Shasta Lake nearly full following remarkable rainy season

[@johngilmer6782]

I am in Arkansas and this is video is what I have been searching for. Very well produced and informative. Congrats to all the Californians who needed this so bad.

[@tmh44]

Thanks for this and hoping all is well with you in AR!

[@Anon54387]

The problem is that, despite overwhelming support by Californians, the state hasn't followed through on building more storage for all this water. It's worth noting that just last summer all the climate experts were saying we'd never have significant precipitation in the Sierra Nevada ever again.

[@bt.c.1829]

Stunning to see Lake Shasta so full! 🎣🐟🐠🐡

[@briane173]

I'm missing out, I have GOT to get down to CA and go up and down the state and just take in all this water. When I grew up there Owens Lake was nothing but a dusty playa. I've never seen it with water in it. I've gotta go see that. Gotta go see Mt Shasta covered; the last few times I've made that drive there was nothing there but a couple spotty glaciers that probably didn't add up to 100 acres total. Now it looks like a snow cone. Last time I drove over Shasta Lake I was incredulous over the LACK of water. It looks _amazing_ now.

[@Shastavalleyoutdoorsman]

You guys know the fishing is better when waters low right?

[@Shastavalleyoutdoorsman]

@@TheDogGoesWoof69 Why wouldn't you be? TF Does this have to do with donald trump?

[@bt.c.1829]

@@Shastavalleyoutdoorsman Did you see what they're planting?🐡🐠🐟

[@Shastavalleyoutdoorsman]

@@bt.c.1829 I'm sure they're planting the same things they always plant. My point is when there's less water fish are grouped up tighter. It's basic.

[@robertlee3778]

I remember watching the video back in late October of last year, and I said to myself, "that man sure has faith that the lake will fill up". sure enough, his faith redeemed him! 🙏Amazing!

[@M1General]

Awesome

[@reflectionOfLyf]

Same here. 🙏🏽

[@DrJohnnyJ]

Right. And God had nothing to do with the drought, just the blessing. I want God's lawyer.

[@Rhaspun]

I was expecting two consecutive years of very good storms. That's how it happen a few years ago.

[@jinjitsu4350]

I was there in October when it was 30% full. Didn’t realize at the time it was the states biggest reservoir.

[@RavenwolfFoxtrack]

As a truck driver, I've crossed over Shasta lake countless times. Watched it get lower over time It's great to see such a rebound. My concern is about california government wasting our water and our need to refill the aquifers along with the reservoirs.

[@margo3367]

Definitely. Our farmers need that backup.

[@Rhaspun]

The larger reservoirs are controlled by the federal Bureau of Reclamation and to a smaller extent the Army Corp of Engineers. Your prejudice against California is showing.

[@weakgang2208]

@@RhaspunYou’re right. That water is then allocated to California who wastes it.

[@Anon54387]

@@Rhaspun California government is a wasteful, nonsensical debacle to the core.

[@Rio-by1eh]

@@weakgang2208curious how it wasted, is it wasted because of farmers , or is it golf courses , I’m just trying to understand the water issues as I’m fro east cost , and I only hear about it in general terms . I know public water, for example is being grabbed by private then companies who then triple the cost of water to the Pennsylvania residents , it’s a land and water grab by for profit companies. Also I hear in Michigan Poland spring owned by Nestle, is paying only like $500 per year to the localities and the bottle that water at huge profits , while local people get left dry… I’m mostly concerned by privatization of our water sources , but waste I’d def unforgivable…agreed

[@christhebuilder3752]

I remember watching that interview last year. Really happy to see the follow up!

[@ananda_miaoyin]

Above the American River...I have never seen California so gorgeous. Good times!

[@LionheartedDan]

Trinity lake has been releasing significant amounts of water. Here are stats from April 2023: Inflow computed. 274,653 acre-feet Hydro power release 106,986 acre-feet Outlet release. 186,171 acre-feet Storage change. (-) 20,300 acre-feet There have been repairs to the dam outlet structure underway according to the USBR website although those repairs were supposed to be completed by early April. Many unanswered questions remain.

[@cnsgains5506]

Yeah they dropped the lake level by about 8 feet when the river was very high. Claiming that they needed to make repairs. Seems that repairs should have been made when the lake level was lowest not right when we're getting the most inflow. How convenient right.

