West Coast drought reveals surprises beneath Lake Mead

The drought emergency in the west stretches beyond California. The water level in Nevada's Lake Mead is at a record low of about 37 percent. John Blackstone reports on how the nation's largest man-made reservoir is now bursting with surprises for history buffs.

[@1Wiseman001]

If anyone is wondering it lowered now than it was five years ago when this video was made. The rainfall keeps decreasing and the demand for water keeps increasing. It's almost as if people weren't meant to build huge cities will millions of inhabitants in the middle of a dessert.

[@HaroldLloyd69]

The Hoover Dam required a spillway be added in 1983 because of the high water level. The cities were supported well up until mass migration.

[@MrJD0116]

Let's just gloss over the fact that the secret mission he was talking about is flying nuclear bomb parts and pieces and there is numerous bombs of all sorts from bombing tests. Leave it to fake news not to discredit their masters

[@travisminneapolis]

@@HaroldLloyd69 migration to the dessert?

[@HaroldLloyd69]

@@travisminneapolis You do realize that the Hoover Dam serves electricity to areas where people live, right? So be it desert or not (keep in mind electricity can be sent over things called power lines), the dam generates power for millions of people all over the southwest US.

[@patriciaikeda2608]

I live in Las Vegas and yes there is mass migration here.

[@smokert5555]

How were these "surprises"? "Oh look, the town we knew was here when we flooded the valley is still here!"

[@immathug]

Shut up Meg.

[@smokert5555]

immathug The perfect response from someone who can't answer the question.

[@immathug]

Says the person who asked the question and doesn't realize not everybody knows the history of Lake Mead..... Got anything else to say?

[@Sunokanse]

immathug Oh my, this is so surprising.

[@gidgetnsweetpealacarter9797]

immathug me being one of them! Thanks😊

[@relevantinformation6655]

Pretty soon you’ll be able to walk across the entire lake… without it being a miracle…

[@_mjb]

this was in 2015 bro

[@brickbreaker9581]

Probably can’t even get your ankles wet out there now.

[@robertstack2144]

The Air Force may use the dry lake bed for emergency landings.

[@relevantinformation6655]

@@robertstack2144 🤣👍

[@Jacaerys1]

@@_mjb it’s lower now.

[@peaceunreal4051]

Dang fallout new vegas remastered looking real good

[@dapplewhiterabbit9986]

@@FishbedFive yeah

[@NightRunner417]

The graphics are amazing but the NPCs are still useless idiots.

[@fobbitoperator3620]

@@NightRunner417 They should have let Sunny Smiles lead this news brief...

[@cornonthekobi]

@@fobbitoperator3620 nah, Mr New Vegas

[@fobbitoperator3620]

@@cornonthekobi I think so, brah...

[@Jack_Torrance.]

"West Coast drought." It is a desert. It has always been a desert. Deserts are arid. Too many people are using the artificial water reservoir. This is returning the desert back to what it was. Nature always wins.

[@jeepcollector91]

And Death Valley once had a huge lake.

[@graciegoldthelab2858]

Indrid Cold agreed! California is and always will be a desert!!

[@Battleborn357]

+Indrid Cold The drought of Lake Mead isn't because of the arid desert. Lake Mead is part of the flow from the Colorado River. Lack of snowfall and rain in and around the Rockies that deposits into this flow over the last 15 years has made it shallow.

[@MarbleDemo]

The headline could be 'The dam desert project is surprising dry.'

[@robinsss]

Nevada should build a pipeline from the Pacific ocean and pipe water in

[@redcompanyINC]

I was kind of expecting them to find Mirelurks or something

[@universe2170]

redcompanyINC ?

[@saigonfrontiers8617]

oh yeah yeah it’s from fallout new Vegas

[@markchristiansantiago8620]

In this case it's Lakelurks

[@notsure6187]

I was surprised to hear there's actually a b29 in lake mead.

[@the_road__warrior6185]

RedCompany YGO Lake Meade drops another 20 ft & then a mirelurk queen spawns.

[@SullenJones]

No matter if this was recorded 5 years ago, this strikes me as a stunning disconnect from reality at the time by the narrator, tour guides, and the in-studio on air talent. Since 2000, Lake Mead has dropped by 130 feet (roughly 43 meters). Is this an emergency? What's causing the drop? Was creating Lake Mead a good option and for whom? What risks are there if the Lake continues to diminish at this pace or faster? What have we learned about mega dams since the opening of the Hoover Dam?

[@gregnixon1296]

You are describing a PBS story, not CBS.

[@jamessmith9622]

The weather is being manipulated to cause this to effect farming, water supplies and livestock. Ultimate goal cause enough distress to speed up depopulation.

[@cainster]

@@jamessmith9622 Does your head itch with that tin foil hat on it?

