Inside the abandoned buildings under Lake Mead

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  • Опубликовано: 28 дек 2024

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  • @jackjohnson7396
    @jackjohnson7396 6 лет назад +1076

    96 men died working on the dam. They need to be remembered. Can imagine the unsafe working conditions they were in. Respect & Rest in Peace!

    • @danielaycock8175
      @danielaycock8175 6 лет назад +54

      Theres a memorial there at the damn for a dog. He was the projects dog for all workers.

    • @steveclark2103
      @steveclark2103 6 лет назад +41

      No OSHA then.

    • @Jessamer
      @Jessamer 3 года назад +39

      Shit, no one even KNOWS what when on then. I wouldn't doubt that most of the deaths were due to grudges, gambling debts, and power struggles. Most of those workers were burned severely by the alkaline properties in the concrete

    • @drewfoster1493
      @drewfoster1493 3 года назад +4

      So aparantly saying anything this guy doesnt agree with means you need to grow up.

    • @jasongrinnell1986
      @jasongrinnell1986 3 года назад +15

      @@Jessamer many men fell to their death. A few are still encapsulated in the now concrete.

  • @michaelsmith2733
    @michaelsmith2733 2 года назад +270

    I got certified as a diver at Lake Mead in the early 70's when the water was full pool. Kind of ugly until you got below 100 feet deep and then the water cleared up. I dove from Mexico to the puget sound and I really loved it. I'm to worn out anymore, but fond memories.

    • @ayoutubecommenter1827
      @ayoutubecommenter1827 2 года назад +17

      Now they have bodies in barrels cemented mafia hits

    • @anntrope491
      @anntrope491 2 года назад +5

      That's deep for learning how to dive...isn't it !? Were you a commercial diver??

    • @michaelsmith2733
      @michaelsmith2733 2 года назад +8

      @@anntrope491 Ann, I didn't go below probably 30-40 ft. until after I was certified. After I was certified I ventured deeper. And Yes the deeper you go the more you have to plan and use your navy dive tables and on the mixtures that a basic certification got you, I didn't do much deep diving. I spent most of my time in the Pacific, from the surface down to 45-50 ft. so I could get a couple of dives in a day.I did come up once too fast from below 100 ft. and got a bloody nose.LOL

    • @danicatanner7698
      @danicatanner7698 2 года назад +3

      6 ys ago. 100 ft & No bodies? Bummer.

    • @ff5973
      @ff5973 2 года назад +6

      I too got certified to dive in Lake Mead in 1984. I worked at Dive West on the weekends, and after school filling air tanks.

  • @jeffstone7912
    @jeffstone7912 3 года назад +108

    My Father told a story about the family car breaking down in a town in the 1920s that is now under water. He was a little boy. My grandfather hitched a ride to Las Vegas to get parts. His mother Camped by the car for 2 days with the kids. They had plenty of food.

    • @k.c.elemenopy2393
      @k.c.elemenopy2393 2 года назад +6

      It probably only took a couple hours to find the parts. He just got distracted by Vegas and didnt come back for two days. Hahaha

    • @mycroft61
      @mycroft61 2 года назад +4

      @@k.c.elemenopy2393 what happened in Vegas stayed in Vegas.

  • @oldfart2413
    @oldfart2413 2 года назад +144

    Lake Mead swallowed up St. Thomas, a small Mormon community. I first heard of this city while attending a relatives funeral who was born in St. Thomas. I thought of the island of tourism. I was quickly corrected and told part of the story. Some years ago the lake was low enough that I was able to walk the old streets and view foundations. I spent some time looking for anything to take home. I found 3 buttons all matching. I showed a relative and was shown a handmade coat that was missing three of the 5 buttons. They were a direct match.I explained where I found them and showed pictures. The spot was between a church building and the home of my relatives.

  • @mygtxful
    @mygtxful 8 лет назад +1046

    Abandoned? I would be shocked if they were occupied.

  • @ofamilyonthemove1238
    @ofamilyonthemove1238 7 лет назад +90

    Wish all local news was this interesting! Great story...deserves its own hour or two.

  • @oldman2477
    @oldman2477 3 года назад +213

    **"Everyone knows Mirelurks dwell under Lake Mead."**

  • @65cj55
    @65cj55 3 года назад +266

    The old photos are brilliant, they don't even look like they're taken under water.

    • @kavinashmore6712
      @kavinashmore6712 3 года назад +27

      That’s beacause they weren’t those photos were taken b4 it flooded

    • @65cj55
      @65cj55 3 года назад +66

      @@kavinashmore6712 Really ? lol..

    • @EATSLEEPDRIVE2002
      @EATSLEEPDRIVE2002 3 года назад +13

      HAHAHAHA

    • @hillarywright7965
      @hillarywright7965 3 года назад +7

      😂🤣

    • @auggie803
      @auggie803 3 года назад +4

      @@65cj55 -Yes really. Did you listen to what the guy said or fell off to sleep. Grzze man Pay attention.