[@airops423]

This is good local reporting, thank you

[@echohunter4199]

Wow! I grew up in Dunsmuir and Shasta City in the 70’s and I’ve seen it that full once! The winter of 73-74 was insane, we got 3 feet of snow overnight one storm!

[@crystalbluebutterfly]

That’s awesome to hear what it was like the winter I was born! December of 1973! ✨🙏🏼✨

[@susannawebb2552]

In 76 waterskiing and jet skis and fly fishing in the back .btw boat ride in is simply amazing.breathtaking .incredible colors just beautiful. Def best part of Shasta. The lake itself is nice but this is spectacular Btw my dad retired from bureau of reclamation central valley project Worked up in Shasta area and weed. He worked all over the place. I pretty much grew up in a boat on a lake and around fish hatchery s and hydr0 electrical res. Dams . Ok my dad's one those dam inspectors. Ya shata was alwTs pretty full but in 2017 I went out to Oregon so went over that bridge and seemed like it was way high above the water. Your video shows it the way I remember it. Gorgeous lake

[@drscopeify]

I drive on i5 every few months and it was crazy to see the water level so low, you had to see it in person it's crazy such a big lake and water so low but last 2 times I saw it rise up and the last time was like 10 feet away from the top was just amazing to see in such short time.

[@mayolasbones6831]

Nice story great to see most of the Lakes full. Thank you

[@skyworks1621]

Amazing change, greetings from Europe.

[@SaneAfrikan]

Nice to see Wilson in the Newsroom. He's always in the filed, love his reporting style!

[@dsudikoff]

The fact that one good winter can bring the lake from historic lows to full means that California has not built enough reservoir capacity. Time California gets real and stops wasting money on the non-essentials and pays attention to the essentials, such as WATER AND POWER

[@northerncoloradotransparen1454]

hopefully people will begin to realize how important the water is to our future. This is temporary and conservation is needed.

[@thomassmith4467]

That’s exactly what crossed my mind. California needs to enact tier 2b cuts, they supposed to, but never did. It’s all ridiculous isn’t it? How can we be so corrupt and stupid.

[@WCghost05]

Not really

[@susannawebb2552]

Well maintenance is a key factor. Most built in60's and 70's and most of the project builders and designers and I Spector's have either retired or have passed on.and the economy since the 80' s well u know recession and other factors budget cuts or people vote no to of raise taxes to pay for such things Sorry news flash we need these projects In place and working or we die.. So vote yes for lottery for schools and yes on tribal gambling casinos/gaming.. Ya that's more important Right. Well if your kid drowns dont cry to the government because they did. Nothing Yes they built it....proved it works....but you won't help pay to maintain it or the workers salaries.... Giant holes you can put two fists into at bottom of a dam prob should be repaired .right away correct??? Well my dad retired some25 yrs ago and new Malone's res was looking like that but with more than one of those holes They say budgeting get back to us later try to shore if up Omg. I still dont think they filled his job position after he retired. Job freezes due to economy etc etc Shout-out to you voters. Has anyone seen evan oh mighty. Ya flood. Good thing fed used reinforced rebarb as added protection no shortcuts. State dams dirt and gravel on volcano ground ...cheaper but ??safer??? Oroville example.... No time to run.if damn breaks be very bad. Build your ark Looks like we will need it. I wonder how much wood would cost from home Depot to build an ark probably way more than what those taxes would have cost you if you voted yes on maintenance slowly taking out of each check a little bit would it have killed you probably not but then when the dam's don't work or the pump still work and it's a heavy rain season or snow melt that's probably going to you and your family and your neighbor's exedra exedra. Next time you get a chance to vote Yes you just might want to vote Yes stay out of the casinos that are save your money pay for the dams and the inspector and workers wages it's well worth it's worth a long life you're going to going to be living that a flood disaster coming your way.

[@francinecorry633]

While attending Shasta JC in 77/79 during a drought, we watched the lake fill in just one winter as well.

[@andrewjacobs4832]

It is so beautiful when it is full.

[@adriaanboogaard8571]

Great Story . I'm interested in learning from the situation. I'm looking forward to learning about Trinaty Lake. I work for a large Water Utility in Utah but I'm a California native.

