California Is Sinking - and Now Could Flood | KQED Newsroom
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- čas přidán 8. 10. 2015
- by Nathan Halverson and Monica Lam
California is sinking at a historic rate.
That sinking, which scientists call subsidence, has damaged flood levees intended to protect hundreds of miles of Central Valley farmland. Some levees near the San Joaquin River have sank more than six feet.
If this year's El Niño produces heavy storms, those sinking levees are now more likely to fail, putting farms and communities at risk.
Find out what's causing the sinking and see the damaged levees in this PBS NewsHour piece produced by KQED's Monica Lam and Reveal reporter Nathan Halverson.
An added problem is that when rain does come, it seems to come in more extreme downpours. There is a partial solution to this. Get absolutely fanatic about having beavers in all the river catchments. By holding the water on the land during these severe rainfall events, water is directed down into the ground instead of flowing straight down to the sea and being wasted. Beavers cause the ground water to be recharged.
Approximately 5000 years ago, The Sahara was a lush jungle with lots of rivers and lakes. The earth is always changing.
SO TRUE......SCIENTISTS CAN LOOK AT ALL THE ICE CORES AND IT TELLS A ACCURATE STORY ON HOW MUCH CLIMATE CHG. HAS EFFECTED EARTH FROM DAY ONE
How about all the water that Nestle is pumping everyday?
We lived on a farm outside Palmdale. Our well level kept going down (29feet down, then 50, then 75 feet, 85 feet last) as greedy contractors and landowners kept sucking out more water. Rich guys like WallStreetJournal and Buffet say water will be the next oil.
The main problem is that people are focused on LeBron's new jersey & what one of the Kardashian family tweeted instead of such literally earth-shattering issues of today.
Tick tock. The planet will continue on with or without human civilization.
What's going on with the Kardashians.. did I miss anything
Could the earth continue without human civilization?
I always laugh when we say "we are killing the planet". The planet will continue just fine. We just won't be here.
Wolfreign Valenford: So you seem like a nice normal guy, do you like puppies as much as I do? What’s your favorite ice cream?
Somebody finally gets it. Take a selfie and tweet it around the world
I'm sure somewhere in this conversation there's a new tax.
Now That's Funny!
@nrawayne Maxine Waters has an I.Q.?
@nrawayne rather give the money to illegals than fucking lazy pieces of shits that are on Gov Welfare.
@@pennywisetheclown2557 Her IQ is Impeach "45"
@@pennywisetheclown2557; for u wanna come down here kid? In RENO? Behind the statium huh?/ I know where you sleep 2
During the Civil War, the entire San Juaquin Valley was under water. Many towns were wiped forever off the map. Marysville and Sacramento rebuilt after it finally dried out. They had nothing to drain the rivers to the ocean. From south of Bakersfield where the mountain range starts and up to Redding and the mountains of Mt. Shasta were under water. There was no coverage of this due to the Civil War. I researched it and saw many photos. Huge disaster. California has been underwater before and in very recent times. We are not as safe as we would like to think we are.
In the 1860's there was so much rain in California's central valley you could actually sail from San Francisco bay to the outskirts of Bakersfield.
really - how do you know this?
@@theronwinsby Just Google it. It's in the written history of California. Since I was born there I studied CA's history a lot. Thanks for asking.
Tip: reaching under an overhanging slab into the shady interior of a potential rattlesnake habitat is probably unwise.
lol was thinking same thing... im like why in the world would you do that lol.
Nothing will be done until they're faced with an absolute crisis.
Then beg for federal tax money for their dimwit decisions
Independant Thinker you realize that there are over 30 more states that are more federally dependent than Cali? Most of them are red btw
@@Bhq870 yes, very much so. California has an abundance of resources few states do yet they squander it all on their perverted agenda. You should know that as well
Independant Thinker yeah, they’re debt to assets ratio is horrendous.
Thank you for describing the entire U.S.
Holy crap!! CA won't break off in the Pacific, it'll just lower so much, the Pacific will breach and then CA will be under water!
Salty water joins with salty leftie tears .
king and Country so pathetic. You’re joking about your fellow Americans suffering. Also California provides a large percentage of what you eat so you will suffer if they do.
All of California's sports teams then can be named after fish. Good thing they don't waste any of that water on fires.