  • @leilanisunsets1362
    @leilanisunsets1362 3 года назад +183

    My grandmother and grandfather lived in that town underneath the lake called St Thomas. It was so heartbreaking I heard when they had to leave forced to leave. Many many people did not want to leave that town there's more to say but the lake is almost dead and I've been around it for the last 35 years of my life. We've got to do something about water because without water we can't survive

    • @leilanisunsets1362
      @leilanisunsets1362 3 года назад +7

      @@JC-kv1vn It's not assigned to Lake Mead that water goes to different areas in different states up north unfortunately

    • @UmmYeahOk
      @UmmYeahOk 3 года назад +21

      That happened all the time to many families all over the world. Entire towns even “relocated.” What’s bad are families who’s land was not flooded, but taken over by eminent domain because the land borders the new man made lake, and the Corp of engineers needed it. Our town even has part of a cemetery that had to be relocated there because of it.

    • @Stretch-bh8pd
      @Stretch-bh8pd 2 года назад +9

      We are just a few miles from St. Thomas and have gone to the now ghost town. We’ve gone to Hoover Dam and Valley of the Fire and several of the museums in the area. This are has great history

    • @danduntz9112
      @danduntz9112 2 года назад +13

      The problem is, just like people who build on flood plains, all those cities in California, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico are all arid areas with little to no water. It’s only livable if water is pumped in and is present.

    • @anntrope491
      @anntrope491 2 года назад

      Stop wasting fresh potable water by adding it to human waste, & flushing down the toilet, & contaminating all the gray water from dish, clothes, & showers. Ban toxic chemicals too! Then gray water could be used for lawns, trees, & gardens. Use composting toilets...water saved?? All of it !!

  • @heatherlee7867
    @heatherlee7867 2 года назад +39

    I grew up in Vegas spent my high school years at lake mead jumping off cliffs .. so sad to see the water level so low. My family can no longer dock their boat - bc the water level is so low. It’s unrecognizable. sad times!

    • @geminisabah
      @geminisabah 2 года назад +4

      The only good is that the people who passed there will be found soon.

    • @Aaron-TheHandsome
      @Aaron-TheHandsome 2 года назад

      @Heather and I bet you looked sweet back then in your bikini 👙, running and jumping, then a bit of water💧💦 gushing up your butt when you landed into the water from a tall height.💧 😉😳😏😂🤣✌🏽 Have a nice day lol🍑😏😂✌🏽

    • @Hveragerthi
      @Hveragerthi 2 года назад +2

      I agree, I am a native of Las Vegas as well. Not only a shame to see what has happened to Lake Mead, but also to Las Vegas. Both are nothing but cess pools anymore.

    • @EagleArrow
      @EagleArrow 2 года назад +1

      @@geminisabah The one mob guy mentioned, "Jimmy is swimming with the fishes." So I figured he was in Lake Mead.
      Water level so low, they just found a barrel with remains in it.

    • @Apoc_Bone_Daddy
      @Apoc_Bone_Daddy 2 года назад

      ​@@geminisabah Jimmy Hoffa

  • @ryancarmona290
    @ryancarmona290 8 лет назад +413

    Did you really have to specify "abandoned" if it's underwater?

    • @venettabejenaru8498
      @venettabejenaru8498 8 лет назад +1

      lol

    • @He-is-Center
      @He-is-Center 8 лет назад +1

      Ryan Carmona 😁😁😁

    • @d-blockahokka9844
      @d-blockahokka9844 8 лет назад +7

      Scuba divers in the 60s lived in the structures for 6 months and had constructed air bubble pockets. -factz

    • @d-blockahokka9844
      @d-blockahokka9844 8 лет назад +7

      They even had a baby down there. Only baby to born under water eva'

    • @CheckPoint702
      @CheckPoint702 8 лет назад +12

      D-blocka Hokka I have several hippie friends, they are alllll giving birth under water 🛀

  • @milehighkit4725
    @milehighkit4725 3 года назад +43

    The way things are going they will be able to hike down there soon!

  • @kirbylee57
    @kirbylee57 9 лет назад +36

    The people that worked in 120 degree heat building that dam did it for the money. They didn't give two shits about Hoover, Lake Mead, agriculture, or anything else. They worked they're ass off for themselves, just like we all do.
    If doctors all of a sudden made only $10 an hour, they would drop their patients and look for a better job.

    • @DSC800
      @DSC800 9 лет назад

      +Kirby haha, that was my thought too. They make it sound like it was volunteer work.

    • @BFagan
      @BFagan 9 лет назад +5

      +Kirby That just shows you no nothing of....life. Many men take pride in any work they do, and if they did it just for a pay check, then it wouldn't have been made so well. I live in a 220 year old town, and my building is 197 years old. If the people made this "just for the pay check", it would of fell apart, long ago.
      My grandfather worked on that damn, and I have seen the photos of him next to a bulldozer and another with him and his work crew. They took pride and art in their work back then. Ever heard the phrase "Don't make them like they used to"?

    • @kirbylee57
      @kirbylee57 9 лет назад

      ***** Sounds like you got photo's to prove your grandfather really did get him a job working on the damn.

    • @BFagan
      @BFagan 9 лет назад +3

      Kirby No, I never said that. I said that I have seen them. Even if I did have the photos in my possession, it doesn't mean you deserve proof. I couldn't care less about your emotional stance on my life experiences and I don't owe you anything.

