Low water level on Lake Powell reveals surprise

A curious discovery along the edges of Lake Powell has been uncovered as the shoreline shrinks during what could be one of the worst drought years on record for the reservoir.
Story: www.fox13now.c...

[@ladysparkle6784]

If you find a little girl’s fishing pole it’s mine. I lost it in 1975.

[@Elle_Hodges]

Omg lol

[@waynegraham7611]

I found that in 76 lol

[@ladysparkle6784]

@@waynegraham7611 lol you could probably hear my dad yelling at me from your house.

[@waynegraham7611]

@@ladysparkle6784 haha sounds like me and my daughter I bought her a rod and her idea of casting was just chuck the hole rod in the water lol 😂

[@ladysparkle6784]

@@waynegraham7611 😂😂😂

[@ericgonzales5100]

Funny how they talk about finding a stupid boat but they don't talk about what it means when Lake Powell has to stop giving lake mead water...

[@jimmygrant424]

They're saving that one for fear porn to blame the "pandemic"

[@bombasticbuster9340]

Its a bs, dumbass water management plan. They are infants.

[@johnrogers1794]

But, but, but... the CA Hollywood idiots, nice to have their lawns look great...

[@ilpatriotplugs8682]

Thinking the same thing! Ignorant story

[@LoriFoster]

Too many people out West for the water supply! 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@kennyw871]

In 2015, my wife and I visited Hoover Dam. It turned out to be a wake-up call. A spoksman told us that for the first time ever, they were considering lowering Lake Powell to meet manditory water alotments downstream. Lake Mead is currently at 40% capacity! The fact is the west is drying and dying at an alarming rapid rate. Finding a sunken boat above the waterline and useless boat ramps are the least of our worries.

[@Neon_Warning]

And the only thing people ever want to take about is how the ice caps are melting.

[@BrandyD1777]

2005 was the beginning I watched this start occuring and Hoover Dam that needs to be re-engineered was evident and prevalent at that time....sad.

[@mrtee3477]

Mean while california is welcoming more illegals to share the water resource.

[@ericschulze5641]

It's all planned there is no water shortage

[@Cynthia_Cantrell]

@Superduper DavidMiorgan One data point does not a trend make.

[@unl987]

Always a good idea to build a city in the desert. No one could have predicted a few years of drought in a desert. Make sure to water those golf courses and keep those fountains going

[@EMRAE_8]

Phoenix and California are using more than their share and for the past 22 years Lake Powell has been giving more than what they are supposed to for Lake Mead. Lake Mead is for Arizona, California and Nevada. While Lake Powell is for Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico.

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

@Superduper DavidMiorgan The dams subsidized more urban expansion artificially, but can not sustain it. Government should stay out of these things.

[@dannybuilding1044]

@Superduper DavidMiorgan you forgot to mention all the species that need that in that gulf... read a book of how it was before the dams kill the wildlife.water runs naturally, and US cut it from another nation. the water is not mine nor your but everyone who needs it. sadly it became political.

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

@Superduper DavidMiorgan The lack of water is natural. Dams and human behavior are nature but expectations of "correct" outcomes are figments that will disappoint someone at some point. Fuck that dam.

[@lntrlp4936]

Well Green grass matters to the golf industry.

[@Davett53]

In the early 1970s, my buddy and I visited Ann Arbor Michigan, where there had been a large lake. It was popular with boaters, and fishing, however when we got there, it had been drained. It was shocking to see it that way. The park services folks said it would be refilled eventually. My buddy and I got to walk on the still, semi-soft lake bed. It was dry on the surface , but soft enough that our feet ( in shoes), sunk down a couple of inches. It was so fun to walk on. The best part was salvaging 100 years worth of things people people had lost in the lake, and along the various boat piers. We found a lot of artifacts,...little bits of history, most in fairly good condition. We salvaged and took with us,.....milk cans, that dairy farmers would have used. Sun glasses from the 1930s, 40s & 50s. A surprisingly well preserved wicker baby carriage. A toy produced by Walt Disney,..that was of a cartoon figure, driving a 1930s car,...all made of hard rubber with wooden tires,....still mostly intact. Hundreds of "lost" keys. We were only there for 2 days,...but had we known, and brought some tools, & work gloves,....there were sunken old cars in the lake bed,.....from every era. Most were partially buried in the dried lake bed,....but we could have salvaged some hood ornaments, or other parts. I wish we had brought a camera. Back then, people didn't always have cameras on them.

[@dungeonfrek]

No camera? But it was the 70's, you should have had your etch-a-sketch

[@CliftonPhotographer]

As a magnet-fisherman I am extremely jealous of your adventure in time! Congratulations though, I'd love to have that opportunity! 🧲🎣

[@joshs3916]

So cool

[@Cynthia_Cantrell]

Finally! They found the boat that lost its crew on Gilligan's Island!

[@cindybogart6062]

🥴🤣😂

[@peanutsarecheap1997]

Funny 😂

[@nancynewman1465]

Yes that’s good

[@dan4345]

The SS Minnow

[@Cynthia_Cantrell]

@@dan4345 That's it!

[@learntotakeajoke3100]

Thank you, I couldn't remember where I parked it!

[@Carpenterdane]

Lol

[@Shereefarrare315]

😂😂

[@ronaldjensen8614]

The SS minnow

[@kathylarson8876]

Lol

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

When I forget where I put something I remember the King Missile song.

[@alanniederlitz6950]

What yall really need... is about 2 million more people living there to draw water from the reservoir!!!