[@jamessmith9622]

@@cainster you'll see brother. God bless. I promise there will come a time you'll eat every single letter of the words you used to mock people like me. But someone like you can't accept the truth, so you'll be so blown away you won't be able to live with it and who knows what you'll do. My suggestion is get right with Jesus and submit to him with obedience, for this is not a coincidence :) +

[@danskehans]

@@jamessmith9622 Eh? Manipulated by who? Speed up depopulation? Where do you get those thoughts from?

[@mastercreamer1398]

When do they start finding the skeletons from all the dumped bodies

[@petercheese7202]

The mob took them up to Tahoe

[@MrMattmun]

Bricks with chains attached. 😳

[@SwedishMeatball972]

@@petercheese7202 Tahoe's low, too.

[@mastercreamer1398]

@@MrMattmun ole pair of concrete shoes lol

[@Quickened1]

It'll be a new tourist attraction!

[@badlandskid]

As a child I had nightmares that California would have an earthquake and slide into the ocean. Now I have nightmares that it won't.

[@TheMrZ007]

badlandskid You're nightmares as a kid are scientifically well overdue. The chances of severely catastrophic EQ of an 8.0 or higher along the San Andreas fault has been raised to 7% in the next decade. An EQ of even a 7.0 or above on the San Andreas is due by over 100yrs now. It's literally just a matter of when a huge chunk of either Northern or Southern CA gets destroyed in an EQ of a monumental scale.

[@badlandskid]

TheMrZ007 For sure. The New Madrid Fault also is considered to be over due for a big one. My former comment was tongue in cheek.

[@robertbrown6933]

If you have never seen idiocracy, watch it. That's California

[@travisbull2152]

badlandskid nope it will be hit by a great tsunami

[@robertbrown6933]

william dohn couldn't hurt to try

[@TheBushdoctor68]

Oh look, the low water levels reveal the buildings that we flooded. Who could've guessed that. What a surprise.

[@angrygnome4779]

Surprise!!! There’s a desert under that man made lake.

[@nancyranft4801]

Yep, there's one under LA and most of southern California, too. FYI, grass is not a native desert dweller, lol. Here in Vegas they've finally made it Law that ALL non-residential grass MUST be eliminated. The casinos should be able to afford it. People are gonna howl when they make it residential, too! I guess they prefer to die of thirst while they keep their lawns nice and green!

[@DoubleOhSilver]

@@nancyranft4801 there's such thing as grass native to deserts, but it looks yellow, dry, and dead throughout most of the year but turns yellow-green after some rain

[@nancyranft4801]

@@DoubleOhSilver Ah, I wasn't aware. Thanx for the info. I'm sure you know I was referring to the lush lawns seen throughout our fair city but I appreciate your correction. I do prefer my statements be right, lol.

[@DoubleOhSilver]

@@nancyranft4801 yeah for sure, just felt like sharing some "fun" facts :p

[@xmo552]

@@nancyranft4801 Las Vegas can't have green lawn grass?

[@alepepperoni2563]

Theres an actual bomber down there lol Fallout new vegas got a lot lore right

[@ppmghee211]

Fr tho

[@lasagnasux4934]

I was about to say, who put that bomber back there? I know i took it out years ago for the boomers.

[@formetopoopon2057]

A metal detectors paradise...........

[@ginsuma1402]

+ForMeTo PoopOn Shhhhh....You dont go spreading that online. I bet only 1% of people who saw this had that though...now you're plantin that seed for everyone.

[@nunyabusiness8780]

Ginsuma... It is againt the law on federal land,I know, I've been doing it for years.

[@ginsuma1402]

NUNYA BUSINESS not if you go there late at night . I found an old news paper with an article on Lincoln buried with coins from 1854 on state property and got over 10,000 back in the 90's....just told the city it was buried in my front yard.

[@AntonioJesus32109]

It's illegal to metal detect on national parks here in vegas

[@tracymorgan2887]

Yes. The seed is in who going to get that diamond bracelet diamond ring old mob pearls you name it

[@gazoo-pl4nx]

so we're going to die from dehydration, but hey check out the cool scenery....

[@ElementofKindness]

+gazoo5681 It's God's way of saying he hates Californians.

[@hsiehkanusea]

+gazoo5681 Buy water stocks; no one's buying condoms.

[@RuleofFive]

+gazoo5681 I was thinking the same thing......horrible drought and now a fluff story.....

[@bart1779]

hey, don't worry about it, it will show back up.

[@TheMrhycannon]

The penalty for stealing water from other states..

[@badmf7551]

I love how they make a massive drought seem like good times...

[@gmr238]

When I lived in Las Vegas for 5 years, I spent alot of time at Lake Mead. So many great times and memories I will always cherish. Hope for a rainy winter!

[@Hainero2001]

1990's? I remember camping and water skiing at Lake Mead as a kid in the 90's. I never had any idea it was so deep.

