Northern California reservoirs rise as atmospheric rivers sweep state

Water levels at most state reservoirs are about where they typically are for this time of year, including Lake Oroville now at 131% its historical average. Wilson Walker reports. 2-18-24)
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[@WillBorgers]

love that the dude is drinking a beer while interviewing

[@thecapricorn11]

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[@Gigi-xr3qs]

Yeah, that guy doesn't give a sh it.

[@cpcxgsr]

definitely NO Fs given hahaha.

[@dgsantafedave1]

The good news is Trinity lake is coming up this year. Last year the lake missed out on all of the precipitation and this year they are getting a lot of rain. Hopefully they are pumping San Luis reservoir full with all of the released water!

[@InchonDM]

It would be nice if they could come up with a way to pump surplus water back eastward! California usually uses so much of its innate supply, but on flood years where there's more than the system can hold, having the ability to send it to places where it's needed would be a great just-in-case.

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video Kpix, following the Oroville disaster was one of my first "mega" KZbin experiences, it's great to see in under better control under more challenging conditions thanks for sharing

[@loismiller7742]

I live in the Oroville East foothills @ a mile from the dam @900' elev. This was a good report. Living with a dam in the community has its risks and benefits. 2017 was a nightmare here.

[@bob494949]

No ones cares. I live in thermolito and it was no big deal. We evacuated and went back in a few days… whoopie.

[@Gigi-xr3qs]

It's hard to predict nexts year's weather.. yet they are speaking with authority on long-term climate change.. got it.

[@navarruh]

Nice seeing Wilson Walker reporting again.

[@dwaynemauk566]

Always cracks me up because in the mid-70s, Gov Brown was carrying on that the end was coming, with Oroville Dam at record lows, and they were rationing water when I was a kid, and the motto was 'if its yellow, let it mellow, if its brown, flush it down". The experts said it would take years to refill. Then a couple years later, overflowing. Oh, and it was nothing when I was a kid and my parents were kids, for it to hit 115 - 121 degrees in the summer - that was actual, not this massaged temps they give us today. So when we hear Californian experts crying when it gets to 110 that the end is coming and we're out of water, etc, etc, etc, it's like, these swings have happened for over 100 years of recorded history, so give it up will ya.

[@justgivemethetruth]

Yeah, Oroville was bone dry a few years ago, but then a few years before that it was overflowing to the point it collapsed the spillway.

[@blacksheepdog6969]

they should turn the new tulare lake into a big reservoir! underground cisterns like the modern ones Japan built would work wonders.

[@TohaBgood2]

I mean, that whole area has a giant natural aquifer that stores that water! So we don't even need to build anything there! Just let the lake come back when it wants to a the water will replenish the aquifers and we'll always have water. That whole lake needs to be eminent domained and turned into a natural preserve. It should be a state asset that all Californians enjoy equally. Can you imagine the fishing, the water sports, the Valley-wide benefits to air quality! It was a completely insane idea to desiccate that lake.

[@OntheHook55]

That would be great…except Newsome is in the back pockets of big ag, and big ag wants water from NorCal…Newsome wont even look at a proposal like that

[@kevint1910]

tulare basin is about 6' deep at its deepest point , lots of surface area but not really much storage the reason it dried up is because all the feeder watersheds have been dammed for ... wait for it "Reservoirs"

[@winkieblink7625]

Shasta looks fabulous!

[@kylerider7125]

This is a good thing and it seems like they are now complaining about too much water.

[@delfincruz6786]

I am so glad to see it that way, when I went few years ago the water level was depressing and worry. ❤

[@e.tezani3877]

I like Da Lins new glasses He looks sharp

[@ting2222]

Are we still rationing the water?

[@user-jc7jb3bu5s]

Atmospheric rivers...we always called it RAIN!

[@timleng4404]

Changing Climate… We call it a wet season 😂😂😂

[@Bubbles99718]

Lol. There are levels to these things

[@autoklashkinov]

Atmospheric River is the scientific meteorological term for rain, or the clouds that carry the rain.

