Lake Mead DROUGHT Update | BEFORE & AFTER | Water Level July 2022 | Callville Bay Kingman Wash Vegas

[@mojo.adventures]

**UPDATE** I want to take a moment to thank all of you for adding to the conversation with ideas, facts, and corrections. I have learned so much more on this issue from those of you that took time to respond. "Tony Bader" commented that Lake Las Vegas is maintained with water pumped directly from Lake Mead, and not reclaimed water. Thank you Tony for pointing this out! **UPDATE II** I have finished an entire video dedicated to Lake Las Vegas and how the Las Vegas Wash was diverted during it's creation. If you are interested you can view it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qn_Mh4drnpmijtU I strive to get everything correct and present things just as I see them, but I also am learning just as you. If you see anything that needs clarification or correction, do not hesitate to let us know so we can right it! The most important thing to me is to present a clear and accurate picture to viewers so that they can make their OWN informed decisions. If you've read this far, I have one more exciting piece of news! We are currently thinking up a giveaway/contest at 1k subscribers in order to show our gratitude for everyone who came to show support. If you by chance viewed our page or other videos you can see we are big into historic mining and rockhounding, as Nevada offers a nearly unlimited abundance of this. Perhaps a nad collected piece of Royston Turquoise or Nevada Petrified Wood? Stay tuned as we work on more material and iron out the growing pains. Cheers! =]

[@426superbee4]

We all learn some thing. Your welcome Happy Holidays

[@franklinhadick2866]

Just do the best you can, if needed correction put it in and thankyou for that..always remember Haters gotta HATE.

[@WASH3D]

Dude, the comparison photos are insane. Nice work!

[@mojo.adventures]

Thanks Buddy!🤙 Totally wild right?! 😳 It's devastating to see the water level this low! Especially in areas that we truly loved visiting. 😔💔

[@WASH3D]

@@mojo.adventures it really is. I've been watching a lot of videos on different parts. It's crazy to see how many boats and just general junk is coming to the surface after all these years. That giant anchor ball you showed and the monster truck tire are massive, hard to believe they were hidden by the water!

[@switchbackimage5966]

Windy days swimming on Lake Mead can be deadly. Avoid any windy days on the Lake Mead.

[@CatalinaFOIA]

This was put together so well! Thank you. Everyone in the US should watch this video.

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you for watching and commenting! We hope they do because it's getting dire for the entire SW

[@HardRockMaster7577]

@@mojo.adventures Great audio and video!

[@gracieg7601]

I appreciate it too. Thank you!

[@dakotaescher1]

Let's build huge cities in the middle of desert land, what could go wrong????

[@dethray1000]

n 1936 the lake was empty--to all you DRAMA kings,queens--in the 1930ties the midwest was in a major drought--called the dustbowl--look it up,plus we were in the great depression--the usa lost 40 million acres of farmland,turned to dust,sand and blew across the usa in giant dust storms turning the sky black as far as the east coast--shett happens-our farm in MN was covered in dust,sand--the drought lasted 10 years-lakes,streams dry everywhere--we got thru it--all green now-you guys are cry babies looking for moms tit

[@danhillman4523]

Why has no one ever considered limiting development in the desert Southwest? That includes SoCal. Greed has overtaken utility. But, what the hell? Let in 20 or 30 million more people. What could go wrong?

[@kdub1666]

Yes, it makes little sense to turn an arid desert into agricultural lands. I would guess it's mostly based on politics and not wanting to scare away business and residents.

[@dethray1000]

n 1936 the lake was empty--to all you DRAMA kings,queens--in the 1930ties the midwest was in a major drought--called the dustbowl--look it up,plus we were in the great depression--the usa lost 40 million acres of farmland,turned to dust,sand and blew across the usa in giant dust storms turning the sky black as far as the east coast--shett happens-our farm in MN was covered in dust,sand--the drought lasted 10 years-lakes,streams dry everywhere--we got thru it--all green now-you guys are cry babies looking for moms tit

[@mojo.adventures]

Long term Vegas residents have been shouting this from the rooftops for a long time. As another commenter replied though... "money." When the governor forced his coveted Radiers on the community here that was the beginning of the end. Built them a brand new stadium in the midst of a pandemic even. The builders and developers will be long gone by the time the water is. Why would they care if the governor doesn't? They have not stopped uncontrolled development since that. No infrastructure either- just high density housing and 3-5 story apartment megacomplexes everywhere.

[@Goomba_N64]

@@mojo.adventures its crazy that socal and Las Vegas are building more then ever before..The people won't be concerned until it directly hits them.By then it's definitely to far gone to address the issue. Its already too late. I say by 2025 it gets really really bad.

[@duanenavarre7234]

Its not the residents, its the farmers shipping thousands of tons of product out of the US to overseas.

[@crocussativus5927]

This is one of the most informative channels on the SW drought. I love how you use documented facts and MAPS! This issue does beg the question, most of the SW is desert. It was short-sighted thinking from the beginning, heavily developing a desert region, especially focusing on S. California to grow the majority of the nation's produce. When I was growing up, most produce was grown within each state, and if too limited arable land, produce was trucked in from local regions. I don't know how the E & SE is going to go for the Mississippi being siphoned off to water crops in a desert. I understand that Phoenix and Las Vegas are still developing homes and properties... It appears they have 2, 3 years top if the drought continues at present speed. Then what? massive migration E and N? Let's hope the snow & rain returns. thanks for the info.

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you for the comments appreciate you taking the time to watch! It was very shortsighted to continue developing in these areas without securing critical infrastructure first and it's still going on like wildfire here in Vegas. Developers are happy to keep building building building because they'll be gone by the time the water is. You touched on a really good point though with the produce, seeing as how CA farming/irrigation is using the most water in this equation by far. I don't think mass migration would solve much though because the whole country would be facing food shortages once CA couldn't produce crops. 113 today in Vegas, we are hoping monsoon season starts soon!

[@HardRockMaster7577]

Yes, the Maps make it so easy to see where they are. Other YT channels are lazy, and just tell you verbally where they are, and expect you to look it up, or they flash a map out of focus for second or two.

[@Sparooski]

Thank you for lining up and showing us the before and after pics so well. That is shocking.

[@williamd4707]

While living in Boulder City in the mid 60's, the best fishing we ever had on the lake was at Kingman Wash. Long road in and out, with some pretty rough sections, but well worth it. We camped a couple of days and would see no one. A lot of wild donkey's that were fun to watch and they were not Democrats. Yeoh, this has changed a lot. We could fish deep from the boulders and cliffs that were scattered around this cove.

[@carolchavezwood463]

In 1985 and up my parents would take my brother and me to hoover dam . I also felt like I could touch the water from where I was standing in the middle of the dam, and now it's so sad to see the shape it's in. Thank you for the update and the photos.

