California reservoirs filling quickly from steady storms

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  • The recent series of storms that have drenched the Bay Area and other parts of California are having a significant impact on the state's reservoirs.
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  • @TimeBucks
    @TimeBucks ปีที่แล้ว +330

    The moisture is great news here in northern Arizona

  • @joeyjamison5772
    @joeyjamison5772 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    A memorable line by Johnny Carson from a number of years ago:
    "Good news, the mudslides have put out the brush fires!"

    • @patrickmccarthy7877
      @patrickmccarthy7877 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Said Johnny Carson, in California, a mudslide can improve your property value, depending if you slide into Beverly Hills or out of it.

    • @indexoptions
      @indexoptions ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@patrickmccarthy7877😂

    • @auroradreamcatcher
      @auroradreamcatcher ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haha. Good one. Thanks for sharing 👍🏼 😊

  • @halrichard1969
    @halrichard1969 ปีที่แล้ว +303

    I have lived in California my whole 68 years. I am sure there are others who lived here longer. What I can say is I remember the yearly weather from the 60s and 70s and even the 80s. We had alot more water here during those times. What I mean is there was alot more rainfall and storms over the winter/spring period. It would be a huge boon for us all to see that kind of weather once again in California.

    • @photonjones5908
      @photonjones5908 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yes, those were the fat winters, this one reminds me of '82-'83 El Nino, but I think this pattern is an anomaly and the trend toward dryness will continue. Tell you what; if it continues rainy and wet for the next 10 years, I owe you a coke, or a pepsi, -your choice.

    • @photonjones5908
      @photonjones5908 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Lisa_sunshinevibes_70 Most of the water falls in the mountains and must be stored and delivered to the coastal citities and to agriculture at a constant rate. Water is a commodity just like other goods, and all of that infrasructure cost a lot of money to build and to maintain. And you have all these competing interests vying for control of a dwindling resourse as well as increasing demand, so, ...control is everything. It alwasy has been. Sharing (giving it away) never was a way to make money, my dear.

    • @photonjones5908
      @photonjones5908 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Lisa_sunshinevibes_70 You need a really big cistern to collect six months of water, because that is how long most of CA goes without water. There is a reason why home cisterns are not allowed to be tied in water systems that are tied into municipal water ststems and that is because "cross-connections" can admit pathogens into the public water supply in the event of negative pressure. They cannot force people to use or maintain backflow prevention devices nor can they prevent loss of pressure dure to accident.
      Not everything that is done by people is about controlling you. Its about avoiding lawsuits and things llike that, can you dig it?

    • @jerrybrickley2115
      @jerrybrickley2115 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @Hal
      In 1960 you had 40% of the current population .

    • @michaelrivers5213
      @michaelrivers5213 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Water usage has increased exponentially with urban growth and you had the same number of reservoirs during this time, I’m old and I remember that weather is always cyclical. The sun is on an eleven year cycle, the earth is on a cycle as far as it’s distance from the sun so good luck controlling that.😊

  • @TomCook1993
    @TomCook1993 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Spring time will be so beautiful. Bring on the rain!!!!

  • @depthcharge6215
    @depthcharge6215 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Dont worry, never under estimate CA ability to mismanage water as usual.

    • @GT-mn3bx
      @GT-mn3bx ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Don't confuse mismanagement with intentional dumping to raise costs.
      There will be a shortage in no time at all. Just like after 2017 storms.

    • @depthcharge6215
      @depthcharge6215 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ulflurken221 So in your mind you ignore CA refusing to build more reservoirs? But are funded socialist woke pet programs was top priority?

  • @user-eh2hj8bx6i
    @user-eh2hj8bx6i ปีที่แล้ว +574

    The drought has been scary so I'm glad that the reservoirs are getting to better levels, but I'm very sorry to see so many people's homes, businesses, and cars affected by the floods. The loss of life has been especially tragic.

    • @crawwwfishh3284
      @crawwwfishh3284 ปีที่แล้ว

      People should be careful where they build. The indians were.

    • @yolo6381
      @yolo6381 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Not everything comes free

    • @bigbadvoodooMAGAdaddy
      @bigbadvoodooMAGAdaddy ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Hahahahaha, I'll never stop doing my rain dance and shaking my thunder stick at you, hahahahaha!

    • @boohere2
      @boohere2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      It has been. It's also scary when they keep building new homes or buildings. It's like those will take more water up too! Lastly, honestly I don't want them to waste the water that is spilling out of the reserves. They should try to save the water that goes over board. You never know, they could go back & say drought again. They should have a plan of keeping that extra water.

    • @David-ty5jk
      @David-ty5jk ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Not scary, if you think that, just imagine what you'll think when the flooding really begins

  • @lplp1546
    @lplp1546 ปีที่แล้ว +294

    Very happy to see Californias lakes and reservoirs starting to filling up. Hopefully this season will end with all water levels at their normal levels and the long drought is over.

    • @trustedroot
      @trustedroot ปีที่แล้ว +50

      hate to break it to you bud but a drought doesn't end with one season of good rain

    • @RumCaptain
      @RumCaptain ปีที่แล้ว

      The majority of ca is supposed to be desert. Droughts are a normal frequent occurrence in CA. Lunatics on the left are the ones who are brainwashing idiots like you to believe otherwise.

