California Winter Storms cause big problems - Massive Snow - Flooding - Waves - Weather 2023 - 4k
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- A series of #winter #storms pound #california bringing a massive #snow pack to the #Sierra, #flood #flooding to lower elevations in the valleys and along the #coast. Big #waves crash against the coast and into homes as well as businesses in Capitola, #cali. #travel has been difficult to impossible along the passes in the Sierra from heavy snow and icy roads. High #wind causes trees to fall on homes in #sacramento.
Video locations: Snow shots are along I-80 from Soda Springs to Donner Lake in the Sierra. Flooding shots are from Pescadora and Watsonville, CA. Drone shots of waves are from Carmel, CA. Pier and colorful homes with debris from waves is Capitola, CA. Trees down are from Sacramento and Elk Grove, CA.
#drone #aerialvideo #videography #video #gopro #sony #dji #driving #snowremoval #plowing
Thanks to @JonathanPetramala for the help shooting all this content. We'll have more as the #atmosphericriver event continues for at least a few more days.
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no way is this commifornia..
hard pass
Exactly the sort of "problems" we so desperately need a LOT more of, my tally is about 60% of total seasonal ave here in in Chico, nice start but sunny skies in the forecast and only couple months left with high precip potential. NICE footage, love the snow!
We can be assured that there's more of this snow and rain coming. 😁👍
@@glenturney4750 Only tomorrow, beyond that it's sunny on the ten-day and no guarantee we get anymore significant storms. But at least the worst case scenario is off the table for the season, still could be a below ave yr for the state.
This reminds me of the ski vacations/trips I took to the north Tahoe back in the early 80`a. Had a ton of snow back then. All I can say is that with the droughts of the last multiple years, I don't want to hear ANYONE complain about all the rain and snow we're getting now. Lord knows we need it here in California.
People who lost their homes can complain. A few people have died too.
Your home hasn’t been flooded
The America hating leftist termites running California will drain all the stored melt water by this August just to get back to their power mad, control freak, continuous crisis, busy body socialist government mode. Just watch.
I used to be part of a ski club for teenagers in Stockton in the late 70's and early 80's. We usually would take a charter bus up to Kirkwood or Bear Valley on Saturday at about 4;30am and enjoyed the great snow. Good times and nice to see some precipitation and a deep snowpack.
My family in CA is doing nothing except complain about the weeks of rain and snow.
CA is never happy
Mountain snow is like money in the bank for next spring and summer
@@dennischampion5635 California is heavily dependent on the snowpack in Sierra for water supplies during the spring and summer months when typically there is no significant rainfall. The rain that comes in during the winter causes flooding along the coast and inland and is a serious problem. But at the same time when it moves up into the mountains and turns into snow, which when it melts it contributes to the water supply for agriculture and urban areas. For the past few decades California has been feast and famine as far as snowfall and water supplies go.
@@richardcoughlin8931 I live in Miami but I don't like snows because I have experienced hard fall of snow and that was terrible for me I can't go to work and I hardly feed that only made me to dislike snow. Greetings from Miami
You DON'T quit, do you?? Chasing storms allover our country!!! You do great things helping people wherever you can!!! Love your content!!!
Glad you like it! No, I'm all over the place. It's been particularly busy lately.
@@WxChasing you're lucky
Thank youto allthe hard working people keeping us safe
For those interested, the Sacramento Bee has an excellent article on historic floods in the valley. We now call the rain patterns atmospheric rivers but we used to call them Pineapple Express. I kinda miss that term! Enjoy your day!
In the Netherlands we used to have different common names for different clouds; now I hear only: 'it will be cloudy'.......so boring and not true, cause I sit in the sun.
I also miss the term Pineapple Express! Grateful for the precipitation up here in Mammoth Lakes!
Исчезните с лица планеты,вы всем надоели,от вас вселенское зло.
I've never heard either term.
Pete Giddings
This makes me remember the crazy back to back winters from my youth in the early 60's when all the roads were closed till spring.
