going on the lake as a kid in the 90's and looking at the water ring and thinking about how much water it must take to make up the difference. Now it's uncomprehendable how much water it would take to get it back to the top of the ring.
So glad to see someone who just lets the normal sounds through. All the music is irritating. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it! :-)
Great video! Would be interesting to fly out and take a look at both of the old city water system intakes. That will give a really good perspective on how much the lake level has dropped. When they were built, it was never thought they would be out of the water.
Very Very informative. Thanks for sharing. BTW nice landing 😎😎
BEST video so far PLUS no music , Can't wait for music fad to be over .
Thanks for watching :-)
The water's not coming back. Nice helicopter. Even nicer landing! This is a great video.
That image at 11:23 is telling. I remember visiting the dam in April of '84 and watching thousands of gallons of water per minute spill down the overflow drains on the east side. Now their 150 feet or more above the water line.
Its so sad. I saw the water levels at the bottom of the towers and now its so low. Just awful.
Absolutely amazing video, been to Vegas from New Hampshire about 12 years straight. Always come for the Nascar race in March. Diffenty brought back great memories when you flew over Hover Dam. That's for a great and beautiful video.
Thanks for watching :-)
Do a few more passes over the city and the suburbs. I’m wondering where they are getting all the water to keep those swimming pools filled as their lake disappears
The Las Vegas strip uses the most water, by far. Homeowners are a drop in the bucket, so to speak. No pun intended.
I'm wondering the same thing about LAKE LAS VEGAS! 🤔
Now that is the best perspective yet. Scary water levels...
Thanks for watching 😄
I live 5 minutes from Lake Erie in Buffalo NY. Seeing this just kills me. I sure hope our Great Lakes don't suffer this in the future.
Heard they getting ready to pipe water from the great lakes to Vegas. Just can't pipe oil though.🤪
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for no music! Refreshing!
Thank you , thank you so much for taking the time to redo the video with no music. I really enjoyed it and subscribed. I am scared of heights so this is the best way for me to have a birds eye view because if I was up there with you I wouldn't even open my eyes. Thank you for giving us so much information in a wonderful format.
Thank you my wife insisted i repost it and its much better without the music. Thanks for watching :-)
Nice landing! Great video. Thank You.
Thank you too!
That speed boat sticking straight up is a good lesson in science. It probably has a pair of big block Chevys and outdrives attached to it that were heavier than the air left in the bow of the boat when it sank. The air kept the nose pointing straight up as it hit the bottom when it sank and gravity pulled the boat into the super soft silty mud. There you go. Someone's $250,000 screw up is now the talk of the world. I'm betting that dude isn't jumping at the chance to be Mr Cool now. Excellent video. You have a marvelous voice for narrating. Thanks for the view, i lived in Vegas 1991-2000 and put alot of hours on my watercrafts on Lake Meade. I hope in recovers although I won't see it in my lifetime. Very sad to see now.
I just wonder if the owner will ever claim his boat?
@@rockatanskyrodshop8533 I’m sure it belongs to the insurance company he had it covered with
Beautiful video! Glad I discovered your channel. Thanks
Thanks for watching 😀
I would like to see a flyover of aaallll the watered golf courses and water features in Las Vegas during this drought please…
Very few of them only one or two are in really good shape the rest are brown and dingy. Thanks for watching :-)
On the same note, most of the golf courses in Arizona are watered with reclaimed water. That is water that is not safe for consumption.
Most golf courses are watered with reclaimed water buddy
Nice landing. Thanks for the tour. Your videography is appreciated.
Very cool. Thank you for taking the time to do this and post it. I have an uncle who lives in Vegas, but is currently working in Ridgecrest. I've been watching Lake Mead levels and the Colorado snow for a while. Great landing!
Thanks for watching :-)
Great video voice. Thanks fo the tour. Look forward to next video.
We were here as tourists in 2004 - when we commented on how low the levels were then, to the Hoover Dam tour guide, we were told there was no real problem and electricity production would never be threatened - if only he had a crystal ball ! 😉
Interesting video ended by a sweet on the numbers landing. Well done.