    • @stick9648
      @stick9648 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It could harm some insect so California will have to drain as much as possible.

    • @johnnyblades7824
      @johnnyblades7824 ปีที่แล้ว

      CA can only hold 50% of any average rainy season -all the rest of the rain water floods out to the ocean.. by contrast, Colorado reservoirs can contain 400% of its annual rain fall -that's why they can make $ selling water to southern California.. environmentalist would rather the population and farms die in California than provide sensible water management -wake up!

    • @mrsleep0000
      @mrsleep0000 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@trustedroot Hate to break it to you, but it wont ever end, they make too much money charging people extra for water. Not 5 years ago we had this much rain and the reservoirs were filled to capacity, some overflowing, but they magically emptied out within a a year...

  • @andyd3447
    @andyd3447 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The entire southwest is too dry not just California. We need rain bad!

    • @hershall_3162
      @hershall_3162 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The entire southwest is a desert buddy. I’m surprised ppl wanna live out that way as long as they’ve been talking about water shortages. Vacation only for me!

    • @3089280288
      @3089280288 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yet more factories are being built there

    • @jax9769
      @jax9769 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's a desert pal. It doesn't rain there

    • @andyd3447
      @andyd3447 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jax9769 Without water life cannot exist.

  • @jakemoeller7850
    @jakemoeller7850 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    The moisture is great news here in northern Arizona, also! More, please!!

    • @ronwade2206
      @ronwade2206 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      We're supposed to get snow tonight, just west of NAU here.

    • @paulstaney325
      @paulstaney325 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Is Snow Bowl open for skiing, snow boarding?

    • @jakemoeller7850
      @jakemoeller7850 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@paulstaney325 • Oh yes!

    • @feliperivas3814
      @feliperivas3814 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      So happy to hear Arizona is gaining moisture as too. Yes, more please 🙏

    • @halrichard1969
      @halrichard1969 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Would love to see the Rio Grande fill back to levels of past decades.

  • @builderpj
    @builderpj ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Don't worry the California water resource board will let all the water out of the reservoirs like they did after 2019

    • @halrichard1969
      @halrichard1969 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Profits and control are prime, so yep they will do what they must do, to maintain the status quo of both!

    • @kbanghart
      @kbanghart ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, reservoirs are designed to let water out.

    • @kbanghart
      @kbanghart ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@halrichard1969 vote blue

    • @photonjones5908
      @photonjones5908 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Water managers have to maintain some capacity for flood control, whether the flood happens or not, ok? Go back to your sewing.

    • @kbanghart
      @kbanghart ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@photonjones5908 I'm not sure that even sewing is okay for these people, they'd probably stab themselves to death. And then blame the needle manufacturer.

  • @bridgettewood1713
    @bridgettewood1713 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I don't live in California anymore because of so meny things that overcome, however I am wondering how many people are thanking GOD for this blessing!!!!!!🐴😉💝

  • @AJwoodway
    @AJwoodway ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I live in Waco Texas and im hoping and praying that yall do ok and that this cycle of storms will help things out there.
    We are all Americans and i dont have to agree with your politics or beliefs to be concerned for yall.
    Just like yall dont have to agree with mine.
    We are all in this together and i hope everyone has a great day or night.

    • @donlarocque5157
      @donlarocque5157 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      East Texas here. I wish all Americans felt the same.

    • @oaktownfunky
      @oaktownfunky ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nothing but love from California 🇺🇸

    • @Zb_Calisthenic
      @Zb_Calisthenic ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same. I'm from Ny but love to see this across the way. 🇺🇸

    • @joshuapopulus4900
      @joshuapopulus4900 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ri here and I feel the same way!

  • @iliketheodds2575
    @iliketheodds2575 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    ❤ that the reservoirs are filling up.

  • @stevenhaff3332
    @stevenhaff3332 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    Wonderful news. Stay safe everyone.

    • @antoniofauxuci174
      @antoniofauxuci174 ปีที่แล้ว

      ruined by liberals, letting most of the water into the ocean

    • @robertwheeler5125
      @robertwheeler5125 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Repent and believe in Jesus Christ Jesus is a lord of love who does not seek to hurt his people. Let Jesus into your heart and be saved.

    • @milhouse14
      @milhouse14 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Repent and believe in Jesus Christ The gay gods gave California these rains. Duh.

  • @echung168
    @echung168 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    FINALLY!!! it's nice to see our east bay hills get green again even in this winter.. it's usually pretty dead these past few years! I hope we don't fall back into this same pattern come summer.
    How long will the water last us with all our reservoirs being so full now from the storms?

    • @kbanghart
      @kbanghart ปีที่แล้ว

      Hopefully til summer.

    • @travishartman5662
      @travishartman5662 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's always dry in summer and always has been in Cali. Just hope for wet winters to come back.

  • @mexicanwhitedevil386
    @mexicanwhitedevil386 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    I've lived here my whole life and this has always been the way the weather has been, extremely dry years like in the 70's followed by extremely wet years like the 80's all the way up until now. The only difference between then and now is the population has gone from 20 million to 40 million and we've only built a few small reservoirs for all those people's needs.