I guess you could call the "sinking" a silver lining?
@@Bhq870 Yesterday your lettuce had e.coli in it. I can probably survive better with out Cali. veggies.
California use to be the place everybody wanted to go now everybody's running away
I did, and NEVER looked back.
@Eaxl Just across the border to the east is very reachable
Tina Hachey we did 1yr ago they can have it
@@karenrollins1469 I left too (about 5 years ago), though it cost me $1,400 to escape; ain't ever goinin' back to live
@@michaelbelt8768 It's expensive here, depending on where you live but I live in a retirement community with very low rent and a sizable disability check. I got no reason to leave and have my rent go up and get on some other list for subsidized living.
I can't stand the urban areas anymore. Too many people, too much traffic.
And this was 4 years ago. I wonder how it's progressed since then.
Was just thinking the same thing lol
who knows what to believe these days.
I hated living in California. Excessively high taxes, phenomenal traffic congestion, declining infrastrure and a closed minded political system that says only our way is correct.
and heavy chemtrail ..no more dark blue sky...R.I.P. USA 😎
Martin Rademakers I lived there 38 years and it use to be a real nice place in the 70s and before but now it’s the worst place in the country to live. I have never been happier since I left. Living way better too for less money, a lot less.
Glad you left, and don't go back.
Sounds Like New Jersey where live
We got out in '03. An answer to my prayers.
'Nearly half of the nation's fruits, nuts and vegetables are grown in California' ...Ain't THAT the truth!
Yes California is the land of the fruits and nuts !!!
Fruitcakes, nutters and veggie brains more like it.
@Richard Conner well that's easy. STOP BUYING GAS ! get an electric car
Yes, and the other half of the fruits and nuts live there......... Ain't THAT the truth!
@Richard Conner enjoy the democratic state.. if you look at all Democrat states it's high taxes... I'm so lucky
Billions and Billions of tax payers dollars are also be wasted on a failing "high speed rail" project in this area too.
For all that they've spent on pumping up ground water, they could have built desalinization plants and transferred ocean water inland.
littgaia Too true, in fact California has desal plants already built but don't use it.
Yea but that makes to much sense for California.
You nailed it.
It isn't the state pumping water. It's farmers. If the farmers somehow built their own desalination plant, California would fight the pipeline to the valley. If the pipeline ever was built, California would shut down the desalination plant because their "scientists" would say the farmers were turning the ocean into freshwater and endangering all saltwater marine life.
The farmers are pumping because Sacramento would rather watch all the water flow into SF bay than let the farmers and communities use it. This is a government caused situation
This is a ridiculous idea. Desalination is incredibly costly and environmentally destructive. You need massive amounts of energy to boil literally billions of gallons of water.
The smartest and most sensible folks are or have already moved from California. So, too bad for the rest!
Just as long as those who fled, don't start voting democrat in their new states, so the same stupid policies get enacted all over again.
@@danoarmstrong2597I agree with that but I have a feeling if those that leave are sick and tired of droves of illegal immigrants, protecting criminals via sanctuary state, no moderate housing prices and high taxes, then they will change their vote!
@@millerjoan Hope so, but I have seen a lot of Californians move to my state (Montana), thinking they were hard core republicans, until they meet us locals (we tend to be more libertarian). Then, by comparison, they see they are not really conservatives. We have already lost one city to them (Missoula), which went from red to blue because of them. They stated welcoming muslim refugees, and voting for gun control. Needless to say, Californians ain't all that welcome anymore.
left there in 1997 .moved to the south . red state .
@@danoarmstrong2597 I just moved to and left Montana... blue as blue gets. Good luck you libertarian pussies.
The Imperial Valley was once, millennia ago, under water and connected to the ocean. An uplift closed it off from the ocean, and over a million years it filled in with blown dust. So it will subside and form a long, deep valley much like it was when under water.
What’s really scary is when all those politicians pack up and leave what’ll be their new home states...now that’s bone chilling🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
2018 and my friends in CA aren't out of the woods yet.
Mother Nature ALWAYS has the last word. This is how deserts are formed . . . RE-formed in many cases.
If these areas are not covered with natural grasses, shrubs and/or crops to hold it in place when the rains return, flooding is guaranteed.
Time to get my garden enlarged.