[@user-jc7jb3bu5s]

Like i said?@@autoklashkinov

[@mightyfraserriver977]

Atmosphere river is what happened to us in British Columbia. 12 inches of rain came in 24 hours. What happens then is rivers that were usually way low under these bridges comes up over it. The most unreal flooding that you would never think could happen ,happen when it rains like this. One river in a ravine that runs through a mountain in hope BC rose fifty feet and wrecked the tunnels

[@tylershelton7386]

It’s worth mentioning that the state’s population has doubled since that dam was built. There is no water shortage, but there’s a very severe shortage of water storage. We have only our government to blame.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

That's the same old tired claim that we have heard before. Blame the government! Blame the government! The truth here is that EVERYONE has some responsibility for what is going on. The population has continued to increase and people have the completely unrealistic expectations that more dams and reservoirs need to be built. The problem with that is that all of the choice locations for reservoirs have already been taken. And there is a continuing degradation of the environment because of the vast number of dams and reservoirs built throughout the west. Salmon populations have declined precipitously because of the dozens of dams along the west coast. Dams also retard the natural environment because of the dramatic decline in sediment blocked from flowing down stream. The bottom line here is that the environment across the west is degraded in part because of the tens of thousands of dams and reservoirs. Human beings are PART OF the environment and when we think we are separate from it like has happened then the environment deteriorates and so does the quality of life.

[@tylershelton7386]

@@michaeldeierhoi4096 The claim that’s old and tired is that the most populous state in the union is some kind of wildlife sanctuary. It is not a wilderness. It is a very densely populated modern economy in desperate need of new infrastructure. Pretending that some rusty culvert is part of some pristine and untouched “natural ecosystem” is beyond absurd. Every other state in the union manages to provide reliable and affordable public utilities for its citizens, while California fritters away billions on every imaginable boondoggle. Meanwhile, my lawn is dead. My utility bills are the highest in the nation, and still rising-water increasing 100% in one year. We shower once a week (with a bucket). It’s like living in a Third World country, except for the staggering cost of living. This is the government’s responsibility, and they have failed spectacularly.

[@user-ke9yk5qp3u]

Don't forget the wasteful almond farmers in the San Joaquin valley. Exporting almost 100% of their crop outside of the United States.

[@user-ke9yk5qp3u]

My dog can blame the government too! It's a lot harder to actually have knowledge and do some homework.

[@BlantonDelbert]

During the early 1970s, Joan Didion wrote a great essay about dams, reservoirs, and water in California.

[@califdad4]

Just drove up from near San Luis Obispo and the water moving towards the south that you can see from I-5 north is moving fast and plentiful, they should be happy

[@rcstl8815]

"atmospheric river" What a hoot to get a little shock value. It's been called drenching rain for centuries. AtRiv sounds so much biggerer. Like the Polar Vortex, a yearly happening forever. Now it just sounds colderer! lol

[@bcad4066]

And now a snowstorm is a "Bomb Cyclone".

[@POETCERA]

Although the term “atmospheric river” was only coined in 1994, the storms' impacts were felt well before then.

[@user-ke9yk5qp3u]

Pineapple Xpress before that

[@Gigi-xr3qs]

"'Nxxj'yu 'C'y'ula'chucks" before that.

[@submechanophobia768]

Often it gets overused by weather reporters up here in the North to over dramatize their presentation. A true "atmospheric river" is a sight to be hold and a little scary.

[@alexanderleach3365]

It's a miracle that Lake Orrville is filling up.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

What we need is better groundwater recharge.

[@user-qu4vs1em5m]

Concrete and.pavement have limited that forever. California's dirty little secret.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

@@user-qu4vs1em5m Some farmers are flooding their fields during storms to recharge their groundwater. There is more than one way to do it. And no, their farms are not covered in concrete.

[@Gigi-xr3qs]

They need to dig really big "reverse wells" if you will that can be opened when its raining and capped when it isn't. Just a long perforated shaft that goes down like 500 feet.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

@@Gigi-xr3qs That's one of several different ways to do groundwater recharge.

[@parkinggirl]

Nice

[@63bplumb]

Have space need more BUT spilling water? Doesn't make real sense.