[@philbrown9764]

It's sad to see a beautiful lake drying up. I guess in time, it'll be the Mead Desert

[@ee4231]

Its just nature taking it back and restoring it to its original glory.

[@CarlosBenjamin]

Glenn Canyon.

[@anntares172]

Why is this all so positively spun? It's a crisis.

[@tabbykatniss3150]

Because all you can do sometimes in a crisis is look for the positives.

[@donaldmiller5384]

Water crisis in the world's third largest desert....lol.

[@jerrystephenson6198]

@@donaldmiller5384 the water crisis is for the 20 million people in California, Nevada and Arizona and the entire nation as it effects the food supply of the country. But surely you must know that lol.

[@VictorNewman201]

Exactly, the propaganda spin here is insane.

[@kittyyy_art]

I agree

[@deprogramming_journey5]

This is from 5 years ago. We're still in the same drought.

[@ronniepirtlejr2606]

It's probably safer for the people! Missing 411 Lake Mead National Recreation Area has been named the deadliest park in America. Outside magazine published its list of the 10 most deadly national parks on March 1. They pulled records from January 2006 to September 2016 on where, how, and why park visitors are dying.Mar 8, 2017

[@jouleSansLoi]

This comment hits me hard

[@samuelponce1]

@@ronniepirtlejr2606 why and what are you talking about truly first time hearing all this

[@cerealuser]

almost 6 years ago

[@robertcrusader5019]

California environmental officials are letting trillions of gallons of fresh water just flow into the Pacific. This drought is man-made.

[@tinytattoomike7943]

They left out so much about this B29 it was doing experiments called Sun tracker the first heat seeking devise on that day they had a different pilot then usual after doing the test which involved extreme diving and climbing to see if the sun tracker would track the sun the pilot got cocky and after the experiment started making low passes over lake mead so low that he caught a prop on a wave and killed a engine and crash landing into the lake Everyone got out quick except the tail gunner his parachute opened while scrambling through the fuselage and got caught up The pilot dove back in the plane and rescued him ! That's why when they first found the plane after years on the bottom the parachute was strewn from the tail forward baffling the divers The went to a nursing home and talked to the only surviving crew and in his 90's told the whole story And the FBI or military dove down right after the crash and retrieved the sun tracker

[@derrecktaylor8817]

Interesting story

[@dwightdodd3734]

thanks Mike!

[@imonthewinningside8281]

Thanks for the comedic value on the last line. They really can do about whatever they want if it's important to them!

[@karaDee2363]

Um, the story was about Lake Mead, not the B-29, so that's why they left lots of information about it out

[@tootsiegirl]

Bet there is a lot of bodies down there with concrete slippers.

[@robinsss]

I think I see a judge

[@alecu739]

tootsie girl 😂👌

[@ramonw9430]

Alec Urquhart No seriously. California has been hot with gangland murders for decades. Where do you think all of the "missing persons" end up? Places like the bottom of this lake. They find decades old bodies all the time in lakes and canals in California.

[@BigPhallus4u]

Those I-talians have always crafted such fine shoes!

[@madmcmad4793]

@@BigPhallus4u Dem I-talians stinkin up the place with dem fancy perfumes, tailored suits, and concrete slippers

[@stevenstair1068]

I remember when I was a kid my grandfather said it was going to do this...

[@Sssssssslf]

Such a beautiful place! I can't wait to visit Nevada some day the entire state fascinates me

[@abyssalknight4081]

The B29 from New Vegas. :)

[@randypurser4823]

+American Soldier i thought i was the only one

[@Bramon83]

V-Rex they tried that once with a B-29 in the artic. Ended terribly. 😭

[@scotcoon1186]

B because of ineptitude of part of the crew.

[@jason127x99]

Abyssal Knight I was watching UFO Hunters a few yrs back and I wonder if this was the plane that was hauling some parts off a UFO that crashed back in the 40s? I could be wrong. I remember the show saying that something was messing with the planes avionics and it crashed.

[@AtimatikArmy]

That diving instructor doesn't even know what he is showing people. The B-29 came late in the war and had very little usage compared to that of the B-17 "Flying Fortress" that was responsible for the majority of the bombing campaigns into Germany during WWII. The most notable thing the B-29 did; however, was that it was used to deliver both Atom bombs which hit Japan, ultimately ending the war.

[@coleshipes5485]

+Atimatik Army Wrong, B-24s were used quite a bit more than B-17s.

[@AtimatikArmy]

Cole Shipes Though the Consolidated B-24 Liberator was built in greater numbers, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is often regarded as the more important heavy bomber for the American Allies in the Second World War, accounting for over 290,000 sorties against ground installations and dropping over 640,000 tons of bombs. By war's end, the B-17 Flying Fortress was a mainstay in both the Pacific and European Theaters of War. The system became the symbol of American bomber might in the Second World War and continues with its legendary status even today. source: www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=79

[@jers59]

+Atimatik Army Wrong the B17 saw little service in the pacific, after Guadalcanal it was withdrawn. The B24 was much more versatile bomber it actually bombed Japan, sank more U boats then any other aircraft was only bomber able to bomb Ploesti oil fields. The B24 was more modern and better bomber then the B17 and carry bigger bomb load

[@AtimatikArmy]

***** This is the source I recited the information from, perhaps you want to tell them? www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=79 Anyhow, I don't dismiss what you say, but you have to admit, in terms of the iconic bomber of WWII, stats aside, it's most certainly the B17 all the way.

