Oroville UPDATE Jan 1 2019 Happy New Year! 

Happy New Year Jaun and Family your still the best journalist out there. Thanks for the great reporting on Oroville Dam Project and all the beautiful human interest storys you do.

Another Awesome flight with Juan and the mighty Luscombe. Thank you Juan

How proud you should be at being chosen to report on another major infrastructure project!

Thanks for the great follow-up, Juan. I've been following your reports on Oroville since it first happened and I have to say I've come to a much greater understanding and empathy for the folks in that area just by knowing the facts of their situation due to your excellent work. My job has me talking to people in California all day long, many of whom have had to relocate because of the Camp fire. Their stories are heartbreaking at times, so I'm glad to be able to help them with what I do, if only just to listen to them tell their story again. Thanks again, and Happy New Year!

Thanks Juan. Happy New Year. Congrats on becoming the goto infrastructure reporter.

I really like that old Bell 47, used to do site prep burns with one. They built a pump for napalm to we could drip napalm to really get the heat up in the fire so we could finish quick and go on to the next tract. Fun days but it was hard work. Thanks again Jaun for keeping us updated.

Amazing shots and a sincere effort to get the real news out to the people. Happiness is flying with you! Happy 2019 to you, your family and all who view your videos. Snow line around 2,000 feet on BC coast for comparison.

9:57 the way the emergency spillway is designed in steps, makes it look like a good place for a Musical Concerts.

Happy New Year! 🎆🎊🎈 Starting out right with an Oroville Update.

Thanks for the update, love these big Hydro Dams, growing up in NZ South Island, is the Benmore earth dam, 95m head and a long concrete spillway with a lovely spoon at the end.

Thank God - a real reporter. No scary music, no nails on slate voice, no stupid captions. No stupidity at all in fact. You have far and away been the best reporter on this project from beginning to end. Thanks again Juan!

WISHING "J.B. & FILM CREW" A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2019. (And thanks for the past year of fabulous reporting. )

Juan, I love flying with you in the mighty Luscombe - I learn so much and it lets me forget my other problems. Im so glad that they have done such a great job at Oroville. Thank you, God bless, and Happy New Year Paul

My dad was in charge of concrete at the New Bullards Bar Dam! I go up there whenever I come down to visit my son in Yuba City. I can't wait for your reports on this project!!

It's great seeing the work getting to this point at Oroville! From an outstanding perspective courtesy of the Mighty Luscombe. Knowing there is another project on the horizon cheers up my new year more than you can know. Happy New Year.

Happy New Year❗️ What a huge contrast from when it hit the fan 2 years ago, very impressive. Just as impressive is Blancolirio World Headquarters sending out their ace reporter and posting a vid even on a holiday...dedicated & good too.

Thanks for the update Juan. Look forward to the upcoming hillside reconstruction and Ballard’s bar videos

JUAN, I'D GREATLY APPRECIATE some close-up shots of the left end of the emergency spillway where they tied it into the hillside. I'm sure they did a good job--I'd just like to see HOW they did a good job of it.

Excellent job once again, from KT. My love to Nevada County! G.V. Now has 2 new residents. An older couple who were burned out from Paradise. They have some needs. Y'all can find them on the website if you're interested!

Probably 20 years ago my friend flew us from Placerville to Nevada City and the we drove to Beale AFB for an air show. We saw the SR71 Blackbird go supersonic and then land. Quite a memory.

"LOOKOUT!" I had a instructor in college who yelled out "GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Juan Brown - reporter of the year!

6.32 I went to that spot twice back in the 90's, the last year of the drought the water barely touched the damm, only a stream to it, the second time the summer after the El Nino the water was at the top of the damm.Thanks Miracle Month of March.

Your coverage of the Oroville spillway is the only coverage that is honest and not full of fearmongering.

Great hearing that you've been invited to follow the Bullard Bar improvements! Keep up the reporting, Juan!

Thank you for sharing this amazing work my father built the Great dams of the northwest as a kid he dragged me out there course I became afraid of anything that was bigger than a mud puddle. I liked watching this it reminded me of him just lost him this last year. And yep he's tired of those wackadoodles too and glad to be rid of them the world's sure has become a very strange place.

Happy new year to the Browne family! Thank you again, Mr. Browne, for another fact-filled report on the goings on at the Oroville Dam. As a local, I'm really glad they decided to keep the "spillway boat ramp." I've had some amazingly good times on the lake embarking from there. It was a treat to see little Chewy, too, although I do wish he had a Gridley-centric name since that's where he came from. But it's WAY too late for that now. I just have to be content to know that he came from my block. I'm really happy that he's worked out for your family and that he's got such an amazing fur-ever home. He's a lucky little dog to have found such a nice family. ;-) And yes, I am dog crazy.