[@AsTheWheelsTurn]

people just keep on moving in! now water is being taken from Arizona to give to California but tens of thousands of people from CA are moving to AZ and Utah so the rich left in Cali get more water and we get all their over population, homeless and criminals and have to try to figure out how to manage things. Granted we are also getting huge numbers of good people from Cali but a lot of them work remotely so the money they generate goes to california and we just have more population and higher cost of living any way you cut it.

[@harrycojones4273]

And we’re taking in more immigrants to use more and more water 🤬

[@johnchalleen3278]

That's right...they're coming.

[@tylerbrown9835]

Most the water from lake Powell goes down stream to people living in California. The people living nearby don’t get much of it.

[@dexikid]

Bunchs fucking clowns innthis comment thread

[@benjaminlutz1088]

I like how the news caster had to keep interrupting the woman who made the find to say exactly what the woman was trying to say. Love to hear your own voice much

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

They all seem to do that these days. It's annoying as hell.

[@usmcmustang2972]

Yep ... journalists always try their damnedest, to make themselves into the story ... like it was THEM who walked on the moon .. 😆😄

[@krotchlickmeugh627]

@@usmcmustang2972 these are news casters. Personalitys. They never have been and are never going to be "journalists"

[@krotchlickmeugh627]

@@usmcmustang2972 then they become an anchor. They are not the same thing.

[@relentlessmadman]

Americas Down Fall You know?? you know! don't cha know? Me not know! I'd like to know>! If you really know please tell me> you Know > Just tell me but please don't !!!!!>> for sanity sake ! Please don't ask (you know) again>>>>>>>>>>>>>!??!!

[@jamesbailey9386]

There is no lack of water here unless you try to establish a city where no city should be .

[@johnlafever3162]

Or intentional open border illegal immigration and elevated legal immigration levels by the elites in order to suppress wages!

[@dannybuilding1044]

@@johnlafever3162 or leave the water run naturally

[@DMUSA536]

Or at the opposite end build a city like New Orleans below sea level and hope no water comes in.

[@johnlafever3162]

@@DMUSA536 you are missing a lot of context to New Orleans. It’s a major port city between the Gulf of Mexico and the Mighty Mississip’. Originally protected in the natural breakwater of the crescent of the river. The problem come from seasonal flooding of the river, rising swells of the gulf, expansion of the city, and maybe most of all hurricanes and levee breaks.

[@potblack6043]

@@johnlafever3162 I also heard the ground the city sits on is slowly calving off in to the gulf.

[@DIGGER19860]

"This is our second dry year in a row" news flash geniuses you live in the desert!

[@brucebrinkley9043]

Lol 😂😆 ha ha

[@L.Spencer]

Yes, but the water comes from somewhere that's not getting enough water. Genius!

[@davidfoster5787]

Lakes trying to support to many people.

[@DIGGER19860]

@@L.Spencer well comsidering there are 14 other damns on the colorado im gonna say there is plenty of water theres just too many people using the water. I mean how many millions of people are living in land that normally cant support a fraction of that?

[@FluffballKitties]

The Rivers are very low where I live. It should be full and flowing well, we've had hardly any snow or rain the last few years.

[@auntiem873]

What an opportunity to clean the lake.

[@JohnWickkkk]

You clean it crybaby

[@auntiem873]

@@JohnWickkkk - I’m not crying, fool. I’m pointing out that while the water is low, it would be a good time to remove the trash to keep the lake clean and safe. In the long run save money, protect the environment. You call the boat owner who in turns calls his insurance company who sends out a recovery team to remove the boat at no cost to the town/county. I’m not sure why I’m bothering to explain it to you. It’s not like you’ll ever leave your parents basement to enjoy nature.

[@JohnWickkkk]

@@auntiem873 well like I said if you feel the need how about you get off your lazy tail and go clean it instead of complaining

[@auntiem873]

@@JohnWickkkk - I don’t live near there or I would. I know a company that could do it in my state, just not that one. I offered some advice. You on the other hand, took offense and offer no help what so ever. You seem to be part of the problem.

[@JohnWickkkk]

@@auntiem873 you are the problem because all this going back and forth; you could of already cleaned out a portion of the lake instead of being a crybaby about it

[@quantumphaser]

The real story is that it's over for the Southwest in 10 years, regarding water supply. Over.

[@tt600pch]

I still stand on my belief if they killed Gilligan the folks on the Island would have been home in 2 days. Also if one puts 1 cup of water in a bucket and removes 2 cups it will never be full. Same here on a larger scale.

[@wientz]

Actually if you think about it, if they killed Gilligan the professor would have hooked up with Marianne and the skipper with Ginger. Howell had Lovey. They may well have settled in and lived happily forever and after that for a while.

[@wientz]

also when you try to remove 2 cups from a bucket, because of the shape of the cup and the shape of the bucket it will never be empty.

[@popanollie1]

@@wientz you just have to be smart enough pour the water from the bucket to fill your cup

[@wientz]

@@popanollie1 I will leave that to those more capable...but I do know how to crack an egg now!

[@sharon94503]

So many ignorant comments missing the REAL story...it's less about the boat than it is the water.

[@suicidebymuslim4454]

That's the new/old fear narrative they'll be pushing this summer.

[@cowboys4life702]

Tuché

[@getchasome6230]

You mean a man made lake is returing to nature? Say it ain't so!!!