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you for checking out the video and sharing your story. I too have watched it go down so much over the last decade. Seems like the 70's/80's must have been last of the golden days for Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. I wish we could have seen it when all the bays and marinas were open and everything was booming!

[@eloosive]

Excellent narration, production values. Really like the comparison referencing for the impact.

[@HardRockMaster7577]

Yes, I agree. I shared this video with many sites because of the excellent production value.

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you for watching and taking time to comment! I can only hope one day to do a video comparing the Lake full again. Take care!

[@jeremyhill5722]

Leave the Mississippi River Alone

[@CatalinaFOIA]

Amen 🙏

[@jenniferstephenson]

Exactly.

[@FradyKatt]

Wont be Long millions in Panic Mode to Leave with Nothing because their 500k Boat is Grounded and cant be got out waited to long and their Home is worthless also I feel for you But Just another example of GREED Over Common Sense......

[@JessicaTG2008]

So there are more losers in Las Vegas than just the gamblers in the casinos.

[@danhayden6049]

I heard that the engineers that built the dam. Knew that this problem would maybe happen. As for population growth. Lots of water in the Pacific. Channel it in with desalination plants. Get all those billionaires to chip in 🤔

[@johnmills186]

Mississippi river water would take 50 years and lot's of challenges. You can't draw from the upper part it is not that big and they just shut the ferry in Hickman Ky down due to low water on the Mississippi.Granted some years there are big floods but they don't last that long and you know if they started pulling water they would not want to stop.

[@jenniferstephenson]

I would have a big problem with this and so would most people I know. The amount of land they would take to make this happen would be terrible. And if they can't manage their own water, I sure as heck don't want them getting their hands in the management of ours. Big mistake.

[@johnmills186]

@@jenniferstephenson I don't really think it comes down to their lack of water management you can't manage what you don't have. I live in West Ky one of the few places on earth you can punch a hole down 180 feet and get all the good water you want. If they managed water like we do they would have run out 100 years ago.

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you for the input John still learning a lot on these issues. From what I understand the suggestion was mainly to alleviate devastating flood waters only, then store it in Lake Mead or the aquifers under Vegas until needed and not to just flat out tap the river dry. I completely agree with your viewpoint though, if they started pulling water they would not want to stop, and the more that comes in the more would just go to CA to waste anyways I think it might have the opposite effect of people trying to conserve water then.

[@johnmills186]

@@mojo.adventures They would never be satisfied with that.That is just a marketing tool to sell the general public. If they need water they would drain the Mississippi. That is just how these things work.

[@laurabentzinger200]

Thank you ive been wanting a comparison video its so sad to see whats happened. I sure hope that the pipeline plan is Not the plan govt.chooses. I feel like rerouting nature is y the situation is so devestating so dont do it again. With all the wind in the desert cant we just use sun and wind and rip out the damns? Idk all the damns built seem to be ecologically stressful and wrong to our and the critters enviorment.

[@RealStevenBanks]

Excellent video. Very well done. Sad reality. It’s hard to watch a key part of our lives slowly disappearing.

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you for watching and commenting! Still holding out hope maybe photos like this will motivate some of the right people to drastic action.

[@roadtripmitch]

Excellent video. Very difficult to overlay photo/video great job. De-Sal is expensive, inefficient and not very earth friendly. Still a solution, AZ proposed a plant in an undisclosed area of the Sea of Cortez, $2b and two years to build, it got rejected. Two issues with Mississippi water: * Pumping over 5,000' elevation * The states in question not wanting to give-up there water, although they get flooded. Same issue with Great Lakes US & Canada. People seem to forget Mexico has Colorado River water rights by law. That's a different country, conflicts are started by much less, just saying. Thank you for keeping us up to date and aware! If you look at US Drought Monitor you'll have to move to about just west of the Mississippi and east, if you want water. Once the migration starts housing will be taxing. If you look at weather patterns the Jet Stream has moved north and is not providing snow-fall to the Sierras (CA water) or run-off to the CO River. Lots of water in the upper midwest. Safe Travels Everyone!

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you for checking out the video and your responses! We have been reading into the desalination process and the first thing we wondered is what happens to all the brine. If there could be some kind of secondary household/industrial use for it that would be ideal. I do notice on the Water Report from USBR it shows the volume of water slated for "other countries" i.e. Mexico thank you for pointing that out. I hope people can see this is really a more dire and compicated situation at this point than just 1 dam 1 lake or 1 city being affected.

[@lissyflur1907]

@@mojo.adventures Brine from Desalination Plant's, are a Problem all arround the World, this Brine is toxic and has very bad effects to the coastal Enviroment. Maybe one Day we can recycle that Brine, but at the Moment it's to costly through the Ammounts of Energy this would take.

[@paulsuprono7225]

Sooooo . . . that John Denver's 'Colorado Rocky Mountain High,' will become less absorbing, truthful ! 😬🇺🇸

[@markjamison9677]

That part of United States was never meant to support large amounts of population the Indians from that part always said they only used it for temporary grazing and hunting that’s it . For sure it’ll dry up completely .

[@stevealkire7626]

*Your hard work really shows in this video, well done! Subbed...* *California just voted against a desalination plant continuing the do nothing approach.* 🙄

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you for the comments! Wow I did not know that I'm going to have to look into it and see why it was opposed. I am trying to learn more about these plants and their pros/cons. The leadership in CA must just feel like there's no need to worry until Vegas dries up first... then maybe.

[@crispyspa]

What's going to happen to California when the lake no longer provides water or power? Scary shit.

[@mojo.adventures]

They may actually have to take some steps towards conservation, stop exporting forage crops to foreign livestock, and actually get onboard with the rest of the country. Until they go dry, they won't do much as we can all observe...

[@keithhalbert6356]

Great job on this. Very sad but, informative at the same time. The photos shown just from 2019 to today is unreal how much the water level has gone down. I believe you are 100 percent correct when saying that the politicians aren't concerned about this at all. I think it is going to have to come down to us to fix the problem.

[@femalegeefemalegee9740]

How can you fix the problem without the politicans intervening?

[@charliechristie2949]

Thank you for this very informative video. It took a lot of work. I have been watching various Lake Mead videos from my home in New Jersey. You are in my prayers....Please realize this is not a complaint but an observation. Having neighbors report neighbors for wasting water sounds like an old communist type of regulation. These people have to live together once the drought is over. Please don't ask them to fight each other because that is exactly what will happen. Keep the "Water wasting Patrols".....All the best. I hope it snows in the mountains all the way to the heavens !!.....All the best to you all !