    • @randyjackson7584
      @randyjackson7584 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      you are right, when it was 115 degrees a few months ago was the giveaway that this was going to happen, long time california residents saw this coming

    • @marianne3024
      @marianne3024 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I remember we had a lot of rain in 2017 2018 Winter however we had the same highs of 111 last year in September for the first two weeks and no rain. I definitely know that it’s cyclical but regardless people need to learn how to conserve water and stop selling all of our water to everyone else. Agriculture Has to also get smarter with their drip systems I live in an agricultural area and they just toss it over everything in the air

    • @White_Snake69
      @White_Snake69 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Majority of that water is going to be run off it's going to go into the ocean anyways

    • @Mr-Clark
      @Mr-Clark ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@White_Snake69 all to save a stupid useless fish

    • @michaelscott3222
      @michaelscott3222 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@White_Snake69 you misspelled illegal marijuana grows

  • @kabysummit5801
    @kabysummit5801 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    "This amount of water is a staggering punch to the relentless draught"
    Great reporting Tom! Feels like I'm watching Rocky coming back from beatings and lands a big knock out against Apollo or Drago

    • @adamc760
      @adamc760 ปีที่แล้ว

      And California will mismanage the water like they usually do, and it’ll be back in a drought once summer is over.

    • @CEOkiller
      @CEOkiller ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You forgot Clubber Lang, suckah!

    • @GT-mn3bx
      @GT-mn3bx ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dumping water allows a rise in costs. Next year there will be a water shortage. Just watch.

    • @navybrat4246
      @navybrat4246 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They will let it out! Can't have a surplus.

  • @rocioaguilera3555
    @rocioaguilera3555 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    From drought to flood.
    At least the reservoirs are filling up.
    My best wishes for Californians.

  • @mr.regenold6572
    @mr.regenold6572 ปีที่แล้ว

    Answered Prayers from Decades and Tears Ago ☔🌧️⛈️🌥️

  • @abchowbaycee
    @abchowbaycee ปีที่แล้ว +12

    2 months later: " we are in a drought."

  • @hansel2001
    @hansel2001 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    The reporter makes it sound like we’re out of drought. 120% of normal does NOT mean it’s full; it just means we’re ahead of schedule. But in Nov 2021 we were ahead of schedule with the heavy October rains and no rain came from Nov-Jun, leaving us behind schedule.
    I guarantee you: if you can mess water conservation up, these people California will mess it up. We need new people managing our water supplies.

    • @photonjones5908
      @photonjones5908 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You guys didn;t get the big December storm train in 2021? We got tons of snow around Tahoe. Btw water managers cannot make it rain.

    • @hansel2001
      @hansel2001 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@photonjones5908 we got some rain in December 2021 but the water managers increased outflows from reservoirs with October rains thinking subsequent rains would overburden dams. Even at that time, you had think that was insane. Why should outflows exceed inflows during drought?!?!
      Those rains never came. The increased outflows of freshwater just pissed into the ocean in October, leaving reservoirs low going into summer.
      You have uneducated people managing water. Let’s get some fresh blood of data scientists, scenario planners, machine learning experts to replace these boomers managing our greatest resource!
      We need to get these democrats out and have the professionals manage California.
      I’m not pro-Trump by any means but if there was one thing he was right about California when we had wildfires, it was him lambasting our conservation managers for throwing fresh water away into the ocean.
      It’s mindless what our water managers do. No big thinking. Just same old 20th century thinking without realizing the data is showing we’re in a different world. Ponderous.

    • @7531monkey
      @7531monkey ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He didnt ‘make it sound’ like anything, you projected what he said into what you wanted to hear.

    • @DanielBagavan
      @DanielBagavan ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They will quietly release it in the ocean and claim another drought by summer. All by design.

  • @breakdancinfool
    @breakdancinfool ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you 2023!!! We needed the drink from heaven!

  • @juzoli
    @juzoli ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When my lawn gets 1 inch of rain a week, it is beautiful green.
    But if there is a drought for 4 weeks, and then it gets 4 inches of rain in an hour, then most of the rain just runs off on the surface, and doesn’t soak into the ground. The grass gets a bit greener, but then its back to dying again.
    The rain is welcome, but it is nowhere near a replacement for what was missed before, even if it seems to be a lot.

  • @lesevesel2898
    @lesevesel2898 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Only to have Gruesome Newsome dump it all into the Pacific when no one's looking.

  • @drunvert
    @drunvert ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Everybody forgets that it was just four years ago that we completely filled up all the reservoirs and we ended the drought. It was not a relentless drought. It was three or four years of drought after we had ended the drought

  • @danielhathaway8042
    @danielhathaway8042 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    California really needed this they’ve been dry for several years.

    • @The_Conqueeftador
      @The_Conqueeftador ปีที่แล้ว

      No, California Democrat Gavin Newsom undamned the rivers for "the salmon" and to appease the econotsees super PAC. Which caused the fresh water to all drain back into the ocean. Causing the loss in agriculture and raising food costs and small farmers losing money. So banks can come in and swoop up the land sell it off to corporate farmers. Your elections have consequences. Wake up.