[@ElementofKindness]

Build manmade lakes in uninhabitable areas. Stored water source becomes available, allowing communities flourish and grow from the critical resource, until demand strips supply, and manmade lakes get sucked dry. Blame "drought" and climate change, instead of man's stupidity to build communities in what was an uninhabitable area in the first place. That the real story you're looking for?

[@Wyonative08]

Don't you mean 'lack of' water??

[@standdown4929]

Ghost town abandoned in 1918 and sat in ruin for 50 years. It was supposedly one of the better preserved ghost towns in the area and everything was left there during the creation of the lake Alamo here in Arizona. So to this day one could scuba dive down to the bottom of the lake, which has a max depth of 80ft, and explore a flooded town on the bottom.

[@Benjamincroy]

I never knew thanks

[@davidmckibbin4440]

i live iin wickenburg and never knew about the town under lake alamo, lake isabelia in kern co. calif. same thing.

[@joshs3916]

So cool

[@CryptidWalks]

I have heard that when the water gets this low cliff dwelling ruins appear. There are supposed to be several that were lost when the lake was filled. That would be neat to see those again.

[@karlmadsen3179]

Imagine that. Low water levels reveal stuff that sank to the bottom. Gravity is magical.

[@unarmedblackguy]

I dont think it had anything to do with gravity, its about buoyancy..

[@robertshrewsbury4241]

Oh yeah, Lake Powell and I remember hiking there before the water filled it up and there were a lot of Amerindian Cliff-Dwellings there in the cliffs. I remember the water as it raised up, there were a lot of snakes that kept going to higher ground and finally someone stepped off of their boat to an island (without looking) and got bit multiple times and of course they died fast. Memories!

[@jtooley6554]

I've heard about the sites that got covered back then

[@Justanotherfuckingobserver]

@@jtooley6554 there are places where they purposely built dams to hide the hieroglyphs

[@tomm6789]

I found a bong there last week. Cleaned it up, works great.

[@rogerhegemier8491]

Now your Talking !!! That's Great !!!!

[@JohnDoe-oj5it]

LMAO.

[@whereswaldo5740]

Noice!

[@GeraldPUR]

Jaja!

[@tmackjr8652]

Nice all the microplastics from the dirt from the air in the water. U brought home.

[@overcees1]

Hey, lets build massive cities in the desert and hope God provides enough water . What could go wrong.

[@clarkeugene5727]

Yup, and kick God out of schools and any public event.

[@YlvaBjarnson]

I hope they find my Nana's pure silver earrings that Gary Diehl lost when he pushed me over the boat😪

[@fleaflicker1451]

Its always a Gary! Dang it Gary! 😑

[@Markerface]

Damit Gary!

[@nancynewman1465]

Yes and a ring of mine too but I did throw it in

[@CONEHEADDK]

Boat - I mean both of them.?

[@earli649]

😂

[@stacyrethman8675]

"there was a few things like soda cans WE PICKED UP'!!!!!! Best part of the whole video in my opinion, if only more people would do that....

[@jimlincoln1283]

So in your world soda cans underwater are a problem?

[@Freekniggers]

It was virtue signaling.

[@stacyrethman8675]

Trash in general, i travel through western US and the amount of trash along the interstates and side roads is sad... We dont respect what we have and if it was picked up, whether from the roadsides or lake shores, and thrown out in peoples yards, driveways, or sidewalks, I would imagine a person would get upset about that... But blindly tossing it out your window, NAH, someone else will take care of it...

[@jazzcatt]

@@stacyrethman8675 I live in a rural area of Kentucky, on a narrow, windy 2 lane highway. I constantly have to go out on mu front acre and pick up the trash assholes dump out their windows while driving by. The creek that runs along that stretch of road is full of trash too. It pisses me off that these people don't respect the beautiful mountains we live in. There is a sign on the road saying $500 fine for littering but hell, there aren't enough sheriffs in this county to keep up with all the heavy duty crime, let alone to nab a litterer. I was taught at a very young age to not just throw my trash like that. I have a box in my car lined with a grocery bag, and I carry a 1960's era aluminum film can as an ashtray for my cigarettes, and I school other smokers who just toss their butts on the ground, on how much damage those filters do to the environment.

[@genxer74]

@@stacyrethman8675 things aren't perfect for sure, but it sure is a heckuva lot cleaner than back in the 70s/80s

[@Jleed989]

The area is rapidly running out of water and people are oblivious.

[@jeffstewart3170]

If you find a 14k gold wedding ring at the mouth of Ice Berg canyon, it's mine...lost 1990. I was newly married and was told I should remove it before water skiing and handed it off to the highly concerned friend of my mother to hold. She was super worried it would catch on the handle or something like that and potentially hurt my ring finger. Later after skiing and all dried off I asked for it back, and she freaked out. She had put it loosely on her finger to hold. We guess when she bent over the boat edge to help pull in skiis and ropes, etc. it fell off.

[@userequaltoNull]

Your mom's friend might have had "sticky fingers", if you know what I mean.

[@sierrajade63]

That's scary,I wonder when it completely dries up if it will be called Powell canyon?

[@JohnRay1969]

I think it will be called properly Lake Powell (dry) as they do with the lakes in my area that once had water such as Owen's Lake (dry) China Lake (dry), etc.

[@mikeyoungblood1706]

Democrat Gulch.

[@dgrfsthrgsergwrtghasefq]

Boats have serial numbers, look up the owners and ask them to come retrieve the "trash" they left behind.