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you for watching! Either way complaints AND observations are all welcome... it's the only way we are going to figure this out. I agree, it's ridiculous they created a whole water patrol to fine residents but still no regulations on golf courses yet or slowing development at all. According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, southern CA has yet to face watering restrictions like NV. Makes ZERO sense. Just more government finger pointing and wasted taxpayer $$$ instead of solutions, it's what they do best

[@charliechristie2949]

@@mojo.adventures I live in the northeast corner of N.J. in a small town of about 7,500 people. The Bergen County Reservoir is next door. We had so much rain in the spring that the water went "over the wall" so I really feel for the folks in Nevada......I guess the powers that be keep the golf courses green for the tourist money . All the best.

[@kenz5469]

Water from the Misssissippi? It's not gonna happen

[@Guovssohas]

Incredible footage. Before and after pics are staggering, and that's only after a few years. We have the same here in Norway, or more specifically in southern part of Norway. Empty dams and now we hear that it could get so bad that we can get power rationing towards winter, if things doesn't get better. Now you might be thinking oh no, the climate change, the climate CRISIS as our lovely politicians and media likes to call it, is to blame for this mess. No my friends, in the last few years, our lovely leadership has decided to stretch huge powercables to Germany, UK etc, in order to sell our power to the highest bidder. You see, our so called green power is highly sought after these days. So now our dams are producing, or emptying at maximum capacity in a season it shouldn't, just so a few people can get much richer, but for the rest of us, you know average people, it stings. Power cost has increased exponentially just in one year and on top of that we could get rationing, just because of so called climate crisis. I believe there's something more to it than "climate change" that you have going on there, it's just so convenient to have something to blame doesn't it?

[@mojo.adventures]

Hello out there in Norway, thank you for watching! I agree this is turning into somewhat of a manufactured crisis stemming from greed and lack of leadership... top to bottom. Everyone living here knew this was coming, leadership did NOTHING but cut backroom deals with developers and land managers the entire time. If you need any more proof a BRAND NEW pro football stadium was just built in Las Vegas. I suppose the governor must have had his developer cronies write up the water usage report for that place and found it super eco friendly...

[@nevadamatters2me591]

Silent wars in Nevada State include the plan to entire west valley public access BLM land between Yerington and Las Vegas into vast solar arrays WITHOUT INFRASTRUCTURE to transmit the power. OH, well, NVEnergy to the rescue--GREENLINK will be built to connect the solar arrays and sell the solar power to the grid. What? Look for yourself. www.blm.gov/greenlink-west-and-greenlink-north Simply plow under centuries old desert vegetation so you can access the underground aquifers and cover it over with Chinese slave labor solar panels, yes? Yes, all the better to hide Nevada's own plan to use orphan mines with existing energy infrastructure! After all, why use existing infrastructure and OLD technology like 3-5' parabolic mirrors with individual, replaceable stirling engines in series and/or in parallel to pass to the grid and use any excess to remediate the orphan mines? Oh, I forgot. There would be no funding for new technologies to develop offshore and keep Nevadans from being their own rescuers! Yes, Guovssohas, politics at its best. Let messages like ours tip off what Earth is having to contend with here.

[@sirridesalot6652]

It'll be quite interesting to see what happens in the future. In the past, civilizations have collapsed, moved or gone to war over scarce water resources where water was once plentiful.

[@SeekingTheVerdants]

Hi MOJO, very nice work here explaining along with the pictures of what our fellow countrymen are going through in the SW. Also, my heart went out to the burros that were walking up to those people for some food. It actually brought some tears to my eyes watching that. I'm relieved to know that many of the good people out there are helping to take care of the wildlife by handing out some munchies. Those burros are approaching to ask for help and they know through experience that the local people there will not harm them. If I lived out there, I would try to bring in some low protein grass hay for them to munch on occasionally. We have to honor the lives of our animals just as we honor and help our own kind. Again, nice work here Mojo. You are officially my Lake Mead crisis updater, I am a subscriber.

[@mojo.adventures]

Hi Patrick, thank you very much for your support and taking time to comment, welcome to our channel! I agree with you completely... I have always had a soft spot for animals especially docile ones such as these burros. The gold rush would not have happened without them. The amount of backbreaking and relentess work they performed for humans is unfathomable. They are truly amazing and hardy animals, left over from 100+ years of mining and scattered wild all over Nevada now. Some historic wild west towns like Oatman have large roving packs of Burro residents that walk the street all day and greet folks. I sometimes imagine they are looking for work in the mines like back in the day! =] Really appreciate you subscribing, we are new to youtube and learning all this as we go, so please be patient and there will be more to come soon! I am going to leave you with an inscription from a historic silver mining district in Nevada: "The Burro, a Miner's Most Important Friend" In the mining west, the most important partner for a prospector was his burro. Also known as a donkey, ass, jack, jenny, jennet, or if crossed with a horse- mule or hinny- the burro was singularly adapted to long treks over rough ground carrying heavy loads in the dry desert environment and surviving off only desert fauna. Known for their stubborn disposition, many prospectors credited their burros with finding the water needed in extremely desolate areas to get them through their journey. Burros have been domesticated for at least 5,000 years, working with humans mainly as pack animals. "Let us never forget the ass, for it was always by their side."

[@cathymckay5915]

How long will this last, it will be barren in just a matter of time. At least, people will feel obligated to feed the donkeys!

[@cathymckay5915]

Dubai is built on desert too, how do they preserve the resorts? When people overuse their resources, they have to learn from it.

[@macknack101]

in 1991 the lake was full (no bathtub ring) and overflowing at the dam before the Hoover dam was built the flood plane was immense It took only one year to fill the lake (900+ feet deep) It could have been kept full if the government wasn't selling it to California and Arizona ( adjust the flow) PLUS Colorado built a few retention lakes in the foothills to keep as much as possible for Colorado The allotment for Las Vegas is 4% (established in 1920) and HARRY REID resisted changing it so he could sell electricity and water to California and put us in jail if we watered on Sunday PLUS the Federal Government BLM- Bureau of Land Management owns 87%+ of the land in the state (mining ) YUCCA mountain stores spent Nuclear Rods from all over the country

[@mojo.adventures]

Agree. This is primarily a mismanangement and leadership problem that has been ignored for way too long while those folks were all making backroom deals. It's currently like watching a controlled demolition as the lake falls daily

[@macknack101]

@@mojo.adventures It is not irredeemable...especially since the pandemic has exposed our 'LEADERS' for their treachery ...An extraordinary opportunity for NEVADANS to do some real good via activism ...We can initiate 'Self-Government' and use the legal system to make our community an example for others '...anyway, thanks for your efforts and comments to make us all think and become ambitious about our state again

[@hermanr5513]

Desalination plants in California would seem the most viable. Redirection from the Mississippi would be an ecological disaster since we know they would tap into the Great Lakes and dry them up as well.