    • @feliperivas3814
      @feliperivas3814 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Spring will be extra green this year

    • @TheHopetown
      @TheHopetown ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@feliperivas3814 perfect growth for fires next fall

    • @drummersinger5324
      @drummersinger5324 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      They'll be dry by end of summer . The overblown optimism stinks.

    • @Royal_dj_ent
      @Royal_dj_ent ปีที่แล้ว

      @@drummersinger5324 😂 okay

  • @jeffmorse645
    @jeffmorse645 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    I feel bad for those affected by flooding (my old neighborhood in Merced was evacuated today from Bear Creek overflowing), but it is so nice to see this rain. Its really heartening to see Oroville 85% of normal plus all the snowback in the mountains above it. Its the state water project's biggest.

    • @Cre80s
      @Cre80s ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's that double-edged sword. Rain is simply great, but without an actual natural renewing snowpack in the mountains, the "true California water source", it's just a temporary reprieve in the big scheme of things. A pleasant delay.

    • @TiredAmerican247
      @TiredAmerican247 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Oroville is only 38% full. It's poor reporting when talking about reservoir capacity.

    • @RandyR
      @RandyR ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I lived in Atwater from 70 to 76. Have good memories of the area. Graduated from Atwater High in 72 .

    • @happykitten5695
      @happykitten5695 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hey i'm in merced
      i love you ALL
      my best wishes thoughts prayers and meditations for ALL
      ONE 💛

    • @gregjones3660
      @gregjones3660 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well they are going to have to repair the areas of California affected by the floods. Except California has negative money and Biden allowed $1.7 trillion to go to Ukraine! or at least a very useful cause!…

  • @markaranita704
    @markaranita704 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We haven't had rainy season in years it's about time so enjoy the weather slow down and get thru it

  • @gostodemaisdaroca4052
    @gostodemaisdaroca4052 ปีที่แล้ว

    This spring is going to be fun at Santa Paula punch bowl hiking trail . My favorite trial in Southern California.

  • @archer1483
    @archer1483 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sucks when people get in the way of all this rain, but as far as the reservoirs,, we got to get it one way or another. This is great news

  • @ericheine2414
    @ericheine2414 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Tom Vacar- thank you very much for the excellent reporting. You are such a seasoned professional it's really wonderful to get a news from you.
    Thank you so much. You rock

  • @Bdub1952
    @Bdub1952 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    Nice to see good news reported in spite of the devastation.

    • @jeffedmundson3934
      @jeffedmundson3934 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Bw Bacon have you noticed it's almost like pulling teeth to get the media to report Anything positive ???

    • @Bdub1952
      @Bdub1952 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jeffedmundson3934 The thing is, negative sells. Media is in it for the money. Always has been, always will be.

    • @jerrys4841
      @jerrys4841 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good news yes. Still have to prepare for more hot and dry weather. Conserve, make smart choices for water conservation. Extremely dry and hot conditions all of a sudden becomes a delusion, something ain't right here.

    • @jerrys4841
      @jerrys4841 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ What does religion have to do with this? God has no place here. We are destroying our own home. Greedy and unimaginative people and ignorant people are ruining our environment, our home. Most people on this planet are not taking the initiative to change it for what would be a better place to live. Complacency, power and greed control our lives. We have the ability to change it. Are you contributing to the practical clean up of our idiocy? Or are you just waiting for Jesus.?

    • @echung168
      @echung168 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jerrys4841 Exactly, just because we're not in a drought now because of the storm doesn't mean we're out of the weeds just yet. It's still the winter rain season where we are supposed to be getting rain. The worst is still to come. These storms brought us materials to work with, now it's up to us to continue doing our part.

  • @theotherdave8013
    @theotherdave8013 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    im glad yall are getting water back, hope lake mead fills up too. Ive seen a few videos on the situation.

  • @retrogamer2548
    @retrogamer2548 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just turned 50 years old. Bought the big house here in southern California for 50K dollars back in 1990s. We did get more rainfall back then.

  • @artsygala
    @artsygala ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Despite all this rain, it's going to take years to replenish the aquifers that have been pumped dry by farms in the Central Valley.

    • @JonBrownSherman
      @JonBrownSherman ปีที่แล้ว

      It's never going to happen

    • @RumCaptain
      @RumCaptain ปีที่แล้ว

      The majority goes to southern CA. Farming has always been in CA. Stop pointing fingers at the wrong crowd idiot.

  • @jacobrod98
    @jacobrod98 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    Sad all the destruction its causing, but hopefully this rain will do us good in the long run.

    • @raulcasas4548
      @raulcasas4548 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I love you California ❤❤❤❤.

    • @adammacer
      @adammacer ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Not that long - you'll probably be back to drought next year.. this is an anomaly..

    • @protectork9831
      @protectork9831 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      No it wouldn't. These reservoirs will be empty in 1 to 2 year

    • @mikhaildice
      @mikhaildice ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@raulcasas4548 it sucks bro

    • @TC-kf9zw
      @TC-kf9zw ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@adammacer no it's not it's a pattern, the last super heavy winter was followed by decade of normal none drought years.

  • @addie2739
    @addie2739 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mainly sunny Wednesday on the Red River Shore. UNBELIEVABLE. A real miracle. 😅 Addie was here. Fri. FEB10 2023.