I would like to an update on on this as it has been a few years and wondering how much has sank since and how the water has affected crops. Very informative video thank you
One of the laws of physics: For every action, there is an opposite and equal reaction. No room to wiggle.
The old professor
Correction...that was nanny professor who said that.
Very true Clan
What's the status now?
Video was October 9th 2015! What's going on in May of 2019? Seems like they've been getting rain the last couple of years.
Thank you for the dates.
Finally someone bothers to check the date of this video! 😂
@Jy Byrd That's really good news! I love California. I have relatives there. I'm in Texas. We've had more than enough rain. Would you know anything about Lake Mead/Hoover Dam area current water levels?
U guys need to slow the flow of water via vegetation and marsh and stop the drilling.
Open air farming in the dessert is not sustainable even with desalination plants pouring water into tge system
Calli Politicians are sucking the life right out of that beautiful state
i dont know about the beautiful part there are to damb many pepole there for it to be beautiful
it's gone
@Succ The hedgehog getting in bed with companies that trash, damage, or destroy the environment for kickbacks, pollution rampantcy, and other factors and corporations out there that they make shady deals with
@Succ The hedgehog Politicians have a lot to do with conservation of water and response to the droughts.
@Succ The hedgehog you're an idiot not worth the education.
It's falling apart everywhere!!! Too much pocketing goin on!!!!
It's your fault if you eat fruit, vegies and nuts.
@Amygdala I grow my own too. My point is quit blaming others if you are paying them to provide for you. It's like blaming the drug dealer for your addiction or their toxic waste production that you are paying them to produce.
The most interesting part is all the food we grow in this country and we send it overseas as we get the same products backs from other ones. So stupid
california showed as an island on older maps . So I guess its returning to its origin
would love a link to that!
@Meadow Apple Actually it's true.
@Meadow Apple long ago.... the entire state was under water you fucking idiot. Maybe why we are able to find fossilized sea shells and evidence of sea life at 5,000' up to 9,000' above sea level in Nevada and the Sierra. Lake Bonneville ring a bell Moron?
That AssCrackiforniaStan education at its finest!
@Meadow Apple Damn you're dumb as fuck!
@Meadow Apple I think that they're talking about a very, very, very long time ago. Not a couple hundred years. Here is a link to something showing what they mean. And it isnt only this person that came to this theory either. I've seen it elsewhere in other academic journals as well.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2434633/What-North-America-looked-like-550-million-years-ago.html
It's now 2019...what's the follow up in this story??
4 years later, not a major problem
Ok , it’s August 2019, a year later and as usual, just kick the can down the road until there is no can to kick Winter 2020 good luck California
If it wasn't for Los Angeles, water from the American River could be used to irrigate the central valley. It appears grass lawns in LA are more important than this damage to the most productive farmland on Earth. Only in California. ....
They grow lots of food in the valley.
If.... California would manage their waterways. Reservoirs build dams to keep what comes from the sky. They would never need to drill.
Brown made it illegal to do so. That man is crazy. A true loony toons.
Yeah add more weight to an already overrue San Andres fault. Smart.
Earth just needs its mass extinction event
Back from 1912-1960 they found ways to hold water and not dump it all into the ocean.
Imagine that
@@billp6016You can thank Brown and Clinton for that mess. Their Green Forest Program.
@@earlbrooks7874 How did you decide the San Andres was overdue? it takes a couple hundred years and it's only been 113 years. It's the Hayward fault that's overdue.
Build dams, and reservoirs, like your grandfathers had planned. Or don’t.,hows that speed rail working out in Fresno? How much water could have been saved with those funds?
It's a shame to the US that one of your most prosperous region like California doesn't have a HSR. The amount of supply side economics is phenomenal and revolutionary. Just the land sale around a high speed rail line can pay for the line itself. And the greatest shame, China built 20,000km in a decade, you lot have been grumbling about Money for 30 years.
Curious
The water shortage is big money. They charge big fines for anyone who uses too much in a home. I also wonder how much of that water is going into fracking. Looks like there is a drill every quarter mile on Google.
The politicians don't care that the infrastructure is falling apart, they can just reloacte to one of their 100+ homes in any of the other states.
California Aquaduct is buckling from land subsidence. High Speed Rail is doomed. Even if they get it running, the tracks will be constantly shifting which will be very costly to maintain.
