Lake Powell vs Mother Nature

Mother Nature rears her mighty head.
Thunderstorm, Monsoon on Lake Powell Aug 2018

[@LizFromDecencyUnited]

I worked at Lake Powell about 15 yrs ago. One night during Monsoon season, I hiked out into the canyons during a massive lightning storm. The National Weather Service tracked over 40,000(!!!) lightning strikes that night! It was surreal.... ball lightning, sheet lightning, enormous branches.... in every color of the rainbow, for hours!!! -- It was the most incredible and scary shows I've ever seen in my life! ♥

[@specialperson565]

There's a sea monster in the Lake. Only lightning storm can kill it. When you see lightning strike into a Lake is because there's some kind creature in the Lakel

[@bobyoakam693]

The zee

[@sedonars1]

And all those rocks piled up along the sides are indications of even bigger flash floods in the past. Truly a magical place that I vividly remember from trips in the 70's and 80's; especially when the monsoons roll in suddenly! The smell is fabulous when rain hits the desert, and the lightning/thunder shows are second to none. Thanks for posting, it is now in my favorites.

[@budwon1]

Thank You for your comments. I have been going there for nearly 40 years. It never disappoints.

[@wayupnorth9420]

I used to go to Lake Powell every month during the summer. I’ve been caught up In some pretty wonderful storms up some of the canyons. It’s very humbling, and always exhilarating.

[@randallanderson6477]

SCARED, THRILLED, EXCITED AND HAPPY....all at the same time...From 1970 thru 2006 we experienced many beautiful storms like this. Thank You!

[@mikekuczynski1552]

We were there in the late 70s and had a similar couple of days . As we were going around the lake there were waterfalls coming off the rims everywhere . One early evening a storm rolled in while we were anchored up for the night at the bottom of one of the washes and hit hard with wind and rain and scared the crap out of us . You could hear the water rushing in the dark but not see it , freaky moment for sure . Mother Natures raw power at its finest . Thanks for the video it brought back fond memories of a great vacation .

[@spera1294]

WOW! Best random video I have ever found. Watched from beginning to end riveted. Thank you for sharing

[@territ1231]

Hundreds of years of this.... And we get to see it this time . Thank you

[@budwon1]

It was magnificent. Wait until I release a more spectacular part II

[@bertiebasset3228]

Brings back a lot of memories,,hiring the boat from waheep and spending 4 days on lake powel,,never got any rain but could whip up that wind something fierce...TY very much,great video..miss AZ so much !

[@amandahudson431]

Thank you so much for doing the music softly in the background! To many drown out good videos blasting music

[@4486igi]

Exactly, and no f***ing OMG´s

[@1kokowai]

Totally agree with this sentiment!!!

[@fabulouspinkmk10]

I agree👍

[@ShowCat1]

No music would have been even better.

[@carlabunn1134]

I would have loved to have been there to see this spectacular event but since I was not, thank you for sharing. I enjoyed it very much 😊

[@scottgorman7166]

Glad you guys were moored in a safe place. The desert holds unbelievable beauty all the time. Glad you were there to capture some of the wonders.....thanks for sharing.

[@MrPLC999]

Storms tend to pass quickly over Lake Powell, and those muddy waterfalls often turn into clear sparkling cascades in the sunshine. Powell is my favorite vacation destination.

[@christinemartin6397]

Thank you for sharing! ... I know I will never have gotten to see such a natural raging beauty such as this. My husband doesn't like to travel and he would find this boring and a waste of time. I find my self living through other people's adventures.

[@timmayer8723]

Christine Martin Go yourself. If you live in the south west you can drive. If you live elsewhere fly. You will never regret it . While you're at it take in the Grand Canyon and take lots of photos of both places with yourself in the pictures when possible. You will father a lifetime of good memories.

[@besamemucho5]

You are going to live once...so maybe it is time to let go mr. boring guy...

[@scottg391]

It’s amazing how the landscape changes so quickly with on 2 minutes of rain. This is something the camera cant capture. You really need to witness this in person to grasp the beauty of the water running over the cliffs. A half hour later the sun was probably out and it was 100 degrees again .