[@jers59]

+Atimatik Army One reason the B17 were stationed in South England around London, the B24 in North England. If you are war reporter where would you be stationed? Also the B24 flew out of North Africa, they ended the U boat immunity zone from air attack. The navy flew a lot of them as patrol bombers with single tail. The first bomber to fly 25 missions was not B17 Memphis Bell that was Hollywood BS it was B24.

[@vincestyles1030]

When I was a kid it was full now looking at it I can’t believe it.

[@howardkerr8174]

I thought this video was less than a month old, too bad we can get folks to go back and update some of these mini-docs. I would imagine the water is much lower now.

[@paulk459]

Idk it rises and lowers often

[@tonymuse]

"B-29 - "They the most popular and most used plane in WWII"... This guy doesn't know his WWII history and numbers very well.

[@jimd1944]

Sir, give the guy a break: he's just a tour guide trying to make a living. reminds me of the chinese tour guides saying the Great wall is the only man made structure on earth you can see from space ... totally absurd but .. people pick it up and run with it.

[@Rampant16]

Jim D lol give a guy a break because he is a tour guide??? Most of his job is about sharing facts and he can't even do that. It is just ignorance.

[@jimd1944]

Fightless: Ok, I will give you that and yes, too much ignorance

[@devinpetersen2387]

What would you say the most used plane of ww2 was? Than tell me what you think the most used american plane was

[@TheBushdoctor68]

Ehm.. he said "The B-29s were very important during WW2. They carried all the different bombs and a lot of people flew in them" 2:15 He said it a bit clumsy, but he was right, and it was Tony (who's got the evidence right in front of him) presenting us with false information as being reality. Which is the very thing he accused the guy in the video of.

[@EdVanMeyer]

Be interesting to metal detect that old town!

[@drinkthekoolaidkids]

Wont find nothing but a bunch of rusty nails and horseshoes.

[@briantruax1682]

Being goverment land you will not get to KEEP anything

[@jamesarnold2399]

Lake Meade is an artificial lake in a desert,just saying.

[@billprice6458]

It provides water and power to the entire west coast. Just saying.

[@TisiphonesShadow]

@@billprice6458 Not for much longer, just saying.

[@tacticalbacon7386]

@@TisiphonesShadow Someone will probably break this "just saying" chain eventually, just saying.

[@bigboi9856]

@@tacticalbacon7386 its not going to be me, just sayin

[@davidgrover5996]

Yet it was filled near capacity most of the time it has existed and it was only 38 years ago that too much water almost destroyed it, just saying.

[@willpgarrett2940]

This was 5 years ago, so I bet that plane is almost completely out of water....

[@tam1729]

I was just thinking this

[@Slenderirl]

We've got a lot of rain since then dum dum

[@caseylayton4898]

@@Slenderirl it's still rapidly emptying lol

[@JohnnyRFarmer]

I was thinking how much fatter Gayle King is.

[@Redridininyohood]

@@Slenderirl its still low dumb dumb....

[@That1towncar]

I always am fascinated by exploring things that may have been hidden underwater or that are on the bottom of a lake. Even better is when the things are not underwater due to droughts etc.

[@Gambleraddictz]

Same here. You got Instagram?

[@Scandoboy1000]

No vegetation ring even around the edge. That is a landscape from hell to green lovers.

[@mto9715]

John Fenman NO CAR WASHING!

[@paulclifford4040]

So true

[@califdad4]

For people who love the desert, it's beautiful

[@donaldmiller5384]

It's not a drought if it happens every year. The Mojave Desert is the 3rd largest desert in the world. It's not drought. It is a desert.

[@IJMacfarlane]

I get your point, but the Mojave Desert isn't even close to the 3rd largest in the world. It's not even the largest in North America.

[@d.jensen5153]

Almost none of the water in Lake Mead comes from the Mojave Desert. It is filled by the Colorado River. The Colorado River is fed primarily by meltwater from winter snowpack in portions of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona. That snowpack varies quite a bit from year to year, but the general trend is toward less and less.

[@jango7889]

its funny seeing all these libtards blaming it on gLoBaL wArMiNg

[@541-RAIDER]

@@d.jensen5153 stop articulating yourself so well, stop actually researching and educating yourself. You might actually make some of these idiots in these comments think. For those that don't understand my comment, I'm being sarcastic.