Thank you Thanks for watching :-)
Thank you, great video. Sensible, pleasant, informative, low key commentary, pity some news reporters, and documentary file makers don't do the same. Great flying as well!
If I ever make it to Vegas I'll be taking a flight with you!
I came here to watch this because there was no music. Fantastic video, great narration. Sweet greaser landing too! Thank you!
Each time I see the speedboat I wonder how it got there, and if the family have seen these videos and if it causes them sadness. Such an sad event happening at Lake Meade. Prayers for everyone affected by this.
Now something happened and that was the engine in the back that made the thing go straight down backwards hopefully the people on that boat that day are okay but the engine weight is what it made togo down that way
@@derikbagley2958 That, and there was probably an air pocket in the bow.
Thanks so much for sharing your video. Good bless you all.
Been 30 years since I've been there and WOW that is bad. I hope there is some water left for me to fish when I get back some day.
Thanks for the tour! Next trip we'll certainly give you a shout for a guided tour!
I remember driving a semi over the Hoover dam back around 1992. The water was all the way to the top of the towers at that time. That was only 30 years ago. Something more has happened to the water supply than what we are being told.
Hoover Dam supplies electricity to two of the largest electrical consumers per capita. That population has grown by 35% since 1992.
Maybe it’s aliens
I remember back in the late 1990's when the lake was very full. There were talk by various environmental groups at the time about allowing all of the water to be emptied from Lake Mead entirely in an effort to return the Colorado River to it's natural state. . . Well, it appears that it is on schedule. . .
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Excellent video 📹 👏 and thanks for the highlights about this area
And no music
As a Las Vegan thanks for taking the time and expense to make this video. I was hoping someone would take some footage of the lake from the air. Beautiful day to fly and see the disappearing Lake Mead reservoir. The lake has changed from a blue sapphire color to a darker jade green from lack of fresh water circulating through the reservoir. Not good.
- Getting that skanky dead pool color. Callville Bay was my place to launch and the water was at the main ramp in 2007. The lake was all that I liked of the place.
I must say your video was quite informative and being legally blind and living in Las Vegas for the past going on 6 years I didn't realize like me was in such bad shape but thank you for your kindness and God bless
Thanks Much better with out the music.
I am surprised but agree with you ... i didn't even think of doing it without the music in the beginning Thanks for watching :-)
Thank you for this video and for sharing.
This is excellent! what a tremendous vantage point, seeing the lake from the air...it truly is head-shaking, these low levels. I live in Phoenix, and we get much of our water from the CAP, the Central Arizona Project. This series of canals brings us water (compliments of the dams) from the Colorado river....which originates in Colorado, in the Rockies > where winters have certainly diminished, over time. I've been looking to buy a home and while I love Arizona, the water issue is foremost in my mind: do I move north, given this drought situation? I may become a "modern day Anasazi", the ancient American Indians who, altho with a thriving culture, disappeared, the theory is, due to drought.
In my view, we need to never forget that the Southwest, including SoCal, is a desert. 'Nuff said.
I enjoyed your tour. Thank you Dave from Sebastopol CA
Thank you for posting this beautiful view of a terrible situation.
Thank You for posting the Video. And great landing and I enjoyed the information. Sad at what level it had gotten too.
Awesome video. Textbook landing!! Thanks for sharing.
So sad the way it looks now compared to when my family use to go camping I the 1960. I will be 70 years old in September. Thank you for the opportunity to see the lake levels.
I enjoyed the Birdseye view of the lake. Thabks
Great job and my wife and I look forward to many more!
More to come! Thanks for watching :-)
Great video and flight tour and thanks for NOT having any music!
Absolutely Fantastic Video.....
Your voice is Magnificent too .
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Spectacular imagery, great found sound, Bravo! Well Done!😊
Looks like a helicopter tour is in my future after I arrive in Las Vegas next month. Thanks
Come by and see us : Thanks for watching :-)