[@budwon1]

How'd you know??

[@scottg391]

@@budwon1 Been there done that a couple of times when a storm blows through. First experience was 89' when the lake had quite a bit more water. We were beached in one of the small inlets in Iceberg canyon under a good size fall (dry at the time). The rain came quick and heavy and we got house boat off the shore about a minute before the water started over the cliff. We were about 5 from heading out for a ski run when the wind came up. Good thing it did, I'm certain the water would have destroyed the roof of the house boat if it were left under the fall. Needless to say, we found a different place to beach that night. Ya' just can't explain it, ya' have to experience it first hand. Nothing quite like Powell.

[@Dolphin2355]

We were caught in this same storm. We had been having engine problems for two days and the mechanic had us beach in a very bad spot and we were completely beached once the storm passed. It took another boat and both our jet skis to get us off the beach the next morning. Such beautiful raw power.

[@Mike-vt6nc]

You Will never forget the awesomeness of that storm that’s a fantastic video. Thanks

[@eclectic1080]

Wowwwwwwww!! That Was Beautiful.. Great Video . Lake Powell has always be on my Radar / Bucket List. Hope to Be experience Good Times like yours .

[@Danstaafl]

Thanks for sharing this, I grew up down there in the southwest. I would always look up at those walls and wonder what the water looked like pouring down. You guys certainly got a show. I'm jealous, all I ever got out there was sunburn. You got a class a gully washer, and good video. Lucky you.! Brings back good memories for me.

[@bentroy6263]

Stunning. Thank you for sharing

[@Lizerator]

Thanks for posting. Brings back memories!

[@williamd4707]

I could smell the humidity and the lake water. Great shots. Thanks.

[@Bellest-jt4le]

A rain storm at lake Powell when there isn’t crazy wind is one of the most beautiful things you’ll ever witness.

[@calamityjayne9903]

We all lived on the lake every summer from the 70s to the 80s. Been through a couple storms out there also. Beautiful and scary at the same time. Your video brought back memories ✌

[@meruliouslacrimens5154]

Oh, the power and the glory of mother nature at her best and you enhanced it with perfect intro music. Weather at its finest, thanks for sharing.

[@supremeauntie]

Ahhhh! Brought back so many memories! I loved storms on Lake Powell! I watched the video, then played it again with my eyes closed just to hear the sounds! Thank you!

[@beverly5886]

I lived in Phoenix for 10 years and Lake Powell was a favorite for us too back in the late 1980s! This is so beautiful and awe-inspiring, thank you!

[@kathleenpugh7350]

That is beautiful! My momma always said 'ain't no painter like the Master painter!' Its breath taking. Good job being at the right/ wrong place at the right/wrong time.

[@user-ih4mj8oh7t]

مرحبا

[@olchat2012]

Your momma is a very wise and spiritual lady 👏👏👏

[@tjsand8814]

That is so so beautiful- I wish I was there- thank u - it makes us forget reality for a few minutes.

[@CBLounge2112]

AWESOME video, thanks for sharing!!

[@burtderrick3501]

I’m watching just for the music, Riders on the storm, by the Doors. Great choice !

[@stephenmclendon8723]

Great video. Excellent choice of song and background volume, when needed. Never been there. Now I want to see it. I love rain and waterfalls. My younger years were spent with cousins camping in Yosemite along the ice cold Merced river floating down on inner tubes from Happy Isles Bridge to Northside Drive Bridge. I got to watch the original 'fire fall' above at Glacier Point every night during our summer vacations there.

[@garyanddoris6022]

Most beautiful flash flood, the scenery is magnificent !!!!!

[@robertcrotty1012]

What kind of people, i ask myself, give a thumbs down to good well produced videos like this one. Keep up the good work and many thanks.

[@AdamSteinzOfficial]

LOL!! I was just thinking the same thing! Like what....Do they think they would have gotten BETTER footage?!! Is this footage somehow not up to their "standards"?? --- I love internet morons & KZbin is the best place to find them!

