It might fill up but at the rate its being taken out it will be right back to the level it was a year ago.The people in charge have no clew how to manage the water.
@@MrCubflyer I’m 64, it’s everyone’s worry. People have been trying for most of my life to change what’s happening in the climate with droughts, and the consumption by private and commercial use. I think most of the problem is people who say, “I’m old not my problem.” It’s not just a problem of today. It’s been a problem since the 90s when the lakes started going down.
I’m not boater but hope to be soon, what was wrong with what he did? I was thinking good idea getting close to the cliff to get protection from the storm, but maybe a risk of getting rammed into it?
Incredible site. I was caught out there as a teenager in the 90s with my stepdad. I had to drive the boat through 5 foot white caps while he leaned off the side with a spotlight to guide us.
It’s crazy how wild it gets out there at a moment notice. Same thing happened but no rain just wind. In a houseboat with waves coming over the bow and water crashing into the front windows.
You don't want to be out on a lake when a hail storm hits! I was out on Lake George in a small sailboat when a thunderstorm came ripping through! I think I was doing 60 with the sail unfurled! That was fast for an 11 year old boy!
Ahhh the fury and the beauty of a wild raging thunderstorm on Lake Powell. Unless you've experienced one in person you have no idea the deadly power and force they bring with them. I started going to Powell with my family for our summer vacations in the late '70's when I was 8. '83-'85 were wild years when the water was at peak levels and they had the lake roped off where you couldn't boat right next to the dam. I have many pictures of just the very top of Lone Rock out of the water and Castle Rock completely surrounded by water. Wahweap Marina was constantly having to adjust to the rapidly rising water on a daily basis too! In '96 we were coming back from visiting Rainbow Bridge when we got caught in a monsoonal thunderstorm. We were halfway back to our camp at Lone Rock Beach when it hit us. There wasn't anywhere for us to pull in and shelter so we kept pushing towards camp. We had to stay in the main channel as the water was being churned against the rocks and walls everywhere. We had huge swells cresting over the bow of our boat and my dad had me sitting up there to try and keep the bow down so we could plow thru the waves instead of having them push us back towards the canyons and coves. By the time we got back to camp the storm had passed, we were exhausted from fighting the storm for two hours, my feet and knees were raw from being tossed all over the indoor/outdoor carpeting on the bow, and the windshield was being held together with my dad's left hand while he steered us up to the beach with his right. My legs felt like jelly and I collapsed into the water when I jumped off the boat to tie it up to shore. All four adults in the boat were thoroughly worn out, but my 7yr old nephew slept thru the entire ordeal on the bottom of the boat, behind the driver's seat. He's in his late 30's now and still has no idea how close we came to sinking the boat that day! LOL The lake is a peacefully beautiful place to enjoy, but she can be deadly when those summer storms pop up from the south and slam into everyone and everything in their way. If you decide to visit Lake Powell from June-September be prepared for daily thunderstorms and stay out of the slot canyons! It may be blue skies and bright sunlight where you are but one thunderstorm miles and miles up stream can bring unexpected flash floods barreling thru the slot canyons. Many people have lost their lives from situations like that. Always pay attention to the weather reports and storm predictions. The storm we got caught in was never predicted, so always, always, always expect the unexpected and prepare for the worst, just in case, on that lake!
Reminds me of the Australian Outback during similar rain events with rocks acting to funnel water . Lucky to see this or film it . Thanks for sharing. 🦘🇭🇲👍
My wife and I always carry a tarp or two in our kayaks. It's not perfect, but with two people and two paddles, you can form a tent and protect yourself from the heaviest of rain, and even nickle-sized hail. Amazing hold cold it can get so quickly. Awesome footage. Thanks for taking the time to record this and not running from it.
So uncanny, seeing those huge rounded rockfaces streaming with ribbons of water, spouting muddy rivers! And the heavy black clouds. I visited friends not too far from the Lake a few times since 1980, not once did it rain. But snow at Christmas yes! Below the El Nevada Pass. California is amazing. Friends have moved, sadly. Great video!
