Ghost Lake Tulare Returns as Record Snowpack Overwhelms Flood Controls
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- Опубликовано: 8 апр 2023
- In this stunning video, witness the incredible winter weather in California that hasn't been seen in a lifetime. From the overwhelming snowpack in the southern Sierra to the haunting revival of the ghost lake Tulare, this winter has been historic.
Join journalist Jonathan Petramala as he travels from the central valley to the serene lakes of the Sierra to document the awe-inspiring winter scenes. Watch as residents of Puebla, Mexico, adapt to the snowy conditions and brave the backbreaking work of clearing snow.
Experience the size and speed of the Union Pacific's rotary snow plow, the railroads' last line of defense against the massive snowfall. Witness the astounding snow accumulation that even man power cannot handle.
Discover what's driving the surge in wet weather and atmospheric rivers that have caused paralyzing blizzards and devastating floods in the previously drought-stricken state of California.
Get a glimpse of the stunning photos of this winter's snowfall and compare them to previous years. This video offers a unique perspective on a winter that will go down in history. Don't miss out on this extraordinary footage and click on subscribe to be alerted when Jonathan Petramala uploads his next video.
For more incredible drone footage of the snow in the Sierra and the Union Pacific Rotary Snowplow, please visit @WxChasing
Shout out to the people from Puebla from Cali and Oaxaca
Wow, just amazing footage. And what a historical weather event to remember!
Absolutely! Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for letting me know!
Happens ever 30-40 years. Not very commonly known or else you might not believe the global warming hoax
Wonderfully shot and documented slice of life in this wild time. Great job man.
Thank you!
So cool that you speak Spanish. Such a blessing to know that beautiful language. I regret not continuing learning it.
It’s still a daily work in progress, but I find it useful for work and to talk with family in Mexico :)
Thanks to all those out there helping.
The difference between last year's snow measurement and this year's ... WOW!
Startling.
Climate change lmfao 🤣
@kylemoore1654 maybe we should keep burning fossil fuels haha the government told us it wouldn't snow like this anymore while burning fossil fuel, I'd hate to see more snow 😂
@@kylefishmoore sigh... increased energy in the atmosphere leads to more chaotic weather patterns. So with more energy being absorbed we should see more frequent extreme droughts, arctic highs, and atmospheric rivers.
How about utilizing all of the really deep wells that have been drilled down a thousand feet or more and pump that excess water back into the aquifer? There has to be a way to pump water back into all of the empty wells.
That shot of you getting showered by that snow was awesome 😂
Lol, it was fun
The Mother of All Winters!
It was a big one!
Thank you for highlighting the workers from Mexico. I wish you had more time to interview them, as I have so many questions.
Thank you, I also didn’t want to bother them too much. They had a lot of work to go😮
@@JonathanPetramala Of course, maybe when they aren't at work is what I was suggesting.
@@JonathanPetramalanew sub here and somewhat close neighbor! That would be an interesting human interest story, to document the lives of migrant workers in this historically Mexican area (and I say Mexican loosely, as there are multiple different indigenous groups that migrated historically north/south from what is now Mexico)
@@CP-mb7ly I would love to at some point. I have family dealing with the DACA system
@@CP-mb7ly agreed.
Thank you! Jonathan!
Mainstream media should take note on how reporting is done….and was common 40-50 years ago when I was a kid🙄
Very nice of you, thank you for watching and the nice comment.
@@JonathanPetramala
Just watched this video. The train blower was one of my fave parts. My ex husband is a super train fanatic and 15 yrs of marriage made me catch the bug too. LOL 😂
I HOPE YOU SEE THIS!!!
Did you happen to work for Bay News 9 in Florida? I swear I used to watch someone that would sign off....Jonathon Petramala Bay News 9. I'm thinking I just might be right.
@@mmariemarkel7482 haha, yes. I was there from 2006-2011 :)
thanks for watching, check out my channel for a longer version of the train video
@@mmariemarkel7482 here’s a longer version: ruclips.net/video/2pX_FhZlDXQ/видео.htmlsi=VshpIVfBVCzCt8Ag
WOW! just WOW!
Crazy four months for California
Thanks for letting us into the real back country this year!
Glad you enjoyed it!
It's amazing how many Mexican people come to help us in times of need!
Hard workers
They're also here to help themselves.
10:23 It is safe to say that you made that train engineers day.
Haha, i imagine so
Fantastic video 👍 you do better than the news "professionals". Thank you
Wow, thank you!
