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@glidercoach

Жыл бұрын

2:21 _"California's greatest drought on record lasted 6 years"_ Do you not know how to do research? The Fresno Bee June 16, 1994: State has suffered 2 'epic' droughts, researcher reports. Article says one was 200 years and the other was 140 years.

@Circle_of_the_Earth

Жыл бұрын

@@glidercoach That’s even more reason to restore rivers and their surrounding nature :)

@leeprice2849

Жыл бұрын

@@Circle_of_the_Earth Absolutely a good thing to restore the river. But the state shouldn't have stopped the storm water collection system they had under construction.

@luisvillarreal4743

Жыл бұрын

Ioii

@markythelarky6948

Жыл бұрын

@@glidercoach Do you understand what the phrase "on record" means? Apparently not, so here's a review, "On record: officially measured and noted." The article you site is looking at ancient droughts which, in that particular case, are measured by looking at tree trunks and with radiocarbon dating. There was no one around recording daily weather and climate patterns in those droughts. You also do not seem to understand what the word drought means in this case. According to the National Centers for Environmental Information, there are 4 types of droughts: 1) meteorological, 2) hydrological, 3) agricultural, and 4) socioeconomic. The video is referring to hydrological drought that occurs when low water supply becomes evident, especially in streams, reservoirs, and groundwater levels. This is very different from the ancient droughts referred to in the article which are meteorological. In other words, a time when there was less water than normal. I think the one who needs to learn how to do research is you. BTW, the longest drought on record lasted 7 years from 1928-1934 according to the United States Geological Survey.

I grew up in LA, and that "river" was always an eyesore and littered with trash! This is a win-win situation that I hope spreads quickly to other communities!!

@Circle_of_the_Earth

Жыл бұрын

We hope so too!

@albino3360

Жыл бұрын

Fuck that where am I supposed to tag now? That river has been home to countless legendary hit ups for decades

@noahshields507

Жыл бұрын

Wdym littered with trash? U don’t know what ur talking about

@shatteredreality1987

Жыл бұрын

@@noahshields507 Littered with trash, that means the waterway or concrete ditch has garbage such as cans, bottles and other shit, you know LITTER!!🤯. You are definitely from California.

@claires6210

Жыл бұрын

@@noahshields507 Ahh just look up "LA river trash" and you will see plenty of evidence to back up my claim

Terminator 2s scene in the LA River is infinitely more iconic than the one in Grease.

@markbonner1139

3 ай бұрын

Am 64yrs old.NEVER seen Grease.And l like Travolta/Newton-John! Don't know how many times seen T2.Seen Saturday Night Fever a bunch also.Just sayin.

@diliscollective9743

3 ай бұрын

these days its probably best known from gta

@Episcopalianacolyte

2 ай бұрын

To me it will always be the scene in Grease. I had a crush on John Travolta when I was 10. 😍

@KW145.

2 ай бұрын

That’s what I was thinking of!

@jimsonjohnson3761

2 ай бұрын

Ok

The clips for this video were VERY LAZILY grabbed and put together. I rarely comment about that kind of thing, but this time around, it's far too common to see in it not to mention, and I'm not even done watching it. From the use of clips of Times Square in NYC while it's about LA and saying the San Fransico valley when it is San Fernando valley, to the use of clips that do not at all fit what is being spoken about, with the worst offenders being the two clips when referring to Steelhead. Both of those were not even Salmonids. One looked to be a sucker of some kind, the other (latter one) was a Common Carp, which is a type of Goldfish.

@SirDucky2000

Ай бұрын

ok mister youtube video critic

@bobbyboy1797

20 күн бұрын

Homie, not everyone likes to swallow shit like you do. ​@@SirDucky2000

@Yes-lq6id

10 күн бұрын

yap

@TheCriminalViolin

10 күн бұрын

@@Yes-lq6id I do identify as a Pomeranian, that is true

I'm actually shocked how long it took the 2nd largest city in the country which happens to be in a hardcore blue state with the most strictest green laws in the nation to finally do this. This has been an eyesore for almost a century and it is something that is not new at all. Seoul removed an entire freeway to restore their stream almost 20 years ago.

@Circle_of_the_Earth

Жыл бұрын

True! We also have a video on Seoul ➡ kzread.info/dash/bejne/p2WAudyomZfLdMo.html

@Ap_twsh

Жыл бұрын

Seoul to LA is a stark contrast. much bigger.

