Before and After California Drought 

What about the scorpions tarantulas lizards and frogs and toads there homes all destroyed

Yes sir!

I believe that even prior to Tulare lake, when Native Americans were the only inhabitants, that entire basin was full of water. One of the largest lakes in the US at the time. When it drained, it formed the SF Bay. I shot a video near Tehachapi in the hills on a 7k acre ranch. Previous residents in the area were the Native Americans. And evidenced from the grind stone holes, a decent population lived in those hills for generations. But when I was there it was completely dry 90% of the year. Then as we drove around I started to notice the basin below reminded me of a bay. So I started googling it and sure enough it used to be a massive body of water which evidently supported generations of life as I bet the climate was way different back then. I personally believe the water in the basin provdied rain and moisture to the surrounding areas, a micro climate I of sorts, that kept the surrounding hills wet enough to have running streams all year around. In this video I created, you can see the evidence of it but the landscape is really, really dry most of the year. Nobody could survive out there without a well or modern pumping equipment, when in the past I bet it was running all year. Check it out, most of what I am talking about is towards the end of the video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yojnrzzETXQ.htmlsi=5UwsivpqVSG4xlbk

That and my brother complained he can't drive because of the traffic the rain brings I explained to him the drought we are in and said he didn't care less about it. A month or two later we were informed about water usage and now he complained how we are not conserving our precious water. Right now California is going to have to find out how to collect all of the runoff without harming the ecosystem of every rainfall that drops down. We can't rely on Lake Mead on supplying us in the near future the demand is out numbering the supply and pretty soon the population from the other states will be demanding, not asking but demanding more water for their states. California should think about water filtration mainly for the coast.

@@pjm1953 bring back the Beavers!

Isn't it nuts, they raise rates as we conserve because they need more money, keep the restrictions and keep the rates. Someone is getting rich and it aint me.... Notice how the news is absolutely silent about the end of the drought? How people continue to trust MSM is beside me.

Completely agree, citizens aren't the problem. What I am not sure about is whether or not it is wrong to sustain agriculture on this level? Or if it is a state or national issue? We need food, and as food prices climb it provides a great opportunity to really figure out A. Is California the best, most efficient state for producing good organic food with limited pesticides and no genetic mods? Or B. is there another state with better resources that can provide the same output and same or better efficiency? If the answer is B. I say shut down major argiculture in CA and move it to X. If the answer is A. the Feds create a resource that has the least overall impact on the environment, like just as an example a canal or pipeline from an area with constant water or too much water, like the bypass in the Mississippi river that reduces and prevents flooding. Feeding a nation with a desert state's valuable water supply seems pretty unsustainable. The greatest problem getting in the way is painfully obvious, it's politics and lack of balance and compromise. I'm sure you know, on one side you have the environmentalists that value sustaining the environment and could care less about the quality of life for humans. Then on the other hand you have the side that wants to make life for people easier, but is willing to do so at the expense of the environment. We have the knowledge and tech to find a solution, we as humans have solved greater problems, I'm confident this can be solved. We need food, we need water, and we need the environment.

almond trees grow wild in spain, why on earth are they using so much water on bloody nuts

we need to stop mono crop agriculture and adopt regenerative farming on a local level. people need to see how easy it is to work with nature rather than working against it.

It is very rarely like that. It will take a very large storm and a season of debris upstream. All of the silt you see is plant matter from the trees upstream, the river that feeds this area is not entirely free of trash but it is minimal as there is little activity other than hiking in the area that feeds directly into this reservoir.

Wrong reservoir. This was being drained while I was filming it and the months after, yet it remained at capacity because there was so much water feeding it. It was like this 3, 6, and 9 months later. It hit capacity again this year... The point is they drain it every year but it's been like 30 - 40 years since it reached this capacity. I was going here in the 90's and offroading in the sand that in this video is at least 10 feet under water. It is so rare to see it like this. Well it was until this year and last.

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Yes! And may keep answering them. Just heard a very large El Nino might be forming and if what happened this year, continues next year but with an El Nino to support it.... Could be another big year.

I literally live a few miles from here and perhaps you have mistaken this for something else? They are in chronilogical order. I created the video and can tell you this without a shadow of a doubt. Thanks for the comment.

How can it be dry before a drought? Drought means when there's little to no rain. ​@@JustinBradleyPhotographer

@@MabzProductionz The first shot was during the drought in 2011, the second one was after 25 atmospheric rivers and shot in 2023. It's looking to be another record year. The last time I heard about the drought was two years ago. I've lived in California my entire life, I promise the drought came first. This is a Before and After video of the drought. If you take all titles this literally, you are going to waste your life picking them apart. Time is too precious to waste time on this kind of nonsense and if you don't get that, I am sorry, I cannot help you.

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If that were the case it wouldn't be called a drought it would be called normal. The title matches exactly what you see.. I'm 40 and this drought is the only one I've experienced in my life and I have lived in SoCal my entire life. After 10 years of drought, I'm stoked its over for now. The first clip was prior to the atmospheric rivers last year, the second one is after. Last year was the first time we had rain every single month from Jan - Aug, plus a freaking tropical storm! I can't remember the last time that happened... Tell me how is this clickbait?

Great guess, but this is just north of Azusa, California. I've never been to Japan but it's one of the top places on my photography bucket list.

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I'm not sure how that math works out? If capacity is 100% how can it be down 4 x's that? Serious question. Because last I checked overall status of wells and aquifers in the State of California was right around 45% of 100%.