Medina Lake overflows due to large amounts of rain and Drone gets footage

[@hootowl2112]

That's the coolest spillway I've ever seen. The way it curves to the left and the right makes some of the best water action I've ever seen. It looks the flume ride from hell.

[@mariegamble3053]

Bloody fantastic. Hats of to the people who constructed this dam. Fantastic how they have done it with a natural spill way. Love. Many could learn from this.

[@lavrentichudakoff2519]

Smart engineering.

[@grantlebsack1245]

I usually don’t take time to post compliments on YT, but this is an incredibly well made video. The drone shots are just beautiful, and well spaced with the “before” clips. Fantastic job, and thank you for letting us experience this.

[@TheMonicaBrantShow]

This is beautiful!!!! You can see my Dad's place here.. only way to get to it is across the DAM! When we were kids, we kept horses out there.. and would swim them in the lake (not when it was going over the spillway though! As well, we would launch the boat from the 'beach' side.. i am happy they closed it off to public because people would trash the area so badly.. we have loved the canyon for many years! My GreatGrandfather, Grandfather and now my Daddy have owned the homestead on the pinnacle!!

[@charlieb3032]

This is actually really cool! Glad such brilliant engineering went into the dam to keep the property in your family for many more eons to come.

[@Jaqen-HGhar]

hey my grandpa's place is across the dam as well though it's a bit further! I remember just how bad the drought was back about 8 years ago when the lake was ridiculously low. His place is on the lake but it was all the mouth of the cove, glad to see it's doing better now. So crazy to see someone else who knows the area.

[@risky1]

Hi Monica..... miss talking to you

[@wright534]

Very nice editing and drone operating skills. Looks like whoever designed and built that spillway did a good job, too.

[@amazzella6999]

LMAOOO

[@susanjaeger5645]

STUNNING spillway and excellent drone pilot, great footage!

[@666mrgene]

Great shots of an excellent over flow arrangement,so many dams don't have that unique feature.

[@davidbaker1985]

When I was young we used to be able to drive across the dam and take that low road across the river and all the way into Castroville. When the water was going over the spillway in lower volumes, it was neat to park and walk down and sit in the moving water. Beautiful footage. Wish we could get some rain like that today.

[@sharonolsen6579]

I don't think I have ever seen an overflow system like this .. it's amazing ! Whoever designed this was VERY good at their job!

[@Radionut]

Absolutely a visually stunning video. I have finished in Lake Medina many times when I lived in Texas. The music was absolutely beautiful for the video. Thank you very much for posting this in my extreme compliments to the pilot of that drone

[@patriciabockenstette6550]

Marvelous drone footage! Very good job of showing the picture from so many angles for a beautiful overall picture of natures show. Thanks for sharing.

[@brownpaperbag5343]

An example of good environmental planning. Design saved property while managing risks of flooding.

[@ThePeaceableKingdom]

My great uncle worked on the construction of Medina dam and earlier this year I posted photographs of the construction he had taken on my G+ page. This is marvelous footage of the beauty of the lake and the old dam, still standing a century later. The spillway working just as intended. I've never seen better film than your drone flights over this beautiful area.

[@dellalinehan9894]

Who was your G uncle? My dad worked on it also when I was a little girl about 7 now I am an old great grandma.

[@googaagoogaa12345678]

i remember as a kid quite a few years back when everyone (where we lived) was afraid it might burst? what was that about?

[@ThePeaceableKingdom]

@@googaagoogaa12345678 It wasn't built like a modern dam. They piled up stone and rubble and then covered it with a concrete shell, reinforced by cables. The floods threatened to wash over the top and did (IIRC) wash over the spillway. But the dam held.

[@ThePeaceableKingdom]

@@dellalinehan9894 I didn't see your response till today. Wilbur worked in one of the towers that controlled the cables across the pass and were used to help move materials into position. Wish I knew more. But he left a bundle of snapshots showing life in the camp, and the mule carts originally used to move the stones which were replaced by some very old locomotives. Too bad G+ is gone and I can't point anyone to those images anymore!

[@keithjurena9319]

​@@ThePeaceableKingdom The dam was keyed into the canyon walls and floor. It is far stronger than some have claimed as the designer intentionally provided for water to over top without failure. Upper canyon capacity is less than spillway but it did come close in 2002.

[@diggydice9041]

Very well done/cool video.... the spillway makes a beautiful cascade of waterfalls & seeing it from the air is quite an experience. You went the extra mile & edited all of it plus added some music...... you created an "experience" in a natural rainfall. That's what's cool about it. peace man

[@ronhicks1663]

awesome fpv work. I am from Medina lake and you literally brought it to life from drought to flood with this video. great work!

[@sharonolsen6579]

0:34 Just look at that beautiful wake left by the motor boat !

[@PTREaerial]

The after the rain shots are breathtaking. Awesome video!

[@erica9864]

So beautiful great job thank you for posting

[@clairestaffieri4398]

Excellent drone piloting !!!!!