Awesome video and that crew are awesome workers! That is some back breaking work. Well done.
Thank you for helping..😊😊😊
Thank you. That was very interesting. I'm going to watch some more of your work.
Awesome, thank you!
I love snow, but oh my God. thanks for the footage.
Thanks for watching!
Very well done thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Great story, beautifully done!
Thank you!
Love this documentary!!
Thank you! Very kind!
I am a brand new subscriber who JUST discovered you 10 minutes ago and love your videos. I work in NYC and saw the video on this week's flood. Thanks much. Your videos and narration are professionally done and informative.
Loved it and subscribed
I appreciate you watching! Thanks for the sub land letting me know!
Fantastic reporting
Thank you! I appreciate your kind comment.
The 2015 --16 snow fall in the sierras was massive too..!!
Super interesting, thankyou for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
You seriously need to be working for PBS or National Geographic
That is very kind…know anyone at Nat Geo? ;)
NAH NPR is State Media where you have kneel and bow before your masters you are in a good spot.
Great overview of the snow fall and it's repercussions on the State of California
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it’
What happened to the water from the record breaking 2016-17 Winter where over 60 to 100 feet of snow fell? How soon the media forgets. I lived in Mammoth in the 1970s and it had skiing until June-July sometimes.
AMAZING, watching from Australia
Thanks for watching!
nice one Jonathan, good stuff.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for letting me know!
Great video!
Thanks for the visit and letting me know!
Great video and I just found you today. I'm a big fan on how we deal with mother nature, when she decides to let us mere humans, who's really in charge.
Keep up the great work!!
congrats to the roof truss builders of those buried homes.the total weight of that snow has to be tremendous.but their still supporting the weight.(for now).
Muita paz, saúde, felicidade, sucesso, respeito, compaixão, empatia, honestidade, SEM FALSO TESTEMUNHO ENTRE AMIGOS E INIMIGOS, reconhecem os erros, sabem perdoar e muito amor no coração3!!!
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$25/hour?!?!? That’s awful, they deserve SO much more.
Totally agree
great video
Thank you for watching and letting me know!
This was a great video !
Thanks for watching! I am glad you liked it!
@@JonathanPetramala I did laugh when the train hit you with snow.
LOL !
A great video though, excellent camera work.
@@ordinaryman1904 Haha, I was having a lot of fun with it too...exhilarating moment
But in General for the natur its a good Thing that tulary Lake return hopfully he stays this time
That is incredible! I mean, not literally, because here’s credible evidence but WOW, without pictures it’d be hard to imagine. Nature is extreme, and mind blowing. What a feeling!
I remember learning about it in 2021 in the middle of the drought and then to see it reappear is wild
Awesome footage!
Where can I go to find snowpack totals and water equivalent statistics?
How much of California is out of drought now?
Really have been enjoying your videos!
Excellent coverage and camera work.
I appreciate it. I find what I need on the California Department of Water Resources website. Here is their latest news release.
water.ca.gov/News/News-Releases/2023/April-23/Snow-Survey-April-2023
The majority of California is completely out of drought conditions... only the Mojave and far, north east counties still have any drought conditions
Yet ... the state refuses to acknowledge the change
You should come back an May and reshot the scene!
Would like to in July
I think it's very interesting, I had no idea that type of train existed. I guess I just never gave it any thought since train tracks are not something people deal as compared to a highway or roads.
Jezzz. Last year was the driest on record, and this year was either the first or second most on record. Really great pictures. Glad we don't have climate change like that here in Iowa.
This isn't "climate change." This is literally the normal pattern for most of California's recorded geological history.
Until the levees were built (by what were essentially Chinese slaves) no one could live in the valley floor
This was awesome, in the literal sense.
Thank you!
I never imagined such a snow plow for train tracks.
It’s incredible. And very old.
@@JonathanPetramala
On Atlantic street in Roseville Ca next to the rail yard there’s a snowplow that looks just like the one in your video.
History repeats itself every day
Absolutely
such an amazing video! sad to see from the alps perspective, here it snowed close to nothing… some more snow would have helped!
Thank you! California took all the snow this year. Hopefully it balances out next season for you!
OOOOh look at the snow cats!!! Piston Bully's!!!
that train is like an arrakis sandworm but for snow
Here's hoping the big melt won't do a lot of damage. I can't even imagine where all that water is supposed to go. 🤷🏼♀️
Man Vs Nature…no winning this one I don’t think
If the swollen lake waters re-charge an underground aquifer it might well remove the need for CA growers to have to drill so deep for water as they did during the drought?
