Colorado's Snowpack Unleashes Breathtaking Releases Of Water In Grand Canyon

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  • Опубликовано: 30 апр 2023
  • Colorado's Snowpack Unleashes Breathtaking Releases Of Water In Grand Canyon

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  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra178 Год назад +26

    The absence of any cogent water plan has alienated me for decades. The river has been run by man since the dam was built and it looks like we don't know squat yet.

    • @IEchuckie
      @IEchuckie Год назад +2

      I know Jack Squat. He doesn't get anything done

    • @Abe18874
      @Abe18874 Год назад

      Unfortunately, Republicans and those who DON"T know shit influence the use of water from the Colorado...

    • @pupdowg420
      @pupdowg420 Год назад +1

      Amen.

    • @TheBigJohnson
      @TheBigJohnson Год назад +1

      Yes!!!!!!!

  • @tylertoten6818
    @tylertoten6818 Год назад +7

    remember when they said the pipes were damaged and not fuctional, yeaahhhh right

  • @jeeperp3926
    @jeeperp3926 Год назад +30

    The snowpack didn’t unleash anything. The water managers at the dam did.

    • @davidbryant3532
      @davidbryant3532 Год назад +1

      There are no water managers..

    • @davidbryant3532
      @davidbryant3532 Год назад +1

      There are no water managers..

    • @davidbryant3532
      @davidbryant3532 Год назад +1

      There are no water managers..

    • @dougoverhoff7568
      @dougoverhoff7568 Год назад +1

      Those damn operators!😅😊

    • @kbrewski1
      @kbrewski1 Год назад +3

      The dam operators unleashed the dammed up water because the huge snowpack from the Rockies will replenish the reservoir quickly as it melts. It helps to actually LISTEN instead of revealing yourself as a dummy.

  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra178 Год назад +8

    Greetings from the BIG SKY. It ain't CO2 either.

  • @vancedylan5842
    @vancedylan5842 Год назад +2

    Some interesting editing techniques

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis Год назад +9

    Somehow they managed to make this boring.

  • @steveogden5774
    @steveogden5774 Год назад +2

    At least the water will be caught by the downstream dam unlike the overspill releases from reservoirs in the SW where the water is headed out to sea.

  • @chrisstaylor8377
    @chrisstaylor8377 Год назад +3

    They open the old bypass tunnels on the Hoover dam let the river run through them

  • @dave1367
    @dave1367 Год назад +3

    Build somewhere else .. I can only imagine what it would look like now if people could have left alone ..

  • @dalethrockmorton2555
    @dalethrockmorton2555 Год назад +14

    Don't forget about overuse Arizona it's saying no to alfalfa fields to Saudi

  • @Torrque
    @Torrque Год назад

    It’s almost amusing that it is believed that high flow releases, from nearly crystal clear-settled-sediment free water, aids in beach building in The Canyon.
    Beach building happened during spring thaws in the past (before the Glen Canyon Dam) because the sediment load was present.

  • @Jim-ic2of
    @Jim-ic2of Год назад +5

    I wonder ,of 290,000 acre feet distributed in Denver what percentage is returned to the Platte?

    • @NoirMorter
      @NoirMorter Год назад +3

      I doubt they care about that river

    • @Jim-ic2of
      @Jim-ic2of Год назад +2

      @@NoirMorter Idk. Some people in Nebraska care because they get their drinking water from that river . That's after it's processed at Denver area sewage plants. So , I 🤔 wonder.

    • @NoirMorter
      @NoirMorter Год назад +2

      @@Jim-ic2of Yup I 've seen how the pan handle area has been suffering. I doubt anyone in Denver cares. I need to look up the typical rainy season for that part of the state.

    • @Jim-ic2of
      @Jim-ic2of Год назад

      @@NoirMorter Apparently bean counters are paying attention. Last time I checked it's still illegal to save rainwater and leech fields are not permitted. They want your black water back . Is fear the mind killer . Or ?