[@tomscott3939]

good to see the lake full!!

[@bubbafrie9001]

In the northeast we almost had a bunch of wildfires because we got no rain in april then all of a sudden 7 days of rain. We're good now

[@lt4rocious400]

So good to see that..its my favorite lake

[@williamgrimberg2510]

Seen the Shasta full in the sixties when our family vacationed there several times for two to three weeks at a time . When they draw the water out it dropped down a foot a day . Probably faster now since the population has more than doubled. It is a beautiful lake .

[@thummie6372]

Water: The elixir of life; the gift of nature. Water is beautiful.

[@johnwilson6271]

Good job on Balancing the lake!!

[@davidstock2713]

Was there August/2007, water level dropped approx 2'ft over night. House boat had to be pulled out from bottoming out shoreline nearly daily. Bridge bay service would come out within 30-45 minutes, to help.

[@greghughes6314]

THANK YOU LORD

[@Tk-iz2ws]

Houseboating on the lake in the 80's. Trout over 20" long. Try it you"ll like it !

[@BrianLockett]

Glad for them. Wish more drought-affected regions would see similar success someday.

[@hrvstmusic]

This makes me happy to see. When I left Shasta County the lake was in rough shape.

[@sclogse1]

Very nice piece on this.

[@mikethomas7138]

how amazing it would have been if there was a daily photo, a time lapse of the filling of shasta lake

[@MrKentaroMotoPI]

What a sight 😲

[@videomax702]

Love how they used lake mead for the image.

[@remodelingbaycitymi4505]

They told us (just like last time) it would take YEARS of "above average rainfall" to refill the lake. Took what? 4 months?

[@johngilmer6782]

It is good news. So tired of hearing about " the sky is falling" crowd.

[@raopsepol]

Pretty sure you heard the wrong lake. for Mead and Powell, it is.

[@seththomas9105]

Your right. Just go back to abusing water In California like you always have. I mean, the last winter with this much snow was 51/52 so hell maybe by 2093 you’ll have another good winter to fill everything up. SMFH.

[@Paiadakine]

@@davidboyd1745 never heard an expert in October 2022 forecast the rain we had winter 22-23.

[@MikeZMonroe]

@@johngilmer6782 Your are damn right!!!

[@VNtheOnly]

Beautiful

[@simshengvue4642]

Could have built those reservoirs they made plans for in the 50s to account for 40 million people in these last years of drought. Still only enough for 20 million people

[@Shastavalleyoutdoorsman]

You know they're yanking reservoirs out in northern california right? Is copco and iron gate hydro electric dams are going bye bye. Amidst water shortages and rolling blackouts... But the indians will have more fish to sell😂

[@cg00000]

Wonderful news!!

[@esteigh]

The news I needed 😊

[@billm4544]

The “experts” last year said it would take 10 years of above average rain/snow to refill CA water… hahahahaha the experts are just as clueless about EVs and climate change.

[@stevejette2329]

The 200% of average snow pack in the Sierras is great BUT depends on the rapidity of spring temperature rise. Too fast and flooding, mudslides in burn areas, runoff instead of sink-in occur. But don't worry. I am working on it.

[@strikerone6991]

Love fishing and camping at Shasta

[@drakekennedy2353]

The knarly thing is, next winter if we receive similar to the same amount of storms during an ENSO there will be the same amount of rainfall or more if there’s many atmospheric rivers. Less lower elevation mountain snow though. What’s the plan for next seasons rain fall? Along with mountain thunderstorms too

[@will7its]

Dont worry. They know all about next seasons thunderstorms.....lol

[@susannawebb2552]

Yes and my word to the public has show me the money you all need to vote Yes but your money where your mouth is or don't b****of deal with your consequences it's up to you.

[@rickw9169]

Nearly full? Try IT IS FULL. At 3 feet from max capacity and tons of unmelted snow upstream, Shasta is possibly the fullest and will remain, for a longer time, the fullest it has been in decades.

[@rubiconklbrutorowman7577]

Yes indeed fantastic news for sure!

[@nonmihiseddeo4181]

Praise God. All glory to Him for His creation.

[@uwantsun]

How many times in the last 12 years have I seen Shasta full in February only to see it drained out to the ocean by July? Four I personally know of.