[@josie1899]

My great grandfather lived in St Thomas until his death at the bottom of a hand dug well. This well caved in on him and was left there as his grave site. As I understand it, most if not all the graveyard was relocated to a special section of the cemetery in Overton.

[@Kotikjeff]

If you take a valley with a small town and flood it to create a lake. Then drain the water away and the remains of the town are still there how can it be a surprise? I would be surprised if there were no remains. Or the remains of a different town altogether.

[@adamwilliams5492]

Do u know how powerful water really is? And do u k ow what that town was made out of? Not steel i-beams. More like "clay" sticks mud. Its a surprise that the river/damn didnt dissolve all the buildings

[@TheWyoCoyote]

Our Government can't balance a budget or negotiate a treaty, and some of you think they can control the weather?

[@readhistory2023]

We do have planes you know. With that said cloud seeding is still debated to whether it's actually effective or not. Basically it comes down to someone says they made more rain. The problem is how do you know how much it was going to rain in the first place? If you've watched your weather man on TV you'll know they get the amount of rain or snow wrong as often as not. It's why they use percentage chance of rain rather than absolutes when forecasting. The only place I'd be a weather man is Arizona or Nevada...sunny with a chance of cloud with more sun followed by a period of darkness.

[@Verum_XXII]

Richard Miller have you ever seen the cloud machine that NASA has? Yes weather can be manually manipulated, created and controlled lol.

[@mto9715]

Richard Miller and noone is in outer space! Thank you.

[@TTGPetWussy]

@Richard Miller obviously you are unaware of Nicola Tesla and his many inventions.

[@knaziringram4589]

Richard Miller well said

[@stuartsiglain3972]

I just saw another video 1 day ago that the water level was down 140 feet.

[@gayleclanton3311]

Just Curious....Why do we let boats in our drinking water resources??

[@carlospaige4589]

Money money and tourism, after all this IS A CAPITALIST country. Money is first and foremost the priority! As you were!

[@Cjdanks448]

You know while we are a capitalist country we do more than most other countries for the poor world wide and abroad! Do you know why? Tax write offs from the capitalist you hate. Socialism does bring equality tho,everyone equally has nothing

[@davidmarklein]

Because we learned how to purify drinking water about a hundred years ago.

[@boathousejoed9005]

I was just thinking the same thing.That's unheard of on the east coast.

[@luisgalleguillos4868]

@@davidmarklein Cancer causing imgredients in fuel and oil.

[@SPGRAMPA1]

How many companys have underground pipeslines pumping water out of lake mead that they dont tell you about?

[@delano62]

32.5 ? I don't know. You tell us. Oh. And proof would be nice too.

[@aroldfut]

Pretty stupid question considering there are NO companies bigger than fast food restaurants within 100 miles of the lake.

[@danstrayer111]

uh..right...some company covertly builds a pipeline through a National Recreation Area

[@kirkjohnson9353]

This kind of thinking is what Alex Jones encourages

[@lelandgaunt9985]

The ncr gets its water from lake Meade.

[@francesoutlaw7021]

Featured folks on this news feed appeared to be happy the water level is very low. Can't fathom the advantages of drought as they try to send here.

[@itzsnickers7144]

I thought that B-29 was just from New Vegas, but the more you know I guess.

[@ybr8192]

B-29? (don't mind the question, now i realisied)

[@Shloomy_Shloms]

Nope! Fallouts timeline is exactly the same as our world but splits into its own fictional timeline post WWII where the transistor was never invented

[@gavinr9356]

Were is this guy getting his facts the b-29 was not the most used at all not even close to the b-17

[@stewartcaldwell5299]

I think he meant "of those that flew into Lake Mead".

[@pocketchange3543]

The B- 29 was build to replace the B-17

[@jamessatterfield7667]

Along with the B-17, the B-24 were far more widely flown than the late in the game B-29.

[@Cinziaking]

A feel good story about the water running out... 'It's so beautiful ' these people just don't get it

[@bruxmcgunn4323]

peter dugas , no worries, there’s always bottles of water at their local whale mart...

[@tomwolf8721]

It's a long draught. Nevada and California are famous for those. Maybe the people expect the rains back again as has happened in the past. Of course God may have turned the spigot off for good.

[@jamesgraham2467]

get what, please don't say global warming

[@cyncitynv7413]

Home means Nevada home means the hills home means the sage and the pines...I love my Nevada!

[@tedshepherd3722]

I bet you do love Nevada and waste no water too. Like me.

[@wpgoodsonify]

Not low from drought. All of California's water was full then drained too late in season. Man caused drought.

[@noahshillings6598]

That's the plane from Fallout: New Vegas

[@mattdylan1168]

Lost of 100 feet of water ? I would say cause for worry not rejoicing , fun and play .

[@LCO213]

Matt Dylan yeah, Las Vegas will be a ghost town some day, when the main water source dries up. It's been consistently going down for decades, and the population of the surrounding towns keeps going up.