[@joyceleadbetter2600]

Insurance company probably owns it now.

[@idahorodgersusmc]

On a positive note...The lower the lake levels get, the lower the prices are on second hand boats😁

[@marbleman52]

IdahoRodgers USMC...Yea, and what is the saying: Buy low...sell high. Well, Lake Powell is certainly 'low'...!!

[@robbycatalina226]

Amazing!!!! Some lakes reveal hidden towns and buildings during a drought. To find a boat... that’s extraordinary!!!!!!

[@dwaynemclaren7160]

exactly! lol ooooh a boat in a lake!

[@rogerhegemier8491]

Yea What a Find wow an 18ft Boat WOW !!!

[@joedirt2862]

Don't forget they found the spare keys too.

[@cybs2956]

If they looked real hard, they might find a fishing lure or two.

[@carlosspeicywiener7018]

Wow! A boat, sunk in a lake. Who ever heard of that? Incredible, amazing. Like finding an airplane at an airport, just wow!

[@oldbatwit5102]

Breaking news!!!! Small white ball found near golf course!

[@MrBmxbrawler]

Testicle found in scrotum

[@fliteshare]

Idiot found reading FOX news.

[@MRBILL2020]

have some fun; get a dead lobster, rub mud all over it and set it on shore where someone will find it!

[@concorde2003]

The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed.

[@puy389]

Boats sometimes sink in water. Amazing story. Now lets hear about Hunters laptop.

[@michaeljordan2087]

Your more likely to get a guided tour of the Titanic handled by the White Star Line than you are gonna know what's on Hunters laptop

[@michaelspaargaren5595]

Right??

[@deadliftenthusiest]

@@michaeljordan2087 lmao

[@TheHauntedKiwi]

If we do, can we talk about how the DRINKING WATER IS RUNNING OUT. Hunters laptop: Nothing was suspicious thus far, only that Rudy paid for stolen goods. Now pay attention to the environment and our dwindling drinkable water.

[@mrchilli5618]

@@Youlikemysausage funny isn't it though that the blind man who received the laptop for repairs decided to read what was on the drive. Then made a copy which he sent to Rudy, originally he said in February, and it took until just before the election for Rudy to get around to it.

[@blipco5]

This is just a "feel good" story about the lake drying up. Lake Powell no less!

[@stevethecountrycook1227]

Look at 0:44! Those folks are pretty much oblivious to Thermal cracking with that bon fire under that rock shelf! Luckily they did not have 100 tons squash them like a bug!! Put the fire outside the entrance people!!

[@mattcolver1]

Native Americans had fires for thousands of years in those alcoves. The sandstone disperses heat very well. No risk.

[@jessicar4873]

2:00 they expect water levels to drop to the same levels as when The lake started filling in the 60's

[@BoSecatero]

A few reservoirs around the 4 corners are drying up and dont look like they'll be filling back up anytime soon.

[@MNDashcam]

You guys should look at the crazy stuff that Nestle does with stealing water

[@uwewaibel9163]

Nestle is not anymore stealing US-Water, they sold the company already to a local competitor...

[@AMoneyVideo]

Nestle could pump something like 1000x the water they were/are and not lower the level of the great lakes at all. There are 6 Quadrillion gallons in them. That looks like this 6,000,000,000,000,000. Nestle pumps 576,000gallons per day. Over a year they pump 210,240,000 gallons. That per year amount is 0.00000003504% of the water in the great lakes. They would need to pump 1 million times more water than that per year to lower the levels by 3.5%.

[@MNDashcam]

@@uwewaibel9163 the sold out the water rights to companies they are partial owners... They didn't sell it, they just moved paperwork around to get out of lawsuits

[@bluoval3481]

@@AMoneyVideo Watch the documentary titled Tapped it will open your eyes.

[@AMoneyVideo]

@@bluoval3481 I'm thinking it won't? They pump 0.00000003504% of the amount of water available. The lakes are at record high levels since 2019. No production company can change that fact.

[@SteveVi0lence]

You haven't found any human remains... Just asking for a friend, and for no reason at all....

[@chief5981]

I was wondering the same thing.. for research purposes

[@ghostlyme]

I'd be worried about some being in that boat they found

[@at6686]

With Vegas nearby? Why would there be any bodies…?

[@knmonlinemedia]

You mean Jimmy Hoffa?

[@mf5531]

;)

[@luv2luv720]

That water is catastrophically low!!

[@Shop_Simplicity]

it's a man made lake. it's only returning to its original form.

[@Owl566]

America: “we’re in the worst drought ever!” Australia: “hold my beer....”

[@gazratjackson]

Yea she'll be right mate 🦘

[@joshjablonicky171]

Who cares about a boat how about the fact the lake is drying up.

[@orion7741]

thats nothing new, but all the stuff getting exposed is....

[@joshjablonicky171]

That's what happens when they try to make a desert hospital land. Most dams have caused more damage than good Dave completely wiped out so many fish populations and countless other species that rely on those waterways it's the only way you learn though from mistakes

[@aryaconnett4845]

Went camping there for a week in August 1972. Canoeing and kayaking. It was beautiful.

[@scottarivett496]

Did it have SS Minnow on the sides?

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

I heard they found Ginger's skeleton tanning on one of the big rocks.

[@Zachepicflips]

OMG MY DAD WAS THERE HE FOUND IT AND TOOK A PHOTO UNDER THE WATER with a waterproof camra and I thjnk we still have it

[@ontarget4076]

When lake Powell and lake Mead dry up Phoenix and Las Vegas will also disappear!