Pretty amazing footage! You were both lucky and unlucky to get caught out in that storm, but it didn't seem to have any lightning in it, which could have made it really dangerous. Thanks for sharing.
God I miss Powell.Used to go there all the time in the 90’s with parents and friends.Some of the best memories growing up were right on that lake.And oh boy the thunderstorms on lake Powell get crazy.I’ve seen solid 4ft swells in that lake and that’s no bullshit.
Wow, looks like another planet! Thanks for sharing, glad everyone is safe. I was paddling in the slots at Canyon Lake out in Apache Junction and got caught in a wind funnel, tossed me and the dog around and gave us a scare.
Thanks for sharing. I’ve been caught in a couple of storms like that on Powell, but never got this kind of footage. Powell can be dangerous, especially in those slot canyons.
Thank you for your video! It shows Mother Nature at work. The reality of the Monsoon Rain effect in the desert. Seasonal storm waterfalls/runoff is an incredible sight.
As a captain with decades of experience at Powell I was cringing when you drove your boat in there. A waterfall could have come down and sunk your boat in a second. You know you did good.
EXACTLY! I posted the exact same thing. Not to mention the waterfall could have brought rocks or trees with it big enough to kill you outright or punching a hole clean thru the boat. The first thing I thought was get the hell away from the rock walls and into the center of the lake as fast as you can!
Monsoon season is awesome. Spent quite a few years in Phoenix and have seen many storms pop up seemingly out of nowhere. It's an incredible experience.
Grew up in Page Az and have seen this many times a few worse than others the worst was seeing all the house boats in a big pile and them getting thrown around like tumble weeds that was insane
So many transplants that have no clue, and people listening to the media speak of 'drought', in a desert. The area only receives an average of 4" of rain per year - which normally comes in only a couple of events such as these. Great footage!!
You think deserts cannot have droughts? It was most likely an extended drought that drove the Fremont People and early natives out of the Southwest. California, a semi-desert, has seen hundred + year mega droughts in the last few hundred thousand years. Might want to revise your comment.
@@dudeonbike800 OK, YT won't allow links, so piece this 2010 to 2020 precip chart together. I think you will find it far different than the what the media has left in your mind: ://water.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/ 2023/06/State-Average-2020.png And, here is 2000-2010: ://water.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/ 2023/06/State-Average-2010.png
Wow. That storm was pretty fierce. Glad you were in a fairly stable boat and not a kayak or float. Those waterfalls were cool, without the predominace of cameras these day we would not witness stuff like that.
Me an my son was fishing with my father on Boone Lake in Tennessee and got caught in a thunder storm with lightening all around have to say that's the scaredest I have ever been as we both were in Aluminum fishing boats lake was white capping ! That was in the early 90s ! Sure miss you dad !
Got caught in one of those up near Hite back in the 80's. We were out in the middle of the lake. Wave's were 6'+. Saved a guy by himself on a bass boat. Lucky to be alive.
I worked at Lake Powell for the summer of 2012. There were multiple deaths on the lake. Place was not a joke. One thing that happened when I was there, a guy was swimming out where it’s very deep. The current wouldn’t let him get back to the houseboat. His friend jumped off the houseboat into the smaller boat they had. He untied it, drifted away from the houseboat and then realized that he forgot the key. A whole boat of people watched that kid bobbing up and down until the water finally took him.
I’ve only been in Lake Powell during the more typical weather there. I have seen it rain there during what used to be the “monsoon season”. Never anything like this. We were in a big houseboat trailing a dinghy at the time. It would have been disastrous. 🤷🏼♀️
We got caught out there my brother was water skiing it came up so fast they he had to let go we could not see him. The waves were going straight up and down taller than the boat.
Boy, it is so good to see that much water just pouring into Lake Powell.......fill it back up!!!
It might fill up but at the rate its being taken out it will be right back to the level it was a year ago.The people in charge have no clew how to manage the water.
But climate change?
@@mach55r I'm 65, not my worry.