[@mattdylan1168]

LCO213 Thank you.

[@ChoppingtonOtter]

That's a truly staggering volume of water -100 foot right across the whole lake area

[@andrewzheng4038]

Make the best of a bad situation I guess

[@somethinsomethin7243]

Yet people all over California an Arizona are still watering their grass.

[@paulfixesstuff1059]

The lake isn’t just “drying up.” Yes we are in a terrible drought, even five years after this story aired, but the heavy demands by California for power generated by Hoover Dam, which is what created the lake, is a big reason the water is going down so quickly.

[@StreetMachine18]

if only california was sunny... then they could use solar panels to make electricity.... *wait, whats that honey, oh it is sunny there?... nvm"

[@mybad8805]

Not so much that the water level is lowering as the drought worsens. It is much more likely that the vast amount of firearms lost in tragic boating accidents are piling up towards the surface. Just a thought.

[@greatsoutherntrendkill79]

No

[@johnschumer2174]

@@StreetMachine18 Yup, keep drinking the solar koolaid. You do realize you have sun & wind where you live as well? Wonder why your state isn't doing it? Stop wondering and just research it... Educate yourself, people like you would be surprised.

[@matthewfurlani8647]

Its amazing how they just keep thinking they can import immigrants and increase populations indefinitely and then blame global warming 🙄

[@Emy53]

That's phenomenal. I have been to Lake Mead in the late 70's. Unrecognizable.

[@davidsoltau4177]

Thanks Nestle

[@dsdarkness2054]

How do you ethically put a happy spin on the fact that the lake is becoming so low that the power plant will stop producing power soon.

[@ericbrown4761]

DS Darkness because they are victims of their own policies that's why. Give give give. Sucks don't it.

[@nickthetricy]

Dude they do the same thing on lake Roosevelt and all dams lower the water for repairs and on aging dams and upgrades. Also this is normal before rainy season lower waster so dams can store the water that falls during rainy season. This piece of work journalism is selling you global warming and not reporting the fact if they closed all the gates at damn other then fish ladder it would flood over in less then a year even in draught. Think dude. A Dam is a man made cork in a river. They took out the cork...... All dams can be over over flooded they just cut the water flow. Thats why they dont show the million gallons of flowing out back of damn. And if they got a lack of power they fill the damn and raise the water level. High water equals higher pressure of water to spin the turbines faster creating more electricity so more people can turn on a t. V. And watch cnn and be lied to. Media is the enemy of the people . Truth will shock you.

[@DR_SOLO]

The seven turbines that were initially Concrete in built in place. During the dams Construction. I believe there's only three left that are operational. And one of them hasn't been turned on before. The two that we are working off of, are the reason the water level is so low. The amount of pressure and downflow, burnt up four of them generators already.

[@gonetorumble492]

Fake propaganda news for ya.

[@Patrick_Ross]

@@nickthetricy - you win the “Most Ignorant Comment of the Week” award. Congratulations!

[@artjohnson1757]

You should have seen the lake in 1969 that's when I first came here and stayed with a friend. I was 22 yrs. old and there was nothing to do in Las Vegas so I went to L.A.. The lake was full to the top back then, living here for over 30 yrs. now I worry about the water, they just keep building and building like its not a problem.

[@nickthetricy]

You serious bro. Ok when they filled the lake in a month 60 years ago how was that done? Think they damned the river. When this story was made they undamed the river. If they wanted the lake full they could damn the river agin. Someone made a decision to let the water out, but our reporter is asking the tourist questions not asking the man that controls the federally controled damn

[@donaldpetkus1637]

Reminds me of how much Alaskan glaciers have retreated over a decade.

[@DWilliam1]

It’s back down to 37%…can’t farm in the desert…

[@acspirit]

Hey, who says you can't farm cactuses? ;)

[@DWilliam1]

@@acspirit spoke to soon. Maybe Aguave too? Tequila time.

[@Ihaveseenthings577]

If that lake is on 163ft below normal, it will take a lot of rain to get back to level...wow...

[@adamwilliams5492]

Its not that low. Its really low but not 168 or whatever. That water mark is not 170 feet from the water

[@iaintdoingit8199]

My brother, a truck driver with a flatbed, has been one of many truckers that have carried enormous pipes to be placed underground for water supply. To me that is so frightening.

[@a.s.4914]

Karen East It was a town, never any water there before. Man made is what is, or should I say, was....

[@b.r2715]

Used to go out on my buddy's boat fishing there almost every weekend for a couple years, had a blast, slayed the fish 👍

[@acspirit]

Sounds like a great time.

[@sonhuynh8222]

And as we speak Vegas housing is booming again ! Where will they find all the growth and water ?

[@mncalapati415]

This video was uploaded 5 years ago. I was there last year during the summer season and it still looks like that 😶

[@johna1160]

B-29 "The most popular, and most used plane in World War Two". Horseshit.