  • @NYPATRIOTBX
    @NYPATRIOTBX ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Glad you guys out west are getting some much needed snow and rain.

  • @scootersmith7362
    @scootersmith7362 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Now stop letting Nestle steal the waterto filter it and sell it in bottle water to the people

  • @lw3918
    @lw3918 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It could rain every day for 15 years and they would still tell us we're in a drought. It's not about water, it's about power and control.

    • @iluvtododrawrings
      @iluvtododrawrings ปีที่แล้ว

      It's literally staring you in the face 50s into the video... The main reservoirs are 42% full and the normal (read non-drought) level is 68% full. Get back to that normal level and you can stop talking about drought.

    • @lw3918
      @lw3918 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@iluvtododrawrings They will never stop talking about drought. They use fake "climate change" as their number one tool for power and control. And idiots believe it.

    • @WomackKP
      @WomackKP ปีที่แล้ว

      It's about money they have invested in current EV's, solar, and wind. They want to make you fear global warming and climate change. They will call it whatever they can to make you buy what they have invested in. They need it now, change now, get an EV, and install solar now.
      The only real urgency is that tech is advancing super fast, and their investments will be obsolete soon.

  • @mst.ambiakhatun1651
    @mst.ambiakhatun1651 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you 😊

  • @preetidevi3969
    @preetidevi3969 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very Happy to See californias lakes.

  • @AustinBWH
    @AustinBWH ปีที่แล้ว +12

    So happy for CA WATER!!!

  • @PlasmaEntity
    @PlasmaEntity ปีที่แล้ว +41

    We still need more rain. Especially in my region

    • @chir0pter
      @chir0pter ปีที่แล้ว +3

      which region is that?

    • @mmakotal4388
      @mmakotal4388 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      as long mye re gion gets it im happy

    • @axelfoley1812
      @axelfoley1812 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mmakotal4388 🤣😂🤣 basically sucks to be you... I'm good

    • @mmakotal4388
      @mmakotal4388 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@axelfoley1812 lol no it doesn’t my area is fine and we have water now so I can water my california big lawn and start my cannabis weed garden. Sucks to be you

  • @brentadamson8373
    @brentadamson8373 ปีที่แล้ว

    That’s huge , let’s go !!!

  • @kalifaz2787
    @kalifaz2787 ปีที่แล้ว

    California love baby! Thank you god for all the water we desperately needed.

  • @masoodb2464
    @masoodb2464 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Make it rain baby! 💸

  • @tss9886
    @tss9886 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    The problem is the soil has no water in it. Groundwater takes time to replenish and a concrete spillway stops water from returning to the ground. Changes need to be made to prevent future shortages.

    • @momcatx2
      @momcatx2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      How many aquifers have been lost to drought or over use by ag, with absolutely nothing done to increase groundwater capture when the rainy years return? There's way too much money and politics in California water. There's BIG money in growing almonds, hay, feed corn, and dairy cows.

    • @FORSAKENGARAGE
      @FORSAKENGARAGE ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @h2s142earth naturally produces water is what he’s saying. And he’s saying that concrete stops water from returning to the ground cause it gets routed somewhere

    • @seventail
      @seventail ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@FORSAKENGARAGE I get that but he complain the "spillway" is made of concrete, does that mean there shouldn't be a spillway or he just doesn't know what spillway is...

    • @taiwananation1426
      @taiwananation1426 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Concrete Jungle.

    • @p42uynot59
      @p42uynot59 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They need to build a reservoir under the water in the reservoir. It’ll be cooler kept underground and won’t evaporate as easy.

  • @rachell4417
    @rachell4417 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good to hear.

  • @Big_Island_Boi
    @Big_Island_Boi ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Salt Lake City / Utah has also been hammered this season. Every storm CA gets ends up in Utah eventually. As I type it is dumping uncharacteristically wet / soupy snow outside my house.

    • @rrr3r2
      @rrr3r2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      To many people live there too. You put that many people in one area and it strains everything.

    • @chuckmorton8823
      @chuckmorton8823 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good for SLC!!

    • @travishartman5662
      @travishartman5662 ปีที่แล้ว

      Many don't. Often they Peter out first

    • @travishartman5662
      @travishartman5662 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Yes Sir where do you live. Wyoming?

    • @travishartman5662
      @travishartman5662 ปีที่แล้ว

      @John Doe we have no snow on the ground in iowa right now and 40s during the day. Definitely not normal. 20 years ago the whole month of January was cloudy and the snow just got deeper. This would be warm for November lol.

  • @AngelXg831
    @AngelXg831 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can’t wait for the fishing after the storm!!! But this the fist time Iv ever seem something flooding in my town crazy

  • @andre1987eph
    @andre1987eph ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Great journalism and encouraging news❤

  • @PixelStacker
    @PixelStacker ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The moisture is great news here in northern Arizona, also! More, please!! absolutely

  • @dantraciculbertson8543
    @dantraciculbertson8543 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    All this water,where's it going. Think there's things not shared with us!

  • @HKim0072
    @HKim0072 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Snowpack is a huge part of the water supply. Over 200% now.
    (Still 64% of peak. Will need more for the next few months.)