[@rayd408]

Years of the lake dwindling and in 3 months of storms filled up most lakes!

[@Agent-cu5pv]

Water level is back to normal, but our water bill has not gone back to normal.....lol. Everyone is still paying the drought rate hike prices.

[@malin7919]

May be news media should start questioning why the rate is still high?

[@rooteddwellings]

I was wondering? I live in Oklahoma so we don't have too many water cost issues. I thought "how are Cali residents doing, are they using water like crazy?"

[@MikeZMonroe]

Climate change fear mongers needed a reason to raise water bills. Your right will never decrease the water bill

[@MikeZMonroe]

@@malin7919 Damn good point but you know that will never happen. Anything contrary to scaring the $hit out of the general public regarding climate change.

[@susannawebb2552]

Well if you keep voting no or funding for water resources needs then they got to get the money another way You want expensive projects but want no taxes to fund. You want cheaper bills and to pay no taxes. Who paying for projects maintenance and pay checks Hello.the elves don't build dams only toys ....

[@thegatesofdawn...1386]

Happy day!

[@psfca]

Finally some good news for a change...now let's pray the Warriors win this year's championship 😊

[@Hyakman5408]

Its good to see the water levels are doing well, but one winter's abundance doesnt guarantee an end to a years-long drought.

[@haven_lady675]

This guy is the most patient

[@SAHtoshiDude]

Hope that water lasts, can’t imagine being somewhere where the water was disappearing like that

[@rockymini625]

Great news!

[@goochi5544]

What a blessing

[@Loveexpressionmachine]

Thank god

[@jtmac9084]

Hallelujah 🙏🙏🙏

[@bluelava4282]

Beautiful 🐠 fishing 🎣 yeah

[@Houston123ABC]

Maybe build a couple more reservoirs.

[@sharonevans1257]

Thank you Jesus 😌

[@velociraptorblue866]

Nature* Not Jesus. Stop putting god on everything

[@sebastianwrites]

Personally, I think California and the West of America has been "incredibly" lucky! The Tonga volcano erupting seems to have cooled much of the Southern Hemisphere considerably. The Southern oceans are much cooler than expected and I think this is in part the result. So, if it had not been for Tonga... what I'm trying to say is Harold and all of us have been fortunate, and we must not be complacent.

[@velociraptorblue866]

?? I thought tonga warmed the planet instead of cooling it atleast from the sources im getting

[@sebastianwrites]

@@velociraptorblue866 Tonga "definitely" cooled the planet... volcanoes, super-eruptions have kicked the world into another ice age in the past!

[@jen43072]

@@velociraptorblue866 Ash and debris in the atmosphere block and reflect a small percentage of sunlight, cooling the areas where the debris is blown. Greenhouse gases are also spilled into the air by a volcano, but are probably dispersed more broadly and their effects would be less pronounced in the same area. This is all a guess on my part. Would love a climate scientist to confirm or correct.

[@2-1inffwa97]

@@jen43072 thought it was mainly water vapor with minor amounts of ash/ particles ??

[@jen43072]

@@2-1inffwa97 That may be; I couldn't say for certain with my limited knowledge.

[@nzt_videos4271]

The question I have is how long at normal use will it take to empty it out again, especially if the summer proves dry again ? There does not appear to be a happy median any longer... it seems to be from extreme high to extreme low with all these lakes / reservoirs now... I would say much more careful management would be helpful from now on.

[@thachnnguyen]

Did we miss a chance to enlarge (dig deeper) these reservoirs when they were really low?

[@raopsepol]

Depending on the law, and resistance from environmentalist c*ck blockers. Is not about opportunity to dig deeper, but any reservoir suffer the reduction of storage capacity due to buildup sediment over time. They should at least dredge the sediment out if they haven't.

[@dan8910100]

natural cycle. hot - cold, dry - wet. the way its always been.

[@db-rc5fr]

🤫

[@miamivicefanatic9736]

I'll bet someone was secretly draining Trinity Reservoir.

[@terrancestodolka4829]

The great gift of rain and show...this year2022-2023.

[@Landis_Grant]

snow not show

[@thebluehotel426]

Wonderful news

[@Jsh465]

Fill Trinity!!