[@leewilliamson3424]

Thank you 😊 B17's not B29's!!! I don't know where they get thier information from must be the internet. Unlike us We received are information from book's and Veterans.

[@bradganz6787]

Lol the 29 was a piece of garbage during ww2 my uncle replaced engines on them on tinian island.said there were a death trap

[@thatonestockphoto6143]

“Oh please let it be a sunken B-29 Bomber” “Nice”

[@christinerichardson2406]

My family had so much fun at Lake Mead 1986.

[@lobitome]

California having an ocean right next to them, should have figured out years ago how to make the ocean water usable for drinking and whatever else they needed it for.

[@tracyhaynes5404]

They did. California uses a lot of desalinated ocean water. It got my guts messed up all three times I went there. You cant even have ice in your drink at a restaurant without the chance of getting some

[@rajaterra]

Another exciting positive to horrific catastrophic drought is that you can’t drink the koolaid if your out of water.

[@sonnyxlbright5904]

😂😂😂 And, they also taught us that water is wet. Who would have known that ?!

[@Valskyr]

blacks will just have to start thinking enviromentally in order to prevent this i suppose

[@Name-ps9fx]

You can always snort the kool-aid...powder is powder!

[@ronniepirtlejr2606]

Lake Mead National Recreation Area has been named the deadliest park in America. Outside magazine published its list of the 10 most deadly national parks on March 1. They pulled records from January 2006 to September 2016 on where, how, and why park visitors are dying.Mar 8, 2017 There's a connection with the Missing 411.

[@bucksavage1221]

The fact we’re still talking about this emergency five years later is the real emergency. My biggest worry living in Kansas is the westerners migrating to my state raising my taxes and my comfortable home value. Praying for major mountain snows ASAP.

[@stevecortez2980]

Don't worry Don't nobody want 2 move 2 Kansas 🤣

[@radiotec76]

Houston, Texas here. Totally agree. Ooops! Too late. They're here.

[@wendyhardin5259]

Trust me. We don’t want to live in Kansas.

[@radiotec76]

@@wendyhardin5259 yeah, I hear a lot of people from the coasts say that about Texas too but my lyin' eyes tell me otherwise.

[@rc3115]

trust me, no one wants to come to Kansas

[@mencken8]

I don’t remember whether it was Lake Mead or Lake Powell, but maybe the receding waters will expose the remains of a distant cousin of mine, who dove off a boat and never came up.

[@tabbykatniss3150]

I would take advantage of nature and search like crazy to bring them home.

[@mencken8]

@@tabbykatniss3150 Don’t know if he has any family left, let alone whether they’ve thought about that.

[@tabbykatniss3150]

rico567 I thought you said it was your cousin. Doesn’t that mean you’re they’re family left? Even my distant cousins to me are considered just as much family as we’re still blood relatives.

[@mencken8]

@@tabbykatniss3150 That branch (off my maternal great-grandmother’s side) moved en masse from the midwest to CA during the Great Depression, and contact was only maintained through the offspring of my grandfather’s sister. I only remember seeing them maybe twice while growing up, and the story of the young man in the lake came via them. The irony is that he was an only child, and no one left of any of the CA branch but those three second-cousins, and they all childless, that branch will have become extinct when they pass. Big money from government war contracts, then goin, going, gone. Sic transit gloria mundi.

[@meganr9280]

@@mencken8 I think her question was, why don’t you search for your distant cousin since the waters are so low right now? Maybe you don’t do dives or know anyone that does? I would look around and talk to people if I were you though.

[@samuelfreeman2181]

so glad a buddy and I, and our wives, rented houseboats for a couple of weeks at time back when the water was at capacity levels--- just gorgeous.... unbelievable water skiing an fishing

[@faithcastillo9597]

Guess those El Nino rains didn't help much considering what Lake Mead looks like five years later.

[@faithcastillo9597]

@Aissa Louali I reckon so.

[@paulburney7250]

What if we pump seawater into the Utah Salt Lake. to increase the water evaporation in the area, to (maybe) increase rainfall in the (much larger) area. Question only.

[@98898685894]

Could flood Death Valley over 200 ft below sea level

[@donaldmiller5384]

It would be more efficient to do a rain dance.

[@internetopinion3043]

You'd be better off digging swales and planting trees, to increase soil water retention. Also mitigate flash floods. Adding gabions to streams to slow the water flow. Get enough soil water in the ground and you'll start having springs pop up. If you can protect them from evaporation, you can have year round water flow. Plant the rain: Slow it, sink it, spread it.

[@mohawkdriver2504]

Used to live in Las Vegas and after 20 years, was thrilled to relocate to Northwest Washington state. My rain gauge indicates we have had 3.5 inches of rain in the last week.