[@jetskijay1955]

At this rate I think it’s time to leave!

[@David-hn5ry]

Don’t come to Florida 😂

[@gregoryemmanuel9168]

Amen. I hope sooner rather than later.

[@davidjohn6070]

@@gregoryemmanuel9168 what a horrible thing to say about your fellow American.

[@davidjohn6070]

@@David-hn5ry they prolly won't considering most of Florida will be under water. So, when it happens...don't go to Las Vegas or Phoenix.

[@laughtoohard9655]

How I'd love to go up and tour around my known areas of the Lake. 31% water level is incredibly historic when you consider the Lake took 20 years to fill to capacity when Glen Canyon Dam was finished.

[@laughtoohard9655]

@Superduper DavidMiorgan Don't assume I believe in the Global Warming BS! I don't. No Conservative does. Big Gay Al told us, (from his 17,000 sqf home) the Polar Bears would be gone in 2015. The Global Warming thing is an utter farce to make money from stupid people to line Liberals pockets. In the 70's we were all going to die from a new ice age.

[@greggcollins4215]

If the planet were actually getting warmer the additional rain that would result would keep this lake brimming full with water.

[@numbnutz9398]

That's not how climate change works. At all. I mean it isn't hard to look up the effects of global climate change. Drought being one.

[@greggcollins4215]

​@@numbnutz9398 That is exactly how a warming climate works. More evaportion caused by higher temps means more rain. A cooling climate with more water getting locked up as ice caps means less rain and drought.

[@hankreardon6998]

It may mean more rain, but not necessarily in the same area. NOAA 30 year forecast is more rain in E/SE, more drought in the west. We will see significant migrations of people in the next 50 years due to heat and drought.

[@atlas-x5717]

My grandfather said since 64 the lake has went through many transformations from high water to low water.

[@utahncornelius5763]

I have pictures of that boat wreck from a trip we took to Powell on May 26, 2019.

[@LucifersDeathSquad]

Was it under water ?

[@integr8er66]

@@LucifersDeathSquad No, tbe whole story is OLD NEWS

[@utahncornelius5763]

@@LucifersDeathSquad The nose, from the helm up, was above water.

[@lelandgaunt9985]

I’m surprised you didn’t find everyone’s “imaginary” gun caches.

[@dannyw7662]

Well that was were I lost them

[@integr8er66]

Thats my story and I'm sticking to it come hell or high water, but lets just hope for high water😂

[@ronaldjensen8614]

Pond, river, lake....i really don't remember.

[@integr8er66]

@@ronaldjensen8614 All I remember is it was dark....Yep a very dark day

[@dr.a006]

Even if someone found mine, they’d be all rusted and stuff. Totally useless by now. Oh well.

[@rodneyspencer5469]

The photo where they were camping in one of those sand stone caves is actually dangerous. The Sandstone at Powell is unusually soft and the roof of those caves can collapse at anytime.

[@slaughter4113]

There dummiez

[@cascadianrangers728]

I was gonna say, these idiots ever hear of a flash flood? Don't sleep anywhere near the highest watermark, much less beneath it!

[@ghostlyme]

I was thinking about bats might be there

[@herculydia]

Especially building a fire under it to cause heat fissures and collapse.

[@Upliftyourbrothers]

Reservoir doing what it should. Many folks to the south would be screwed without this reserve.

[@stevenroth5424]

Correction many folks in the south are screwed. Deserts are not meant to be large population centers. Going to be an interesting year when all the wildfires grow larger than last year.

[@curmutt2047]

What's real crazy is the amount of food they try to grow in the desert. It takes twice the amount of water to grow food in the desert as opposed to a place that actually gets rain.

[@carstars]

Just think the last water is being used to grow cotton and water golf courses.

[@stevesloan7132]

And that cotton is mostly for export.

[@mikenonya9741]

This just in; CNN reports that under the "Biden Harris" administration, lake Powell water levels are at an all time high.

[@beatlesrgear]

Yup. And now that President Trump is no longer in the White House, petrol will go to 25 cents per gallon, Lake Mead & Powell will go to 100% capacity, Antifa & BLM will give every child a lovely Christmas gift, and flying monkeys will hand out free food to all of America's undernourished people.

[@timdowney6721]

Another chapter in the book of short-sighted H sapiens bringing together brilliant engineering and foolish hubris to create a slow-motion disaster. The Colorado River dams and reservoirs did what they were expected to do. Bring scores of millions of people into an environment incapable of supporting a fraction of that number, and destroying much of the natural life evolved to fit the environment.

[@dredd1502]

Just like the fake AGW and switch to renewables will.

[@vinceblanchard1069]

I bet you’re a lot of fun at parties

[@jenniferlzr5651]

100% correct. Just let it dry up. We're FINALLY realizing the damage dams are doing and taking some of them out.

[@madisonatteberry9720]

"Something curious had been found at the bottom of lake Powell." An ancient horror, the likes of which have never been seen by human eyes.

[@teresawilliamson3540]

" Soon they will find some human bones of people gone missing "

[@donbodfish5506]

Jimmy Hoffa🤔

[@Loveisfor-ever]

Like children, that were tortured in rituals

[@johnmichaeltracy9050]

i think the main issue is the level of lake powell. conservation warnings should be sounding off everyday. boaters finding a sunken boat in a lake, imagine that. if it were a car it would be news worthy.