Followed your Oroville coverage from the beginning. Can't thank you enough.

Look forward to your new videos. Got hooked by your Oroville reports and have enjoyed your channel ever since. Thank you for your reporting.

Beautiful Juan. Gorgeous start for the New Year. Blessings to you and the family.

Right on. Thanks for the straight-up reporting. We live in Berry Creek (26 years) just past Lake O. Will look at your posts again.

Gosh I want to see that water level at 901 just one time before I die. That amphitheater of RCC stair steps with water flowing would be awesome to see!! Praying hard! Love the Mighty Luscombe Juan and thank you for all you do. Happy New Year! Jim.

As a retired tradesman, always enjoy watching skilled craftsman at work and this definitely appeared to be one very high quality example of that activity. Thank you very much for taking us along on the journey. Looking forward to what 2019 brings. Happy New Year Jaun to you and your family !!

I’m a relatively new subscriber - came as you were vlogging the terrible fires’ aftermath. I must say I agree with so many of your other subscriber friends, so.. ditto what they ^^ say! 😊 I think I’ve said before, you probably showed up in my feed because I’m an armchair avgeek. I enjoy your taking us along in the mighty Luscombe and the incredible recordings and stills. I had no idea Northern California was so ruggedly beautiful. And what engineering marvels the concrete dam and spillways are! As a person of abiding Christian faith, you can be sure I’m praying for the families who’ve lost loved ones and/or their homes and businesses. Now, I’m including prayer for descending mountain snow lines and rains for your much-needed water; as well as natural and man-assisted rehabbing the forest floor/understory. And yes, I’m prepared to pray for years. “See you here!”

What a grand landing! I'm always freaked out a bit when you mention wind, but you always make these landings look so easy.

Just reviewing this material after a year and a half. Hard to overstate just how important your reporting was to ensuring open government and public access to information during this crisis. Citizen reporting is the future; thank you for showing how it can be done effectively.

Excellent factual reporting again, thanks. Have a safe and peaceful new year

Thanks Juan for the awesome coverage. The main stream media it seems is always looking for a gotsha moment. Its very refreshing to have info that's helpful from Oroville to all the fires. Funny part is, I'm from Minnesota! It was a balmy -27 degrees here this morning. Happy New Year.

Happy New Year Juan , Thank you for a great year of professional journalism and front line reporting that no other journalist can hold a candle to. Be safe in your travels.

Thanks for a VERY INFORMATIVE 2018, Juan! Here comes 2019! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!👍😁👍

You did not point out the miniature golf course. LOL. Great job see you next time. 🐢🇺🇸🐢🇺🇸🐢🇺🇸

Greetings, and a Happy New year from the U.K.

Thanks Juan; I wone over a new scriber with your evaluation of the portable campfire. You just never know. LOL ! Looking forward to the new construction at the Bar reservoir.

I'm a retired Chartered Civil Engineer in the UK. I worked in the coastal and the fluvial flood risk management field for 40 years. I followed your Oroville videos from the beginning. They were very good, thanks. I think you deserved the award you got for them from the professional organisation who gave it to you. I thought you might like an 'Adapting to sea level rise' video project that will keep you going for decades to come. I expect you are aware that climate change is causing the sea level to rise. Sea level rise will increase the flood risk to thousands of coastal settlements and to the millions of people who live and work there. In addition to these direct damages an increase in coastal flooding damages the economy and social wellbeing. Below is a link to a recent article I just read which made me think you might be interested covering covering sea level rise, its potential impact on coastal communities and how there are adapting to it or are planning to adapt to it. I was thinking you could do this for the coastal settlements near you and for the places you visit on your world wide travels. www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-california-coast-storm-damage-20190313-story.html Best wishes Tony Burch

Thanks Juan. Enjoyed the take-off and landing as always. Please show us another flyover in a few months when the backfill and landscaping/replanting are done. Happy New Year.

I can not tell all who viewed this how very very much I miss people like this man. So well spoken, such a crisp mind, so Californian. I grow up in San Jose, Saratoga, & Los Gatos. Then was in the CCC's Jan 86 at Himboldt Fire Center up out of Weotte on the Eel Rive. Caught the Mighty Flood of Feb 86 as a New Bee in the Corps. there. What a time on the 201 Salmon Restoration project for those fish in streams. CDF Fire Captains Sandy Natt, Mike Parker. Just an awesome time for a you guy like me to get out of the Silicon Valley in early 86. Oh California, such an amazing place to grow up in. Full of deep rich history going back hundreds of years. John from Noblesville, Indiana.

Hey Juan, I'm VERY interested in your in depth tour of the new spill way at Bullards bar Reservoir. That is my playground above (in the lake) and below the dam in the river. I've read about this project awhile back but became very excited when you mentioned it yourself. I'm going to learn a lot from the project when you share, and that's what I'm looking forward too. Happy New Year 2019!.