[@bettyprussia9777]

BEAUTIFULLY captured and such a gorgeous area! Nicely done **

[@GlobalistJuice]

Perfectly performing spillway, a job well done for the engineers of the project.

[@warrencorcoran9824]

incredible video with perfectly balanced back ground music, I have watched this video a dozen times now, its very relaxing, gorgeous scenery too Chris, Thank you for sharing

[@josemarmolejo9337]

Whoever flies those drone are very talented

[@chrisfisher6378]

JOSE MARMOLEJO thanks

[@fuzzymuffin8273]

A natural spillway. Epic

[@huemanatie4392]

That is so cool.

[@mohammadali-wm3sb]

Music of life.

[@m.a.vestal8253]

That looks pretty cool... Thanks for the ride man....👍

[@andreagiudici926]

nice video, well edited and prepared! beautiful lake and spillway

[@musicbecker]

The spillway looks like the Rhinefalls in Switzerland and the music reminds me of the soundtrack from the Interstellar movie. Nice video.

[@emilioKeka]

musicbecker I was about to say this😂😂 it straight up reminded me of interstellar too😂😍

[@constandinospappas3009]

Like Niagara falls in the making! Beautiful Mama Nature, beautiful video indeed.

[@calicocritterscrafts886]

Texans everywhere: “I could tube that”

[@lindamitchell-fox1926]

Lol. I was just thinking that when I read your comment. Of course my second thought was...I’d probably die.

[@duncancallum]

Living in Queensland Australia, how we would love the overspill to give our wheat fields and cattle country some rain , it has forgotten to rain in many parts of Australia this last 6 years at least .

[@johngillespie3409]

the dam was built by private funds for the farms around it

[@MyRofaith]

Great video... well produced coordinating the video and the incredible song.... nicely done....btw, hats off to the drone flyer....

[@JasmineLifestyleVlogs]

Wonderful Nature view Wonderful captured Wow it's very beautiful ☺️

[@jasonbroadway8718]

Great job. Great video content. My thumbs up.

[@firebearva]

No stopping Mother Nature, and the overflow appears to be working as it should. Great video.

[@dennislaw2135]

WOW ! I felt exhilarated at watching this cool video + the music in the background was so perfectly fitting. Good way to start off my day, thanks.

[@cynmarkben]

Medina Lake has a beautiful spillway. We used to hang out there after it rained and watch the waterfalls. That was before they stopped letting you walk across the dam to get to it.

[@glennmorrell4907]

Cynthia Hanna you are right- what a beautiful waterfall this lake has during times of high water. Sucks about the dam.

[@chrisfisher6378]

I know the gentleman that lives in the house on the other side of the damn, it’s his driveway lol!!

[@Chris.Davies]

Exceptionally good flood control, and no way for the damn to be over-topped, or the overflow to destroy the outflow, as it's so wide and the water only cascades!

[@TheTruthSeeker235]

That looks awesome! Thanks for sharing

[@hwy27west]

Very cool. Around the 2011 drought 7 years ago when the lake was around 3%, too bad the drone technology was not there, you would have an empty to full view, but we will have another drought...We always do.

[@marcusmendoza9354]

Hondo the Razor maybe you could find my watch lol in the thousand trails area by the boat docks

[@conniecrawford6429]

@Hondo the Razor Why call phone? If you want to tell me. I'm just curious.

[@conniecrawford6429]

@Hondo the Razor ah, I want one of those so bad..

[@mguerramd]

2011 was horrible but 2023 is worse! Current drone video is remarkable of this nearly empty lake.

[@onekeypianoplayer]

well designed dam perfect overflow..no damage

[@robertlandry5676]

onekeypianoplayer Exactly

[@juliegrove4186]

Super mesmerising. I'm surprised to see there is an actual "Medina Lake." Here I thought it was just a made-up name for the band. Excellent footage anyhow. Loved it.

[@texasred2702]

Could sure use some of that rain today. Hoping everyone in the path of the Das Goats Fire makes it out okay with no homes damaged or lost.

[@pleasuregaming2601]

This is MESMERIZING

[@gennyli5079]

Absolutely stunning view.😍

[@michiganengineer8621]

I'm a little surprised they didn't put in a series of 48" - 72" culverts under that roadway when everything was built to keep the road usable during _most_ high water times. Or an overflow borehole like the one at Lake Berryessa in California. Love the natural look of the spillway though!

[@kenkelly5848]

Nice work.

[@chrisplunkett2814]

What a brilliant use of a natural spillway.No moving parts so nothing to go wrong and even works without any human intervention!

[@mlharris0838]

Was wondering where my boat was. Looks like she is safe. Thanks for posting this.

[@joshjones3408]

That was not expected but wow a freaking wall bam ...put that on ya bologna sandwich 👍👍👍

[@Rickkari7]

That was sweet. Love the way that spillway works. The power of water is impressive. Easy to see how the original earth was radically changed 4400 years ago from the global flood of Noah's day. Drone footage was professional. The music was a nice touch. Solid video!