[@TheSaturnV]

These idiots cannot seem to grasp how weather cycles over the decades. Every time a lake gets low they start looking for something to blame.

[@cvn6555]

The something they blame is always the same thing- middle-class humans and their desire to have nice lifestyles. The answers are always less comfort, less control over our lives, higher taxes, eating bugs and fake meat.

[@robman247]

Can’t complain that you don’t have water now

[@Fatdog-Dakind]

The study rain has given the Salmon Run's hope!

[@OntheHook55]

Yes it has….now, if only the DFG, DWR and Bureau of Reclamation would get on the same page, we would see improvenent

[@Bubbles99718]

Still looks 15 to 20 feet low. Am I missing something?

[@bfranco1519]

Yes, it can’t be kept full because more rainfall is still coming. Fill a glass of water to the top. Now add more water. See my point?

[@Bubbles99718]

@bfranco1519 The last 10 feet or more requires the most water as that's the widest point of the lake. Your pt would stand if they can't release it but they can. It would take a MASSIVE storm to fill up the last bit to the pt of running over, o e would think. Obviously they know what they are doing so I'm wrong, it just seems to be better to be near the limit vs experiencing a drought

[@Yesquire0]

@@Bubbles99718 They may or may not get a massive storm. The WILL get all the runoff from the spring snowmelt in the Sierras. The reservoir during the winter months is sustained at less than full capacity in anticipation of the snowpack melting.

[@dentalcare1]

They will screw it up. You can be sure of that.

[@TWOCOWS1]

What happened to fire and brimstone thing? Sky is not falling any more??

[@j.p.4199]

Apparently they moved out to Texas ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@someutubchannel69]

Build more reservoirs

[@papasquat355]

We prayed for rain and the rains came.

[@WatchDragon]

Can't wait for the mid summer "conserve water" and the water bill going up , even after all the rain

[@JB-fq9dp]

They will "accidently" release too much water........

[@j.p.4199]

California's agriculture uses about 40% of the state's total water, or 80% of all developed water. We'll always be net-negative because a few greedy jerks will grow water hungry crops like almonds, rice, pistachios, alfafa, etc.

[@kawythowy867]

I’ve seen out west in the great expanses. And the terrible smoke that’s out there. So sad. People 100 years ago before man -illiterate this planet must have been nice. Really nice. Every so often. Every so often you get a clear day….and you really appreciate it.

[@user-ke9yk5qp3u]

Actually we get clear days out here a lot! And it is still very very nice! Life is super good here in California! People love to put us down. Whatever. 🖕

[@rivenmotors7981]

Pump it back down into the underground water table

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Yes, that's called groundwater or aquifer recharge. It's very needed and we don't do nearly enough of it. Most water for irrigation comes from groundwater and it is running out.

[@philippesails4973]

Fill the underground water table, not the reservoirs!

[@addertooth1]

Don't worry, they will be crying about a "devastating Drought" in two months.

[@Fatdog-Dakind]

He has the orangest skin I think that I have ever seen, NOTE: "Theme done to Botany Bay Song" from Hateful Eight Movie! He smelled so bad it scared the cats into an awful scream, He often bragged he'd never serve or ever go to war, He said that he had bones of spurs a growing out his toes

[@CreamyBone]

the dude's drunk AF 🤣

[@Handleandgredle]

With la Niñas return hope we can keep the water levels up.

[@uhadme]

Water supply? How long does a reservoir last if there is no rain for a year or two? Aren't reservoirs designed to hold 10 years worth of water? I know, you oversold water rights to Nestle's or something? Why is Crystal Geyser bottling in Olancha, California? Right next to the lake they sucked dry in 1913 (Owens Lake)... Crystal Geyser only has 5 bottling plants.

[@jameswallace3963]

It's called "Re-naturalisation".. In Europe it started in the year 2000 under the Name "Natura 2000" Water conservation. Rivers got back their natural areas with flowoff areas flood areas marshlands. Kind of what all States must do to help natur return so that through theis ecology it will help humans. Water transfer can also help far away areas...so getting places that are hit regularly by summer drought will be green again .

[@garethleitner9547]

Were there any sharknados too?