    • @DSC800
      @DSC800 9 лет назад +1

      +Blackguard 3:16 a little sensitive, maybe? I make variable pay for different clients, I take much pride in all my work regardless of pay, but make no mistake, I do it for the money. Pride and money are different things that can go well together. Building that dam (which I have toured many times) is certainly something to be proud of.

  • @craigpearce4667
    @craigpearce4667 6 лет назад +131

    Soon, people will be able to just walk to there

    • @LadyJ8258
      @LadyJ8258 3 года назад +11

      Sadly this is now so

    • @adrianjnovak8182
      @adrianjnovak8182 3 года назад +8

      I was at the dam before 9/11. You could walk across the top. Go inside the towers and take a tour the hydro units. The water level then was just starting to show the water drop. Now it's over 90 ft down from 1993

  • @sassycat1360
    @sassycat1360 8 лет назад +70

    My grandfather was a Scottish immigrant, he was a stone mason and he worked on this dam.

    • @esmeraldaparker2137
      @esmeraldaparker2137 8 лет назад +5

      thats really cool!! :D

    • @lelandgaunt9985
      @lelandgaunt9985 6 лет назад +2

      That’s dam good of him!

    • @faraon2012
      @faraon2012 4 года назад +2

      "NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM" (13) The New Word is coming over us, be prepare (2020/2070)

    • @miasanchez2772
      @miasanchez2772 4 года назад +5

      My grandfather also worked on the dam 😊

    • @familytv9585
      @familytv9585 2 года назад

      @@faraon2012 what are u doing ti prepare?

  • @richardyork9495
    @richardyork9495 3 года назад +33

    “Rocks still standing as if they were left by the workers from years ago”…Really,do you actually listen to yourself?

  • @bradklingensmith
    @bradklingensmith 9 лет назад +224

    And it would never get built today. It would have 30 years of red tape to even try.

    • @Automedon2
      @Automedon2 9 лет назад +26

      +Brad Klingensmith Neither would the buildings and monuments in DC. The days of iconic building have gone. Every public penny is sucked up for other things

    • @hadrianwall8621
      @hadrianwall8621 9 лет назад +4

      +TheLeatherChannel "other things" ...
      like globalists and their sell-out DC ACTof1871 CORPORATION scumbags

    • @jamesgarvey8402
      @jamesgarvey8402 9 лет назад +20

      Yeah.. For welfare and handouts. 😑

    • @johnLA1961
      @johnLA1961 8 лет назад +45

      The environmental impact study alone would have killed this project.

    • @Laffy1345
      @Laffy1345 7 лет назад +1

      Brad Klingensmith true, all sjw, tree huggers, fake ass global warming, transsexuals of the NFL who take a knee....how did we get to all this bullshit....

  • @jenniferwhitewolf3784
    @jenniferwhitewolf3784 3 года назад +76

    It's 5 years later now, the lake continues to drop.. It should be a pretty shallow dive now.

    • @pawpatrolnews
      @pawpatrolnews 3 года назад +17

      Yes, even toddlers with their swim floatys can explore it.

    • @kurtwagner350
      @kurtwagner350 3 года назад +1

      @@pawpatrolnews how deep is it now?

    • @pawpatrolnews
      @pawpatrolnews 3 года назад +9

      @@kurtwagner350 According to Wikipedia, as of April of this year it's at 42% capacity.

    • @kurtwagner350
      @kurtwagner350 3 года назад +2

      @@pawpatrolnews thx

    • @pawpatrolnews
      @pawpatrolnews 3 года назад +2

      @@kurtwagner350 👍

  • @DogsBeYummy
    @DogsBeYummy 8 лет назад +362

    They got lucky that they didn't run into any mirelurks

  • @EATSLEEPDRIVE2002
    @EATSLEEPDRIVE2002 6 лет назад +28

    Abandoned?I don’t know… Some paint, throw pillows… A few flowers…

  • @allizotte3458
    @allizotte3458 8 лет назад +92

    I didn't see any buildings in this video

  • @01bigtrev
    @01bigtrev 3 года назад +125

    Looks like we will be seeing these buildings soon with the drought.

    • @c_lo01
      @c_lo01 3 года назад +4

      Was just thinking this exact thing lol

    • @01bigtrev
      @01bigtrev 3 года назад +3

      @Biden Sucks they should’ve raked the water we wouldn’t lose so much then.

    • @Enigma-cb
      @Enigma-cb 3 года назад +1

      @@01bigtrev They also needed to do controlled burns on the water, that way you wouldn't have so much drought... lol

    • @AviationAtom
      @AviationAtom 3 года назад +1

      Many formerly underwater structures have been bone dry for a while.

    • @ryant3600
      @ryant3600 2 года назад +4

      it's not the drought, cause let's be honest the Colorado river area's have always had issues w/ dry seasons etc. It's what they news folks were talking about.. the modern Phx, Vegas and LA area's that depend on that water. With the extreme population growth in those cities is what's causing the lakes to recede so much and so quickly. People have always been the reason things get destroyed, nature always finds a way to fix things, but when people get involved forget about it. There is no fixing it.