Why don’t ya’ll catch rain water why not clean around your forest get the dead shit out be easier to control for the next fire
Almonds use up more water than all the other crops combined. They were planted to absorb excess water so farmers didn't have to give it up.
I have a sinking feeling California's days are numbered.
I'll watch from high ground.
The rest of us don't give a fuck,just waiting 4 thier next earthquake that's sure gony b a hoot lol
David Maccormack I don't want to see anybody die, not even dumbass Democrats and their voters. that's their way of doing things not ours.
Guilford News Network 74 million kids murdered where? I know they're trying to pass the Bill where you can murder a newborn baby if the mother wants it that way. So you may be right, I wouldn't put it past them. But I would like to know where the 74 million kids were murdered. I truly do hope the Democrats all voted out on their asses and never elected again.
Walter Palmer way to get rid of illegals they can all move back to Mexico lol
@@patriciagamble4978 74 million abortions.
If you take water from the ground then you sink and sink because there are big spaces under the ground
People in general don't think of what is beneath the ground, that the earth is spinning, that it is flying around the sun with the other planets in our solar system, expanding and more.
What will happen if an area where a lot of fracking has been done? We know they cause earthquakes strong enough to damage homes. Islands are sinking even though they are doing nothing to cause it other than home use water. We think too small and too slow.
Now all that poop and trash on the streets will end up in the ocean?
Nothing is forever. All things must pass.
That is history's lesson.
George Harrison!! All things Must Pass. Love that! Or After a time of Decay comes The Turning Point.
Or sink lol
in excessive pumping up and using ground water, there is also the danger of higher mineral salts layering and destroying the surface soil for agricultural purposes ~
Is there anything I can do to help speed up this process?
With the way that state is being run sinking in the ocean is probably the best thing for it..
Haha . true
Except it will be the Golden gate bridge;
@@medic173 oh ya let's bottle some more Dasini
It should be Florida if you are going by people
@@shartmeself if we are going by the people then NYC and Chicago should be added..
What ever the solution the Politicians will just blame and tax normal people.
douglas carpenter you are right. Why are the Democrats, and also stop making excuses why you why they haven't done anything to help their state survive the Democrats so far. They keep voting them in again and again.
Did you mention that all this well drilling was specifically caused by the restrictions placed on the use of river water...to protect the Delta Smelt?
I made a suggestion to a guy one time .if you can pipe oil why not water from other ares ,like Oregon or Washington state.that guy came unglued .but I said just during the rainy season ,pump it back in the aquifer
Keep up the good work and let it sink below sea level🌊🎉
One of these days. some genius is going to wake up and ask "What in the hell have we done?" By then and it might be too late now it WILL be too late.
I see you're asking, but, are you AWAKE?
@Karen T There will be jobs making, repairing,& programming, the robots. Other jobs will be manufacturing the components for robots, windmills, & inventing new technology,etc. I wish someone could think of a way to get rid of garbage, think of a way to make it decompose faster..
@@wakranich3488 then eventually the robots will be so far advanced to the point of repairing and building themselves. Well you'll be obsolete.
And if there is a genius that says that it sure won't be on the left.
@@wilecatrexy WOW & you know this How? Negativity.. There will be humans on the planet we will be doing something. I watched a CZcams video regarding this topic & people right now are developing jobs for humans that robots cannot do. Educate yourself instead of being negative. Better yet invent a business that employs humans.. you might even become a millionaire.
When that guy stuck his hand in the crack I thought for sure he was going to get bit by a rattlesnake for a split second
Oh, i was expecting pennywise to grab him.
The snakes in Cali. are vegan.
Looked like he thought so too.
Me too ! Always check for rattlers first. You can get bit even walking downhill and stepping off a ledge. I live in West Texas, so they are a problem here.
Into The Mystery you need to stop taking those drugs again
I read the title a few times---Hurray!!! Is there a way to speed this process up?
2019, I think it will burn up before it sinks...
@D. R. California is doing an excellent job of destroying itself...
If California floods they can grow RICE!!
Steve Galvan Yep. San Francisco is already being fertilized like Korea used to for growing rice. Feces in the streets.
They already do grow rice, and have for years!
Well i am still eating california rice, but the problem is the whole california will sink, only L.A city survive as an island.