I Remember back in the 1700s my new Dodge Truck could go nowhere 🤣😂😆😅
@@paulwall5706actually they have flying vermanas then chicks diggged those more because you could take her on dates in other countries and battle with rivals in the air.
Oh wow!! Climate change started in the 60’s!?!
@@calisingh7978 Long before that even. The Ice Age.
Many of the highways in the Sierras still close for the winter, like highways 120, 108, 4 and 88. In heavy snow years, they won't open until sometime in June.
As a native Californian, the snow is beautiful to see.
I moved to Florida and love the lifestyle here but sure do miss the high desert winters in Santa Fe.
I'm from Nova Scotia and we haven't had any snow this year. I'm a little jealous
I'm impressed with all of the machinery and tools they have to clear the roads. Despite it being a mess now, it is good for the water supply and summer wild fires.
Don't worry, newsom has his way of messing that up.
@@glenturney4750 Somehow you connected politics to my comment. 🤔
Reminds me of when I lived in the mountains of Colorado. Good times
@@ChaiLatte13 lol
Such an interesting history of snow removal on Donner Summit. We will have a video on that soon
Go Caltrans! Impressive snow removal.
In the 60s we had snow that covered our 3 story cabin in Tahoe up to the top window. We just walked in through the window then opened the front door and dug steps up to the surface. As kids it was wonderland. The dog loved it and dug most of the way for us.
Yep same thing in Big Bear Mountain in SoCal the San Bernardino Mountains always have snow all the way down to the level to Upland or Chino, this is good news folks I'm sorry people got hurt or lost their homes but this is what they need, go drive near Lake Shasta or any of the reservoirs are empty, this is so good to see I'm loving it ,,,they're going to ski up to the 4th of July,,,
At our family cabin at the west end of Donner Lake, we have had to dig down through the snow to the second story window to get in. We stopped going when we knew the snow was really deep. And they would have far more snow at the Donner Summit, just a few miles to the west.
One year in the late 70s or early 80s, 2 older cabins built in the 40s were crushed flat by the weight of the snow, and several more were damaged.
In 1982 the Alpine Meadows avalanche happened. It snowed so hard for so long they were forced to close down the resort. The situation was uncontrollable. Several people were still there and 7 lost their lives. The avalanche destroyed the summit chair and damaged the main lodge.
A dog was used to save a human for the very first time.
I went skiing for my 21st birthday in June that year. There was a big groove cut thru the snowpack so the freakin lift could run to the summit. There was still at least a 60 foot tall pile of snow and avalanche and lumber debris at the bottom of the mountain. It was insane! Respect nature!
I used to live in Truckee where snow depths of 10 to 20 feet every winter is the norm. I do not miss that!!
My parents friends lived in Truckee from 2004-2011. They were from Los Gatos, Ca. Now they live in ABQ, New Mexico.
@@patr70 I moved up on the Oregon border. Still get snow but a tenth of what Truckee gets.
@@GnomicMaster My neice lives in Klammath Falls, Oregon.
Raised in Wisconsin! I love Truckee ! I don’t miss -20 !
I wish we got that much snow, we will always be in a drought and having that much snow is a blessing that I would love to be in
Insane footage...Good coverage Brandon...
Winter Is Coming.
Thank you Suzanne!
Thank you so much for coming out to California. Seeing the snow gives me high hopes for our resevoirs this year. I'm sorry about the flooding, but this happens when we get the atmospheric rivers. I left the east coast 50 years ago and will never leave NorCal. You all have no idea how beautiful and rugged and wild it is. I'm a lucky girl!!
It`s good where we`re not!!!)))))))))))))))))
California water comes from the Colorado mountains. This in Tahoe- won’t put a drop in lake mead.
When this ends and the bay has 3’ of rain in 6 weeks - lake mead rises 3 INCHES
There’s never been 10 atmospheric rivers in 6 weeks in recorded history in the bay.