Nice one Juan. Seeing the end product (well almost) after all the trials and tribulations is very rewarding. As usual your detailed explanation of what is actually happening make the video even more compelling and the 'in plane' shorts of you flying the Mighty Luscombe are equally entertaining. Can't wait for that next spillway project.

Thanks and Happy New Year! May you and your family have a glorious and joyous new year. I know we will thanks to your amazing reporting. Looking forward to another amazing year with your channel...

Happy New Year Juan and all the best to you and your family in 2019. Thank you for all the Oroville dam updates. Your videos are very educational. I appreciate all the research and diligence you put in your work. Thank you.

I love flying with you! Although it's only on a video, I feel as if I'm really sitting in the plane! I now have a much better understanding of the Oroville Dam Spillway & surrounding areas. I recently moved to Redding & don't get out much. The local televised News never shows the entire area or explains much to the viewer. Maybe you could teach them a thing or two?!..Or sell them a good story. Some of us locals would appreciate decent nightly news.

Thanks Juan for a fantastic year and all the interesting vlogs you produce , always keep safe and looking forward to more interesting broadcasts

The "Cranes have gone south for the winter". Funny stuff right there. Thank you for your great coverage of this massive project. It'rare to find someone who is excepted by both the contractor and the public. 73's Bill.

Thanks for the excellent report, very informative and great photography on that huge project! I wondered how the progress was going on the spillway. Pay no attention to the people who think a little blasting is "the end of the world" since they would scream bloody murder if that area BELOW had flooded! THEN, people would have something to scream about for miles below Oroville Dam! That area has been hit hard, with the Paradise fire and all. Paradise was where I grew up after about age 10 until after school from about 1950 to 1973, when my father passed away and again for about a half a year in 1985 after my mother's passing, to finalize things. We used to go down to Nelson's Bar to swim in the summer; I learned to swim there as a kid. And of course I was back for Christmas until I'd lost both parents and the properties sold. I'm sure our old property is gone from the fire, a big two-story house, barn, and out-buildings on about 18 acres as well as my father's medical office down town. I suppose the apple and pear orchard will come back but I doubt the woods will. Those pine trees burn fast. I have no intention of going up there to see the place, since I'd probably get lost now with the landmarks all gone. I worked at Feather River Hospital along with my father but I'm sure I'd no longer recognize much after the fire, and I don't want to see it now, since I've seen quite few pictures and the devastation was terrible. I'm sure the people who matter are and will be grateful for your reports. I saw one aerial video, about 25 minutes long, of the area and I didn't recognize much. It's heart-breaking for such a sad thing to happen to such a beautiful area. Keep up the good work, I'm sure it is appreciated! I became a GA pilot after I left home and flew out of Half Moon Bay Arpt below San Francisco so was used to crosswinds, but I'm in Idaho now, so don't have any reason to go up to that area now. Nice landing, by the way! Thanks for the report.

Hope you've had a Happy New Year, sir. It's been an amazing ride as the dam has been repaired. Thank you for your tremendous efforts to make sense of this all. We'll be looking forward to your future reports on new projects and other events as they develop!

Juan, any day is a good day to go flying. Just some days are better than others.

Thanks again for a story and views we will get from nowhere or no one else. I appreciate all the time and effort you put into your stories and videos. Happy New Year and I look forward to your coverage in 2019.

Great job Juan! It’s incredible to see the progress they’ve made at the dam in such a short period of time.

The best way to silence a Wack-a-doodles is to wack them like a Wack-a-Moles!!!!

The cranes flew south for the winter.....I caught it! Thanks for the "almost done" update.

Well done Juan on earning the respect of the folks at Bullards Bar, to the point they've invited you in particular to cover their project. A thoroughly professional development!

Another clear & factual update - thank you. Followed by a bit of a lively landing - that wind sure bounces the Luscombe around!

Love the green paint job on your Luscombe. Many happy hours flying with my dad in his Luscombe. Your videos are wonderful reminders. Thanks for doing what you do, and Happy New Year.

Thanks Juan! Looking forward to that new dam project in Yuba County!

Thanks for the video Juan ! I have been accused of being a busy guy , but you , Sir are amazing . Flying one of "my" 777s across one pond or another , or flying one of your small aircraft . Let's not forget your drone . Riding your motorcycle . Being a Dad and Husband and local reporter along with hours of editing . Home and vehicle maintenance . Imagine if half the population was half as busy / productive ! Have a great New Year Juan and family !

Wackadoodles! Love it.

Thank you for the adventures. Best wishes for this New Year.