  • @rtex8563
    @rtex8563 8 лет назад +180

    What buildings? Railroad track, rocks, and a tunnel = buildings?

    • @apocalyptic3837
      @apocalyptic3837 8 лет назад +16

      Well, they were BUILT by humans

    • @donjoey22
      @donjoey22 5 лет назад +10

      That’s FOX news for ya

    • @itslentastic432
      @itslentastic432 5 лет назад +6

      @@apocalyptic3837 but you cant go inside them so they're not buildings, railroad tracks are not the same as buildings.

    • @yenthlydevolder7076
      @yenthlydevolder7076 5 лет назад +4

      @@itslentastic432 yes a building is a structor with alteast 50% of its height comes from floors where people can acces, anything less is a tower

    • @timt2753
      @timt2753 4 года назад +3

      Right?! I'd call those man-made structures, not buildings

  • @buixrule
    @buixrule 2 года назад +10

    In a few months they should be able to film that underwater structure without getting wet. That's an incredible structure. The U. S. would never build anything like that again. They'd hire some outside contractor.

  • @kwd-2023
    @kwd-2023 3 года назад +52

    Weird fact: 112 people died building the Hoover Dam. The first guy to die in the project was the father of the last guy to die. His death happened exactly 13 years to the day after the Fathers death!

    • @colleb95
      @colleb95 2 года назад

      And 13 is the Death Tarot card.

  • @luvvinlovelock7254
    @luvvinlovelock7254 2 года назад +23

    My great grandpaents grew up in St Thomas. My grandmother was born in St Thomas she had nine siblings. The last name Burgess. Several families are related to us amazing to realize. They had to give up the house the cattle and everything and leave for this beautiful lake to be created. They moved to Overton logandale or Moapa valley to relocate. There were so many people that lost their lives creating and making this beautiful lake that we're losing day by day we were never forget everyone who came from the towns who helped make lake Mead and Hoover dam to what it was. Hard labor sweat blood pain and even death made those two beautiful sights known all over the world thank you and God bless

    • @fyt00000
      @fyt00000 2 года назад +2

      Did the cows get flooded under? Or what did they do with their cows?

    • @luvvinlovelock7254
      @luvvinlovelock7254 2 года назад +3

      They were moved along with the families to moapa valley

    • @carolyntallen4099
      @carolyntallen4099 2 года назад +2

      'Lake Mead' my foot! It's a Mudpool and it has Ruined the Colorado River!

  • @frankmcgarry3155
    @frankmcgarry3155 6 лет назад +44

    When you dive, even with a group, you feel so alone.

    • @orchidorio
      @orchidorio 3 года назад +2

      In the 1970's I free dived with friends off Newport Beach CA. I remember. You're right. (4/22/21)

    • @godsson1603
      @godsson1603 3 года назад

      That's Life

    • @seadog686
      @seadog686 3 года назад +2

      That's because you can die, all alone, even with a large dive group!

    • @rsheepwash
      @rsheepwash 3 года назад +4

      @@seadog686 if you die while diving in a "large" group. ether YOU seriously effed up. or you had health issues. you dive with a buddy and should be communicating. you dont feel alone but you feel at peace.

  • @utharkruna1116
    @utharkruna1116 3 года назад +26

    What's more amazing and of interest is the drop in water level.

    • @decimusrex92
      @decimusrex92 2 года назад +2

      It baffles me how people are completely oblivious to how critical it's getting for all water sources in the west.

    • @sharonhoskins658
      @sharonhoskins658 2 года назад +1

      It's so hard to think Lake Meade may become history,just like St. Thomas.

    • @jneusbaum3697
      @jneusbaum3697 2 года назад

      uthark runa. Hard to imagine that the sea level has been rising.

  • @gonzalezangela601
    @gonzalezangela601 2 года назад +11

    My husband and I stayed at the Hoover dam lodge nearby and they had a lot of photos and objects from when they built the dam it was interesting to see

  • @jesseplz
    @jesseplz 3 года назад +36

    Watching this 5 years later and there is still a drought and the lake is not yet empty, thank God.

    • @sookie4195
      @sookie4195 2 года назад +6

      No kidding. No water = no humans

    • @Hveragerthi
      @Hveragerthi 2 года назад

      Before the housing bust a few years back they were expecting the lake to be dry by 2016 with all the uncontrolled growth. Luckily the bubble burst and building here stopped, and our population started to decrease.
      Does not look like our greedy, corrupt politicians paid much attention to the very close call we had, as they are once again allowing uncontrolled growth, which will only drain the lake faster.

    • @nonstopqs4188
      @nonstopqs4188 2 года назад

      it'll all be gone within a couple months. :)

    • @PatriotSteve
      @PatriotSteve 2 года назад +1

      The lake doesn’t need to empty for the damn to stop producing electricity. It’s not far from there now.