[@Borishal]

They probably believe that it was Photoshopped to reduce Trumps chances of being re-elected. And that it was the cause of Covid19. And might be against their religion. And that 'thumbs up' are a pagan phallic symbol of the god Shiva. Or Jehovah.

[@Borishal]

@@omt4873 Yes, but they only had about 6 views.

[@budwon1]

Thank You for the kind words.

[@andysmith5546]

Love lake Powell thanks for the movie.

[@homyat1]

Was there in 1970 and the same thing happened real fast. It rained like this for 25 minutes we were baling the water out of my 16 footer as fast as it came in. I was wonderful seeing the instant waterfall all over the hills. We found a cove that gave us some shelter until it was over.

[@bradrochin701]

My God that was beautiful.

[@jburnett8152]

And that's how it's done in the West that I love and miss so much. Thank you 💜

[@davetello3764]

Wow. Just wow. I'd say definitely the right place at the right time. That spectacular display by Mother Nature would have been the high point of my day on the lake.

[@KatherineUribe-1]

Great footage. Have never seen that kind of storm on a lake, and the water that accumulates and flows into it. Beautiful, really. 👍☺

[@saltzen961]

Thanks for sharing !! Love the soundtrack :)

[@kevinboothe9991]

We were down there I believe it was 1989-90 when the worst storm to ever hit the lake happens, we were camped in Cedar Canyon I believe and had our house boat moored to a rock shelf (we didn't know it at the time), right in front of us was a box canyon (big mistake) about 20 minutes into the storm we heard a horrendous roar and looked out the front of the boat at a 4' wall of water and rocks heading straight for us, fortunately the flood went between the pontoons and off the ledge. The beach above us at the end of the canyon literally moved over 100 yards, there was a 70' houseboat that was landlocked, they had to dredge a canal up to the boat to get it out. The marina that was new that year up the San Juan arm was completely washed out and destroyed, they were finding boats the following spring that were moor at the marina that had parts of the dock still attached to them. It was the most intense thunderstorm I've ever been in.

[@supremeauntie]

Kevin Boothe that storm was pretty awful. Was that the wave made by the rock face falling?

[@judileffe7193]

Music, great. Mother Nature, Awesome. Thanks for sharing. Just awe-inspiring.

[@carlyoshizumi831]

I like the video the sound thunder, rain , water fall and the door's .👍👍

[@foipa13]

Great footage! I read where lake Powell gets less than 4 inches of rainfall a year so you were lucky to be present for such a show! Thanks!

[@tomt9543]

Looks like they got all 4 inches in one storm this time!

[@thomasfletcher4109]

Dealt with ( and enjoyed ) those types of storms when i worked at Lake Powell ( dangling rope marina ) and Grand Canyon North Rim .

[@RCAFTailWind]

Just love geology. Looking at this and watching history in the making. A million years of this and all those land features will be slowly eroded leaving behind a completely different landscape. Love it. Thanks for the video

[@aletawalker6478]

So cool - right time, right place and perfect music.

[@CBeard849]

To have been there must have been exhilarating! I would have never forgotten that!

[@kathytaylor4329]

Amazing video, shows all the different colors n rocks!!😃💞

[@elnabjelland-hughes8172]

Awesome video !! Thank you for sharing this amazing storm😁👍💕

[@uppityupshaw]

Yeah, that was a show! Beautiful!

[@TheBluesTravelers]

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing.

[@lexajewel]

I feel so grateful to live in the Page/Lake Powell area. It really is such a stunning place. I never really appreciated it growing up, but now that I'm older I definitely do

[@budwon1]

Hope to move there someday....

[@lexajewel]

@@budwon1 I wish you luck, man. We're in the middle of a housing crisis, so no one is really moving here right now. Hopefully everything is solved soon

[@lexajewel]

@Mysterious Stranger From Arizona The biggest thing right now is construction, with all the new hotels going up. Also along that line is hospitality, Page doesn't have enough reliable people to fill the positions. If you're responsible and you show up on time, you can find a job pretty much anywhere in town. But your best luck will be either building hotels or working in them.