@@MrCubflyer I’m 64, it’s everyone’s worry. People have been trying for most of my life to change what’s happening in the climate with droughts, and the consumption by private and commercial use. I think most of the problem is people who say, “I’m old not my problem.” It’s not just a problem of today. It’s been a problem since the 90s when the lakes started going down.
a lot of it is the bureaucrats @@jwall6006
1:11 “Wait a minute, this is a bad idea.”
Way to listen to that voice inside your head and back away! Great vid!
Those are the little instincts that you listen to and that save lives daily.
I’m not boater but hope to be soon, what was wrong with what he did? I was thinking good idea getting close to the cliff to get protection from the storm, but maybe a risk of getting rammed into it?
I would also like to know I’m assuming rock and water flow is a significant risk?
Boulders, water falls, large amounts of water overwhelming the boat suddenly...
Incredible site. I was caught out there as a teenager in the 90s with my stepdad. I had to drive the boat through 5 foot white caps while he leaned off the side with a spotlight to guide us.
It’s crazy how wild it gets out there at a moment notice. Same thing happened but no rain just wind. In a houseboat with waves coming over the bow and water crashing into the front windows.
This is the first time I've ever seen a video during a flash flood on Lake Powell. Thanks for sharing.
Very unusual shots of Lake Powell,...nicely done. Thank you!
40 years ago my family took a vacation there. It was a breathtaking place. This is epic. Thanks for sharing this.
Nice footage thanks for sharing! I’ve really enjoyed all my experiences at Lake Powell and it’s nice to see it filling!
You don't want to be out on a lake when a hail storm hits! I was out on Lake George in a small sailboat when a thunderstorm came ripping through! I think I was doing 60 with the sail unfurled! That was fast for an 11 year old boy!
Ahhh the fury and the beauty of a wild raging thunderstorm on Lake Powell. Unless you've experienced one in person you have no idea the deadly power and force they bring with them.
I started going to Powell with my family for our summer vacations in the late '70's when I was 8.
'83-'85 were wild years when the water was at peak levels and they had the lake roped off where you couldn't boat right next to the dam. I have many pictures of just the very top of Lone Rock out of the water and Castle Rock completely surrounded by water. Wahweap Marina was constantly having to adjust to the rapidly rising water on a daily basis too!
In '96 we were coming back from visiting Rainbow Bridge when we got caught in a monsoonal thunderstorm. We were halfway back to our camp at Lone Rock Beach when it hit us. There wasn't anywhere for us to pull in and shelter so we kept pushing towards camp. We had to stay in the main channel as the water was being churned against the rocks and walls everywhere. We had huge swells cresting over the bow of our boat and my dad had me sitting up there to try and keep the bow down so we could plow thru the waves instead of having them push us back towards the canyons and coves. By the time we got back to camp the storm had passed, we were exhausted from fighting the storm for two hours, my feet and knees were raw from being tossed all over the indoor/outdoor carpeting on the bow, and the windshield was being held together with my dad's left hand while he steered us up to the beach with his right. My legs felt like jelly and I collapsed into the water when I jumped off the boat to tie it up to shore. All four adults in the boat were thoroughly worn out, but my 7yr old nephew slept thru the entire ordeal on the bottom of the boat, behind the driver's seat. He's in his late 30's now and still has no idea how close we came to sinking the boat that day! LOL
The lake is a peacefully beautiful place to enjoy, but she can be deadly when those summer storms pop up from the south and slam into everyone and everything in their way.
If you decide to visit Lake Powell from June-September be prepared for daily thunderstorms and stay out of the slot canyons! It may be blue skies and bright sunlight where you are but one thunderstorm miles and miles up stream can bring unexpected flash floods barreling thru the slot canyons. Many people have lost their lives from situations like that. Always pay attention to the weather reports and storm predictions. The storm we got caught in was never predicted, so always, always, always expect the unexpected and prepare for the worst, just in case, on that lake!
Reminds me of the Australian Outback during similar rain events with rocks acting to funnel water . Lucky to see this or film it . Thanks for sharing.