@Ro7ard

Жыл бұрын

Actually, it's right on the money for California and LA specifically imo. The most self centered people pretending to give a shit about the environment lol. At this point, the states flag should just be a picture of people patting themselves on the back.

@andrewjackson5127

Жыл бұрын

Because it has nothing to do with being green.

@forgetfulpriestiv14

Жыл бұрын

If the La river didn't exist like it did, we wouldn't have footage of the Terminator driving a semi down it. And I wouldn't change that for anything. The LA river as it is, is very iconic even if it is ugly

This is what Cincinnati has done with the Mill Creek. As the name suggests it was basically used a an outdoor sewer for mills, meat slaughterhouses and Procter Gamble who rendered fat from the slaughterhouses into soap. When I was a kid in the 60s it literally flowed orange. They've spent decades restoring it to a natural environment.

@Esteban_Herrera

Жыл бұрын

Was it ever used for flood control? The LA river is. Not to say it wasn't used to dump things in. Great to here Mill Creek was restored.

@christianjones1834

Жыл бұрын

I fish that creek every great once in awhile now aint bad lookin at all

@claudermiller

Жыл бұрын

@@Esteban_Herrera it served lots of purposes. It provided overflow for the Miami Erie Canal. It was where all the water from the area I-75 now occupies drained to the Ohio River.

@claudermiller

Жыл бұрын

@@christianjones1834 WOW!! I hope you don't eat them, 😆. I'm sure there are still heavy metals in there.

@christianjones1834

Жыл бұрын

@@claudermiller Oh lord no lol just sport fishing, and I catch bait (like small bluegill) to use to catch bigger fish in the local rivers

I lived there in 70s. Never knew it was a river. Just thought it was a drainage Canal. Geeshh. Amazing what folks accomplished! Well done!

@laflame5798

Жыл бұрын

Same! I lived there in the 30s

@Dill-238

Жыл бұрын

I always thought they were being facetious when people called it the “LA River”.

@les8947

Жыл бұрын

@@laflame5798 iN the THIRTIES?

@les8947

Жыл бұрын

@@laflame5798 tthat would make what like 92 years old??? im impressed you're on the internet

@kilovwdude6457

Жыл бұрын

@@laflame5798 really?? Got any stories for us?

I love that you show a clip of NY Times Square when you're describing urban pollution in LA :)

Wonderful news, Australia has also started doing this in urban areas that had concreted streams into drainage canals. The results are spectacular, increasing property values, cooling the areas, and bringing wildlife back to the suburbs.

@Circle_of_the_Earth

Жыл бұрын

Wauw, that's great! 🌱

@carlosrivera3260

Ай бұрын

Green gentrification at its best!

It's really good to see this happening. I live in San Diego and here we have the 52-mile long San Diego River. Thankfully, it was never culverted or "concreted" like this. Instead, they simply made the natural banks much steeper and allowed natural vegetation to remain. The challenge here is to remove the non-native invasive plants. Hopefully, the LA River will get to that point as well once it reaches a restoration stage where that becomes the focus.

@jaykeen7163

Жыл бұрын

Since Long Beach is the last city where the river ends, when it rains, it sells over 10 feet. I live near the banks of the river and it is much needed or else it will flood the area. I have a video on my Channel that shows this when it rains.

@pjaro77

Жыл бұрын

@@jaykeen7163 And this is why the lowand rivers need wide riparian zone even in cities. And not to build the properties, roads close to the river banks. Good water management strategy is also to build some side river arms with polders and to collect the water in the upper hills (in trenches, bunds, swales). For example Maharashtra in India have long project to restore country beacause it suffer the drought. There come monsoon each year but the country until 2015 didnt collect almost no water. So people there started to dig in the hills thousands of water collecting elements.

@danieledrich6602

Жыл бұрын

". The challenge here is to remove the non-native invasive plants." Don't make that mistake. Nativism is not Science!

@longforgotten4823

Жыл бұрын

In Minnesota, we try to fight invasive plants with hungry goats. It’s surprisingly effective.

@dxasset

Жыл бұрын

@@longforgotten4823 won't goat strip all vegetation

This is a great idea--need more WATER and green spaces in LA!

@Circle_of_the_Earth

Жыл бұрын

We agree! 🌱

@TheGothicdolphin

Жыл бұрын

It's a monumentally stupid idea!! In case you haven't heard the (desert) WEST IS UNDER RECORD DROUGHT and FIRE CONDITIONS and this is NEVER going to improve.