[@kindnuguz]

Personally think better management and possibly more reservoirs to keep up with the population. I mean how come the lake got down to 30% when 2020? or 2019 was a huge year as well. So it barely can keep up with one season of water usage from the population? yeah then there should be more capacity because there should be at least 3-5 years worth of water stored because we can't expect every year to be the same.

[@cnsgains5506]

I agree. We have plenty of resources but the management of those resources is criminal to say the least.

[@susannawebb2552]

Ya need money. You wanted and voted for school maintenance instead. Actually you need both so dig deep into your pockets. You turnups No more excuses .f...the economy it just needs money and no one wants to pay . Don't wait until it's too late. Won't be a pretty picture

[@susannawebb2552]

​@@cnsgains5506 your the criminal say yes to funding Pay the taxes. NO matter what it takes.. Projects need funding and the more funding to maintain it all so it lasts longer. You all only vote to build but not a thing else Do your part vote and pay for all of vote for nothing and deal with your own flood problems Idiots😮

[@aprilsmith3683]

Wow... Ask a local... They have the knowledge... Fantastic... A good story... 🇿🇦

[@donaldhalvorsen4135]

The faith comes from all of the Christian’s praying to God for rain.

[@Indomitablespirit108]

St. GERMAIN! THANKS

[@slv8535]

It's good the reservoirs are full or nearly so, but it hasn't been such a good winter for folks whose houses were flooded.

[@briane173]

There IS quite a bit of suffering when that amount of water comes all at once. There'll be some jobs lost down in the San Joaquin Valley and quite a bit of crop loss, so it's also gonna raise food prices for awhile. On balance, though, this was needed SO badly. If they can keep these reservoirs at decent levels as long as possible and give aquifers a chance to recharge, CA can dodge a bullet for another decade or so.

[@cmek1989]

Why are we Californians shocked at the rain this year? Surely all the 100-year climate models have predicted this major event...right?

[@northwestlife_9]

Hey kids, here's a word they don't teach in schools: CYCLICAL. It was used WAAAAAAY back in the early 90s after a drought in the late 80s, followed by a few years of flooding.

[@simonmathew6309]

More canals, lakes and reservoirs need to be constructed to contain the Atmospheric rivers and their waters within the continental United states so that water scarcity can be resolved.

[@ytzpilot]

Or more people can leave the south and repopulate places like the Great Lakes were water is plentiful, many Great Lake cities have declining populations for decades now people abandoned it to live in unsustainable regions instead

[@seththomas9105]

Exactly. It’s amazing how many people don’t have any clue how it wasn’t until A/C became common in new homes in the 1950’s that people started moving into the desert southwest. Anywhere south of Kansas can be a sweltering hellhole in the summer, and extreme temperatures can and do happen on the plains and into the Midwest all the way to the Canadian border. A/C was probably the biggest factor in demographic change in the US post War.

[@oldtimefarmboy617]

People forget that this is what all of these reservoirs where built for. They were not built for the purpose of eternally nearly full lakes. They were built for the purpose of getting through the periodic droughts that everybody who actually pays attention to history knew would eventually happen. And the reservoirs have done exactly the job that they were built to do. Store and provide water when it is plentiful and provide water for the years when it is not.

[@SajidKhan-su7ty]

Hy I meet you

[@rayerickson7614]

I am the RainMaker. Enjoy.

[@kenhurley4441]

In the olden days,,,, when you'd go to a filling station you'd say to the attendant "fill'er - up" please. Well someone at Lake Shasta said that last January! What a premium!

[@davidclark9086]

This is great news.

[@tonitomei6323]

if they quite draining the lake for no reason, it would stay full. Trinity Lake is a snow lake; it doesn't fill till the spring.

[@markfcoble]

Weather cycles?! No kidding? News readers seem disappointed in this fact.

[@Matthew-uy6lc]

Have faith in Christ.

[@velociraptorblue866]

No, Stop putting your religious Indoctrination on other people, this is nature not god. Not everyone believes in magic cartoon invisable man.

[@tonics7121]

God is good.