Now THAT is a train video!
Try growing massive amounts of row crops in the South Valley, move that water around.
Great reporting as always. You need to go home and get some rest.
Working on it! :)
With how much snow that’s in these places that have too much that makes it unsafe and will cause flooding, would it be possible to haul the snow to the places that have wells that are essentially empty and help fill them up and also to the areas that even had little to no snow? Per se, Washington state or Northern and Southern California?
I can’t imagine that would be feasible from a logistics perspective. The number of trucks needed would be staggering and cost would be astronomical. Plus much of the snow would be inaccessible by mechanical means. California needs more storage 🤷♂️
Lol that would be wildly impractical and counterproductive. Every transport option we have emits heavily. Any temporary relief to the places who want the water would be outweighed by the future droughts by climate change caused by snow transport
Mexicans. Work. Anywhere, anytime ❤
They are great people. Viva Mexico!!!!
Absolutely
while people play in the sun all day
Huh. You’ve never met any of the ones that live in my apartment complex. They don’t do squat.
@@bob494949 those aren't true Mexicans, they're the offspring of people like we saw on the video, they're born in the states.
Questions: does a big snowpack affect the volume of runoff? Does the snow melt at an even pace? Does more snow in the mountains automatically mean flooding in the spring?
A larger snowpack = more volume of runoff
Some studies show the amount of dust on snowpack increases the heat and speeds up melting. California has more snowpack and equivalent water than the entirety of Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the country.
There is a lot of variability with flood concerns…how quickly warm up occurs for instance. Already we see Lake Tulare reforming which means it’s beyond control. But flash flooding of communities like Springville last month, that is a whole different set of circumstances
@@JonathanPetramala Thank you so much for bothering to reply. You've cleared these questions up for me.
I guess we can expect spring flooding in California and Nevada, is that right?
@@tommyudo3195 to some point definitely…how much depends on the weather 🤷♂️
Think how the Donner party members must have felt. They had this amount of snow.
Absolutely. And it must have been insane bc they weren’t at the summit so to get 17-22 feet of snow measured when they were rescued is a lot.
I keep thinking about how polluted that lake will be. If they rebuild there, they should require that everything is built on wheels or somehow temporary so it can be moved next time this happens which of course it will.
I live off grid and have my water delivered. You have to treat it like gold. It's not something to waste and yet look at all the water being wasted around everyone? All them drips add up.also try crapping into a bucket and then cover it with saw dust. Get skinny and you'll consume less. Cooking and other wise.
Mother Nature, you crazy.
Lol
It's annoying how Cali is like yay the drought is over. It's not and going to get worse as we head into the super el nino.
Droughts are cyclical! The “drama” of the DWR is ridiculous!
I want that hat!
If they throw black sand on the snow, the sand will melt the snow many times faster than it will melt on it's own.
I wish I lived on a train route. They retired the Bullet when Newfoundland joined Confederation.
So who is paying them, is it the homeowner? the city? Is it part of a service they provide?
Homeowners hire a contractor who pays his crew. They were out of Yuba City I think
Al Gore • no more snow
CA breaks record for snowfall
Media • silence
True we need farmland. But draining a lake? water wants it's space. Will reclaim it.🤔🤔
I'm surprised California has these empty lakes, and then just abandons these... that there is not more constructive protection of water.
$25/hr!??? People have been charging $650/hr for snow removal. I need these guys phone numbers.
I imagine the company they work for is charging much more
They can pump water out and send it to Southern California to top off dams and use it for ground water recharge in places like Apple Valley and Antelope Valley. They are stupid if they don't.
Excess water is in the process of being pumped to the Diamond Valley Reservoir near Hemet for a number of weeks now.
omg 6:40 dude! the workers were building stairs DX and you just slid down and smoothed out their work lol *facepalm^
I decided to not fall and took the slide option, bc those steps were a little janky
Thank God California hasn't outlawed your wood stove yet
This is a prime example of too much of a good thing
No doubt
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What if one of those homes caught fire. The whole place looks like a disaster waiting to happen.
Why did the homeowners let the snow pile up on the roofs like that? Get out there and shovel a little each day and keep it clear.
Lazy.
Well the late great state of California apparently doesn't have a drainage system networking in the state to prevent major flooding to some of our most precious farmlands. We do have the high-speed rail project that is over budget over time frame that if it is ever finished should go from Modesto to Bakersfield. Just remembered it cuts through the through the Tulare lake bed. I guess I'll have to design it to be amphibious
What’s worse, the Maya train in Mexico or this one?