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

I once found a spaceship in a dried up farm pond. It was plastic and belonged to my little brother. We found it about 50 years after he'd lost it.

[@danhammond8406]

There's more airplanes in the bottom of lakes then boats in the sky

[@GordonWaiteJr]

When I moved to Las Vegas in 1980 Lake Mead was full and the spillway at Hoover damn was pouring tons of water a minute downstream. Every year after that the water has dropped.

[@paulsmallriver6066]

Screw the huge mansion lawns and the swimming pools in SoCal and damn those waterworks and fake lakes in Las Vegas.

[@echospaw899]

This should be alarming to everyone in that area. It's happening all over, actually. There are similar problems here in Washington state, but not to this extent. Yet.

[@williamandrews1683]

Good time to get that B29 up.

[@danlevesque5437]

I almost thought that they were going to say it was starting to be exposed again

[@williamandrews1683]

@@danlevesque5437 I don't think it ever has been, its too deep.

[@alysondraper3221]

There are houses under Jordanelle that weren’t removed when they filled the reservoir.

[@gangoffour6690]

That water level is very concerning. Those that use the water from Lake Powell should consider where it is being diverted to. Las Vegas is a total waste of this resource.

[@TS-gf6ou]

Majority of the water does to agriculture actually.

[@williamcarlile4590]

Would be interesting to see if the owner could be located and find out what happened.

[@tedschmitt178]

I’m guessing it was a fraudulent insurance claim.

[@GrumpyIan]

@@tedschmitt178 Those lakes are known to have massive swells when it get's windy outside, so it could have been flooded and sunk by the waves.

[@sparky09100]

they need to find the owner of that boat and make him crawl down there and get it the hell out of there

[@sandramorey2529]

Is Lake Powell the reservoir that used to be one of the most beautiful slot canyons in the world? Glen Canyon? Get rid of dams, demand that people deal with water conserving and stop building more dams.

[@unknownsender6852]

Part of Agenda 21/2030 'rewilding' yes all the dams will disappear. Now lets talk about the plasma event that caused the canyon in the first place.

[@9Crow]

i saw a cave with 30 feet tall mumies but i forgot where a lake i think. not sure what state i was in either.

[@daveybernard1056]

now yu tell us

[@johnmudd6453]

Probably a state of alcoholic ,spliff smoking .

[@BobABooey.]

I'm looking for a pair of Oakley Frogskins, clear frames if you stumble across those.

[@kenlewis11]

The boat should have had a registration and/or serial number to find it’s last owner. The owner knows the story. I don’t think Colorado got that much snow this winter so we can expect it to drop more.

[@hewhohasnoidentity4377]

What every story about the reservoirs along the Colorado River fails to mention is the water levels are managed by the government with frequent adjustments to comply with many conflicting laws and treaties. Drought is not the only cause. Currently there is debate of removing one of the dams. This story is crafted to leave the viewer with a memory for the news outlet to build on to guide sheeple to the desired opinion. Showing the positive impacts of more water down stream or the agriculture in Arizona and California enabled by the lower water level in Powell would not fit the agenda. This is one planet we share.

[@kirkkirkland7244]

Well no wonder it's almost dried up if the government is in charge!!! Do they ever do anything right???

[@jeffantypasandbalbeewarthu899]

I broke my neck at lake Powell. yes I can still walk . 1993. although went there dozens of times between 1991 and 1995. always cool stuff to find. more coastline than the coast of california

[@robleonard6424]

No water for resident but plenty for the Bellagio Hotel ‼️😸

[@alanrobinson4318]

A few years ago there was an hour long video from a gal hired by the state of California to investigate crop failure. In it she goes into Geo Engineering and it's resulting side effects. She mentioned the exacerbation of drought in Colorado and Arizona. She went into some detail about the lack of accountability in these experiments into weather control. It's an eye opening vid that should be aired again, hopefully, with updates.

[@oldbatwit5102]

Weather control?

[@alanrobinson4318]

@@oldbatwit5102 To be specific, weaponized weather control. Bring drought or flooding over a nation to bring it to econimic ruin is cheaper than waging war.

[@oldbatwit5102]

@@alanrobinson4318 Hilarious. Thank you for the laugh.

[@alanrobinson4318]

@@oldbatwit5102 👍

[@ItsConstitutional]

Most people dont like to think, therefore you will get mockers and scoffers with using the phrase "weather control" even though the governments use them, Lyndon Johnson said "he who controls the weather, controls the world" and its in our Laws about getting permission first from them if a company or organization is going to be performing weather control in that states borders.

[@imbwildrd3693]

What's the bigger issue here....a sunken boat in a lake or a lake that's losing water at a rapid pace? It's just so sad that the United States will die at the hands of idiots.

[@billg7813]

1:35 ... Lake Powell is not dry from extreme drought. It’s dry because LA is bleeding it dry

[@carlsaganlives6086]

I'm in favor of adding more fountains, water parks, and golf courses downstream, so more fascinating objects can be revealed. Totally worth it!

[@thatoneguy6776]

YOURE A MORON

[@DavidVining1]

If management would restrict outflow to just below intake, the lake would gradually fill up again. It is a management issue, not climate change.

[@iluvamokabodengyoza]

As the lake dries up, agriculture and the population in that area will to. This will bring the equilibrium back and the waters will rise again and hopefully we learn a lesson about over population....which is currently the greatest existential threat to man's existence that no one seems to want to talk about.