That’s ok.... we have been waiting for that Oceanside property in AZ for a while now. Let it fall in the ocean....
Continue the good work started ny Lex Luthor before Superman meddled.
Not soon enough
Fuck that shit hole state
All of your negative comments make YOU all look stupid cuz it was a joke....idiots! Obviously what I said would never actually happen.
Kimberly F I know you were joking. I've heard a lot of people joke about it that way. the idiots that didn't know you were joking or probably sitting on a beach in California waiting to watch the show thinking they might get something free out of it. California is a beautiful place, but not for Americans who have worked all their lives or still working trying to feed their kids. It's for the rich or the illegal are the criminal now, not legal, law-abiding Americans anymore. It's a damn shame cuz it is a beautiful place, but that will change for the worst to thanks to the Democrats
So, rice will be our new bumper crop ?
From 1:41 to 1:49 there is a road and bridge behind her.. Are they saying that road and bridge were also repaired over time dropping by that much?
Can't just blame pumping of ground water by farmers and cities. A very large portion of mountain snow melt that use to run out into the San Joaquin Valley is very efficiently captured and diverted to southern california rather than recharging the aquafer. And of course less rain and snow means less water for everyone.
I read somewhere that the water is also pumped and stored to sell off. People's wells are drying up for years and simply move away when they can't afford to drill deeper. The water situation there is a quagmire
Not very efficiently... in fact, if they would have spent the 'bullet train' (HA!) money on some better RESERVIORS, there wouldnt BE a fucking problem... !! But NO, gotta waste ALL the monies on STUPID SHIT! On TOP of being a SHITHOLE SANCTUARY STATE!! SANCTUARY FOR WHO??! Certainly not WHITEY! Or my Red brothers...! Ridiculous!!
CA was predicted to fall into the sea 50-60 years ago because of the plates moving underground along with other areas around the world. Changes that have happened since Day one along with environment, weather patterns, many recorded by those who witness them at those times. Mankind needs to make changes and adapt like plants/animals always have.
Wouldn't this create a massive sink hole as the pressure in the place of the underground water being pumped would change so there's not as much holding the land up above ?
Your Grandfather left Texas for California? Well, that was a mistake right there. Hello from Houston.
@Sally Hillal I don't live in TX anymore and just hearing that saddens me 😞😞😞
@Sally Hillal
I don't think so.....are they SHITTIN in the streets of Dallas?
Houston is no better.
@@1969CampEvans Ummm, I would say Austin instead of Dallas.
Yeah, sure miss those hurricanes, Tex.
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Arizona is lower elevation than cali.....
Janetta Prussia Boooyaaaa.
Was listening to this earlier today
Picture of 40 plus feet subsidence near Mendota in my 1968 Geology 101 textbook. More water can be stored in the Valley underground aquifer than by any number of reservoirs added to the Calif. Rivers. The benefit of storing underground in plus water years, less subsidence.
I'm living in southern California NOW, in July, 2019. I don't really believe it is sinking, but what IS true is, more and MORE new houses are being built, MORE new apartment buildings are taking up more space less than 10 miles from the beach, and two-story houses have already been built on those TALL Palos Verdes mountains, NO, I don't live in those,thank goodness. These are absolute facts, now, at this moment.
I remember as a teenager in 70s how much the land had dropped even then. So 40 +years ago it may be in line for a biblical drench. Not to mention the salt accumulation
What about desalinization sea water plants to pump and replace water from underground - it sounds nuts and costly but it will cost more yearly for flood damages and etc...
We learn from pumping groundwater out that it destroys ecosystems it was tried in Arizona and all it did was create sinkholes and landslides
How? With some solar panels? LMAO
Are there still plants off shore extracting salt for table salt? Could pipe desalinized water to land for irrigation.
I will gladly pay you Tomorrow for a cheeseburger today....Wow California is screwed.
What about Tuesday?
amazing huh?...sinkholes, quakes etc...yes, we are screwed...there is no answer...what about turning salt water to fresh water?...I don't know..
This was 4 years ago. In 2018, major floods. Nature bounces back.
@@grassroot011A very Wimpy reply.
Would you settle for a chicken/turkey hot dog topped with chilli?
Hey. June 2019. How's the flooding going?
ppffttttt! i'm a native Californian and have been hearing this old scare story about California sinking for the past 3 decades. this video was published 4 years ago, the dessert is still dry and California isnt any wetter than what its always been.