[@robnowe5464]

Responsible mgmt would have the ability to fill all the lakes from other lakes.... if they can pump water over the Tehachapi Mtns in the south into the LA basin, they could pump excess water into Trinity. They also should not be lowering Trinity... have they been? JMO and I don't know about the "complexities" the bureau is citing. Maybe they should lay them on here or in an interview with CBS?

[@MrKentaroMotoPI]

Yeah 🧐

[@johnr5252]

Some decent before and after pictures would be nice.

[@tzetzat]

How long is the water expected to remain at healthy levels? Assuming no more rain the rest of this calendar year.

[@jacoblahr]

The ol man knows his shit!

[@dennisolive4741]

Ya you are right it is so great the lake is full again,and you talk how good it is for peoples businesses, but what about the Salmon? Can they get to their traditional spawning grounds? Ya you get water for electricity and for farms down below, but what about the Salmon? Please explain this to us without lying.

[@TM-eo8eb]

It is full!

[@robertiddings4697]

Over the last 5 weeks, EBMUD has drained about 8to9 feet of water off Lake Camanche in Amador Co. Almost back to its lowest point over the past 18months. Go have a look. I've got pics with the water & current pics now.

[@susannawebb2552]

Oh sounds like lake camanche Reservoir Is doing what the reservoir was made for. To assist the calif lakes with. Capacity and Flow and tomake systems with controlled means so to help regulators oversee and get better control of holding and storage and control to move water where and if need be. For flood safety. For farmers ,for safe drinking water and for you recreational wants. We have had projects to be added to the system and it start the project and then halfway through they said there's not enough funding and blah blah blah sell the land to expensive fancy housing advertising beautiful sights and then they scrubbed the project cuz not enough funding so these rich people are looking at empty holes up in Sacramento they even built the dam first but never filled in the water stop blaming the government there waiting for you to give him some money so you can do what they're made to do squabbling over but yes next time government wants to do a damn or even do maintenance on those vote yes.... Yes storms are going to get worse is Lexie going to be full when putting pressure on the dams are in place now which need maintenance are they also need more reservoirs and to take the pressure off these older systems that clearly need nothing's made to last forever unless you keep it maintained and replace old parts or fix broken areas if you don't do such things it will fail. But if you maintain them their last the last a really long time at least through your lifetime maybe your children's lifetimes that's a lot of lives saved

[@barty8980]

You do realize that as snowmelt happens through the summer, there will be a lot of water flowing into this lake/reservoir which will slowly or quickly refill it again, and outflows will be managed to balance that out. A reservoir that is almost full can’t absorb extra flow without catastrophic emergency release needed so drawing it down gives the reservoir and its dam some breathing room to do its job, namely reduce excessive flows and moderate that all along the reservoir and river systems. This one reservoir is only one checkpoint for water flow and water storage in the entire California water management system. You have to see the bigger picture of how all of this extra water is to be managed and used most efficiently.

[@GizaDog]

wow... finally media is reporting good news

[@jumpingsloth3963]

Spotted trout? I havent seen spotte bass. They travel upstream?

[@Shastavalleyoutdoorsman]

Now how about shasta county doesn't drain it off so they can say there's a midsummer drought?

[@Mikenorma]

How long will this water last though? Hopefully this water stays in the Lake for awhile.

[@deadtome44]

depends on how much it rains/snows in the coming years.

[@peterflynn2111]

Rain nowhere near done with California yet .El Nino means cool and very wet summer ahead.while here in Australia a dry year after sucessive La Nina`s

[@malin7919]

Does it mean we can afford 3 years of drought after this season? :)

[@seththomas9105]

Well you would think so reading some of the comments here. 🙄

[@nchcroy3877]

Does a "good year" mean exhausting supplies or will they take care with the resources knowing how low the lake can get?

[@susannawebb2552]

Taxes must pay in to be able to benefit Being cheap and will not get this job done. And not paying for the maintenance of course you're going to have problems and with a damn breaking it could be very serious problems. Do you people not understand this I don't get it

[@jewelsquinlan333]

Praise God 🎉

[@adamhenry5791]

The experts have always claimed there’s no way to fill our reservoirs in one season… Well here you go experts

[@xsu-is7vq]

it doesn’t fill the aquifers that were depleted during drought.

[@adamhenry5791]

@@xsu-is7vq guess we wouldn’t know since that hasn’t been updated since 2020