That's a bad thing that you're doing that because how much fresh water goes into the ocean affects climate change and more freshwater goes into the ocean the worse it would get because sea level will rise the ocean currents could shift and melt the polar ice caps faster than what they do now
@@JamesBolton-bs5bd That river outlet gets dammed up periodically during storms during specific kinds of high tide. If those guys didn't dig it out and have some fun with it. Within a day or so the river will naturally will break thru. But that might happen at midnight or sunday morning when everybody is at Church.
Here's the explanation for anyone wondering: The thing between the canal and the ocean is a sandbar. These form naturally in many locations. These sandbars rise with time, then the high tide deforms them. And so the cycle goes on. The thingy being dug in the sandbar is a flood creek. As you can see, in the distance there are houses, a bridge, and probably other stuff that wouldn't mind going without a flooding. If the sandbar gets too high, it represents major risks to flooding. A sandbar raising too high can be caused by many things, such as strong winds. So when this happens, the most usual procedure is for the city to send out a couple of workers to make a connection to the ocean to avoid flooding. That's what you see in the beginning. The guys digging are not from the surfer group. They're workers assigned with this exact task by the city council to keep the coastal homes safe. In most places I know of, surfers are allowed to have fun in these flood creeks as much as they want, as they go away pretty quickly. The water flow is as intense as this for some hours, maybe half a day, it can depend, but after that it calms down and the sandbar will be back before you know it (in one month or two the creek is usually filled back naturally). TL;DR: It's not the surfers that dug out the connection, and the reason is to prevent a natural disaster.
Word. I greatly appreciate this knowledge you dropped. I was completely ready to hop on the hate train for these dudes along with a bunch of other commenters before reading it.
Yeah, first it was continental, then global, now it's planetary. This joke was *slightly* funny the first time someone did this. The hundreds of copies that followed, each with a "bro is an x level threat 💀" of varying terminology are not. You should honestly feel bad, and dumb, for parroting this kinda shit.
@@kayedavis8497 I doubt that water is reservoir water. The problem is that animals and plants could live in that water, and they are adapted to live in that type of water. When the water goes into the ocean it can leave the lake dry and barren, or at least shallow. Any fish or other animals that get washed out are not used to the ocean water and will probably die. Plants will not have enough water, and also the violent force of the speed of that water is probably ripping a bunch out to sea and killing them. Birds will not have enough living animals left to eat at their lake and could die out. Any species that do survive in the ocean could not have enough natural predators and overpopulate, taking recourses from ocean life (although that problem is more unlikely). Its just overall not good. But another commenter said that the lake formed due to flooding and wasn't an established ecosystem, so it could be fine if there weren't animals living there yet
@@kayedavis8497 no, saltwater will eventually get into the river the stream is coming from via waves or other ways of moving upstream, though I doubt the river was potable (drinkable) anyways. Source: Am geography student, though physical geography isn't my area of expertise.
Some others are saying this is legal and done yearly here, etc. Don't know the particulars on this one, but many places it's illegal and devastating to make changes to waterways, just FYI before you try. While this one seemed to grow exponentially over a matter of minutes, short time or long the changes can be drastic or even catastrophic, engineers need to assess the impact before it happens, and if what others are saying about this being necessary and yearly, then we can presume these assessments were already done.
What people fail to realize is that this is something that happens quite often and is completely natural. The ocean will bring all that sand back up within a few days
@@IrkenSeansometimes it’s required to literally prevent natural disasters though. The ones digging in the beginning were professionals sent to do that by the city. I’m sure this was a necessary case.
@@MsScarletwings I know, I was a watershed manager, this was literally part of my job. There are legitimate times to do this when the environmental impact is small and the prevention of damage to property is high. However, it also happens because some rich asshole built there home/business too close to the river and then used their influence to break the dune when the water rose as part of the natural cycle. I am just trying to provide context. Things like this impact the environment. There are natural processes and when they are disrupted there are consequences. This isn't an earthquake or tornado, this is an annual predictable event, and it would not require these actions, except in rare instances, if people built outside of floodplains.
The act of connecting a river to the ocean is not inherently illegal in the United States, but it is heavily regulated. The legal process involves an EIA, federal and state permits, and adherence to a multitude of environmental laws. Unauthorized alterations to watercourses can carry significant legal repercussions.
These brackish lagoons form naturally almost every year. Many species rely on them as part of their lifecycle. Breaking them like this is very harmful for them. Anyone who builds a house in an area affected by this annual occurrence is an idiot.
Finally after all the “bad for the environment” “small action, big impact” “this is naturally made” comments the one about appreciating keeping everyone safe is here
@@corruptspurple3021 "a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state." Erosion is both deterministic and probabilistic in nature meaning it is not the butterfly effect. In addition they literally dug a trench for the water to flow through which may also invalidate the "small change" part of the definition.
This is honestly a really cool example of how erosion works. While in this example the path is carved much faster than normal due to it being sand, it shows how rivers are formed over time. If I was teaching geography to kids then i would use this video.
As long as the river stays higher than the ocean, no big deal. But if the ocean overtakes that river, then things will change for the worse. This man/boy will be popular for a different reason. Start praying 🙏 🤲 dude.
@@frederickjost9let’s start praying it doesn’t get any bigger lol but honestly if it does they fucked cause how the hell are they even allowed to do this shit in the first place?