[@firehorse2008]

Great video. Really precise comparison photos, took alot of work to put together.👍🏾

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you, appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment!

[@incominghitdadirt9587]

I looked at real estate around Las Vegas. There are so many houses for sale. I feel bad for homeowners trying to move but i have no sympathy for developers milking it.

[@damonthomas8955]

@@michiganstatearchaeologyte800 yeah, let's make it about race, that'll be a big help.

[@michiganstatearchaeologyte800]

@@damonthomas8955 no way m I don't care. They made western movies about how the native American died like hell and prayed for this exact waters to DRY UP. Who are you kidding pal?

[@damonthomas8955]

@@michiganstatearchaeologyte800 don't believe everything you see in movies, or do, I don't care.

[@danhillman4523]

@@damonthomas8955 He should be reported as a fake and a spammer.

[@seatime674]

@@danhillman4523 I just reported him as racial hate speech his account should be deleted soon

[@MaineOffGrid.]

I camped out at Government Wash back in February. Wish I’d had more time to explore there. Fascinating place and landscape compared to Maine.

[@nacona5114]

Here is a solution. get rid of the politicians!

[@johnwest8771]

Started a desalination plant during the drought 14 it started raining so they stopped making it now it'll cost billions of dollars to finish that's called using your head or typical California

[@UniverseSinking2011]

What an excellent video! So well narrated and factual. I learned a lot. I liked the pictures comparing now with previous years, too. Very illustrative. For solutions, I like a combination of conservation efforts, a pipeline from the Mississippi, and California desalination. The pipeline and desalination would probably be fought by conservationists. The pipeline could transmit invasive species into the Colorado basin -- but the California Aqueduct arguably already does that. Desalination actually creates a problem on what to do and where to put all the stuff you take out of ocean water. But all those options are doable. I've liked and subscribed. Hope you will do more videos.

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you for the kind comments, much appreciated! I also like a combination of efforts, and I think that a combination is going to be absolutely necessary to remedy this. It's either that or people will simply have to leave these areas. The enitre west is at a crossroads with these issues and leadership just seems to keep putting band-aid's on it waiting for it to fail. We are just starting out on KZbin but plan to make more videos and hopefully get better at it. Thanks for the support stick around we'll be posting more content as we learn. Take care!

[@HardRockMaster7577]

Well, the rest of country has projects they'd like the US Taxpayer to underwrite too. They talk about multi multi Billion dollar sea walls for NYC and for New Orleans, etc.

[@billthomas6296]

Great job! I lived in Vegas from the early 1980's until 1991 when Lake Mead was a "Full Pool" and was very blessed to be able to enjoy it when it was at its fullest. It really breaks my heart to see it this way. Thank you for putting together a well thouht out documentary.

[@mojo.adventures]

Oh wow I can't even imagine... I hear stories of people getting misted like Niagra back in the day driving over the top or near the spillways. Makes me nostalgic for something I didn't even experience, it's a sad state these days indeed. Thank you for watching!

[@snackman2005]

Really enjoyed your video. Very informative. The best thing that stood out to me is you only filmed the scenery. Most of these you tube people spend most of their time filming themselves. Very distracting.

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you much glad you enjoyed it! We are just starting out but will be working on more soon

[@emmabovary1228]

Ask yourself. If climate change is so urgent, and we’ve been hearing this for 50 years. Why would we rely on Lake Mead to such an extent? Why have forests been allowed in accumulate decades of undergrowth? Why are we allowing China, B Gates etc to purchase farmland?. Why is our current Administration hiring based on immutable characteristics and not hard skills? We can land on the moon, allow govt to “lockdown “ our lives, be taxed into poverty..but we can’t develop our world and mitigate damage to our world?

[@dethray1000]

n 1936 the lake was empty--to all you DRAMA kings,queens--in the 1930ties the midwest was in a major drought--called the dustbowl--look it up,plus we were in the great depression--the usa lost 40 million acres of farmland,turned to dust,sand and blew across the usa in giant dust storms turning the sky black as far as the east coast--shett happens-our farm in MN was covered in dust,sand--the drought lasted 10 years-lakes,streams dry everywhere--we got thru it--all green now-you guys are cry babies looking for moms tit

[@mojo.adventures]

Very good points. These are things everyone should be looking into. Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@TheWicho46]

Well presented. I never knew I was water sporting in reclaimed water at lake Las Vegas, and I thought it was the alcohol that made me sick. Must of been the water in that lake.

[@mojo.adventures]

hahaa very possible! Definitely don't recommend re-hydrating from that pond. They used to set up this huge inflatable floating jungle gym over the summer the residents hated it and we'd see drunk tourists jumping in and swimming around. I don't think they got the memo...

[@milehunter227]

I watched an episode of Mannix last week, and one scene caught my attention being filmed at “Hemingway Harbor” that made me get out google maps, and do a comparison. Thanks for showing on the map each location change. It made this video understandable for me, not being familiar with the lake mead area.

[@mojo.adventures]

I'm glad it helped! For as big as Lake Mead is, a large majority of all activity is at Hemenway Harbor now. I am going to have to see if I can find some photos of that scene that would be interesting to see. Thanks for watching!

[@chimpazilla]

Oh wow, I stayed at that Lake Mead Lodge sometime in the mid 90s with my ex-husband. We used to call it the Bates Motel. I’ll never forget it because when I tried to use the bathroom in the middle of the night, I encountered a five-inch long camel spider in there! It was horrible! Usually we stayed at the Gold Strike Inn. I have such fond memories of Mead and I now live in AZ so watching it dry up is one of the worst things I can imagine. I wonder what happens next, it won’t be good.

[@mojo.adventures]

How cool, thank you for sharing your story! Since I made this video I have been researching the history of the lodge and think I may do another video covering it. I learned it shut down in 2008 the same year I moved to Vegas. Sat vacant over a decade and I watched it fall into a sad state of disrepair. I wish I could have seen Lake Mead back then...

[@nedryerson1137]

When people? When are WE as human beings, going to say "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH"!!! ? We NEVER, EVER, EVER, had CHEMTRAILS when I was growing up. Get a clue.

[@dawnr9158]

Thank you for this informative video. Your comparison pics are so eye opening.