And next year should be even worse
@@troystewart7730 Hi Troy, I'm referencing CA reservoirs such as Lake Shasta, Lake Oroville and others. Southern CA does rely on some Colorado River water, but NorCal reservoi water is transported to San Luis resevoir and then pumped up over the Grapevine and into the LA basin. Interestingly, its said that the aqueducts are going to receive solar covers to increase solar energy and reduce evaporation. Win, win!
@@chrismack5908 got ya
But be honest
How many years you think you can live there before water is a top issue?
OMG that first part is my road /driveway at SS!! Sweet!
Very cool!
That first car getting pulled out with their foot on the brakes the whole time 😂.
I am from Switzerland and used to work as a ski instructor while studying. I am used to snow, lot's of snow, but the amount of it at the start of this video even impressed ME! Thanks for sharing!
There are certain areas in the Sierras that accumulate more snow than other areas at the same elevation. Donner Summit and the Highway 88 and Highway 4 corriders are good examples. In heavy snow years, they have gotten over 600 inches of snow, and even though the snow settles and gets compacted over the winter months, you can still have over 30 ft. of snow on the ground in the heaviest snowfall areas.
The deep snow, early in the video, is around the town of Soda Springs Ca., when I lived there as a child, when the school bus came to pick me up I would stand on the “burm”( the snow next to the road) and my feet were a meter higher than the large yellow school bus.
Donner Pass gets more snow, 20+ feet on average, than anywhere else in the world! I lived nearby and saw, on some hillsides, wooden covers (like tunnels) extending for long distances, protecting the train tracks from deep snow, to prevent freight trains from bogging down or even derailing.
It's all happening may God bless everyone
Looks amazing all this snow,
Always drive in snow even if you have no place to go ... it is a blast ... and bigtime fun ...
We used to have snow in winter where I live. Now I know where all the snow went
Wonderful video from the start to the end. I love that section with the train coming around the bend in the snow covered forest. I'm "hittin" the subscribe button !!! Great footage from your drone. Mother Nature shows no favoritism.
When you read the stories about the Donner party getting stuck in this area due to winter weather,.... I am more and more convinced they experienced these atmospheric rivers as well.
Great footage. Can you please post specific locations in the description? We’d love to know where each area was shot. Many look familiar but we weren’t sure. Thank you ! Subscribed !
It's the Lake Tahoe area... it always gets like this. Nothing to see here.
@@danielbenitez6985 No I’m pretty sure that was Soda Springs, not Tahoe. But it would nice to be aware of what specific area and even streets or channels we are viewing. I’m a California native and most of these places look familiar, and it would be great to be certain.
Did anyone else spot the British telephone box at 13:12
Soda Springs Is just over the hill from Tahoe. The reason Sugarbowl gets lots of snow is the same reason Palisades gets lots.
WOW!!! 😳🫣 Great footage!!! Hope everyone stays as safe as possible!!! 😬😧 🌷👍
Haven't seen this kind of snow for years .but it use to do this for decades.
Nuh uhhh dis is un precedent ed Never ever before seen climate change, mother natures angry, buy an electric car!
@@leadfoot8593 🤣
@@leadfoot8593 ........whats going to clear the snow when everything turns to EV?...............EV,s are bad for environment
You forgot 2017. One of the highest snowfalls on record in the Sierras. Remember Oroville.
Awesome video.We are loving all this snow
Grate video,,thank you,,some very beautiful views..nice job
Thanks for the great video and the drone shots. I lived up there for a couple years and I am still impressed by the amount of snowfall we get in the Sierra Nevada.
I live in the Midwest and we don't even have snow on the ground right now. Wow, stay safe Cali.
This is Cali way up in the mountains.
@@danielbenitez6985 thanks, I was wondering because I didn't even think it snows in Cali.
@@blackcherry6877 Snows like crazy in the Sierras.
There's a lot more to California than the typical LA, San Diego, Malibu, Bay Area, etc. The eastern half of the state is a whole other world
@@jareddoran6605 I've heard that
Best snow ever seen, I want to be there once.