[@DraculaV]

Remarkable footage capture...

[@davidelmarshaller6577]

Stunning video thanks a lot ! Nice remix from 'Interstellar'.

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Great video. Thanks for posting this. Have a nice day.

[@chicohernandez2856]

That is an awesome overflow spillway!

[@chrishauser5505]

Wonderful video. Well done.

[@harindersingh1602]

Good job for drone I love back music thinks for video sir

[@Will1Art2Alis3]

What an amazing video well done and thank you

[@googaagoogaa12345678]

WOW! Stunning video. Wasn't aware the spillway was ever used since 02. (lived in castroville then so ALL eyes were on the damn dam that time) Sad to see how the lake has fallen now. Hell the damn river hardly exists anymore. No flow upstream of lake and MANY dry spots near where i am now in la coste. Even street view you can see it mainly at gross ln and cagnon rd.

[@caseysteck611]

Breathtaking. Great job.

[@mitchellseyfer9433]

Mother nature is so awesome.

[@siriosstar4789]

Really excellent camera work . that's insanely difficult to fly a drone AND maneuver the camera in a smooth and fluid manner, simultaneously .

[@screamingmimi90]

I appreciate the before shots. Nice job!

[@Johnny64ism]

KInda makes ya wonder how that spill way must have looked after Hurricane Harvey. Great Video Very Well Done

[@EasyModeFishing]

Lake came up at least 15’

[@cameron-os7pg]

🤔 I never knew how cool a boat wake looked from above on smooth water...

[@charlieb.4400]

Will need to watch in the theater rm. 👍

[@melcrissey-p8i]

Now Medina Lake is only about 5% of capacity. You can walk across most of it. Rocky bottom. Dry as it can be.

[@huemanatie4392]

Great spillway. I wish Oroville Dam was that well sited. They almost lost it a couple of years ago when the overflow started back cutting the earth fill dam.

[@nebtheweb8885]

No, the back cutting was nowhere near the dam. It was near the weir.

[@masterbaiterkev3964]

Hue Manatie It wasn’t the dam at Oroville that was eroding... it was the spillway that could do the same thing here.

[@brettsoyars4341]

Interesting thing is the water is crystal clear. & running that swift?

[@mattreynolds612]

Looks lika pretty effective spillway to me. & Kinda pretty waterfall taboot.

[@vinaytomar4538]

so beautifull incredible lake view

[@sunray8136]

Beautiful video...nice dam

[@contreeman]

IM THE 100TH SUBSCRIBER CONGRATS BROTHER. GREAT VIDEO GOD BLESS

[@googoo-gjoob]

i know you cant exactly plan these things. but you can edit prev footage..... then line up the before & afters at the same spot. just trying to help.

[@johnathan5580]

@Chris Fisher What is the name of the song you used? Great beat, I put this video on whenever I really need to focus just because of the music and want to find more of it.

[@chrisfisher6378]

It was a free download from from a site and I can’t find where I got it from

[@johnathan5580]

@@chrisfisher6378 no problem, I appreciate the response!

[@johnm.evangelis693]

Great drone footage!!!

[@bwspacity]

All lake dams should recognize this beautiful example of engineering

[@feliciamabrey4108]

Chris Fisher Is that you at 8:25 getting the great group photo ? The rocky part at the spillway is so pretty .

[@HellcatMad]

Awesome video

[@alibouhachem8092]

Very nice. Could you please tell me what group is playing this music. Thanks

[@neilshearer7513]

Great filming. What's the music?

[@onekeypianoplayer]

perfect enginerring..well done.

[@AbbeyAerialVideo]

Nice one - I love it!

[@DreamsofViolet]

Best footage ever of the lake✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

[@bryanleslie4513]

How long does it take to go back to normal flow

[@Drewcipha]

Can you tell me the name of the music playing? I love it

[@rogerdudra178]

Lot of water gettin away. Be a big puddle when everything stabilized I hope. Good dam.

[@hilham89]

That's one hell of a water slide

[@realmansman.wink89]

cool video.. id love to see from the moment it "over flows"

[@debragantter3769]

It is so beautiful before and especially after. To bad we dont have underground catchments to store all this beautiful excess water. Thankyou

[@mattburke988]

I wonding what model drone that he was flying it stayed Aloft a long time and had a long distance flight range amazing videos love them

[@miit730]

Lovely footage

[@Uppercut314]

Really great shots! Namaste 🙏🏼

[@kengreen5667]

Used to be able to drive across the dam. Had some good times dishing and picnicking on the spillway

[@danstarone]

best spillway i have seen. great design

[@dcrump]

Thank you

[@Osckarre]

Awesome video dude! Gives you the feeling of flying.

[@koushikroy3978]

Back ground music was fantastic- any one tell me the music name ?

[@johnoneill9539]

And! Several days later, just how frikin big! Everything is in America 🤷‍♂️👍

[@mefford67]

John Oneill Especially, when in Texas! 😘

[@KatherineCratinKeepwalking]

Amazing video!