    • @onjekaji5832
      @onjekaji5832 2 года назад

      @@midwestnet2704 😆

  • @KevinAnderson1
    @KevinAnderson1 6 лет назад +29

    Soon be able to live there again by the way the lake levels are going!

  • @DavidWilliams-zr5ew
    @DavidWilliams-zr5ew 3 года назад +75

    We found this can, no telling how long it’s been down here………umm, since last summer when bubba threw his empty beer can over the side of his boat

  • @bridgettswindle7043
    @bridgettswindle7043 2 года назад +6

    Omg that's amazing this is something I didn't know I'm glad people like you still put history out there

  • @brydcsd
    @brydcsd 2 года назад +44

    the workers who built the Hoover Dam are real heroes.

    • @awkwardautistic
      @awkwardautistic 2 года назад +3

      That's not a hero.

    • @bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477
      @bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477 2 года назад

      @@awkwardautistic they died for the benefit of America. Is that not a hero? I’m sorry they weren’t defusing landmines, but you can’t drink water from one

  • @WhosAGoodDogue
    @WhosAGoodDogue 2 года назад +10

    So, this was back in 2015, where they had to dive to see the site. fast forward to now, June 2022, and the way things are going, give it another 6 months, and you'll just be able to walk around the buildings wearing nothing but shorts, a t-shirt and sandals!

    • @ApacheMagic
      @ApacheMagic 2 года назад +1

      There’s a video showing just that.

  • @Scottstunts
    @Scottstunts 3 года назад +20

    Arizona is about to loose a 3rd of its water supply from the Colorado river because of the drought.

    • @itswedgytime
      @itswedgytime 3 года назад +2

      Well, California gets most of it.

  • @EATSLEEPDRIVE2002
    @EATSLEEPDRIVE2002 3 года назад +33

    * Inside the abandoned buildings under Lake Mead *
    Implying some are still occupied?

    • @mavowar72
      @mavowar72 3 года назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @Hveragerthi
      @Hveragerthi 2 года назад

      They were abandoned before being flooded. Don't understand why so many people in these comments have such trouble understanding such a simple concept.

  • @Younghead
    @Younghead 2 года назад +3

    Back in 1988 I was in Thousand Oaks California and there was a drought on the, and there was a water restriction on, and it meant that no one aloud to water their lawn I’m not sure if the street grass was still being watered.
    I was also told that Southern California takes it water from Northern California, and that Southern California was built on desert land and that it wouldn’t be able to exist with out the water from Northern California.
    One thing I really remember was how much space there was in Thousand Oaks I could walk up the hills in the morning and as far as the eye could see it was all empty land with no buildings or houses for miles around, it was beautiful to see.
    You were lucky to see the odd light bulb shaped street with just 8 or so houses in the middle of no where and it was a rare sight.
    But now if I look on Google earth all the empty spaces I saw are now full up with houses estates, and some how it doesn’t look so good now, the Southern California I once new with all of it’s very spacious land with business and houses around the time of the first Desert War with Bush Senior is just a memory now.
    Great times with great people made an awesome visit to Southern California…😎

  • @palco22
    @palco22 3 года назад +24

    A couple more years and the cement plant can be reused !

  • @DoctorEnigma01
    @DoctorEnigma01 2 года назад +4

    The dam is made of concrete, not cement, cement is the binding agent in concrete, it’s amazing nobody can get this right.

    • @ken3923
      @ken3923 2 года назад

      The narrator uses the word concrete and cement appropriately

  • @zaqvoir608
    @zaqvoir608 6 лет назад +16

    I can't help but look at the shore line and how low the water level is as revealed by the white stripe on the landscape

    • @kellypawspa
      @kellypawspa 3 года назад +2

      Its only down two or three feet. The media acts as if you can walk across it and never get your feet wet. Lol

    • @shaunelewis7586
      @shaunelewis7586 2 года назад

      What do you think about it now?

  • @2lipToo
    @2lipToo 2 года назад +5

    Interesting how there's so little concern for the dramatic evaporation of Lake Mead, the ONLY water source that provides power and water to many desert cities including Las Vegas.

  • @bum77per
    @bum77per 3 года назад +14

    That tunnel made me claustrophobic just watching the video!

    • @piielmillonespr6982
      @piielmillonespr6982 2 года назад

      You got a doble Plus on that brother 👌
      I'm claustrophobic 😩and on top of that I'm terrified of open waters 😩
      Videos like this make me feel petrified even in my house 🤣🤣

  • @overcash007
    @overcash007 2 года назад +1

    Now I need to go while the water is down

  • @dr.scottcrullphd9133
    @dr.scottcrullphd9133 3 года назад +39

    My godfather was the electrical engineer on the Hoover Dam and 30+ more around the world. He was ‘loaned’ to Iron Curtain countries and other countries to build their dam-structures.

    • @fuzzybutkus3951
      @fuzzybutkus3951 3 года назад +1

      How’d he get the job?? Make em and offer they couldn’t refuse?? Oh crap I’m sorry couldn’t help it.” Everytime I get out they pull me back in” Come on ya know ya wanna do it.”C’mon Scotty just once for old time sake” just clearing up Dr.Scott. I have a ton of respect of the older generation. and didn’t mean anything disrespectful. He must of been a very intelligent and interesting man.Kind of guy that probably has some incredible stories.Just saw godfather and that’s what came out.