[@gavindefraine6819]

Management. When Governments are run as a business and Corporations control Government the results can only be disastrous. When the almighty dollar comes first, humanity second and nature last the results are disastrous. The Indian prophecy in regards to money comes to mind. Government projects like HAARP come to mind. Nature will not change for us, it is us that needs to change for nature's sake and ultimately our own.

[@Mr7141983]

So True. Is all about 🤑🤑🤑.

[@Davidautofull]

@@iluvamokabodengyoza we learn lessons all the time. the ocean is full of plastic. stop pumping out oil and gas prices go up. elect an idiot democrat and all prices go up. we never do the right thing after learning the lesson.

[@roaklin]

Except the area has also had record low rain fall so it not just management it also nature providing water to refill with. It not any one single issue.

[@WootTootZoot]

My Father use to take my brother and me hiking in the Glen Canyon area before the lake was filled. There were things like hanging waterfalls and box canyons and arches that were as unique and amazing as anything you could see anywhere. It was a tragic mistake putting that monstrosity in the Glen Canyon. I guess that's progress.

[@cfeco1716]

How about a dam in the Grand Canyon..now That would be Cool, Imagine the huge lake! Actually the GC has been dammed up a couple times before...by Mother Nature! A Volcanic Lava Dam blocked off the Colorado and Created a Grand Lake!

[@aparnabanik3234]

How old you were before the dam construction? I would like to hear from you about the Glen Canyon area before the dam.

[@nickcage633]

that's my grandfathers boat. it sank when it bottomed out on some rocks. you had to know where to go because there were alot of places with rocks you could hit them

[@KumaBean]

Sounds like parts of the sea around the island I live on, went fishing with a mate once and it was like a scene out of the movie On Golden Pond, with him driving the boat and me looking for rocks, which weren't too difficult to spot as they were only mere inches below the surface, it was fun but a bit nerve-wracking, lol 🍻

[@nyotamwuaji6484]

i mean....anyone could claim its their families boat.

[@coleengoodell3550]

The man made water front in Tempe Arizona looks great though.

[@dethray1000]

lots of other sunken boats have been found high and dry during low water times plus tons of other junk like thousands of fishing poles

[@desertdawn540]

Yea, we've lost a few of those at Powell!

[@miguelventura7651]

Oh as I sit here in oregon while the rivers run high and clean, and the riots in downtown are nightly.

[@katiedid1851]

Miguel Ventura meanwhile we have a serious drought and fire season has started - humidity is very low/ feels like Arizona (and I remember the fires last fall).

[@miguelventura7651]

@@katiedid1851 116 f on 7/1 ...Toasty

[@amistenson2535]

Wow that’s insanely low!

[@peterrivney552]

Locals though it was beer 🍺 and sucked it back hot summer nights eh.

[@DavidElzeitsinfill]

The biggest idea I am trying to express is tunneling aqueducts from the coast, in this case the west coast of the USA inland to feed combination geothermal power and sea water desalination plants. The idea seems to be so big that no one has considered it possible but I believe it is not only possible but it is necessary. For over a century the fossil water contained in aquifers has been pumped out to feed agriculture, industry and municipal water needs. The natural water cycle cant refill fossil water deposits that were filled 10,000 years ago when the glaciers melted after the last ice age. Without refilling these aquifers there is not much of a future for the region of the United states. As a result ground levels in some areas of the San Joaquin Valley have subsided by more than 30 feet. Similar fossil water depletion is happening in other regions all around the world. TBM and tunneling technology has matured and further developments in the industry are poised to speed up the tunneling process and it's these tunnels that are the only way to move large volumes of water from the ocean inland. The water is moved inland to areas where it can be desalinated in geothermal plants producing clean water and power. In many cases the water will recharge surface reservoirs where it will be used first to make more hydro power before being released into rivers and canal systems. It's very important however to not stop tunneling at these first stops but to continue several legs until the water has traveled from the ocean under mountain ranges to interior states. Along the way water will flow down grade through tunnels and rise in geothermal loops to fill mountain top pumped hydro batteries several times before eventually recharging several major aquifers. What I am proposing is essentially reversing the flow of the Colorado River Compact. Bringing water from the coast of California first to mountaintop reservoirs then to the deserts of Nevada and Arizona and on to Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming. This big idea looks past any individual city or states problems and looks at the whole and by using first principles identifies the actual problem and only solution. Thank you for your time, I would like the opportunity to explain in further detail and answer any questions. A better future is possible, David

[@smokey-smore]

Took us long enough to built the Panama Canal you want us to tunnel ocean water through California and other states and tops of mountains NOT POSSIBLE at least within a reasonable time span that project would easily take 70-80 years to get partially done plus the environment damage done to build it would cancel some of the benefits

[@fionnmaccumhaill3257]

I think pumping water from the Mississippi might be better

[@ablemagawitch]