@Sincewayback1997

Жыл бұрын

Homeland have taken over LA river so

@cmonz9

Жыл бұрын

this city can’t even maintain it’s sidewalks or roads……

@RevolutionaryGuitar

Жыл бұрын

@@cmonz9 it was designed extremely poorly, and it’s really too spread out for a city of its size. It should look like of NYC given it’s population but it looks like it could be some random city in the Midwest with only 600k people, even though it has 4 million. Cities in the Midwest don’t have as big of problems with homelessness and infrastructure. LA is also horrible about public transportation which just makes their horrible traffic worse.

Im actually shocked that anybody would think it was a good idea to encase an entire river in concrete. That's mad

@dont-want-no-wrench

Жыл бұрын

there were good reasons for it, once in a while LA gets a huge amount of rain, and there was flooding. this approach looks better though, keeping that capacity but letting it go more natural

@alani2071

Жыл бұрын

it was never intended to me a "river" it's a flood channel.

@gujwdhufjijjpo9740

Жыл бұрын

It was to reduce flooding. Did you watch the video? It’s just back then they didn’t think about droughts and they didn’t know what we do now.

@jordanjohnson9866

Жыл бұрын

Nah. Not “That’s mad.” /

@libertyblueskyes2564

Жыл бұрын

mad as the army of engineers

I am living close to a river revitalization project in Innbruck, Austria. Since about a dozen of years, the Inn river gets filled with large boulders and small islands, to create backwater basins as fish nurseries, and to add oxygen to the water by creating small waterfalls and vortices. It's really nice to walk down to the river bank and just sit there and watch the waves.

Northeastern Illinois and Chicago have been removing channels and restoring wetlands since the 1980s. The army corps engineers seemed to have a war on river and other waterways. Channel,levees,dams, diverting and draining waterways got very common after the Hoover dam was built.

@longforgotten4823

Жыл бұрын

In the 19th and the 20th century, the prevailing idea was that men can conquer nature with steel and cement. Conquering rivers was prevalent as well in my state of Minnesota. it holds so little ecological value it’s insane.

@gravelydon7072

Жыл бұрын

Kissimmee Ditch was a prime example. But it wasn't the Corps that had it in for them, it was the locals.

@Sixrabbbit

Жыл бұрын

The army corps of engineers destroyed ecosystems everywhere

@911WASanINSIDEjob420

Жыл бұрын

@@longforgotten4823 lmfao it wasn't built for the animals... just wait until another major flood happens and millions die. people like you are so short sighted its hilarious

@longforgotten4823

Жыл бұрын

@@911WASanINSIDEjob420 damming rivers kills people too. Destroying ecosystems up and down the river system is not conducive with human life either.

Lived in LA from 1975 to 1994 and Im so happy that this is happening.

@Bioniking

11 ай бұрын

Not sensational. If it doesn’t incite rage or sew division, it ain’t news worthy

@Alvin_Vivian

11 ай бұрын

Why did you leave?

@jhonnyblade702

11 ай бұрын

@@Alvin_Vivian met someone special and started a family.

1.25 playback speed - thank me later

@garysmith3036

27 күн бұрын

Perfect, good call

@KaidenYoder

17 күн бұрын

THANK U

So glad it is being restored. During a heavy storm the water in concrete canals moves astonishingly fast, there’s always a few terrifying rescues.

@michaelmartin4552

11 ай бұрын

And imagine how bad it will be when those trees start piling up against the bridges and overpasses. The channels are fast for a reason, to allow as much water to exit the area as possible to prevent flooding. Feel free to look up the San Fernando Flood of 1938, where over 110 were killed and communities from Van Nuys and North Hollywood all the way to Compton and Long Beach were largely wiped off the map.

Why am I not hearing about things like this from the regular news? This is fantastic!

@veggiedisease123

Жыл бұрын

It has been reported in the news, it's just a really, really slow process so its not newsworthy unless they hit a milestone.

@badpiggies988

Жыл бұрын

Stories of the real or imagined bad things about the state this is in are more profitable

@badpiggies988

Жыл бұрын

@@thomaseriksen6885 if it bleeds it leads

@catherinesanchez1185

Жыл бұрын

ratings and clicks is where it's at!! Unfortunately, we've become addicted to over the top reporting of negative news , so you have to dig to find all the great things happening in this country. I'm trying to train myself to not click on extreme headlines anymore.