The aquifers in the central valley are depleted. Water is being pumped faster than it is refilled. Eventually it won't be cost effective. Instead of waiting for disaster, a comprehensive water plan would be a good idea. The ocean is just right over there. It's time to start building Seawater Desalination Plants. The one for Tampa Bay puts out 25,000,000 gallons per day. Farmers are already paying big bucks for water...
This might also contribute to sinkholes as well. It`s a difficult problem considering the farmers do need the water and these farms feed most of the nation not to mention exports. Some kind of task force should be put in place to consider different options.
how long befor it is part of the ocean and you are right california dose produce a lot of nuts
The Oroville Dam supplies California farmers 60% of their water. This water comes from the mountain streams and rivers. Whats happening underground is mostly from fracking. You cant remove that much oil and gas without some consequences. Look at how much drilling into the crust is going on in the southern part of the valley. Millions of wells litter the area. And look where most of the sinking is occurring
There's been a lot of rain so far and that's a good thing, but with a lot of rain comes a lot of plant growth. And since "people" won't let them touch the plants, controlled burns/clearing, come dry season expect bigger fires next year!
We in CA feed the nation...but Jerry Moonbeam and now Gaven Noisesome would rather take down dams and let water run into the Pacific. To 'save the planet' no doubt. God bless the farmers.
i dont beleave that cal feeds that much of the nation
Well said!
Educated farmers have the opportunity to be the smartest citizens if it were not for government overreach.
Insane stats. 25 years? Holy moly. But also the insurance companies growing water guzzling cash crops like almonds to make up for their losses (probably from 08-09) is pretty crazy.
Or a great distraction for the truth that big oil is pumping and fracking the shit out of the state. I suspect it's more the oil than the water. But as always big oil is sooooo important. Trying drinking some when you're thirsty, or watering the farms with it. Enjoy1
Don't forget all the water they use to keep golf courses green. God FORBID something happen to the country clubs... but you mentioned almonds(food)???
Overthrow the government and save California.
Don't save it...just the wall
No will to fight.
I'm sad for this country at least I'm in Canada
I don’t think it’s possible for California the sink any further than they have in the last couple years
Oh Yeah? Here hold my beer and watch this. . .
Both the US and Russia have been hit hard with loss of cattle, crops. Seasonal planting is gone for many. Food prices will rise.
The Anglese basin has been sinking since the oil draw of the signal hills exploration. CattleMen hills in southwestern Central valley has a inpressive subsidance since the oil work there. It is the water table drop in the Central valley that is disturbing as the recharge will take years since the rivers out of the Sierra are dammed.
So this is why you can’t take a shower and do laundry in the same day here!
Don't worry because more taxes will solve the problem.
Just ban hour dogs like New York is doing along with higher taxes and free everything, and that will solve everything
I'm gonna buy that beach front Nevada Property in advance 👍😜
Viking Beard.. No, ARIZONA OCEAN beach front property!
You've seen that mural of ocean waves crashing up against the I-10 freeway sign announcing Blythe next exit?
Ocean front property in Arizona too
So, how can I contribute to flooding CA? Seems like a good solution to fix all their problems in one go!
There are countries which have perfected desalination - why can't the USA?
bob,when you boil it down there are those who want and embrace forward motion,and then there are those who control everything,they want to take us back to the good ol days of slavery and debauchery that existed in the 10th century for their amusement and demonic egos
I appreciate you taking the time to research and write this article. There are multiple simple solutions to stop this process. Plenty of water and can easily be redirected to refill the water table. Now if we can just get the state to stop creating the drought conditions we will have solved the farmers problems. If you want to do something about this contact me.
Hurry, send them biodegradable life vests. The ones that dissolve when wet.
Make good fish food as full of nutrients as so much shit in them
🙂😁😆😅😂🤣
No plastic!
Lol.
I assume that pumping out millions of barrels of oil per day, will also cause such land to eventually cave in. That region is not alone, when it comes to that fate
2019, Any update?
Best thing that could happen to that state...
Couldn't the subsidence be caused by now-empty underground caverns/streams that have been emptied of their water for irrigation? Much of California is almost desert and needs a lot of water to grow crops.
How could the land sink this much 1:45 and not damage the road beds, homes and buildings in the area?