@TheOnlyMachu they aren't. I'm not sure if it was them but there was a similar video like this one in which they actually got taken in for the night. The vote arrested
@@TheOnlyMachuI don’t think the surfers did actually dig it out, I saw in another comment that this (the digging) is the best course of action for when a sandbar gets too high otherwise flooding could happen. That comment I referred to earlier also suggested that those two in the beginning (construction vest + camo guy) were probably hired by the city/town to fix the sandbar and to make sure the surrounding area stays… relatively dry.
Just fyi. Don't go doing this without authorization, especially not with estuaries, coastal lakes or places where the sea can rise and flow back into the freshwater. You could do major damage to ecosystems.
I understand that this is a thing that happens naturally, and it's not bad to dig it out periodically. Still feels like a tremendously unsafe thing to play around in. Rip currents are no joke.
yeah, the boundary between the ocean and that river is so small it was bound to happen tbh. We already do this type of stuff on a massive scale, dams n such. It's not like this is any different.
They're surfers so they could be considered "trained professionals" I guess. If they dig it out regularly, they probably have a lot of experience with it
Not really. Soon or later this would happen naturally. But it is really common for beach towns to do this "flow control" at regular intervals to avoid those rivers flooding houses and streets upstream.
@@Anonymous-to6fn oh I just added calm down to that for everyone else and copy pasted to every comment that didnt seem to know this was stolen content with misinformation on it. You joke is funny and you seem chill i was just too lazy to take off chill
@@purrtycatinthebox5426are u sure? He calls it a river in the title. And it looks very big, with a bridge built in the back almost specifically for it.
@@michaelkolkmeier7400your dumb if you think that they aren’t doing anything wrong there destroying the beach and that’s a very dangerous river they made someone could fall a child that dosent know how to swim could die if they fell in that
@@ArminiusViciousum, this happened in my country and we lost 1 beach because of the strong current. There are places that these kind of activity would lead into disasters.....
@@ArminiusViciousThey could have single handedly destroyed a township’s irrigation supply, and nesting areas for birds and aquatic life. That’s a lot of fresh water lost to the sea in a region that’s not likely abundant with it. There *is* a reason why folks are calling foul and just because you might not grasp the implications doesn’t make others dodos for pointing it out.
This is an actual event where they connect the river to the ocean to drain the river, i forget the name of the event, but if u pay close attention, the guy who said that was a cop
some people are so stupid lol. this isn’t an illegal thing or bad thing too do. rivers connect to oceans so this is just speeding up the process lol. crazy how some people didn’t know this.
They just want to be angry and offended and then pretend that that angry offense makes them more thoughtful and virtuous. If gets old quick. But that's social media these days.
@@S7232SI hope you're buying lots of fish food and pouring it into your street drains for these stormwater fish, (who are complete unable to hear the rushing of water and swim upstream to avoid the now obvious current that was just still water triggering their spidey senses to not go that way.
That’s Aliso creek beach in Orange County. This happens all of the time and tides will cause the water to be trapped again. The water comes from a drainage canal and is meant to end up in the ocean.
Thanks for this information. I was worried they were destroying a river. EDIT: I meant an established river. Added this because people have apparently lost the ability to infer the smallest amount of information. Welcome to the wonderful world of having to be overly specific.
@@itsmtrix6230this happens naturally in cycles during periods where the rivers have high water levels. Eventually water level drops and the tides redeposit the sands and fill the gap.
Bringing the river to flow it took have of that section say it rain 🌧 more water will spread a bigger current problem the bigger will wash the sand away if he sent the little river the other way the ocean will push water up to the beach but the river flows it will cause the water to flow another direction 😀
@@Vzax could it create an island though by cutting land mass off and isolating right? And if by a reach of the imagination, the island is big enough could it be a continent?
@@RurikLoderr in some days most of lake or river will be discharged into the ocean it was stopped before by the beach but they provided it a way to go in the ocean And don't forget you are messing with the nature
We can't consume ocean water it's too salty but we can use river water so it doesn't matter where it goes but here they can use river water not ocean@@RurikLoderr
That's actually a tactic we use to catch fishes in our village like the fishes enter our farmlands and when they try to enter the next one they get through trench they get stuck in the net
@susangreene9662 It's meant to be cleared out and if it wasn't they wouldn't go to jail, most likely an expensive fine and why wish jail time on someone who had some fun. You don't need to say "I hope so" If something is unnecessary don't say it. Have a great day
That's Aliso Creek at Aliso Beach in Laguna. They've been breaching the sandbar for decades to surf the standing wave, and it breaches itself anyway during heavy water flows. It's a flood control channel and a lot of the water is runoff from communities along the creek.There are no fish in this part of the creek, and it's going into the ocean regardless. It's better to periodically breech the sandbar than wait for it to happen naturally, when there's a huge build-up up bacteria and other nasty organisms. It's obviously a very popular boarding spot. No damage done. The property owners along this stretch of the creek sure appreciate it.
Very underrated and intelligent comment here… by all technicalities- yes. The colorodo river did to the grant canyon valley what this little trench did to the beach. Just over a LOT longer period of time
@@sanketdhumne8392 I’m glad he did. Eventually, the trench would have naturally connected to the ocean. When that naturally happens, the animals that are fresh-water species slowly adapt but this guy just connected it, killing everything there
Logically, if a group of teenager really making a river just for fun, they will be punished by the authority and will be forced to close the river they made. This is deliberate by the authority and beach management to avoid flooding in the city.
With how close that river to the ocean you really think it's gonna take a few decades for it to connect naturally? Lmao. It prolly happens yearly especially during the rainy season.
Nah it doesn’t really effect the environment that much since the river is flowing to the ocean anyways, just at an accelerated rate. Only problem is probably people might getting hurt trying to surf this