    • @krrashidi5749
      @krrashidi5749 3 года назад

      Thx for his service

    • @chuckstith838
      @chuckstith838 3 года назад +1

      Dam him !

    • @davidrhelmick72
      @davidrhelmick72 3 года назад +1

      He probably made dam good money...

    • @jdrancho1864
      @jdrancho1864 2 года назад

      @@fuzzybutkus3951 Did he remember to take the cannoli?

  • @jmb1666
    @jmb1666 6 месяцев назад

    I've been here since 1996. Had no idea! Was just looking at my pics of Lake Mead from back then...what a difference in the water level!

  • @tonyd9455
    @tonyd9455 8 лет назад +56

    All the states that benefit from the water at the dam, needs to all be conserving! We are still in a serious drought!

    • @PepeDeezNutz
      @PepeDeezNutz 3 года назад +3

      STFU

    • @hgj2019
      @hgj2019 3 года назад +1

      RIGHT! That white band around the edge of the lake dramatically shows how much water has been lost. The folks using that water are slowly sucking the lake DRY with insufficient water coming in. They are literally using more than what is coming back into the lake. It will be back to river eventually.

    • @hgj2019
      @hgj2019 3 года назад +1

      @Logan Hughes doesn’t matter where it’s going...it’s still going. Everyone who uses it now better get used to not having it, cause it ain’t gonna last forever.

    • @PepeDeezNutz
      @PepeDeezNutz 3 года назад +1

      @A Google User NO

    • @PepeDeezNutz
      @PepeDeezNutz 3 года назад

      @Shawwwsh3shhhh durp

  • @youtoodeserveit7745
    @youtoodeserveit7745 2 года назад +1

    Amazing how the rocks are still rounded and smooth under water!!! WOW!!!

  • @loisfitch1486
    @loisfitch1486 3 года назад +6

    When Lake Ouachita was being formed after Blakely Dam was built in AR, our family was told to demolish houses, barns, and the school house. My father did this in the 1940s for our small community.

    • @dlbstl
      @dlbstl 2 года назад +1

      I love Lake Ouachita, it's such a deep clear lake. I'm sorry about your community, tho'.

  • @danmason6116
    @danmason6116 2 года назад +1

    Well if the weather keeps going like it is your going to be able to walk to it again by the end of this summer or the beginning of next summer

  • @emanon692001
    @emanon692001 8 лет назад +99

    That's pretty DAM cool.

  • @DETROITxDIESEL
    @DETROITxDIESEL 3 года назад +15

    "Provides reliable water sources for the southwest region" , this aged well lol
    Local governments use more water than river provides.
    *Surprised Pikachu face*

    • @EvenFive
      @EvenFive 3 года назад

      do not become addicted to water

  • @PochoNews
    @PochoNews 3 года назад +11

    You'll be able to see them IRL in December when the lake is dry. What are we gonna do?

    • @nigel900
      @nigel900 2 года назад +1

      What ever they were doing before the dam was built.

  • @robinmorales4241
    @robinmorales4241 2 года назад +5

    Is there a reason for not getting water from sea and taking salt out of it?

    • @decimusrex92
      @decimusrex92 2 года назад +2

      Desalination has been around for decades.
      It's expensive to build,maintain and it's very energy intensive.
      Desalination is used as a desperation measure.
      Lake meade is at critical levels now and is predicted to drop another 12 feet by this September.
      Once the water drops below the second intake, hydro electric will stop.
      It's looking desperate.

  • @carlwilliams6977
    @carlwilliams6977 2 года назад +3

    I love how they keep repeating that Phoenix couldn't exist without the lake, while they show repeated shots of the lake with bath bathtub rings indicating it's probably 200 ft low!

  • @angelachipman4298
    @angelachipman4298 2 года назад +1

    Is that where there finding bodys?

  • @michaelmooney3369
    @michaelmooney3369 6 лет назад +11

    Lake Mead is almost to the point where Arizona and Nevada will stop getting water it will go to California agriculture they'll be cutoff.

  • @ub1953
    @ub1953 2 года назад +2

    Just wait awhile longer as lake level recedes; they'll be above water.....

  • @thomasratliff9278
    @thomasratliff9278 2 года назад +10

    In the early 1930s, Boulder City, Nevada, was constructed to house 5,000 dam project workers. Before the city was built, many jobless men and their families who’d converged on the dam site, hoping to find employment in the midst of the Great Depression, had lived in squatters’ settlements.

    • @k1j2f30
      @k1j2f30 2 года назад +6

      Very hard to find a job back in the depression era. Today you can't find anybody to fill a job that is now vacant.

  • @nfapeng187
    @nfapeng187 2 года назад +1

    where is these buildings now ? The water is super dee dooper low!

  • @SKIROOIT69
    @SKIROOIT69 6 лет назад +9

    Pretty soon. It will be a nice walk to it.

  • @lisacatlin8161
    @lisacatlin8161 2 года назад +2

    I wonder if the structures are visible now that the water levels have dropped due to the drought.