I see this in Waterford, ca there's one crack lifting up were I can literally go underneath
So everyplace they find ground sunk it will be lakes and ponds we the rains and snow melt, and they can grow rice
skeets it will all be desert sunken down like death valley
Ya don't grow rice in a desert, dumbass.
One of the biggest crops in CA is rice. If you have ever flown over the central valley, you can see all the flooded fields of rice. They also flood irrigate other crops too.
_"desalinate the Sea it's easy pessy pumpkin squeezie"_
If you're made out of money, maybe. For everybody else, it's more expensive and more of a PITA than every other alternative.
To desalinate water, you've got to distill EVERY drop of it; boil it away and recollect. That takes a LOT of energy, and thus a lot of money. The only nations that regularly get most of their fresh water this way are the stupidly-rich Gulf States.
Oh well at least it's not an island and in danger of "capsizing". Hyuk hyuk.
California was an island sunk by the 1812 earthquake. Which also cause the landslides that filled present California with gold nuggs sparking the gold rush
Fantastic! Right into the Pacific
With that many people and their Schiff for brains that would endangering ocean life from all the fecal matter.
I love how they only talk about water - whereas I've just watched a different video talking about how many oil and fracking fields around Cali are subsiding. Huh. Let's make it all about life giving water though.
I'm from Michigan and NO you can't build a pipe line from here.
This is what happens when you have people that are running your state that don't know what they're doing. During the times of lots of rain and flooding you should have reservoirs ready to contain those waters for use but you are so set on the idea the climate is getting hotter and it will never change that you are not thinking about mother nature and that this has been happening over the span of time that the Earth has been here the Earth gets warmer it gets colder and it's not because we have cars and it's not because we have cows that fart it's because it is the way it is. To keep California green you're going to have to have reservoirs that contain the water that falls from the sky and not let that water run into the ocean. Is there any reason the Farmers can't have their own reservoirs?
But the ones who are voting are stupider the the stupid elected..
Curious if there is an update status for 2018?
To say California produces most of the country's nuts is an understatement
Chris, my man, you’re an idiot. Trump stands up to any world leader and doesn’t take any shit from them. Record low unimployment, record high stock market, thriving economy freedom of speech even if your crowd doesn’t want it. Prepare for a landslide in 2020 my friend. Things are just too good in America right now, and it’s on Donald’s watch. Socialism sucks, won’t work out here, you can move.
If the people knew that growing trees would create rain then they wouldn’t have drought
fallan fontenot Never heard of a rain tree. I think rain comes from evaporating, salt or fresh water, bringing water molecules up into”via warm” air, condensing into clouds and when enough water molecules form rain drops, then they fall back to earth. I’m sure you have heard Southern California is surrounded by high deserts leading to the low deserts pushing temperatures starting around the middle of June upwards to 100-120+ degrees through the first 2 or 3 weeks into October. Any map,”you’ve read 1 before right” are surrounded by some earthquake made very high mountain ranges. Death Valley region which is one of the hottest 125+ deserts in the world. These mountains block most of the rain clouds, preventing rain to get to our deserts unable to get to our reservoirs and lakes. Hence deserts. Southern California is a desert. Coupled with the fact we’ve been in a drought for 10-15 + years. It may be better to not make assumptions about California.
cobainzlady what deep dense high vegetation? Ground cover? We’ve been on limited water use for years. You can’t even wash your car in the driveway. You don’t know how much they charge you for water. Many people don’t water during the summer. People do water at night but you still take the chance of city patrol people just itching to give you a fine. If you were to look at the mountains around the Southern California almost no trees. The Santa Monica mountains ocean side and in the canyons there are trees, amongst burned out ones. Ocean side verses the valley summer time could very between 80/85 beach temps 105-115 118 valley temps. The mountains heading towards the desert become less n less trees more scrub brush. The desert = 0 trees. Scrub brush no weeds zero trees. So your comical idea “PLANT THEM”. Isn’t a real possibility. Ever been in the San Fernando Valley or anywhere in Southern California? Our deserts? It gets fn HOT 🔥🔥
@cobainzlady you seem very knowledgeable. Are you a horticulture enthusiast? Or a botanist?
Do not plant rainforest species. You don't want to get 50 feet (15 m) of rainfall annually.