Thanx for the video. 👍.
ALL the Snow Plowing Guys are FINALLY working, they are very happy!
The massive snow isn't unusual for those mountains. My nephew worked for the Placer County road department in the mid 90ds, and he plowed a lot of snow in the winter! Statue base @ Donnner represents snow depth when Donner Party was stranded in 1846. The base is 20 ft. tall!!
And that is at the east end of Donner Lake. They get more snow at the west end of the lake, and even more at the Donner Summit.
I enjoyed driving through the snow in upper CA. As long as you have the right equipment and gear you were in a wonderland!
and as long as you don’t venture out in a blizzard
@@frednorman1 I sat at truck stops in blizzards.
Not if the roads are CLOSED and you are stuck out there for hours - which happens regularly on I-80.
@@jenniferroberts7581 Happens a lot in WY.
Thank you.
Absolutely awesome footage! Thank you for your hard work!
Glad you enjoyed it!
It's really a horrible moment there living in a country where you can't go to work and also you can't drive. Greetings from Miami how are you doing
I hope everyone will be safe and keep their heat and electricity. I've experienced 6+ feet of snow here in Buffalo NY and my heart goes out to all of you in California!
The drone footage is stunning.
Canadalifornia
Canalifornia
Californada
Thanks for the drive its a beauty. Stay safe ..and warm
🇳🇱🌷🌷Dutchie feeling so sorry for all you Californians stuck in snow or new “rivers”. Take care and hope you’ll be well soon. Suggestion from these wetlands for better drainage: we use more paving stones and less asphalt in communal areas.
California is covered in asphalt! Great suggestion, likely deliver happen!
Very sweet thank you. Everyone is scrambling to run faster on their hamster wheel. While the people on the city boards are always people that show up from out of town and do whatever against the will of the people. There is little community left. Zero control, before they at-least have the allusion.
the tesla getting pulled by chp 0:52 is the funniest thing ever 😂😂🤣😂
"Buy electric" they said 🤣
Now on my list of places to go. Thx for all your hard work and the variety of places and events you cover.
Wow
Unbelievable footage! Great job. So odd to see it so beautiful, yet so deadly.
why is it unbelievable? you just watched it on video didnt you?
@@arresthillary9502 BNICE
@@gobbletegook I live in Miami but I don't like snows because I have experienced hard fall of snow and that was terrible for me I can't go to work and I hardly feed that only made me to dislike snow. Greetings from Miami
Better this than fires. What a blessing.
That will be coming after all the resulting growth dries out
I just watched two of your vids back to back. I have not seen your channel before. I must say, I thoroughly enjoyed both videos for their content and the editing. Loved the different camera angles, the good, the bad and the ugly of winter storms. Thank You!!!
Thank you Rampy! We have a lot more content coming, hopefully you enjoy those just as much.
Epic, looks so fun!!! Snow snow snow
Amazing good footage, wonder how you find save drone spots at that wether conditions.
Excellent compilation. Those of us that have lived at or near Donner Summit for a long time have seen this before and worse. But, this is a biggie for sure and nothing to sneeze at. We have seen those banks on DPR at least 10-15 or more feet higher. Still, this is the biggest in many years and it will will get worse before it gets better.
Whitney Webb.
love the drone footage.
...great video, thank you!
beautiful winter pictures but the rest is just sad!
Beautiful pictures. We enjoyed 'em.
I also thank you for the particular images you take along your journey, it seems to be there too!
To see this video and all that it contains, is just so incredible!!
I know they said that California was hit five years ago I think with a bad storm, but I don’t remember a storm being as severe as this one.
Stay safe and let’s hope by Wednesday this storm will dissipate. I know there’s warnings about Monday.
Stay safe, warm and dry. As much as you can.🤗💗
Nah, we have always had storms like this on Donner Summit! It’s great, but you have to be prepared and use common sense.