🦘🇭🇲👍
Having seen the lake like this many times its still cool to see . Great video
My wife and I always carry a tarp or two in our kayaks. It's not perfect, but with two people and two paddles, you can form a tent and protect yourself from the heaviest of rain, and even nickle-sized hail. Amazing hold cold it can get so quickly. Awesome footage. Thanks for taking the time to record this and not running from it.
Scary but so beautiful. Brings great memories of my raft trip on the Colorado. Glad you’re safe! Thanks for posting!
So uncanny, seeing those huge rounded rockfaces streaming with ribbons of water, spouting muddy rivers! And the heavy black clouds. I visited friends not too far from the Lake a few times since 1980, not once did it rain. But snow at Christmas yes! Below the El Nevada Pass. California is amazing. Friends have moved, sadly. Great video!
Very dramatic and beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
A bit scary, but so glad to see rain in our part of the country. Monsoons are a bit early this year 😃
Pretty amazing footage! You were both lucky and unlucky to get caught out in that storm, but it didn't seem to have any lightning in it, which could have made it really dangerous. Thanks for sharing.
That will be a standard feature in 10-20 years.
Very Cool... So lucky to see all that in person..
Thank you so much for sharing. I’m glad to see you guys were OK. Appreciate the video. It’s amazing.
That's some amazing footage! Thanks for posting!
Beautiful! Thanks for filming this event!
good to see the lake being fed...glad to see you guys were recreating safely...a great experience, post!
Beautiful and awesome event! Loved the video.
Thanks. A truly once in a lifetime experience.
God I miss Powell.Used to go there all the time in the 90’s with parents and friends.Some of the best memories growing up were right on that lake.And oh boy the thunderstorms on lake Powell get crazy.I’ve seen solid 4ft swells in that lake and that’s no bullshit.
Wow, looks like another planet! Thanks for sharing, glad everyone is safe. I was paddling in the slots at Canyon Lake out in Apache Junction and got caught in a wind funnel, tossed me and the dog around and gave us a scare.
So many interesting things in this video. Great capture!
Amazing video, never seen anything like this before. Thanks a bunch
Great vid!!!
The power of mother nature
Or the power of cloud seeding...
Amazing footage!
Wow, it is absolutely beautiful out there
Thanks for sharing. I’ve been caught in a couple of storms like that on Powell, but never got this kind of footage. Powell can be dangerous, especially in those slot canyons.
These are the same ones driving in to a blizzard and stop in the fast lane
Thank you for the interesting video.
Beautiful and scary. Thanks for sharing.
Cool! Traveled that area many time over the years. Watching from the PHILIPPINES. Stay safe out there.
Super cool video! I wish I had been there with you guys. That was remarkable.
I'll never forget my houseboat trip out there in the early 90's! Beautiful!
Thank you for your video! It shows Mother Nature at work. The reality of the Monsoon Rain effect in the desert. Seasonal storm waterfalls/runoff is an incredible sight.
Not a good day for water skiing on Lake Powell but these will be forever memories. Thanks for sharing
Nice Video Thanks 🙏🏾 for sharing! Stay Safe!
#1 Never go out on the lake without checking the weather first. #2 Always bring waterproof communications. #3 Use a life vest!
And: #4 Don't take the poor dogs!
Nice catch! Socool to see the rain!
Amazing video thanks 😊
One of the most beautiful videos of lake Powell
As a captain with decades of experience at Powell I was cringing when you drove your boat in there. A waterfall could have come down and sunk your boat in a second. You know you did good.
Waterfall, or a boulder.
Did good? No, were lucky.
EXACTLY! I posted the exact same thing. Not to mention the waterfall could have brought rocks or trees with it big enough to kill you outright or punching a hole clean thru the boat. The first thing I thought was get the hell away from the rock walls and into the center of the lake as fast as you can!
Wow! Nature is amazing!!!!
Lived in page, and Big water for almost 30 years, miss it very much 😢
Wow! That’s as beautiful as it is scary!