[@maggiebaeli7994]

UPCOMING GHOST TOWN! I REMEMBER WHEN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE WAS OVER 500 FT DEEP. ALL THE HUGE FISH WAITING FOR POPCORN FEEDING AT THE DOCK BY THE GIFT SHOP. LOTS OF ROCKS TO WORK AROUND WHEN IN A BOAT. DINNER BOAT RIDES WITH 40 MPH WINDS AND YOU WORE YOUR DINNER.👍🤭🙃 LAKE LAS VEGAS WITH MILLION $ HOMES IS A TOILET LAKE👍🤭LOL🤣🤣🤣🤢🤮

[@mikeelder6298]

Just fyi, I live in north central Arkansas and I've been keeping tabs on the New Madrid Fault and the Mississippi River. In the "boot heel" of Missouri the Mississippi River is actually being diverted underground, which is a bad omen for that part of the country. It means that the New Madrid Fault is moving and massive earthquake could be triggered.

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you for watching and the info, had no idea any of that was going on. I am going be looking into issues with the Mississippi a lot deeper throughout all this

[@malcolmspeakman9699]

Wow, what a shame, such a beautiful area.

[@X10U8]

I think it would only take about 30-40 tankers of melting glacier water or melted icebergs to fill Lake Mead. Do we have some spare tankers? Or maybe just park the tankers and pump the water wherever it need to go.

[@annrobertson3737]

Amazing video….. very well made and super informative….. well done!

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you watching and for the kind words we are just starting out on KZbin so it means a lot. Take care!

[@mikevale3620]

From Australia, no stranger to drought, this is a very informative update on an area I've spent time at previously. A desal pipeline and the unlimited water it would bring, powered by solar and wind and backed up by the energy grid from a point in the Pacific near San Diego to Vegas via Brawley CA following the Colorado River to Lake Mead/Vegas looks like the best, most economical (at 450 miles) option to me which would guarantee Las Vegas water supply in all future droughts. It won't be cheap though, but it's possible.

[@mojo.adventures]

Hello there from down under thank you so much for watching and taking time to comment! Good set of ideas, a multi-faceted approach is definitely going to be needed because of California's lack of concern or action. I realize now how costly these desal plants are, but Caliifornia is constantly touting it's place as the worlds "5th largest economy". Where exactly has all that money gone over the last few decades? Their major cities are in shambles and littered with human fallout from failed policies and leadership. We stopped visiting there after seeing Venice Beach covered in homeless tent cities a few years ago and mentally-ill drug addicted folks fighitng with each other and accosting tourists day & night. It was truly disgusting and sad... such a beautiful place. On a side note... as someone rich into mining, rockhounding, offroading, and just generally getting lost, I am fascinated by Australia. It seems parts of Australia are very similar to parts of Nevada. Only difference is we call those type of lands "wilderness" instead of the outback =]

[@mikevale3620]

@@mojo.adventures Hi and thanks for your detailed reply. It's disappointing to hear that Venice has become such a homeless Mecca. I too have travelled there, but by bus from LA Union Station which takes around 1' 40". I like to ride along the shore to Santa Monica. One has to ask, why are there so many homeless...but homelessness is more often a mental health issue, which needs to be addressed with extra funding. But we all know the US health system is not what it should be. My state government here in Victoria even has a Minister (Secretary)for Mental Health, separate to the Minister for Health and our state government is pumping $$ into this issue, in part to also reduce the number of homeless here as well. Yes, we have a lot of Outback, similar to Nevada hot and dry with roos, emu's, wild pigs and camels. But most city people never visit, because they think there's nothing there...they are so wrong. The landscape in the un-polluted air is stark. It fascinates me to see the heavy traffic snaking through the desert to Vegas. Soon that will be reduced when the train starts operating.

[@mojo.adventures]

​@@mikevale3620 Your description of the outback is spot on with Nevada also! We have Las Vegas and Reno/Tahoe city centers, which most folks rarily leave unless they are going to LA or SF. 85% of the state is open public lands/wilderness and it's BIG state. I am going to stop talking there though, because I enjoy the solitude and don't want it ruined. I have seen Native American petroglyphs close to the city here spray painted with graffitti. There is so much knowledge to be learned from those who came before us but all these folks can do is disrepect everyone and everything. It really isn't much of a wonder how we've managed to do this to our environment and eco-system. Natives knew how to balance this and even try to tell us in their carvings, but we aren't interested. I too wish the US health system could work for us to fix this, but seems the more $$ government pumps into things here the more they fail and it has in essence created the welfare state that many of our most vulnerable populations are completely dependant on now. The issue I saw with the homeless in CA is much of it stems from drug use, mainly opiods/fentanyl. It is a HUGE problem there. The lawlessness does not help either. People injecting in broad daylight on city streets, passed out in the gutter half naked, urintating/defecating around open business etc... Yes, there are definitely genuine homeless folks down on their luck who lost their home, out of work, or are indeed mentally ill and deserve all the help they can get. Unfortunately they blend in now with all the addicts and dropouts and basically impossible to distinguish. Our social workers can only do some much navigating this dangerous territority with little to no resources. I honestly don't see it getting better there, only worse, unless there is some full flush of leadership there. The State of California is basically operating like an independant oligarchy at this point. One more interesting aside about the train you mentioned... years back the I-15 on Nevada side was widened to 3 lanes all the way to California state line to alleviate that traffic you mentioned. California however, refused to do any improvements or widening on their end, so that soon as you pass into CA it goes back into 2 lanes and (still) creates a terrible bottleneck with hours delay during busy times. These are the kinds of things we are dealing with being a neighbour of California... the water issue is just one more on the list.

[@michaellockhart6632]

@@mojo.adventures I have deep ties to Arizona, California and Nevada. I want to see continued growth and prosperity in the entire Southwestern United States. I think that a good step today is to limit excess agriculture, such as foreign countries growing hay in Southeast Arizona. Let the golf courses go brown and drain the thousands of pools everywhere with the hope that we will get those things back someday. It's so important not to come to mass migration and that should be the very last step. I have been dreaming of a wider road to Vegas from L.A. for years and high speed rail as well but that gets difficult once you get into Victorville and the cajon pass. The new normal also includes for me is to carry spare change with me and give out a smoke to the homeless now and then. Many of whom are going through the required two years minimum for being homeless in order to qualify to apply for section 8. I also think that this video is good enough to show in public schools around the southwest. A good video, well done.

[@AllanLoveJr]

I can’t believe just how bad that lake has gone down. What’s really sad is when Deadpool arrives a lot of people down in that city are going to lose power in the most important their water source will be devastated

[@ericgoings506]

I think we as humans have gone way too far past the. Point of fixing are water problems. I live in Colorado and we don't get snow like we did 20 years ago

[@laskatz3626]

This was a fantastic video. I learned a lot. You asked for ideas and these could apply everywhere. 1. Stringent conservation of water and electricity. 2. No exceptions for golf courses except on the tees and putting greens. Desert landscape on all fairways. 3. Reduce carbon emissions to perhaps help lower climate temperature and resulting evaporation. 4. Temporary halt on new development until water situation greatly improves and even if it does improve, places like Las Vegas must reclaim and reuse all its water. 5. Keep in mind the wildlife that also needs us to conserve so they don’t die. I’m not a fan of desalination and building a pipeline to keep the lights on in Las Vegas. Nor am I a fan of damming a River for non-essential water use, including recreation. I’m a fan of free flowing rivers. The fish and all wildlife need it. Damming the free flowing rivers, in my opinión, is about the most violent act against nature that we have done.