    • @davvves7977
      @davvves7977 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do you know if receiving too much snowfall in one season could be bad in any way? Maybe spring floods?
      Very happy to see all of the rain and snow even though I’m on the other side of the country 😂

    • @firebirdlover4460
      @firebirdlover4460 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@davvves7977 the answer is yes. It can cause spring floods. It can also take well into the summer to completely thaw in some of our mountains, which would be more ideal.

    • @rikkipowers3921
      @rikkipowers3921 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davvves7977 mudslides and avalanches are also possible, but most people don't live up there or are aware of such risks.

  • @malibustacy3606
    @malibustacy3606 ปีที่แล้ว

    I read your "Edible Panties In The Workplace" vlog and found it to be very insightful and informative.

  • @custard511
    @custard511 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good for you guys! Living in fear of drought always concerning

    • @RLTtizME
      @RLTtizME ปีที่แล้ว

      Now they can go back to worrying about the big quake.

  • @mitchellkrouth5083
    @mitchellkrouth5083 ปีที่แล้ว

    Correct it is a blessing. You have been blessed.

  • @baileym4708
    @baileym4708 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Problem is they will let the water out (I don't know the reason but they do) into the ocean and the summer, we will be in drought and no water in the reservoirs.

    • @kbanghart
      @kbanghart ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But that's not a problem. Water naturally flows to the ocean.

    • @travishartman5662
      @travishartman5662 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      U don't know why they let the water out lol. For one the reservoirs are made by building dams on rivers. If you don't let it out it overtops the dam and washes it away. Hard to store water after the dam is gone.

    • @travishartman5662
      @travishartman5662 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kbanghart ya that's what rivers do lol

  • @Legion831
    @Legion831 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Finally, somebody talking about the positive side of this hurricane😍😍😍 I still don’t regret, wishing for the storm.

    • @RumCaptain
      @RumCaptain ปีที่แล้ว

      Hurricane?
      How stupid are you?
      I was born here in CA and lived here my entire life. I despise this place now. Filled with a bunch of morons like you. I can't wait to leave this pending apocalyptic hell hole called CA.

    • @chrxs61632
      @chrxs61632 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ain’t no hurricane! This ain’t the east coast/Caribbean. It’s just a storm

    • @kmena05
      @kmena05 ปีที่แล้ว

      whatever that was wasn't a Hurricane, I live in Texas so I know what a Hurricane is what you guys got is just another day here in Texas.

    • @travishartman5662
      @travishartman5662 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hurricane lol. Hurricanes never last this long

    • @sirich7751
      @sirich7751 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please it was a non-binary-icane

  • @looper9264
    @looper9264 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank God for giving you rain, water is so important to everyday life. Crops can be watered, hydroelectricity can be produced, water rationing can be put on hold, recreation can return to normal...be grateful everyone.

  • @WhereOceansMeeet
    @WhereOceansMeeet ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It's wonderful news for anyone who wasn't swept away by the flooding waters...

  • @Scronnoc
    @Scronnoc ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Excellent reporting!

    • @toddrobert384
      @toddrobert384 ปีที่แล้ว

      Took 15 storms before the media talked about the up-side 😂

  • @JCAH1
    @JCAH1 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is unusually excellent reporting. Lots of germane facts and going to the experts. No BS, filler or emotional fluff. Thank you!

    • @RLTtizME
      @RLTtizME ปีที่แล้ว

      Wasn't Michael Jackson's brother named Germane?

    • @JCAH1
      @JCAH1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RLTtizME Well, I suppose Germane is a better name than Relevant.

    • @RLTtizME
      @RLTtizME ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JCAH1 Yo...I suppose so ....or Obsequious. Good one...don't you think?

  • @vodaredhill1704
    @vodaredhill1704 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was in LA last week it was bucketing down.

  • @htvlogs80
    @htvlogs80 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Doesn’t matter if it’s filled to the top. Cali will still limit our water use & shower time.

    • @Paiadakine
      @Paiadakine ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Calif will dump water to save the minnows and by august raise water prices and declare a drought. Back to the same old same old by august

    • @csmidt2885
      @csmidt2885 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      greed

    • @PerceptionVsReality333
      @PerceptionVsReality333 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Paiadakine
      Nailed it.

    • @marcusfieldfield4069
      @marcusfieldfield4069 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Paiadakine amazing very few people want to acknowledge The Never Ending California drought even in wet years... Save The Bait fish ! Empty the Northern California reservoirs into the San Francisco Bay yearly... the Sacramento Delta area could supply lots of water if one pipe was built to Southern California

    • @jeffalbillar7625
      @jeffalbillar7625 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've never been limited for shower time.
      The only time I remember being limited for water use was in the seventies

  • @RandyR
    @RandyR ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Great news concerning the long drought. What about Lake Mead, Lake Powell and the Colorado River??

    • @liifesaverr
      @liifesaverr ปีที่แล้ว

      fucking what about them?? what's your point?

    • @travishartman5662
      @travishartman5662 ปีที่แล้ว

      Still a drought so...

    • @rikkipowers3921
      @rikkipowers3921 ปีที่แล้ว

      lake mead has risen a foot so far, but that's not really enough.