  • @crimsoniron937
    @crimsoniron937 2 года назад +6

    Seems like, pretty soon, I can explore this place without SCUBA gear.

  • @robert-vt1fq
    @robert-vt1fq 4 года назад +6

    So fascinating when you're so fascinating to find this information out when you're down there isn't it so cool I love it

  • @SugarloafMountainFilms
    @SugarloafMountainFilms 8 лет назад +199

    I figured they would find a big pile of beer cans.

    • @Laffy1345
      @Laffy1345 7 лет назад

      Sugarloaf Mountain Films lmfao

    • @there_is_nothing_here
      @there_is_nothing_here 6 лет назад +1

      MrYeshuaisyhwh yeah but what about all the spring breaker beer bottles that sink down to the bottom?

    • @billmaas4294
      @billmaas4294 6 лет назад +1

      they did not have cans back then, just bottles.

    • @whorayful9361
      @whorayful9361 6 лет назад +3

      I think the Hoover Dam construction site was a dry zone, alcohol forbidden. I watched a doco on it years back, it wasn't a fun place to work.

    • @Quackerstacker1973
      @Quackerstacker1973 3 года назад

      I know I left alot of beer cans there back in the 90's

  • @lexiesheikh2393
    @lexiesheikh2393 2 года назад +1

    Here in July 2022 where Lake Mead is dropping nearly a foot every day.

  • @nini1957
    @nini1957 6 лет назад +18

    I love lake Meade! It’s so beautiful and peaceful there.

    • @Percys_corner
      @Percys_corner 3 года назад +6

      Mead**

    • @fredgervinm.p.3315
      @fredgervinm.p.3315 3 года назад +6

      Not anymore...

    • @teriw56
      @teriw56 3 года назад +5

      It has a big bath tub ring now.

    • @carolyntallen4099
      @carolyntallen4099 2 года назад +1

      WHEN WERE YOU THERE LAST? BECAUSE IT'S NEARLY GONE! ITS ABOUT 20 FEET DEEP AT THE DEEPEST PLACE! ITS A CRYING SHAME!!! SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THESE IDIOTS HAVE 'BRIGHT IDEAS'!
      THEY'VE RUINED THE COLORADO RIVER!!!!!

  • @jdbrookshire2708
    @jdbrookshire2708 2 года назад +1

    Those women who built that damn dam deserve our respect.

  • @michaelrawson6261
    @michaelrawson6261 5 лет назад +14

    That's an iconic photo of the back of the 'as yet, unused' dam wall, trouble is, if things keep going the way they're going (and I've a feeling they might!) then in a few years time, a VERY similar view of the 'by then, useless, ornamental' dam, will be visible to photograph again!!!

    • @decimusrex92
      @decimusrex92 2 года назад

      Another 12 feet level lost by September.

  • @omaeve
    @omaeve 3 месяца назад

    My husband was in the Air Force when we were stationed in California. We got to go inside. The dam was very interesting. Extremely humid inside there though.

  • @Hotspur37
    @Hotspur37 8 лет назад +6

    Is this an open dive site or restricted and requires special permission/access to dive

    • @decimusrex92
      @decimusrex92 2 года назад

      Just wait till the lake goes dry.
      You'll be able to walk through it.
      Think of all the vintage beer cans and Bic lighters You'll be able to collect.

  • @Hveragerthi
    @Hveragerthi 2 года назад +2

    There used to be railroad tracks off Boulder Beach as well and not in very deep water. I first saw them when I took up scuba diving 46 years ago. We were doing a checkout dive off of Boulder Beach in maybe 20 feet of water when i saw the tracks. There was a long wooden box along the tracks that i really wanted to check out, but the instructor had everyone surface before I had to a chance to look. Did not go looking again until years later and never found them again.

  • @chrisshacklett2999
    @chrisshacklett2999 9 лет назад +30

    If it wasn't for the dam I wouldn't be able to live in Phoenix. I'd be living somewhere else...with water.

    •  9 лет назад +3

      +chris shacklett phoenix was here before the dam !

    • @chrisshacklett2999
      @chrisshacklett2999 9 лет назад

      +Vista C No way! lol jk

  • @ApacheMagic
    @ApacheMagic 2 года назад +1

    Can probably walk there now. Lake mead is 75% lower than full capacity today

  • @cowboyway99
    @cowboyway99 6 лет назад +17

    That was so cool. I love to check out abandoned structures but rarely get to. What a rush !

  • @jeffreybailey175
    @jeffreybailey175 2 года назад

    Learned to water ski there 1970, some very cold areas on that lake/ river ..many memories.

  • @bestrad2300
    @bestrad2300 3 года назад +8

    Those abandoned buildings will probably be exposed if the lake keeps drying up.

  • @joemc111
    @joemc111 2 года назад

    So in July 2022 how much water is covering the site?

  • @MiaMaven
    @MiaMaven 6 лет назад +5

    Soon to be the aboveground visible from the road ruins, of the dam built 80 years ago.