[@lexajewel]

@Mysterious Stranger From Arizona No problem, man! Hope you find what you're looking for!

[@jondavidbristow9819]

It is a very beautiful place We're from Prescott and visit Powell every summer Hopefully move there when we retire

[@vidyaanantha6328]

Great work capturing all the impromptu waterfalls

[@58jennypenny]

What a spectacular thing to be part of...

[@ErinB1597]

I’ve also been caught in a monsoon @ Lake Powell. It was awesome then & it’s awesome now.

[@davoupnya3202]

Be sure to take at least 6 or more anchors per houseboat and ski boat combo ! We had 6 at around 3 miles east of Bullfrog where the lake is quite wide we were hit by 60 mph wind and a downpour with swells 3 to 4 foot, 6 anchors just barely held us ! Always be safe as storms can hit without much warning ! But it is truly a very beautiful place. Enjoy and respect it always.

[@tomflink9385]

Wow how fast the weather rocks ,,,PNW here ,,,WA. never have I been in rain like that, awesome what we see!

[@s.francis7182]

Perfect music ,no distracting chatter ,awesome zooming.Brah you nailed it.

[@raymondo162]

distracting music

[@mefford67]

*The Southwest desert really knows how to put on an AMAZING show!*

[@tiwmidu]

The deserts are amazing places, fell in love with them the first time I had a chance to experience this during a hike.

[@michaelcameron6649]

Great video. The shaking wasn't to bad. Love those kind of storms. That big waterfall was the best thing ever.

[@lorettamay1461]

Beautifully captured. Loved this video. First time i ever saw a muddy waterfall. I was so suprised that there was no apparent muddy water as it flowed into Lake Powell. And, the immensity of the heights of the cliffs. So very pretty. Well done.

[@randallfrank5682]

I liked the accompanying music at the beginning of the video, perfect. The storm really drowns out the music, exciting!

[@ezr168]

One of the reasons I love the desert, flash flooding and the effect of water on the landscape.

[@frances3254]

great big wow!!! and the topping....'the Doors'....big thank you Fran in NM

[@davidrosenkrantz4854]

Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@elnabjelland-hughes8172]

Awesome video! I wish I’d been there in person thank you for sharing 😁💕

[@eligebrown8998]

Great video. And great choice of back ground music.

[@sandi43able]

This is amazing thank you for sharing from the UK

[@rachelhall3892]

Lake Powell is such a beautiful place. I love that place.

[@mikeschwartz3645]

Most beautiful lake in the U.S.!

[@maxalvarez9141]

Mike Schwartz ever been to Lake Tahoe?

[@camgnilpe9300]

you don't compare Tahoe to Powell! dumb ass!

[@chubbrock659]

Not as beautiful as you.

[@seanmanwill2002]

That was an awesome video! Thank you very merry much! 👍👏👏👏

[@donreed]

Brilliant. Perfect. Thank you.

[@ashleighjaimaosborne3966]

Amazing to experience, what a memory! 🇨🇦

[@97VobraOwner]

Absolutely stunning beautiful landscape- ....America the beautiful:)

[@dylanmacaya9166]

That's why they wrote the song!

[@joedrumer9029]

Yes .I live no in America and all time I WANT to there☔😁

[@97VobraOwner]

@@joedrumer9029 You are welcome anytime! Cheers : )

[@becks431]

Perfect choice of song, awesome experience.

[@jerrysmith9315]

Excellent, and safe from my couch....Thanks

[@1cjherrington]

Stunning! Thanks for sharing

[@MyWitsEnd.]

I went here every summer break for a week such a good tradition

[@zaradimple3980]

Awesome spectacular. Thank you for sharing.

[@charlottenasise5105]

Lake Powell needs lots of rain to fill back up. Rented a huge house boat for two weeks and it was the best vacation I ever had.

[@budwon1]

The lake is currently rising about a foot every two days. A lot of snow/rain in the Rockies is helping immensely.

[@darnellturner8863]

I go every year on a houseboat for a week ( not mine my bosses LOL ) but the memories made there will always be special!