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you for your checking out the video, and for your well written out reply with solutions. I agree with those points, many things will have to happen at once to fix this. #2 is especially frustrating. Single family residents are being clamped with ever tightening water restrictions while some of the biggest offenders water and landscape freely as desired. The city is another huge offender, but it's just a money and numbers game to the leadership here. The developers will build as long as possible until the gig is up, then cut and run. Everyone buying overpriced real estate right now will be left holding the bag. Developers will be long gone onto the next trending mega community, there is one underway just outside Phoenix right now...

[@HardRockMaster7577]

Here in N. Texas, when water conservation measures are in effect, you get to water just twice a week in the summer. Yet I see they get to water lots more in Vegas in the summer. How crazy is that !!!

[@michaelwilson1363]

@@mojo.adventures sounds like you can see the end is near. Watch and see. Everyone there is going to want a handout like they didn't see it coming

[@nevadamatters2me591]

6. Hold rain appreciation ceremonies like New Mexican Native American farmers still do. 7. Celebrate each sip of water with thanksgiving. 8. Keep asking for Earth to do what SHE needs to do with balance offered all her children. 9. All manmade interventions like low frequency earth tremors, chemtrails, HAARP directed weather war, and idiots like my Neighbor saying after a .01" sprinkle in Reno last week that "We need to dry out now!" or the folks on the golf course praying for no rain so their round is dry be cleared, clear, clear, clear. Thanks for that. I am off the podium now.

[@racervboat]

was man made and now still man made.No fix for it unless it starts raining.Try to turn a desert into a lake and heres what you get.

[@dethray1000]

rain only gives lake mead one inch a year--it is melting snow pack you fool--the colorado river has gone thru this land for millions of years--your a more on

[@EvilXero359]

Goddamn, Kammiifornaiehh needs to give back all that water, them and Arizona

[@abcderghijk]

Turn the lights out the party is over.. Las Vegas will have to gamble in the dark..

[@manxkin]

And then what happens to the Mississippi River? Nope.

[@damonthomas8955]

When the Mississippi goes dry, we build a pipeline from the great lakes to replenish it. When the great lakes go dry, we melt and channel the arctic ice cap to refill them, then we haul in icebergs from Greenland. We just keep meddling with nature, what's the worst that can happen?

[@iLuveKatsup]

I'm impressed on how well you take / line-up the pre & post shots. Nice!

[@callingallhandsondeck]

This really puts everything into perspective. Keep saying this is a "raging code red" situation but many in Vegas are counting on that 3rd pipe. It really is first grade math. More water going out than going in = deficit. Liked the slide music too. I've looked at Google Earth so much of this area, I actually know where you're talking about. You're correct it doesn't look enjoyable at all. Watched a video during the 4th. Looked like a sand storm in Iraq. Thank you, for sharing. Hope you'll continue.

[@lissyflur1907]

The Dust Storms from the drying up Great Salt Lake, are also toxic and bad for farming Soils and Humans.

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you for watching and commenting, appreciate it! We are just starting out but plan to make more videos and hopefully get better at it. Yes many in Vegas don't seem interested much at all. Most here rarely go to the Lake and think that from how much building/developing the see everywhere here it's business as usual. The city seems to approve anything with ink on it and are especially fond of high density housing projects shoved into areas with little infrastructure. We are being squeezed on all sides by these issues and the "leadership" here instead of helping is in bed with developers who are waiting to finish these mega communities then cut and run. If you've seen Iraq, thank you for your service. Take care!

[@lissyflur1907]

@@mojo.adventures Yes, but also do to rising Prices for Energy and Water threatment, living cost's will also rise and than skyrocket, for many People this will not be bearable and they will have no other choice than to move elsewhere.

[@dethray1000]

another dum comment--80 percent of the colorado river(lake mead) goes to farm use in Az and Calif--they will shut that off--then hold back water and not use for hydro electricity--they don't need it-its just cheaper than coal fired power--you know nuthing more on....

[@HardRockMaster7577]

Yes, I liked the music too. Except, I thought the intro opening music sound was too jarring. I'd love for that to be softened...

[@barneymiller6204]

Someone needs to talk with the weather modification people, yes, it IS being done.

[@greggferstay5673]

LASER TUNNELING - US Patent 3885332A - issued May 27, 1975 for nuclear powered laser tunneling - 5+ miles a day and up to 40' diameter . This is a huge machine with multiple lasers that melt the rock at 1 billion degrees Kelvin . We have the Fraser & Columbia rivers that flood each spring - this water could be sent south to the Colorado River and refill Lake Mead behind the Hoover Dam .

[@mojo.adventures]

Wow very interesting, I am going to look into that! There is a good video on here how they bored the 3d tunnel out kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZqQiGiemLeBaqc

[@valglenncapitanio3536]

Building should have stopped 20 years ago. Desalination is 2 -3 billion a plant. I guess we will all die of dehydration. I'm moving from Los Angeles to so cal so I can ensure I have water to drink. It's really sad.

[@notmanynamesleft]

Isn't south California full of immigrants now?

[@jenniferstephenson]

Already over 5 billion sent to Ukraine so that it can be laundered back to Bidens, Pelosis, etc. Could have funded 2 plants.

[@lynngraham8508]

Seed every stray cloud that passes over that lake! Diverting a portion of the Mississippi River might take 20 or 30 years if they start today. So much water is needed that it might be more feasible to just lay pipe fron the California coast and just pump the water in 'as is' and even if this were accomplished in a few years, Lake Meade will have dried up. We might have to face the fact that the the 2 enemies of this lake (corporate greed) and (Global Warming) have won this prize. Time to focus on other prizes to try to save.

[@blueeyedsoulman]

Welcome to Mead Valley, formerly Lake Mead. Have a nice day :)

[@lissyflur1907]

If the Lake would completly dry up, the Temperatures would rise in that Valley, to arround 50 Degrees Celsius, because the Evaporation for now, is cooling this Valley a lot. Would be another Death Valley.

[@mojo.adventures]

They can just incorporate it all back into the St. Thomas ghost town that was flooded back during dam construction, it's all exposed again now. The irony...