Wow! everyone has done such a great job repairing the Oroville Dam. Can we look forward to the ground greening up again this coming year? Thanks for all the updates - your video uploads have always been top-notch and ultra professional. :)

Amazing landing. Must be pretty dull in that 777compared to the luscom. I talked to a guy at an old car show here in Austin Yesterday and he just refurbished a 1947 luscoms interior. He does more modern planes for a living. Great Video.

Happy new year Juan, and thank you for covering the Oroville story so completely from start to finish. Fascinating!

Lol, you’re looking at the old Bell helicopter and I am checking out the little red MR2 in the background.

Thanks Juan nice video always have enjoyed your work since the beginning of the Orville issue I continue to want to come out there to Northern California someday with my dirt bike and ride that thing up that daggone New Spillway and do a wheelie all the way up it I guess they wouldn't really like that that much so maybe I won't. Cheers buddy.

Thanks Jaun. I've been with you from the start of the Dam adventure. "yes Pun intended" Because of you I know more about the Oroville Dam than anybody in the Midwest.........lol Thumbs up!

Thanks Juan, will watch you again this year, Happy new year to you and yours.

Thanks for the update to the customers down here in Los Angeles County. I am looking forward to the New Bullards Bar Reservoir in the future years from your reporting. Have a great year to you and your family in 2019 and hopefully the rain will pick up in the next couple of months...

BLESS YA JUAN, STAY SAFE AND KEEP THOSE VISUALS AND DESCRIPTIONS AND DIAGRAMS ON GOING..... I LEARNED A LOT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.... GREAT COVERAGE, HELPED ME FEEL LIKE I WAS THERE..... AGAIN, THANKS, HAVE A GREAT NEW YEARS..... A FANTASTIC OPERATION AND GREAT PLANNING.... THANKS...

Sittin' up here in Vancouver, B.C. eating pumpkin pie and going on a flight with you in the mighty Luscombe. Greaat way to start the new year out. All the best in the new one,

thank you. delighted you will be almost in my neighborhood informing us on the Bullard's Bar project.

thank you juan. look forward to watching the progress on the new project. job well done with oroville

Happy New Year! I wish there were more people like you reporting on local issues that have a huge impact on our lives! I'm not really local to the area you're reporting on, but close enough to care in SF! Our infrastructure is crumbling too. It's really awful that we/ they always wait until a catastrophe to address crumbling infrastructure. Why can't we be proactive instead of reactive?

Thanks Juan, I love visiting northern CA. Wish I lived there.

Planning a drop-in to Nevada County (KGOO) soon! Happy New Year Juan and Family!

Thanks Juan, have learned lots from your reporting on the Oroville Dam. Came before that for the Luscombe videos, stayed for all the great content. Looking forward to the "Next Adventure"! Happy New Year!

Juan, your video quality continually improves. Great stuff, filling a need for information in places the public can't get a peek at. Thanks!

Happy New Year Juan and Family. Looking forward to more fine work in 2019. I really like the ride alongs in the Mighty Luscombe.

Happy New Year to you and the family. I’m sure you get this a lot but as unfortunate the spillway incident was I probably wouldn’t have come across your channel. I have learned so much on the variety of videos that you put out. You always present them so well and look forward to what’s to come in 2019.

Excellent report once again Juan. Love the flyovers of the reservoir and surrounding country. Looks like a nice water fall at 11.31. I hope you and the family have a great 2019. Looking forward to the new reports as you make them. regards from the UK

Nice jacket! looks warm. Thanks for the update. Can't wait for the tour. I am concerned about the lack of rain so far. Happy New Year!!!

As always, it is a pleasure to hear your reports.

In regards to your snow survey, no worries Juan. Nice storm pattern setting up this coming weekend with low snow levels. Funny how the DWR has scheduled their snow survey a day or two before a forecast of possible heavy snow.

In this age of fake news and mis-information it is great to get the straight skinny with no agenda and no BS. Thanks Juan

Nice way to begin my New Year! Thx for the plane ride, and the Oroville project! Happy New Year, and I'll be interested in your ' new' story...what ever it is.!!! yay!

Thanks, Juan. Wish I could still fly - bad eyes!

Thanks for the ride, and keeping us informed of the updates.

Thanks Juan, from Australia. Been following this since she topped what seems like eons ago. Masterful work, masterful reporting and masterful flying. Cheers mate.

Nice close. If you ever get a chance to hike Phantom Falls on Table Mountain, do it. Lots of history at the bottom behind the falls. Do it in the spring though.

Looking forward to seeing the new project, with your in-depth commentary.

I know it could never happen because of terrorism or whatever, but the new emergency spillway would make such a cool amphitheatre! 🎶

Love your channel a lot! I am always interested in seeing the Oroville Dam in Action, so looking forward to what you might share....

Beityful sunset shot at the end of this piece. Happy New Year

Thanks for your reporting! I really enjoy your videos. Looking forward to the report on Bullards Bar Reservoir