I had hoped you would speak more to Lake Tulare and less to Sierra snowpack...also the why and how of flood control measures. IMO, a bit misleading of a video title.
I will have more on the Lake soon, wanted to cover it all since April 1 is the traditional “peak” snowpack and that is going to be leading to a larger Tulare Lake
It would suck to live in a flood zone better have insurance
Good
Urine is good nitrogen fertilizer and relatively sterile: salves flushes! I treat mine in the bottle with oyster shell lime powder to bind the amonia nitrogen and nutritlize aciditiy. Dolimitic agricultrual lime would work. Pelleted lime stinks in bottle: not a good idea!
They better pump it underground for when they need it.
Most of it evaporates.😮
Hun lets build a Home in the lake bottom. Smartest decision you could make. wow
don't let it evaporate. Drill and pump into the aquafers. There is a great opportunity to refill.
This would not be a first. It is not revolutionary. But to let it evaporate is a terrible waste
Maybe could work 🤷♂️
Um, Ghost Lake Tulare IS Flood control.
I think some multi-million dollar agricultural interests would disagree.
Yeah, let’s all pretend the Lake Tulare was NOT planned as a flood overflow basin.
Ah...
”Ghost Lake Tulare Returns as Record Snowpack Overwhelms Flood Controls"
but all you show is snow...
For those that may not know where the referenced lake is and where you are...
could you connect the dots?
How does this snow have anything to do with the lake?
Where is this snow in relation to the lake?
And other details that people, who are not there, would not know.
Great footage and fantastic shot of the Union Pacific plow, but I was looking for information on the lake. Maybe chang the title so it's not misleading.
Watch the first two minutes, and then realize the snow has everything to do with the lake. Record snowpack in the southern Sierra lead directly to this lake. So much snow has overcome diversions for the first time since 1997
Johnathan,
If I have to rewatch the video in order to understand it, then maybe (just maybe) you didn't make your point quite clear enough for idiots like me (who don't have a degree in geography) to understand.
Also, please understand that not very person has perfect hearing and therefore, we have a difficult time understanding a video that uses other videos to give us details.
The video mentions Nevada and immediately following, you talk about the weather in California..?? Nothing confusing there.
What I was trying to point out is that your video is great for people that live near the lake. But rather vague to those that don't.
The couple of seconds that it takes to give a relative location of where the lake is, is time well spent.
Saying something like "The Sierras in (insert geographical reference here) feed into/feed the lake/etc. would go a long way towards educating people who don't know where (exactly) the Sierras are.
Ask most people "where are the Sierras?" and you will most likely get something like "Out west, aren't they?"
Try to remember, not everyone that watches your videos is from that area and not everyone knows where "The Sierras" are.
Also, remember that not everyone that watches your videos has learned how snow from one location can end up in a lake somewhere else. You know how that works; I know how that works; but not every young adult/student/adult in general knows.
Taks a few extra seconds and educate us.
Sierra Nevada is a very common and well known geographic area in California...so ubiquitous that typically it is a stand alone phrase with no added context needed. It's like "Rocky Mountains" or "Pacific Ocean." This video was less of a history and more of a documentation of what is occurring so that was my focus.
But to save you time, Sierra Nevada is a chain of mountains mostly in California, with a tiny spur that goes into Nevada. In Spanish, Sierra means range of mountains, Nevada is snow...so Snowy Mountains is its literal name.
Tulare Lake is historically a massive freshwater lake situated in the Central Valley of California...at one time the largest west of the mississippi. If you want to locate it on a map, its in the southern San Joaquin Valley, in Kings County, CA.
Hope this little added context helped
It did. My geography sucks. I am one of those "Sierras? It's out west, isn't it?" people.
The farmers killed the area? Did you just say that? How about the fact that the environmental people stopped the water coming from the north that used to feed the area and diverted to to the ocean to save an endangered fish.
Farmers canals diverted the water and in its place the most productive plot of land in the world emerged.
😂like that steam train 🚂 has a melting tool on~ bright
No excuse…this should be expected and planned for so this water is captured efficiently as possible and California should have adequate water supply for years
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That’s called “Sierra Cement “
One of my favorite weather nicknames
So, ya prayed for rain...
Here's your sign....😊😊
Lol
TODOS os pecadores desobedientes sofrem individualmente a Justiça Divina perante Deus Todo Poderoso Criador do Universo/Allah!!!
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The lake won’t last beyond two years from now.
And they barely say the few percent of it