[@dethray1000]

nonsense--never happen--they will just stop letting the water out thru the dam you dummy

[@dethray1000]

@@lissyflur1907 another stupid comment-total nonsense...fool--they are letting the water out thru the dam more on--soon they won't be except for drinking water for downstream--ag,farm use is 80 percent of river(lake mead) soon the farms will be cut off--go back to sleep

[@brucekester7638]

I've heard many ideas of pipelines with pumping costs over mountains, etc., but what about using nature's "pipelines" -rivers, tributaries and streams from the great, WET, northwest. Concerted lobbying by all parties has resulted in a mishmash of agreements from 100 years ago. These agreements could be updated to today's needs with cooperative new laws. Increased releases along every river and tributary feeding the Colorado could be worked out to take the precious water from the water rich northwest without pipelines, pumps, and aqueducts like that monster feeding southern California. Agreements have been made to feed Southern California, now we need more of that lifeblood.

[@keaaul808]

Yours are one of the great vlogging, especially with visual comparisons and perspectives. Very useful and informative!

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you very much for watching and commenting! Working on a second video as we speak... we finally got flood level rains this week =]

[@erichayes2890]

Aside from being SUPER COSTLY, would diverting water from the Misissippi river via a pipeline really solve, -(or at least help somewhat), the current situation out there?---(A FOOTNOTE)- Might not be having this problem, if this had been completed decades ago. All attributable to climate change, to a large degree.

[@cliffwright9422]

Thank you very much very well put together most informative .

[@mojo.adventures]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@bryanmarin123]

There’s no drought. It’s THE DESERT. The last 50 years were a cyclical weather blessing. It’s now in a cyclical weather downturn. What changed is people thinking the river, and the snowpack, would forever stay the same. HOWEVER they in fact DID know that and built the dam anyway.

[@Goomba_N64]

It's crazy that socal and Las Vegas are building more then ever before..The people won't be concerned until it directly hits them. By then it's definitely to far gone to address the issue. Its already too late. I say by 2025 it gets really really bad.

[@duanenavarre7234]

A better choice than the Mississippi is the Snake River in Idaho is closer and better water quality. A better choice would be to stop shipping thousands of tons of alfalfa to china and japan every year. California water use is residential 10%, Big AgriBiz = 70+%.

[@lissyflur1907]

Desalination Plant's are no Option, for this Ammount of Water that is needed, because the wast Ammount's of Energy, that these Plant's need, to build and to operate. And on top of this, the Energy from the Dam's will be no more in the near Future, also Energy will be more expensive in the Future, because Oil and Natural Gas Production from Fracking Operation's will Peak this Decade, so Energy Prices will go up. The only way for Million's of People is to go North, also Food Production will suffer big time for the US, what will lead to futher rising, in Food Prices.

[@JessicaTG2008]

There are different types of desalination... the simplest is using the sun to evaporate water in dew enclosures and using solar to generate a significant portion of the power to pump the water. Even if using this type of desalination could supply just the agricultural amount that is taken from Lake Meade it's a significant start. The problem is this should have been started 20-30 years or more ago and now it's too little way too late. What do you do with all the salt you say? You take it back out to the ocean and you release it. The ocean is rising, with FRESH water from glaciers and the salt was removed from salt water anyway so putting it back won't hurt anything.

[@lissyflur1907]

@@JessicaTG2008 You can support some Households, very near the coast with that, still expensive Water but not agricultural operations, the distance to the farm's is to far away from the coast, the energy you need to pump from the coast, would be far to much, for this distance, also the price for that water would be still to high. Than all that brine, from that desalination operations, would indeed have bad consequences, for the coastal enviroment. Because it takes time, to mix up different concentrations of salty water. For most of the People, there will be no other way as to move, to places with more and cheaper water supply. Also Energy Prices are on the rise and this will be for the foreseeable future, because the US will reach Peak Production in Oil this decade and for Natural Gas the next Decade. This higher Prices for Energy, will make this desalination operations even more costly and very unlikely. Also there will be no huge Pipeline, from the Mississippi River, to the dry and hot west of the US. Because also here, this would not only take huge Ammounts of Energy, to build this thing, also it would take high Ammounts of Energy to Pump this Water, this Water would be insanly expensive... I can tell you what will happen, for most of the People there, living cost's will rise to a Level, that is not to bear, so they will move, crime will rise, because many People will have no other choice, than to plunder and steal. And even the rich will move, because this all will play out very ugly. The Prices for Land and Houses will decline to a very low Level. I mean common, this is a hot and dry Desert Region, with a lot of toxic salt dust. Climate Change will intensify the non habitable character, of that wast Region to Level nobody want's to handle with.

[@CVenza]

California has a lot to answer for. 💔💧

[@christ9376]

What a great video. You have really highlighted the dramatic water loss better than any other video I have seen. 👍

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you much for watching and the comment, we are hoping this brings more attention to whats going on!

[@phil2268]

How about doing the obvious first. We grow a lot of crops from that region that get exported and we've broken export records in recent years. The idea of a pipe from the Mississippi is outrageous in at least 2 ways. It would cost at least $25 billion to build but also the water has to be raised over 2,000 feet. There isn't enough electricity to do it. You would have to build a number of power plants for the task. Water is 8 pounds a gallon and we're talking about moving 500,000 galllons a minute.

[@starzanhorse4758]

So? You think global warming.. or, it stopped raining in Canada? No. The Colorado River is fine. Y’all used up the pool. That river used to go to Mexico. If you live in a desert, don’t cry when you don’t have water

[@brokendownoldman9547]

Hoover Dam/Lake Mead WAS HERE 1ST, get rid of glen canyon dam/lake powell

[@mojo.adventures]

There is a whole organization dedicated to this issue called "Fill Mead First". They have some very interesting points that are worth looking into.

[@hannadeshler1426]

IDEAS: Big cities are unsustainable -- high cost of living and too many people living too close together. ...... move out of big cities and into small towns. restore and preserve historic character of small towns.

[@angelmom9682]

Why is Lake Powell’s hydropower more important than the hydropower produced at Hoover dam?By holding back so much water at Lake Powell it seems to me that it will only cause Lake Mead to reach dead pool sooner. I’m not a civil engineer but it seems likely that the Hoover Dam site was chosen for a reason, & if Lake Powell was a better or more important site that the government likely would have chosen it in the 1930’s.

[@onthethrottle7104]

I believe the waste water needs to be diverted to all golf courses (of course after cleansing) and stop future golf courses from being built. Also, Arizona and Calf. needs to be on the same restrictions that you show Nevada is on. With that and a few other things happening I believe all will make it back. You'll see, Mother Nature will come back and dump lots of water in the West, it's just going to take a while. BTW, In Arizona, there are no water restrictions at all. You can waste water all day long and its' cheap, too!