  • @AnthonyCasabar
    @AnthonyCasabar ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the weather who agrees 😊

  • @Stefan_Boerjesson
    @Stefan_Boerjesson ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic recovery. Who could believe that, as bad as it was? Congrats.

  • @MikeKollin
    @MikeKollin ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I hope so cuz this rain is out of control!!
    I'm here in Marin.... we didn't get hit bad at all...
    But south and north of us has...

  • @INFJ595
    @INFJ595 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Crop veggies and prices from the Central Valley of California are on their way to your local grocery store in 1 month ...
    15 🥑 ...$10.40
    Droughts we're holding back harvesting
    for 6 months....

  • @Kni0002
    @Kni0002 ปีที่แล้ว

    El nino has come, in Australia it’s getting a bit dryer now compared to a few months ago

  • @user-yg6dk9eh8g
    @user-yg6dk9eh8g ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Old One

  • @Trainlover1995
    @Trainlover1995 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Keep that rain a-comin', Mother Nature, the drought is finally ending!

    • @White_Snake69
      @White_Snake69 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The drought will never end you still have to worry about Southern California which is still in a massive drought situation Lake Mead is still very low

    • @michaelscott3222
      @michaelscott3222 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah we won't have any of this by March. Close the fucking border, too many illegal marijuana grows.

    • @mushy18100
      @mushy18100 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@White_Snake69rainstorms on Saturday and Monday.

    • @magesalmanac6424
      @magesalmanac6424 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No, the drought is not ending. Come on..

    • @Imissthe90sletsgoback
      @Imissthe90sletsgoback ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh you brainwashed people crack me up we have the ability to clean even ocean water these days. You do realize how much water is on our planet? Stop living in fear because they want you to believe you are doomed so they can save you and tax you for “saving” you.🤣🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑

  • @paxwallace8324
    @paxwallace8324 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm happy to hear it🤞

  • @wildrosecece
    @wildrosecece ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great fruits and veggies from Cal this year!

  • @Pam_Doddridge
    @Pam_Doddridge ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Too bad Governor Brown didn’t build the reservoirs the size they were approved for back in the day.

  • @cliffp.3821
    @cliffp.3821 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow thats good news during bad times. Answered prayer

  • @crazedgoldminner7384
    @crazedgoldminner7384 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In '98 we had big storms and it felt a reservoirs but nothing like what I've seen I live near New Milos are as a voor to all in the county and it's just unbelievable it's gone up about 50 feet in elevation that's an insane amount of water in just a couple of weeks

    • @RumCaptain
      @RumCaptain ปีที่แล้ว

      Lived here my entire life and you're completely wrong. This has happened several times.
      It's time to stop drinking the leftist looney tune kool-aid.

  • @hyrenaj2888
    @hyrenaj2888 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    We really shouldn't be in a position where reservoirs are spilling water one year then going into drought the next. This year has been good but most of the past decade hasn't; more capacity should be built to save every drop possible and ameliorate multi-year drought effects.

    • @travishartman5662
      @travishartman5662 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol u are clueless. "Spilling" is totally the wrong word unless u are talking about a cup. No reservoir on earth is designed to prevent flow downstream. It would be an immediate failure within one year as water would just go over the dam. If u know anything about water then u know the dam would then wash out followed by any towns downstream of said dam. Your comment lacks common sense and critical thinking entirely.

  • @tomsanders5584
    @tomsanders5584 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    KTVU had a similar report in the Dec 2021 time frame after a good bout of storms filled the reservoirs. A mere 6 months later the state declared a "massive drought" for the area. Question: why doesn't the state enlarge the reservoirs (or create new ones) in the dry seasons to catch more of this water rather than let it spill over and drain off?

    • @grakkerful
      @grakkerful ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Indeed, there was a lot of rain a year ago and it was looking good but then, as you said, it just straight up stopped. No number of reservoirs is going to make a difference if it doesn't rain. Plus the cost, financially, ecologically, etc. would outweigh the benefits.

    • @tomsanders5584
      @tomsanders5584 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@grakkerful I drove from SF to Carson City in June of 2022 and the mountain reservoirs were full and there was still snow on the mountains. Someone's lying, just sayin'.

    • @tss9886
      @tss9886 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It's made worse because all the groundwater has been stripped from the land it will take hundreds of years and alot more rain to fix the damage that has done.

    • @sergiokieri3137
      @sergiokieri3137 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Because the law of diminishing returns exists. The proposed site of reservoirs aren’t very good and do not have a great way to be filled by rainfall. Reservoirs were built in the best places to start with, California has 1300 reservoirs so what you are looking at now is the 1301 best place. Keep in mind urban water use has remained constant, what has grown is agricultural water use. Maybe farmers could implement better water conservation policies, unlikely as they are as stupid as they are ornery, but that is the majority of the water.
      What we need to do for urban centers is water reclamation, reusing water by filtering already used water is easier than desalination and doesn’t have to be pumped from ocean side 100s of miles away and 100s of feet in elevation.

    • @mikeeguti2165
      @mikeeguti2165 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      CA doesn't have enough water storage. I wish every new home has an underground tank, just like houses in Bermuda. That will translates to millions and millions of gallons that we could store and can be used during dry season without exhausting our water supply.