  • @coreymishler6337
    @coreymishler6337 2 года назад

    My Grandma enjoyed watching Jacque Cousteau. Not her head under the water, though. She saved her littlest sister's life. And that sister is alive today. My aunt became a nurse!

  • @christohersobota7943
    @christohersobota7943 3 года назад +4

    I love that he briefly
    mentions the water being down over 100ft....?!!??!!

    • @rsheepwash
      @rsheepwash 3 года назад

      Last time i flew into LV you could see how low the water was from the plane.

  • @rolycruz3941
    @rolycruz3941 2 года назад +1

    At the rate lake mead drying up we might be able to see them without diving.

  • @vincestyles1030
    @vincestyles1030 3 года назад +7

    The way things are in Vegas I’m surprised the homeless haven’t found a way to live under the lake. They are destroying this town.

    • @eileeneclark9011
      @eileeneclark9011 2 года назад

      5/20/22...Maybe homeless can get some FLOATING TENTS ⛺️?
      But then the bugs 🐛/rats 🐀/other vermin would have to learn to 🏊‍♀️!

  • @ironjohn5914
    @ironjohn5914 2 года назад +1

    There I was 18 dropped in a jungle in South Vietnam 🇻🇳 1968 rifle in my hand, I still remember what I went through the next 3 years, this video reminded me because we found many unoccupied structures~

    • @sheilaalba1420
      @sheilaalba1420 2 года назад +1

      Thank you for your service, God bless you.

  • @masonmethot3186
    @masonmethot3186 8 лет назад +21

    Oh ya, I can really turn that 100 year old rusted wheel.

  • @semperfi6801
    @semperfi6801 2 года назад +2

    Should be able to see the train tracks and all of these facilities pretty soon as fast as the lake is going down. Might be able to walk on the ground where these places are by next year if not before then.

  • @r8alvar
    @r8alvar 2 года назад +5

    To quote Beavis and Butt-Head. "Is this like a god damn?"

  • @williamhaynes7089
    @williamhaynes7089 2 года назад +2

    well since this article/story was done in 2015... the level has dropped about 100 feet... shouldn't be that far down now. Wont be much longer at this rate and you won't need a scuba suit to see it.

  • @peterfennema3112
    @peterfennema3112 6 лет назад +7

    Great story! Fascinating to see the remnants on the bottom of Lake Mead.

  • @jimfrankovich2339
    @jimfrankovich2339 2 года назад +1

    So it's June 2022. So that 200ft of water is more like 20 ft now. Or less.

  • @teresaharvey716
    @teresaharvey716 2 года назад +3

    You guys are amazing. That's a dangerous job. Good luck.

  • @appallokelley3207
    @appallokelley3207 3 года назад +2

    I saw a submerged mine stope ….. could you imagine diving into that ? Good lord.

  • @dennisn1672
    @dennisn1672 8 лет назад +21

    Now it's only about 50ft under water.

    • @michaelrawson6261
      @michaelrawson6261 5 лет назад +1

      @Likedbymany:... *NO!!!* but there is a drought there currently.

    • @tyrone8214
      @tyrone8214 5 лет назад +2

      @@michaelrawson6261 Yep, I live in Boulder and it depresses me every time I see it.

    • @offplanetevent
      @offplanetevent 3 года назад

      @@tyrone8214 how you feeling now? Meads about to dry up and lose power even sooner.

  • @mart5476
    @mart5476 2 года назад

    Went to Lake Mead on March. So sad it is so low.

  • @CatBrash
    @CatBrash 2 года назад +3

    we have a few flooded mining towns here in Ontario. very cool to explore even if not very safe from hilbillies

  • @jeremycable51
    @jeremycable51 2 года назад

    Hey at 1:12 you guys have a great pic of exactly where if not the same transformer that blew today

  • @Vegas702EsLV
    @Vegas702EsLV 7 лет назад +9

    Amazing!! thank you for that. i never knew that was there under lake mead. brings a tear to my eye

    • @lelandgaunt9985
      @lelandgaunt9985 6 лет назад +1

      There is also a bomber apparently the 29th of its kind down there as well.

    • @Vegas702EsLV
      @Vegas702EsLV 3 года назад

      @Butt Rigging yes Sir, butt Rigger

    • @Hveragerthi
      @Hveragerthi 2 года назад

      @@lelandgaunt9985 Yes, but up until recently it was too deep to dive for recreational divers.

  • @nxtchpforme9154
    @nxtchpforme9154 2 года назад

    What was the tunnel used for?

  • @maggiesmith4699
    @maggiesmith4699 2 года назад +3

    Thanks for this great report, who knew that that even exist, there's nothing about history I learned a lot thanks 😊

    • @Hveragerthi
      @Hveragerthi 2 года назад

      I did. I have found train tracks under the lake diving back 46 years ago in the lake, and I have dove on the cement mixer.
      There are some old settlements under the water such as the historical Pueblo Grande ruins, as well as several towns such as Calville, Rioville, etc. The settlement of St Thomas has been back above water for a while now.

  • @LEGOBRICKDIARIES
    @LEGOBRICKDIARIES 2 года назад +1

    soon we wont have to worry about the water in the way of touring these buildings.