[@NYDRAINS]

Incredible! If it wasn't for the water line you couldn't really grasp the magnitude of the situation! Wish I could see some sort of time laps pictures or videos

[@johntexan4165]

Drought isn’t the only issue. How many people is it trying to support now? And of these, what percentage waste water?

[@signsinthesunmoonandstars1778]

There's nothing positive about no water 💦

[@imonthewinningside8281]

Well, you could say no one drowned anymore...

[@phale925]

We lived in Las Vegas from 1988-1998. Massive influx of people yet nothing was done to mitigate these circumstances. "They" knew that the lake would dry up over time. The time is now.

[@kilgroyproductions1658]

i was there in 2016 and it’s forever stained it’s crazy to think when ur in a boat looking up halfway up a mountain that has a water line way over ur head crazy to think about

[@jameshar9592]

current water level: 1089.21 ft. old news.

[@at6686]

The biggest surprise found under lake Meade? The end of the insane unsustainable growth of the south west.

[@hmax1591]

very well said.

[@Eatadikcommiepig]

I was at lake Mead about6 years ago and i noticed the big white ring around the lake it was about 40 or 50 ft. Looks like now it is a bit more

[@arleneportsmouth1263]

I always thought John Blackstone was so gorgeous and a very talented reporter with an excellent voice.

[@miroporvos]

Yeah, so much for that big El Niño we were hoping for... :(

[@greatlandranchrescue5363]

The real surprise will be when you turn on the faucet and nada!

[@nilesbutler8638]

Imagine the outcry. I´m sure somebody will find a way to blame enviromentalists for it.

[@robertlipsett2535]

you do know its also the water for boulder dam power station. no water no electricity

[@wmgthilgen]

We've known and watched the water level go down for decades, why is it such concern today, when it wasn't yesterday.

[@MadACeTeeMack]

Lake Mead looks like Mars when water was present

[@acspirit]

Probably still is water there. It's just underground and frozen.

[@humblerc841]

While the fountains are running in Vegas and all the golf courses are green.

[@capspik]

As in California.

[@mrbear1302]

@@capspik and Utah and Arizona and.....

[@acspirit]

Importing water from Mars.

[@humblerc841]

@@acspirit I wouldn't be surprised if that was the plan

[@IcarussInferno]

Lmao "secret mission" It was a weather flight and test flight.

[@THUNDERSTRUCKRACING70]

The last aquifer he worked on was 3 dams that spanned between mountain ranges. One of them was 7 miles long the other 15 miles long and the other 5 miles long. When these were completed California got a 100 year advanced allotment of the water to fill them.

[@s.f.morris7331]

anyone catch the two bright lights that appear starting at 39 second mark? its towards top left of screen as father and sons were walking along. very odd

[@fmarp4]

Control food and water, control the masses

[@jonalarcon8564]

timothy marple exactly. Well put !!!!

[@acspirit]

Control their train of thought with television programming and news, control the masses to.

[@sunderwood9321]

When our lakes went dry in Florida it was because someone rerouted it!

[@valeriehaider3273]

Got it don't you.. California sells water to Nevada.. Reno alone?? The HOUSING BOOM and growth there is not supplied by the Truckee River alone??

[@tabbykatniss3150]

The lake was man made sooooo.

[@BigHueroMac]

@@tabbykatniss3150 yeah they dammed up the Colorado river and they got lake mead. California has been caught w their hand in the cookie jar more than once siphoning up that water and selling it to other states and then charging it’s own customers more because of the shortages

[@meman6964]

Lake was made so Hoover Dam could generate electricity for California. Now I find out California also got the water!!! Takers

[@robertcrusader5019]

You are exactly correct. These environmental problems are man-made to push the green new deal and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

[@anthonygreen9691]

Nice Optional Attraction Piece!

[@luvvinlovelock7254]

I just went there, it's so heart breaking. Used to work there, now it's just all in ruins and hardly any water.

[@tierrabear10]

😕😢😢😢

[@christopherfritz3840]

Wonder what is its status four years after in 2019..

[@rosev.4463]

It rose a bit but still below 1100 feet. We're losing snow caps in the mountains like crazy, and most of our reservoirs are fed by them in the spring. SMH. Sad.

[@socalgirlism]

Very scary how much water has been used up and not replenished from snow melt

[@jefflucas_life]

Its 2019, I wonder what's the water level now?

[@stevelovessialetsdance5966]

Very educational and fun.

[@tbugher62]

Bye bye Las Vegas when the water is gone you will be able to buy a house for $1

[@NineteenEighty8]

Yup

[@nativelivesmatter3344]

It dries up anymore they're going to find Jimmy Hoffa

[@oliviagreen8853]

This was 5 years ago... 2021 anyone?

[@omnigeddon]

Last time I went In like early 2000s place was gross.. "power bait" everywhere and pollution from water vehicles.. the power bait from fishing... Was like a foam the size of a foot ball field that reeked of the stuff as it also discolored the water..