@@jenniferroberts7581 Yes, I can see those who’ve never spent a winter up there would be in shock. Good thing to know to being prepared. Take care!!
I've lived here in Truckee for 23 years but this is the worst I've ever seen in terms of the snow.
@@just.jude. Seriously? My family has had a cabin at Soda Springs for 60 years, and I've lived in Truckee for the past 6 years - NO WAY is this the "worst". In 2011, we had 18 feet on the ground at Soda Springs - currently we have about 9. Yes, the past two weeks have been a lot all at once, but far from record-setting.
This is not record setting but given the forecast for another 5' in the next few days and it only being January it's got record potential. If not for so much rain and sleet falling the snow pack would be much higher as well. Either way, it's really incredible to see, particularly for those that do not get to see it in person. Plus it is fantastic to put a dent in the drought.
This is more like it! Now just another 10 foot of snow by the end of the month another 10 foot before April and we'll be in good shape!
yep land another hard hard rain with 10 more foot of snow until april.. We good all year long that's if politicians aren't doing stupid things with it.
Yep.
Nice video of the waves. Beautiful Blue-green color.
Just make sure your furnace and laundry vents are open to air.
Vos vidéos avec votre drone sont magnifique 👍
Meanwhile in B.C., rain rain and more rain. Almost T-shirt weather.
Do you mean BC, as in British Columbia Canada?, or Baja California Mexico?
Ahh. That's why I saw a Sprinter van pulling a snowmobile trailer with BC license plates over here in Marquette MI. No snow there?
@@goodguygto British Columbia, Canada.
@@williebeamish5879 None in the Lower Mainland.
@@goodguygto Well it wouldn't be nearly as impressive if I were in Mexico. It's been around 8 degrees here on Vancouver Island since Christmas.
Absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
I live in Miami but I don't like snows because I have experienced hard fall of snow and that was terrible for me I can't go to work and I hardly feed that only made me to dislike snow. Greetings from Miami. hope you're good and the weather condition over there is favourable
Wow 😮
whats so bad about that? normal winter weather
I'm in new england and there's no snow now
How about you go over there and see for yourself
Look everyone, an edgy Northerner!
This is the Sierra Nevada mountains, right?
Don’t they always get snow like this?
Yes, historically we always did. In the more recent 10-15 years, we've had years with much less snow/rain. So this has been awesome for snowpack and rain, aside from the flooding and damage.
No...225% of normal
Did you hear about the two statisticians who went hunting? One shot at the deer and led it too far, the other shot way behind. The two congratulated themselves. They were asked, why are you so happy, you missed? "On average, we hit it!"
@@markmattos4630not for truckee
Yes. This is what we call "a good year so far".
Wow, the snow is very thick.
Be careful my friend.
Nice sharing.
6 months ago they were showing videos of empty reservoirs. Be interesting to see how much of this water is captured. I hear far too much of it is lost to the ocean.
A lot of it has been captured as snowpack too. Which will melt this spring. Interesting to see how it goes.
they will lose lots of water the storms have been coming to fast and dams have to release some.
where would they be without the internal combustion engine right now
Stuck in the white Tesla.
driving electric cars or hover cars if we where not put back by combustion engine. wireless power wouldn't even need to charge you cell. electric motor and car were invented first but cant make money if we all just get a better life
@@heyby8764 the first hybrid was built in 1929 why do you think it didn't take off?
@@coryament first electric car was 1834. they needed no gas and less repairs.
by 1890 they sold them but more money was put into developing gas engines because of them reasons
@@heyby8764 and 100 years later the electric still cant replace the internal combustion engine
Awesome! Sooooo beautiful
Excellent photography! Thank you.
Well I think our Father answered some prayers from this summer when you were all worried about where you would get a drink of water with all of your Reservoirs dried up..much to be thank full for...
We get a lot of snow here in Utah but nothing like that. ☃️
now you have. congratulations
Lovely weather for a Sliegh ride.together with you!!!