[@71suns]

'BREAKING'...😮 rain increases water in reservoirs..🙄

[@Law19157]

The State needs to exercise Eminent Domain and restore Lake Tulare to meet California's water needs.

[@robertwalegir8677]

Do you need to do your homework? Oraville is not the largest lake Shasta is.

[@530MAIDU]

ORO…Spanish word for GOLD. 🤔

[@723skierbob]

Thank you!

[@leeo268]

The overflow is wasted. We need more reservoirs to handle the next drought years.

[@Wild_Western]

My kind of guy Purdy, but easy on the Coors when operating a motorboat, OK?

[@CSCharlesIV]

Every cloud has a silver lining.

[@tribuneoftheplebes7345]

The man said that climate change causes dynamic weather in a place that has always had dynamic weather so what’s the deal is it causing it or has it always happened

[@marcoenriquez1764]

That's a fake video from another year why u think they blur the letters and look at video it doesn't show the new emergency spillway the new one

[@hkkhgffh3613]

Wickid!

[@Jeffrulz]

0:40

[@bethanyhealy4989]

Yet we are still in a drought right?

[@user-cw2py6wh8l]

The drought is over. You can use as much water as you like.

[@straycat2253]

This is normal weather it’s always been up and down duh! Not global warming 😂😂 such a money grab ! But hey play if you want to

[@muckeyduck3472]

GRRRRRRRRR, every rain storm today is called a Atmospheric River. I'm nearly 70 and I never heard the term Atmospheric River before last year. It's a rain storm for goodness sake. Cold fronts are not Polar Vortexes. Quit over sensationalizing everything please.

[@sec9500]

Atmospheric rivers....ok weather guy, just report the facts. It was rain.

[@trull122]

Maybe global warming isn't so bad if it now rains in drought prone areas.

[@rickmiller1429]

Hell, I thought California needed the water.

[@NancynMark]

And y'all say it's climate change 😂😂😂😂 its The Milankovitch cycle The shape of Earth's orbit, known as eccentricity; The angle Earth's axis is tilted with respect to Earth's orbital plane, known as obliquity; and. The direction Earth's axis of rotation is pointed, known as precession and plays a major role in climate.

[@DMBall]

The plain fact is that neither the "scientific community" nor the media have the slightest idea of what the climate is going to do next.

[@jc2604]

Thank you, captain obvious.

[@myrrhavm]

Remember when it was called the Jet Stream?

[@jc2604]

No, because that's a different thing. Jeez.

[@myrrhavm]

@@jc2604 One and the same Einstein. Get educated.

[@JayTor2112]

Atmospheric rivers, rain bombs, and bomb cyclones OH MY!! All this new terminology designed to scare the weak minded into thinking this is new weather we've never had before.

[@therobertjconley]

😂😂😂Atmospheric Rivers😂😂😂 = good old fashioned rain. But that doesn’t keep folks fearful.

[@worstusername22]

Water is worth more than gold

[@trevormccarthy9019]

Ronald Reagan dedicating Oroville, probably the last time any real infrastructure was built in California.

[@mikechoi1577]

Free Water!

[@kf4293]

I love eating popcorn 🍿and watching California struggle. Except when all the CaliCommies move to my state and try to turn it into California. That sucks.

[@patriciamays8244]

Are you forgetting that most people in California are from the other 49 states including yours to begin with? Duh 😂😂

[@kf4293]

@patriciamays8244 Actually, originally they were from Mexico. Then, during the gold rush, they flooded there from populated places like the East. My state hardy had anyone in 1848. So don't blame us, clown lady. 🤡

[@donaldkasper8346]

They drained the reservoir to repair the spillway, then that winter it was poor rain. This became the climate change drought portending doom. Before they drained the lake, it was damaged by huge rains that previous winter.

[@HKspurs10]

6 months later: california enters drought

[@user-gj7oq1el7w]

How about no lawns to water, save it for real use

[@patriciamays8244]

I know for a fact that most people removed the grass turf if they had it beginning in the 1990's as well as removed gorgeous strong trees, eucalyptus redwood pines oak walnut because they weren't part of the so called natural fauna. Those trees roots held lots of water and ground together and many were over 80 to 100 years old. I seriously doubt removing them benefitted anyone. It left ugly stretches of dirt paved roads, dry patches full of weeds to burn.