  • @debistanley2791
    @debistanley2791 Год назад +5

    Yet another explanation, I read CO reservoirs were almost full last year=their river me 1st during drought and it will take little snow melt to full pool so they’re releasing now to protect their systems. I also read better to shut Glen Canyon dam down than the work needed. Looks like both reservoirs will have enough to generate hydropower and deliver water to Mead. I can’t imagine CA drawing on Mead 2023, we have no place to put it, expecting snowmelt to last well into summer.

    • @Abe18874
      @Abe18874 Год назад

      lack of education......

    • @JDSeg693
      @JDSeg693 Год назад

      Indeed. And it makes more sense if you translate it in to Chinese.

  • @ericclausen6772
    @ericclausen6772 Год назад +1

    Let a little more water out to the river after you flood it

  • @jwilcox4726
    @jwilcox4726 Год назад

    I can't wait to see your video. But the amount of commercials is weird.

    • @EveryNewsTv1
      @EveryNewsTv1  Год назад

      I'm sorry to hear that but don't depend on me

    • @ro4eva
      @ro4eva Год назад

      @@EveryNewsTv1 -- I'm really enjoying your channel content, thank you, cheers =)

  • @holyspokes608
    @holyspokes608 Год назад +1

    Environment needs to be at the top of the list.

  • @douglasdailey5998
    @douglasdailey5998 Год назад

    The Colorado river needs the water. People would complain if they had a golden goose. All of that is desperately needed down the river no matter what some jackass says about the sandbars down the river. And i pray to God that there is more water to come for the Colorado river.

    • @kbrewski1
      @kbrewski1 Год назад

      That's why they are releasing all this dammed water for the first time in 5 years. The melting snowpack will replenish the reservoir.

    • @timtorkelson7201
      @timtorkelson7201 Год назад +1

      Talked to our folks in Grand Junction,and they said the Colorado River is raging!! Tons of snow on the mountains yet,fact their supposed to get another 9" next day or so up top.😉

    • @douglasdailey5998
      @douglasdailey5998 Год назад +1

      @@timtorkelson7201 thanks for the information.

  • @dougbillman2333
    @dougbillman2333 Год назад +1

    Wait until you see the sierra’s melt….

  • @jamesruscheinski8602
    @jamesruscheinski8602 Год назад +1

    God(s) central authority leadership, follow Christ words and spirit of eternal life for kingdom of heaven substantive nature

  • @frankanddanasnyder3272
    @frankanddanasnyder3272 Год назад +23

    Colorado snowpack cannot unleash anything into the Grand Canyon.........only opening the Lake Powell dam floodgates can do that!

    • @mahbriggs
      @mahbriggs Год назад +2

      I suggest you learn about what you post.

    • @Abe18874
      @Abe18874 Год назад +1

      @@johnperic6860 But that doesn't move sediment. Get educated. This also happens on beaches and underwater structure in the ocean.

  • @ericclausen6772
    @ericclausen6772 Год назад +3

    California build desalination plants and stop the damage to the Colorado river

  • @SageWearsJeans
    @SageWearsJeans Год назад +4

    if they don't release the water how will they keep the drought going???

  • @lessmorley2091
    @lessmorley2091 Год назад +1

    Try as "THEY"may,the minds of neither fallen angels nor mortal men will NEVER grasp the wisdom,knowledge nor understanding of the Almighty Lord God..

  • @anthonymedeck7081
    @anthonymedeck7081 Год назад +1

    Can’t they spin some turbines with that release ? Seem like a huge loss of potential energy

    • @terrysparkshiking
      @terrysparkshiking Год назад +1

      Unless there is an immediate need for the added electricity, there is no reason to add to the output of power, electricity can’t be saved unless you have a battery to store it.

    • @mikeprice4103
      @mikeprice4103 Год назад

      The turbines are spinning? Maybe study how hydropower works.

    • @stormottr6059
      @stormottr6059 Год назад

      The intent is to simulate a flood, which would exceed the "regulated" flow required to produce regulated energy...I think that's the whole point.
      We lose potential energy from the sun at much higher rates every day.