[@2012NewStart]

Only God can send the rain. If Americans continue in their sins and wicked ways, the water will disappear! Pray, to God, repent of sins., turn from your wicked ways. Then God will hear from Heaven, forgive your sins and heal your land.

[@larryray9277]

Another Owens Lake disaster. Check that out and see what's coming. Money , that's what its all about. Mississippi ? Give me a break. They would drain the Great Lakes and give us the finger.

[@STHFGDBY]

It looks exactly what happened to the Aral sea.

[@lissyflur1907]

Yes indeed, look at the Great Salt Lake, further North, the salty toxic Dust from this drying up Lake, will have a very bad impact to the Enviroment, Farm's and Humans, in the entire Region.

[@mojo.adventures]

Yes unfortunately this looks a lot like the Aral Sea failure and the terrain is similar too. Main thing I notice in both cases is that the leadership and environmental managers knew what's happening and just keep exploiting it year after year without any solutions, which is where we are at now with Lake Mead and Powell.

[@lissyflur1907]

@@mojo.adventures Yes, but now they have no Tools, to avoid that Desaster playing out, alone the rising Evaporation through higher Temperatures, will drain the Lakes quickly. And if the Lakes are gone, Temperatures will rise further, because all that Evaporation, cools the Enviroment arround that Lakes.

[@nevadamatters2me591]

@@lissyflur1907 And the arsenic in the dried lake dust being ingested through plants and breathing.

[@lissyflur1907]

@@nevadamatters2me591 Yes, it's an enviromental Desaster.

[@josalynfarmer937]

Desalination plants on the coast of California with a multi-state organization fronting costs for a pipeline from California to the areas, like Mead and Powell affected by drought. When this is completed, branch lines could be completed off of the main pipeline to other areas in need of water...fill the lake back up, then if needed, expand the dams so that more power can be produced. Expensive, but the Army Corp of Engineers could be the primary labor source along with other jobs created in the multi-state area along the line of the pipeline. We certainly have the technology to do it.

[@larrbaII]

It stared 10 years ago but the Greeley and wealthy .. You know the drill. It will catch up with them, in the mean time the people will have to take a hit. one would hope that most HMO's will not mind when you'r lawn is brown/dead=rock garden.

[@bobavon6048]

Their solutions so far are not working and will not work. Diverting water from the Mississsippi should have been done over ten years ago, and even that just could be a band-aid fix. Lake Meade is not in Dubai, and Neveda is not the United Arab Emirates. In other words it's going to take tons of money.

[@jamesconway4821]

Anything that is not replenished will eventually become non-existent. Simple desalinization would solve the water problem. At the same time it can be designed in such a way to actually create electricity. And diminish waste using the salt to break down trash waste. The problem of Lake Mead has been known for years and years pretty much since the day it was built. And actually nothing's been done to replenish the water. In fact just the opposite there have been programs put in place so that rich neighborhoods having lakes that were never Lakes before to gather their water from Lake Mead and not replenish it has just made the matter even worse. Stupid politicians making stupid decisions.

[@GUIPETE]

Thankfully we are jumping ship soon. I’ve been here for 3 years and can’t stand watching the irresponsible nature of this city. Also it doesn’t matter how much they conserve water when more and more building is happening.

[@NLD987]

Very nice video and super comparison of photos before and after. Would be great to find older photos from like 2000 and compare :) Keep up the good work!

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you for the kind words! I moved here in 2007 and I am currently looking for older photos I have taken over time. I really didn't expect so much interest in the issue, but I will be making more before & after soon as I can!

[@johnhowardesq]

I love the idea of pumping water west. There is a lot of excess water from rains in various watersheds. I say have pipes set up to bring any excess west. Might not be much, but it will definitely help. Also, maybe more water needs to be stored underground in aquifers. It won’t evaporate. Huge amounts of water in desert lakes just evaporates.

[@endoftherope]

Its not a drought its a desert

[@willaimhiggins5428]

I have that the drought has been going on for twenty years. Question what changes started to take place `15 years ago to help. Was there a freeze on building, new golf courses, halt to new farms, why does it have to become a crisis before tough steps start taking place. Please don't look at the east water to solve a very, very long term problem.

[@mikealthoff8007]

Why would you create a big lake in the middle of the desert? Of course it going to evaporate. It’s sand, in a thousand years it’s still going to be sand!! Move where the water is!

[@johnfoote1168]

Thank you, i feel the most logical but political is a pipeline from the Mississippi or the Great lakes, this has been proposed before but you guys need to shoulder your politics and get on with it, your country needs to have water, think of your grandfather surviving in your wilderness with nothing but a small bag of hard meat and then come to earth with a real solution for all of your people

[@S.E.C-R]

Great comparison photos… the best I’ve seen, thank you for your hard work!!

[@mojo.adventures]

Of course, thank you for the support! I am working on another video going further into Lake Mead water usage, coming soon 👍

[@apolloskyfacer5842]

One if the better videos concerning this subject. Well done.

[@mojo.adventures]

Appreciate the comment and taking time to watch!

[@ronaldhofmeister3780]

Build desalination plants down on the Pacific Ocean there is plenty of Water in the Ocean. The Governor’s of the Great Lakes will never give there approval for great lakes water ever!!

[@kansasmetrosafetyandsecurity]

Sorry of my question seems ridiculous, but I have never been to Lake Mead. But isn't that a man created lake due to the building of the dam?

[@CatalinaFOIA]

Yes it is a reservoir, federal property.

[@mojo.adventures]

Lake Mead is completely man made. Boulder Canyon is where dam site was chosen and eventually flooded. The dam was built mostly for reclamation purposes, but at the time another big reason for it's support was to put countless men back to work after the devastation of the great depression

[@milehunter227]

I learned on another video, prior to lake mead and dam, the area would be either flooding or drought, and the dam solved that issue.

[@michaelbraga9620]

The technology already exists to nail e this problem. Desalination plants and nuclear power plants. Saudi Arabia and Dubai along with other middle eastern countries are using these solutions and they have plenty of water and electricity and they are operating safely.

[@maxab7e63s5]

Unfortunately we can scream up to the rafters, we will not be heard. Just prepare ourselves for higher electric bill in California. Politicians only hear themselves and not their constituents.

[@TheMonkdad]

You should do a video about the people who protest the water restrictions but would completely freak out if the power goes out or they run out of water. Americans are so reactive. We measure everything in profit/ loss and never really plan for the future especially if involves spending money.

[@nestorportuguez8964]

But you the US is still expert in cloud setting for rain..Same experience of the Philippines before. But we did it, just using the cloud setting for a rain.