Intense storm, great video on instant waterfalls.
Monsoon season is awesome. Spent quite a few years in Phoenix and have seen many storms pop up seemingly out of nowhere. It's an incredible experience.
This would have been so cool to experience firsthand. Thanks for sharing!!!
What a great video… thank you
Fantastic !!!! Hi from Québec 🇨🇦
Grew up in Page Az
and have seen this many times a few worse than others the worst was seeing all the house boats in a big pile and them getting thrown around like tumble weeds that was insane
was that when the buoy field slid off the edge dragging all the house boats together
@cskilalillabich9059 yes it was
Otherworldly. Awesome.
Just beautiful!
Amazing footage ty
Looks like a lot of fun. Can't wait to try it.
So many transplants that have no clue, and people listening to the media speak of 'drought', in a desert. The area only receives an average of 4" of rain per year - which normally comes in only a couple of events such as these. Great footage!!
You think deserts cannot have droughts?
It was most likely an extended drought that drove the Fremont People and early natives out of the Southwest.
California, a semi-desert, has seen hundred + year mega droughts in the last few hundred thousand years.
Might want to revise your comment.
Colorado had a pretty good snow in the mountains
I heard on KQED that the heavy snow falls on the Sierra, a few years ago, didn't count for the drought because it was "dry snow", I'm serious...
@@dudeonbike800 Nope. The 20-year drought is BS. Check out the record of precipitation. Here you go...year, rank and inches received:
2023 25 27.3
2022 120 14.2
2021 86 18.9
2020 127 12.1
2019 14 29.1
2018 94 18.1
2017 20 28.2
2016 32 25.7
2015 114 15.0
2014 81 19.9
2013 129 7.9
2012 50 23.5
2011 87 18.8
2010 10 31.2
2009 105 17.1
2008 95 17.9
2007 122 13.8
2006 48 23.6
2005 12 30.1
2004 67 21.8
2003 68 21.6
2002 90 18.7
2001 52 23.0
2000 70 21.4
1999 97 17.6
1998 2 36.4
1997 75 20.6
1996 8 32.5
1995 3 35.2
1994 98 17.5
1993 27 26.7
1992 51 23.2
1991 82 19.8
1990 121 14.0
1989 115 15.0
1988 104 17.1
1987 84 19.7
1986 42 24.3
1985 118 14.7
1984 92 18.3
1983 1 42.5
1982 9 32.0
1981 29 26.2
1980 44 24.1
1979 38 24.6
1978 16 28.9
1977 99 17.5
1976 128 11.8
1975 73 20.9
1974 71 21.4
1973 15 28.9
1972 102 17.2
1971 93 18.2
1970 22 27.8
1969 11 30.6
1968 76 20.4
1967 46 23.8
1966 88 18.7
1965 63 22.0
1964 61 22.3
1963 37 24.7
1962 62 22.1
1961 108 16.5
1960 66 21.8
1959 113 15.2
1958 24 27.8
1957 39 24.6
1956 96 17.9
1955 47 23.7
1954 53 23.0
1953 103 17.2
1952 21 28.0
1951 49 23.6
1950 31 25.9
1949 112 15.2
1948 79 20.2
1947 125 13.2
1946 109 16.5
1945 28 26.4
1944 60 22.3
1943 57 22.8
1942 58 22.5
1941 4 34.9
1940 7 32.7
1939 110 15.3
1938 18 28.7
1937 23 27.8
1936 45 24.0
1935 72 21.2
1934 100 17.4
1933 89 18.7
1932 116 14.8
1931 54 23.0
1930 107 16.7
1929 124 13.3
1928 101 17.2
1927 34 25.0
1926 43 24.2
1925 83 19.8
1924 111 15.3
1923 123 13.6
1922 41 24.3
1921 65 21.9
1920 55 22.9
1919 91 18.6
1918 78 20.3
1917 119 14.2
1916 30 26.1
1915 26 27.0
1914 33 25.6
1913 69 21.6
1912 85 19.0
1911 40 24.4
1910 117 14.8
1909 5 34.5
1908 106 17.0
1907 17 28.8
1906 6 33.5
1905 77 20.4
1904 19 28.2
1903 74 20.7
1902 35 24.8
1901 59 22.4
1900 80 20.1
1899 36 24.8
1898 126 12.5
1897 64 22.0
1896 13 29.5
1895 56 22.9
@@dudeonbike800 OK, YT won't allow links, so piece this 2010 to 2020 precip chart together. I think you will find it far different than the what the media has left in your mind:
://water.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/
2023/06/State-Average-2020.png
And, here is 2000-2010:
://water.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/
2023/06/State-Average-2010.png
An epic dessert in the desert .....I'm very envious 😁🍪😂😊🤣😉
its so soft; love that dynamic color contrast at 5:30
Easy to understand how things are formed by water over the centuries.