[@deadcarz4926]

Now stop watering the freeways.

[@user-lh9oq5uc5m]

The one thousand years statewide drought no more

[@toothlessseer3153]

00:10 Oroville dam is *NOT* the largest dam in California. _(Can't you even read a chart???)_

[@withvinayak]

Then which one is it?? Did you know that Google search is free!

[@koyamamoto5933]

Oroville is the tallest dam which does not contain the largest "reservoir" (which would be Shasta). I have no idea which dam is heaviest or longest. Kinda meaningless throwaway comment by the reporter.

[@toothlessseer3153]

@@withvinayak Speaking to yourself?

[@brutemegahunk3895]

So let’s finally admit it, “climate change” is political.

[@philiphorner31]

It's nothing new there. NOTHING

[@PabloRodriguez-xj1yk]

Drought 😂

[@bengonzales1182]

Don't be fooled, they're saving all that water for the rich.

[@bb-fe9ur]

Last year they didn't let it fill past 90%.. poor management, but it's California they manage nothing well

[@cvn6555]

Are we going to blame this increase in water levels on SUVs and farting cows like every decrease in water levels is? Is climate change once again the culprit? What will be the next breathless report be focusing on to keep the grift going?

[@user-td1fi6vu2t]

Drain the millions of swimming pools those spoiled entitled people feel that they must have and the lakes would have plenty of water for drinking, laundry and crops. They water the high DESERT to grow crops and can't figure out where the water goes.

[@tomg8673]

Close Salmon season again? Bullshite

[@user-dx4jg2pr9m]

Great. Now stop complaining.

[@barryshaw5660]

Didn’t Californians laugh when Texans were freezing

[@dpharr100]

It's a miracle. The Climate change monster has been killed So much for the 500 year drought We're all saved

[@user-qr7ee2cp4y]

Everything 's great Californians... turn those sprinklers back on

[@tomg8673]

Plus let all the water out Into the ocean Genius!

[@Mrbfgray]

You prefer your own home underwater? (literally, not that bad 3rd mortgage you took out, HA!) Where would YOU put it?

[@saramae9878]

Well...I mean yes? 1st, it's necessary to let some go so that salt water doesn't move inland. 2nd, these reservoirs play a role in flood control. So yes, it really is "genius", people far smarter than either of us have decided these policies to best make use of the water we get and keep communities and rivers safe.

[@DavidKing-vb9ux]

Wait a minute I thought global climate change was going to run you guys out of water now you got more water you know what to do with! You know what we call the rest of country weather imagine that!

[@heychiyu1]

Climate change? What, climate change?

[@dang2443]

That made ZERO sense

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

It's a four minute video. What do you expect??

[@heychiyu1]

You guys realize I was being sarcastic, right?

[@dang2443]

@@heychiyu1 How could anyone know that by what you wrote?

[@ricbates2607]

Climate change/weather…if you don’t like it today, just wait a couple days, it will change.

[@seangreene64]

Atmospheric rivers. What load of shit 💩.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

There's an old saying that it's best not to criticize what you don't understand.

[@bfranco1519]

Stop calling it an atmospheric river FFS!!

[@terencem8795]

Gavin Newsom is a garden hose.

[@530MAIDU]

Orvull 🙇🏻‍♀️ …NO, ORO “Gold” Ville “City”. Gold City in Spanish. Please leave our waters alone in N. California!! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@ottertubetv9356]

Climate change

[@Geezerelli]

Lots of global warming 😂

[@MAGAVengeance-lj2wl]

🙄

[@sammywhammy5728]

Gloval wa.ring

[@marcoenriquez1764]

That's a fake video from another year why u think they blur the letters and look at video it doesn't show the new emergency spillway the new one

[@marcoenriquez1764]

That's a fake video from another year why u think they blur the letters and look at video it doesn't show the new emergency spillway the new one

[@marcoenriquez1764]

That's a fake video from another year why u think they blur the letters and look at video it doesn't show the new emergency spillway the new one