  • @johnrflinn
    @johnrflinn Год назад +1

    Not a good time for oblivious rafters camping on the Colorado River beaches.

  • @armedfarm3429
    @armedfarm3429 Год назад +2

    I don't blame them for wanting to keep water where it belongs. If Arizona & California want to grow crops in the desert it their problem. I wouldn't give em anything beyond what you want to keep behind the dams.

    • @Gail-gf7km
      @Gail-gf7km Год назад +5

      You might want to re-think that the next time you eat a dinner salad or a leaf of lettuce on your Big Mac.

    • @armedfarm3429
      @armedfarm3429 Год назад +1

      @@Gail-gf7km I wouldn't give it a second thought. There is tons of land in North America that'll grow everything that is grown in the desert & a hell of a lot cheaper

    • @Gail-gf7km
      @Gail-gf7km Год назад +1

      @@armedfarm3429 if that were true it would already be done

    • @armedfarm3429
      @armedfarm3429 Год назад

      @@Gail-gf7km It's trur get over yer self.
      With out our water you'd be nothing. You are not that far off now. A huge PIA state that sucks money & water from everyone else. No wonder people R leaving in mass numbers!

  • @TheWhale45
    @TheWhale45 Год назад +3

    There have not been higher temps. Please just stop with the BS>

  • @georgiebestmanutd4746
    @georgiebestmanutd4746 Год назад +7

    Yes, but it ain't enuf 2 fill Grand Canyon

    • @Mbonner73
      @Mbonner73 Год назад +1

      They're not trying to fill the canyon, they're just flushing the sediment throughout the river

  • @donaldgehre5964
    @donaldgehre5964 Год назад +1

    Honors the environment? Which planet are you talking about?

  • @scott-qk8sm
    @scott-qk8sm Год назад +1

    Don't worry your government is taking care of things....

  • @oceanhome2023
    @oceanhome2023 Год назад +1

    Finally it gets an enema ! They should give it some help cleaning out those dead tree clogs !

  • @elrobo3568
    @elrobo3568 Год назад +17

    The snow pack did not cause the release of water into the Colorado, the person opening the pen-stocks did and the dam authority said it was to renew the beaches in the Grand Canyon. I have rafted the canyon twice and hiked it numerous times camping on the beaches, they don't go away. The release is the fill lake Mead so Los Vegas does not go without water. This is an economic BS story.

    • @Abe18874
      @Abe18874 Год назад

      So you're ignorant, too.

    • @JamieLow
      @JamieLow Год назад

      The beaches in the canyon do erode over time at lower flows; daily water fluctuations carry the sand downstream. The higher surge releases restore the beaches by simulating natural flood events that allow sand and sediment to move downstream and scrub away overgrowth of vegetation in the riparian zone. They have done that periodically over the years; if they didn’t the canyon ecosystem would become increasingly unhealthy.

    • @williamcahill2462
      @williamcahill2462 Год назад

      You sure are arrogant in not knowing WTF you are talking about. A fungus had been developing along the river banks. The release was to flush the fungus. Nevada has never once taken their full allocation of water, so that really shoots a hole in your nonsense.

    • @bradchaffee8976
      @bradchaffee8976 Год назад

      You're not well informed and it shows with your ignorance in your comment. The water release is usually done in the fall but because of the massive 140% over capacity snows in the Rockies they decided to do two huge releases this year. The snowmelt in the Rockies this past two months provided the BLM the necessary assets to do two releases. Better inform yourself

  • @charliewilliams5105
    @charliewilliams5105 Год назад +1

    Darn it! I was hoping all the "end of times" ppl was on something.😂😂😂😂😂. Like good book says, beware false prophets. ( Or the one's that THINK they know when time is over) SMDH

  • @sarcoed
    @sarcoed Год назад +18

    Climate change my bung hole

    • @ronaldolivas5486
      @ronaldolivas5486 Год назад

      Is that your evidence against climate change ? If you
      believe this stunt is some sort of proof we’re not in trouble I
      encourage you to try harder

    • @stella-gx8ne
      @stella-gx8ne Год назад

      Keep up that stupid attitude. Arkansas?