@@smokey-smore The Panama canal started before we really had steam engines for machinery. Sanitation wasn't really understood and thousands died because of it. Compared to what they did with the new(now old) expansions of the Panama Canal Locks, for how fast that construction work went (bad design with using tug boats to move them in the locks in them but that digresses....) they reuse the water for the locks raising one ship while lowing another in corresponding lock heading the other way (and vice versa) then pumping the rest into the lock (still lossing some when they open the now lower ship as it travels outwards to the sea) because their lakes(the water source and are the waterway for most of the cross transit were struggling with the old locks water usage. They have to dredge the lakes and rivers water ways both for silt run off (land slides are issues also) and for the deeper depth for the new bigger ships. Which that requires more water to keep the lake high enough so huge freights can sale across to the other ocean, When the first locks were built, they were designed so the USA's largest "Iowa Class" Battleships could use them, now ships far bigger than are the norm. That big extra expansion set a new freight ship size definition. When the shipping industry had the locks built enough the would change they built new ships that would only have a couple of feet (meter or so of clearance) to go through. The underground tunnel would not hurt eco systems as much as over land. We have the massive tunneling machine to do the job although they are in use on projects that are slated to finish in few years. They're actually fascinating machines and have built some amazing tunnels for traffic under the English channel for example. The risk I see is the fault line having to be crossed is a major issue for risk because if it shifts(which it does often on that side of the country) and that tunnel's wall breaks then waters starts flowing into the gaps in the fault line. All that weight could have far great reactions for California's tectonic plate could sink out into the sea.

[@DavidElzeitsinfill]

@@smokey-smore Tunnel yes meaning underground. Not disturbing the environment. I have a tunneling tech that would make it much faster. And geothermal would raise the water to the mountain tops and desalinate the water.

[@BadBubbles1205]

Where we camp is usually underwater... could have been there last camp ever...

[@jackwalter4000]

Maybe, if I wait long enough, I can recover my firearms from “Widows Cove”..

[@whereswaldo5740]

Yeah from all the talk you’d think you would’ve found at least one.

[@janetfeeney3256]

Scary drought. Start storing water at home peeps, especially if you live in the West.

[@lorinapetranova2607]

Been doing the H20 save for decades. Don't forget the pets n critters. The deer are foraging in town because of drought. Amazing it been dry most of the time n in a drought for 20 yrs but now that the media is discovering the US goes past the Mississippi river....jerkwads.

[@chrismoyer7778]

When the river goes down I find all kinds of stuff. I found a 1953 washing machine that a friend and I ended up getting $100 out of it.

[@johnmudd6453]

Obviously a money laundering scam

[@chrismoyer7778]

@@johnmudd6453 😂

[@jem1009]

This is all extremely unnerving. This proves we need to pay attention to the environment. Water is life.

[@LongHaulTrucker4Life]

I'm born and raised in SoCal, but never understood why people complain about less water when this is a mediterranean climate (not a lot of rain, goes up and down)... Two years ago we had the wettest winter on record, now it's dry again... That's climate for you, it's never consistent.. I'm in favor of mandatory drought resistant lawns

[@theeoarsman921]

And yet Utah is going to build a pipeline from the Colorado river to St. George where there is over twelve golf course's and more planned!

[@donnieroessling]

Well if managed right with reclaimed waste water for the grass the golf courses shouldn’t affect anything but the amount of water repurposed.

[@theeoarsman921]

@@donnieroessling Watering grass in a desert so people can knock around a little ball is shear stupidity. And I'd say a large amount of arrogance and greed are involved in these decisions.

[@donnieroessling]

@@theeoarsman921 I agree with ya on the greed for sure ! Mega money in the golf business though. Dixie rock is awesome looking down on the city day or night out there.

[@Clawson_customs]

I hope the pipe line goes through it would be the only water that Utah has ever used out of it's own reservoir right now Utah uses 0% of lake Powell

[@LeroyBrown]

They need a pipeline from Canada

[@1206chaos]

Someone’s getting notified about that boat. They’ll see if they can find the owner and if not they’ll have to take care of it. Lot of places you are responsible for recovery but not sure about that lake.

[@joyceleadbetter2600]

If it was insured, the insurance company now owns it.

[@itsruf1]

observation: Meanwhile Vegas has new water attractions and fountains.

[@nonnayerbiz4550]

..... from water they recycle and use over and over and over again. Do you really think they're so dumb they would waste water and drive up their water bill? 🙄

[@itsruf1]

@@nonnayerbiz4550 They did ban most do=it=your self car washes around '06 but the recycle water is full of Armour All. That aside Bellagio must loose 1000 gallons a day from the sun. All the other pools as well? Small pools are 50k/ year. Oprah showering I can't imagine . .

[@nicklockard]

It's pretty simple really. stop growing rice in the desert and watering massive lawns in the desert! They just need to charge for water like the precious resource it is.

[@tmackjr8652]

Water and sewer bill I get...no well cause the put coal wasten stuff in the ground and the epa put a underground wall up around it. And a dike around the creek.

[@thomasrobinette3227]

"Second drought in a row" what does that even mean?

[@dwaynedwayne1964]

It means all the people out there are sucking the reservoir dry.

[@thomasrobinette3227]

@@dwaynedwayne1964 but second drought in a row..... if you have more than 1 drought at all then wouldn't any drought following the first be the second one in a row? Why point that out? By default it would be the second one in a row....

[@dwaynedwayne1964]

@@thomasrobinette3227 That's some good thinking right there!

[@herbertbrown119]

So this is from Utah? The location of the salt flats? Where did they come from? Could it be that things have a habit of drying up in the desert?

[@fredwilhite423]

Global warming! It’s been going on for billions of years and won’t stop because of humans.

[@batcavenc43]

Finding mob hits in barrels was more interesting. It has been said that there may be a reversal of the dust bowl migration.

[@krakatoapinatubo6362]

This is a no brainer. This is going to dry up completely. If this is your source for water GET OUT NOW.

[@realityjunky]

1:15 "We tried to..." My brain filled in that pause with, "...start the motor..."