Thank you for a great video!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Iam 40. When i was a kid sometimes there was snow like this i my area. (Edit.: okay half of these 🙂) Now nothing at all. I live in eastern Europe.
Same here, I am in Vienna, as a kid we had often snow. Now absolutely nothing, less and less every year. I miss it
I wish we would have this much snow in my town!
It's going to take forever for all that snow to melt!!!!
Not long, But once it does, it's going to flood the low grounds all over again.
It usually takes a few months, but it will depend on what happens between now and April. Generally, flooding is not a problem with spring snowmelt.
@@jenniferroberts7581 Thank you!👍. Let's hope no major flooding!
Wow. Great photos! Love the drone shots too.
I am so unprepared to live up in those mountains.
Stay safe and I hope you can get help. 🤗
That's what I said about 6 years ago. I'm still saying it😀 Most of the snow footage was shot around Soda Springs, CA. So far this year we've had about 300" of snow. If you don't like snow, it's definitely not the place you want to be.
Winter Is Coming.
It’s hard to believe that; that winter wonderland has made its home in California of all places
@@mrhyde3029 well I love snow and it’s hard to believe that well that part of California is a winter wonderland of all places
The levels of snow were similar back in the 70's...wasn't that unusual in winter here in Nor Cal. Sometimes it was like a single tract toboggan ride after the road plows went through up in the Tahoe neighborhoods. Many would have to dig tunnels to get to their front doors...was awesome! The weather has Always cycled throughout the years...sometimes it's dry and sometimes it's wet ..Very Normal.
Ok boomer
Well done! Thx!
Winter Wonderland ❄☃️❄
I don’t even think that we could handle that much rain at one time. Back in 1996 we had a storm come thru the north Willamette Valley that flattened the Willamette River Water Fall in Oregon City. Along the River in many low area we had sever flooding. It hard to prepare for . Especially with all of the fire damage there.
I live About 45 Mins Away From Here How Come I Don't Get Any Snow Lol 😅
Lower elevation, maybe ! 😬
cause it al ready filled up with snowflakes
@@paulsupronojr.4976 oh lol 😂 thank for telling me I should of thought of that I’m dumb
Thank you. From Syracuse, New York. 😊
Love your stuff, amazing!!
Winter Is Coming.
Good footage.
In case some didn't know that California is not all sunshine and beaches.
Winter Is Coming.
California has some wild weather. Most don't expect it or think about it. In a three day span I saw 3' of snow fall, 8-10" of rain and flooding. Huge waves crash over seawalls into towns, chased a tornado warned storm and covered non-thunderstorm wind gusts topple trees all over the capital.
Water is so powerful I don't believe a seawall is much help (just saying)
Well this is the mountains…
@@WxChasing And it was awesome!!
Excellent Video Thank You
Snow!! Water!! Save all you can California!! You’ve been granted a reprieve.
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better must put chaintires on the wheels...
help stop accident / stop crash vehicles
Thanks for Video Nice Nice
Wow it's Absolutely beautiful 😍
This is actually more normal than not.
Winter Is Coming.
Nice, let hope they could keep all that water and not listen to some idiot so-called scientist and let all the water drain into the ocean.
Great video
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take off all poles with all piers...
no more fix / no more repair / no more new building pier again
What would be the benefit of removing all the piers ? It would be more cost effective to repair the piers .
@@michealtull9033 No, that would be in vain because of the global warming the sea level is rising!
@@utej.k.bemsel4777 We will all be dead and gone for generations before the ocean rises that much . Your buying into fear control , relax !
How the solar panels and windmills working out in these conditions
Ohh they’re not
Try to Keep warm so you don’t freeze to death
Keep seeding those clouds... we love it here...
Great perspective of all of these events. Keep it going.
I live in Miami but I don't like snows because I have experienced hard fall of snow and that was terrible for me I can't go to work and I hardly feed that only made me to dislike snow. Greetings from Miami. how are you doing
Tesla 😂
Winter Is Coming.
all that beautiful water