Sometimes it does not take centuries.
Great video UK 🇬🇧 .
Very unique experience to capture. Very cool.
This is really cool! Can't wait for Monsoon season out here in California next month!!!
Great video!
What a cool place! I’m going to have to go there one of these days.
Wow. That storm was pretty fierce. Glad you were in a fairly stable boat and not a kayak or float. Those waterfalls were cool, without the predominace of cameras these day we would not witness stuff like that.
Me an my son was fishing with my father on Boone Lake in Tennessee and got caught in a thunder storm with lightening all around have to say that's the scaredest I have ever been as we both were in Aluminum fishing boats lake was white capping ! That was in the early 90s ! Sure miss you dad !
We were set up in Padre Bay and got hammered. One of the craziest storms I have ever been in.
It's cool to think that those falls would have been a lot higher when Lake Powell was still empty just imagine what they would have looked like then.
Reminds me of being stuck on the open tops on New Zealands southern alps during a Northwest wind storm
thank you be safe
well done great vid
Did you feel like Noah for a minute? Good job captain that was a pretty good little storm for your boat.👍
Nice footage😊 looks like you need a bigger boat, but we need the water so that’s good
Got caught in one of those up near Hite back in the 80's. We were out in the middle of the lake. Wave's were 6'+. Saved a guy by himself on a bass boat. Lucky to be alive.
Hi from UK wow to be in the right place at the right and video it epic light and views
Amazing! never seen that before.
It's great to see all that water coming in because you can see on the rock walls that the old water line was about 20' higher than the current level.
I worked at Lake Powell for the summer of 2012. There were multiple deaths on the lake. Place was not a joke.
One thing that happened when I was there, a guy was swimming out where it’s very deep. The current wouldn’t let him get back to the houseboat. His friend jumped off the houseboat into the smaller boat they had. He untied it, drifted away from the houseboat and then realized that he forgot the key. A whole boat of people watched that kid bobbing up and down until the water finally took him.
Exciting. I love being out in that stuff. That’sa boating.
Great footage! What kind of camera? Amazing clarity. Kinda scary too!
Crazy, glad all safe and what an experience.
Wonderful. A bit like on another planet
That's amazing. Lucky you.
Sure enough, welcome to Lake Powell!
That looks so cool, looks like it’s time for me to save up for a boat
I’ve only been in Lake Powell during the more typical weather there. I have seen it rain there during what used to be the “monsoon season”. Never anything like this. We were in a big houseboat trailing a dinghy at the time. It would have been disastrous. 🤷🏼♀️
We got caught out there my brother was water skiing it came up so fast they he had to let go we could not see him. The waves were going straight up and down taller than the boat.
The weather may have put a damper on the fun ,but this is great footage.
Brilliant film
Love to see rainstorms. Beautiful area.
Great job keeping everyone safe Boated there for 25 years you must expect the Unexpected always at Beautiful Powell
First thing that came to mind was TLC and chorus to Waterfalls song.... nice video
So unpredictable that it was forecasted on the news
You can see these squalls coming. You gotta be aware.
Thanks for demonstrating what NOT to do in such a situation.