[@gregbaldwin5144]

Absolutely amazing! I would have been nervous about rockslides!

[@budwon1]

I have experienced that as well. didn't have a camera with me for that one. We were pretty safe

[@theredbaron057]

Personally, my fav place on Earth. Been there a dozen+ times since 1985. Water up or down, there's always something new to see.

[@karensellers5344]

An amazing place to see. In the 80s I was there on Labor Day & there was a full moon. From the lake perspective, the moon was so huge it encompassed your entire forward & peripheral vision! So close it felt like you could reach out & touch it! I've never experienced that anywhere else. A true wonder!

[@jappychap2003]

Sometimes Mother Nature is simply amazing. And I don't usually agree with music on videos like this but have to say you merged the two brilliantly.

[@raymondo162]

meh

[@LaDayna04]

I was there during a storm in the early 1990s. Was awesome.

[@darnellturner8863]

Rhonda Oneill 1 second ago I've been on a jet ski on Lake Powell when a storm came in fast ( like they do there) and It was scary. The water was white-capped and we had to just keep going until we could find a cove to get in. that water got rough!

[@douglassopa2544]

aahhh yes the perfect tune to. thanks for a wonderful site.

[@ernestbywater411]

This is brilliant, and it shows just how this landscape became the way it is.

[@meredithhebden7036]

Thanks for sharing this great storm! I can’t wait until the Lake Fowl is gone and the true canyons are revealed.

[@markgigiel2722]

That was amazing and you chose the right song too.

[@michaelmathis1961]

Just imagine how much water it would take to raise the level of Lake Powell 1 inch! 1 foot! Amazing!

[@budwon1]

Right now the lake is rising almost 1 foot per day and the snow pack is sitting at 404% of normal....

[@michaelmathis1961]

@@budwon1 That is great. I have always wanted to visit Lake Powell and Lake Mead. Since I lived in Texas, I just visited lake Amistad which is similar in some respects.

[@johnnyrocker2400]

Live in Page from 1988 to 2009 we had monsoon storms that would come out of nowhere. The lake was dangerous during a storm, but 1 hour later smooth as glass.

[@darnellturner8863]

I've been on a jet ski on Lake Powell when a storm came in fast ( like they do there) and It was scary. The water was white-capped and we had to just keep going until we could find a cove to get in. that water got rough!

[@lukewarmwater6412]

this is cool. I love watching a storm move past. the way it smells before during and after a good rain. .... and then I was just randomly wondering how many tons of dirt just washed into the lake.

[@shaungrimshaw9251]

Petrichor. I love it, too!

[@timmayer8723]

Luke Warmwater uncountable billions of tons of the surrounding land is washed into lake Powell with each of these storms. They have been doing this for millions of years. Modern man only visits such places he has no hold on them and is lucky to escape with his life and his puny strength.

[@xxoozzcici13]

Great footage. Thank you for making the video.

[@victorvandyke9898]

Just awsum! Was lucky enough to spend a week on a houseboat on Lake Powell. This was epic!

[@fleaflicker1451]

Ooooh those desert monsoons are crazy but sure feel good when it rains gives some relief from the thick heat.

[@victorvandyke9898]

Wow stunning video, thanks for sharing. Lake Powell is on another level! Pity so few people will ever see it.

[@nicoferreira1426]

Great video, Thanks - Jose Feliciano: "...listen to the falling rain, listen to it fall, and with every drop of rain I love you more..."

[@janellevans878]

Beautiful to watch / hear nature in action. However I don't understand the vs. Thank you for sharing your blessings.

[@Mg-yc7hb]

I experienced a very similar storm at Lake Powell near gunsight Butte back in the late 80s. It was quite beautiful right up until my boat sunk because of the huge waves coming off of the lake. We had two other boats anchored right off the beach and both of the anchor lines pulled out and the boats drifted off. While retrieving those two boats, waves completely swamped my day cruiser. The bilge pump was unable to keep up with the massive waves coming over the transom and the boat ended up on the bottom. Flashbacks! PTSD!