  • @thomaswayneward
    @thomaswayneward Год назад

    The earth must be kept just like it was before man started changing things. That seems a rather arbitrary selection of a point in time. Why not keep the earth like it was in the year 2,000 BC? You see, man is the problem, they say.

  • @Baliverna
    @Baliverna Год назад +1

    Simulated flood...... to me it seems as an excuse to release whater somehow, and lower the level.

  • @kenhines355
    @kenhines355 Год назад +4

    If you believe in Jesus you know it will all work out you don't know how but trust it will. Love y'all

    • @trinidadscorpion3835
      @trinidadscorpion3835 Год назад +1

      Rubbish!

    • @Jim-ic2of
      @Jim-ic2of Год назад +1

      Deer 🦌 Jesus, plz fix the water that we ducked up . Amen

    • @stella-gx8ne
      @stella-gx8ne Год назад

      Stupid.

    • @NormaBurnson
      @NormaBurnson Год назад

      This contorted attempt at rationale is the primary reason I never trust anything that comes from a jesus-freaque!!!

  • @dougbillman2333
    @dougbillman2333 Год назад +4

    Whatever man touches, he ruins…..

    • @celina4686
      @celina4686 Год назад

      When govt policies have to control everything, they destroy things in 5he process.

  • @chrisstaylor8377
    @chrisstaylor8377 Год назад +2

    Should get rid of those dams on the Colorado river

  • @garyv2196
    @garyv2196 Год назад

    I wonder how much pollution went through those pipes.

  • @bubcat54
    @bubcat54 Год назад +2

    But but but.....
    GLOBAL WARMING !!!!!

    • @stormottr6059
      @stormottr6059 Год назад +2

      Yes, because Global Warming means it never snows again. So smart, must be MAGAT.

    • @bubcat54
      @bubcat54 Год назад

      @@stormottr6059
      Funny how you filter your opinions thru the globalist cabal. Enjoy the results of Biden. Libtard

    • @armedfarm3429
      @armedfarm3429 Год назад

      Ya the oceans are boiling as per Al Gore, the planet is drying up he said, it's to warm. Mn just had the first 60 degree day in 181 days. Tell me about the warming planet Gore, you loser.

  • @domcizek
    @domcizek Год назад +1

    START BY MOVING PEOPLE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST, CALIFORNIA NEEDS ALL THE WATER FOR CROPS IN THE FUTURE OR AMERICANS WILL NOT EAT

    • @michaelbelshaysr4525
      @michaelbelshaysr4525 Год назад

      Well her is the facts you don't want people to see. These facts are out there. In 1970 we ate 70% more meat. And it was hard to find a fat person or diabetes. Now you can't find a skinny person and diabetes is running rampant. Our Government and Dr's don't want you to see this. It would ruin the medical pharmaceutical companies. Our Government doesn't want to admit they were wrong with the food pyramid. Everyone would try suing them because it is their fault. Face it if we are eating 70% more agricultural good and 70% less meat. Well it goes and proves we are wasting water on stuff that makes us sick. We won't do hungry without agriculture. We will get skinny and healthier without it.

    • @armedfarm3429
      @armedfarm3429 Год назад +2

      Yer drunk!

    • @michaelbelshaysr4525
      @michaelbelshaysr4525 Год назад

      Check facts. Don't rely on fiction. I don't drink. But obviously, you have a lot at stake. But really look into all you want you will find facts.

    • @tonyschumacher2095
      @tonyschumacher2095 Год назад +2

      I can eat less and watch California go away..

  • @crphilipp
    @crphilipp Год назад

    Remove Glen Canyon Dam to fix the problem

  • @JamesMcGillis
    @JamesMcGillis Год назад +1

    Time for Glen Canyon to go away forever.