  • @fasail_ali86
    @fasail_ali86 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing senior

  • @WowDaniX
    @WowDaniX ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Stay safe everyone!

  • @aviewer9516
    @aviewer9516 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I know people have short memories, but I hope all of this reminds people how precious water is and that conservation of water is so important even in 'normal' times, because it can go bad really quickly and there is very little we can do to recover. We are at the mercy of nature.

    • @jadapinkett1656
      @jadapinkett1656 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      California's water problem was caused by corporations, not individuals.

    • @1964mcqueen
      @1964mcqueen ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jadapinkett1656 Really? So all those lawns being watered and pools filled were corporations? Diabolical!

    • @1964mcqueen
      @1964mcqueen ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm afraid the answer is no.
      People will go right back to wasting water as always. And do little or nothing to curb their carbon emissions.
      And, will wonder why nobody is doing anything about the next drought.

    • @adrienchandler4906
      @adrienchandler4906 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was just going to post something like this.

  • @derpin5170
    @derpin5170 ปีที่แล้ว

    first time in a while I have seen the part of stevens creek near me with any water

  • @Bandgeek601
    @Bandgeek601 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2022: We’ve had too many fires and droughts.
    Mother Nature: Hold my beer.

  • @danieldickson8591
    @danieldickson8591 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It would take months of precipitation like this to restore the ground water reserve. This is welcome, but it's only a short-term reprieve.

  • @Zoe-yq4ng
    @Zoe-yq4ng ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Finally a year without drought!

    • @TiredAmerican247
      @TiredAmerican247 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      oroville lake and shasta are 38-39% full. Reporter twisted facts. We'll still be in a drought this year if the rain doesn't stay stay consistent.

    • @Paiadakine
      @Paiadakine ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

    • @jeffalbillar7625
      @jeffalbillar7625 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The drought isn't going anywhere.
      This is just a reprieve.
      We still need to conserve.

    • @Tom_Lynx_98626
      @Tom_Lynx_98626 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hahahaha 😄🤣😆.... You're kidding .... right ???

    • @1Cosmic_Squid1
      @1Cosmic_Squid1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jeffalbillar7625Right? We JUST filled the reservoirs, if we start using them like rain is a sure thing, we’ll have another drought real quick.

  • @steelbones1911
    @steelbones1911 ปีที่แล้ว

    Guess it's kind of a good thing these reservoirs weren't at max capacity when all this rain came through, especially with more expected.

  • @jamesnewberry1191
    @jamesnewberry1191 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The streets won't smell like pee or poop for a couple of weeks or so.

    • @literacypolice
      @literacypolice ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They will in your delusions.

    • @timbrown8443
      @timbrown8443 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@literacypolice 🤣

    • @bobcob3362
      @bobcob3362 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@literacypolice can you smell a delusion??

    • @jamesnewberry1191
      @jamesnewberry1191 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@literacypolice Oh.....that's just great !!!

    • @shivermetreason7592
      @shivermetreason7592 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bobcob3362 Yes. It smells like Trump winning in 2020. It's not real.

  • @robertkitchens6341
    @robertkitchens6341 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You need water California just be patient

  • @att2976
    @att2976 ปีที่แล้ว

    Happy for that

  • @Crackitify
    @Crackitify ปีที่แล้ว

    what you need are beavers to store additional water at surface level, not only that but it gives the surrounding lands room to weather droughts

  • @reza_dc2
    @reza_dc2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    what about lake mead?

  • @tld_smd7063
    @tld_smd7063 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    People need to read Steinbeck. Wet and dry cycles are the norm in California. Always have been. Both cycles can be brutal, but that's what you sign up for living here.

    • @HKim0072
      @HKim0072 ปีที่แล้ว

      East of Eden. The guy could find water on other’s properties, but not his own.

  • @altarique123
    @altarique123 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am so happy for the California. I was worried about their water 💧 shortages for the last few years . I am really happy now. Love 💕 from Buffalo New York

  • @dircxx8554
    @dircxx8554 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Funny how we’re so low on water and now we’re worry bout water is to full..😅

  • @FirePhoenix39
    @FirePhoenix39 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We’re finally given all of this water yet a large majority is being let go into the ocean to become useless, with the rest to be severely depleted within a few months from poor management. I can confidently say it won’t be long till we’re right back to where we started with cries of “we’re in a drought, we could really use some rain right now!” as if we hadn’t utterly wasted the precious resource when it had been so plentiful.

    • @bobmariano3731
      @bobmariano3731 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank your so nothing officials & politicians of CA , yeah that’s you I am taking too Dems ! 👍🤛

  • @striker44
    @striker44 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The water boards will still find ways to increase the water consumption charges for consumers. The SoCal population benefits from NorCal's floods.

    • @mynameismatt2010
      @mynameismatt2010 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SoCal is flooding too, just not as bad.

    • @jeffalbillar7625
      @jeffalbillar7625 ปีที่แล้ว

      If I remember correctly, Southern California helped pay for Lake Orovilles with extra taxes decades ago.
      We're still paying for it with now.

  • @aisforapple2494
    @aisforapple2494 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Covering San Francisco in 49 feet of water would be a gift from God.