@AliasHSW

2 ай бұрын

It’s more of a local interest story. Just like other infrastructure stories around the country.

They should also plant fruit trees, bushes near the river edge. Free for anyone or any animals to eat. Plants also cool the environment vs the concrete that stores heat.

@r22gamer54

Жыл бұрын

the thing is pollutants exist soo yeah....that would contaminate the food

@Monroemanordogs

Жыл бұрын

Yea you wouldn’t wanna say that fruit

@Circle_of_the_Earth

Жыл бұрын

Planting more trees is always a good idea :) 🌱

@blainemitchell

Жыл бұрын

@@r22gamer54 So? You think that what you get from Wal-Mart is not sprayed?

@blainemitchell

Жыл бұрын

@@Monroemanordogs I have no idea what this means?

What a great video and YES we need to see much more rever rehabilitation not only in LA but everywhere, and hats off to the people of LA for the beautiful job they have done with the LA rever.

@Circle_of_the_Earth

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

The river sits dry much of the year, we have tributary in our back yard. In the winter it rains for a couple months so it is raging at that time. Then the puddles stay for a couple months and the mosquitos thrive. The water usage upstream would have to stop in order to keep water flowing.

I am so pleased to see this. We have something similar to this in Arcata located in Humboldt Count California .The Arcata Marsh is a component of the City's wastewater treatment facility. Arcata has turned wastewater into a resource by integrating conventional wastewater treatment with the natural treatment processes of constructed wetlands. Arcata's creative solution was to rebuild nature. The city formed a plan to combine a sewage treatment plant with man-made marshes. Just as nature's wetlands filter pollutants out of water, these constructed marshes could clean the city's wastewater before it made its way to the bay. Good Luck LA!! I am SO routing for you!! This is really great news...It REALLY is! 🙌

@StormgodStudios

Жыл бұрын

most of the images shown in video were stock footage or concept art.. I live in that part of Glendale, it is not as amazing as they are selling it

@kylea.185

Жыл бұрын

I'm from Arcata too! The marsh is not only a useful part of the cities wastewater system, but it's popular area for residents and visitors to walk/run/ride there's a boat ramp to access the Humboldt Bay. Plus the marsh is loaded with wildlife! Several bird species, other critters like raccoons, opossum, deer etc. I've even seen some turtles and a family of otters living in the marsh as well! It's truly a fantastic place for the community, and our animal neighbors. Hundreds of people use the trails daily and people are very mindful and treat the area with respect, rarely will you find discarded trash along the road, parking lots, trails, observation huts, or in the water. The Arcata Marsh is a wonderful place in so many ways 🦅🐦🦢🦩🦫🐿️🦨🦡🐢🐸🐇🦆🐟🦐🦀🐙🐬🦋🐞🐝🐚🦗🐕‍🦺🐎🏃🌎🌲

I heard about this plan over a decade ago, or probably longer. I had no idea it started. I’m really happy to hear about it. I don’t live in Cali any longer but still, it’s a great move. Congrats

Great video I never even knew it was an actual river I always just thought it was a concrete drain for the city this is a step in the right direction thank you 🙏to all the people who have put their time into making this back the way it should be🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

It would be great if those with commercial interests in LA could contribute and speed up the process for the entire river. Great work 💚

What in the heck is the San Francisco Valley? Is it near the San Fernando Valley?

@Circle_of_the_Earth

Жыл бұрын

We meant to say San Fernando valley :)

Oh, I just learned now since 40 years, I just thought they made concrete to bring water from mountains.

@memyname1771

Жыл бұрын

After the New Year's Flood, they created the concrete washes along stream channels and low areas to handle the runoff from the mountains, especially after major fires in the mountains.

For years my parents and I always drove up and down the 5 FWY where this reforestation event occurred. In the summer of 2021, my friends and I (all former cross-country runners) decided to return to crystal springs, the park right next to the river. I just remember one of the days we were there I said why don't we run along the river and we did just that. I just kept thinking about how different and how better the area looked with all the vegetation compared to all the hardscape that the river usually is.

@Circle_of_the_Earth

Жыл бұрын

That must have been a magical run, thanks for sharing 🍀

@serotoninu958

Жыл бұрын

turtwig!

I actually have fond memories of the LA river through the 70s. But I'm so glad that they are restoring it to it's natural state.

I’m from the Netherlands, and we doing something in the same spirit called room for the river. The main rivers in our country getting their natural area back.

That is how the Santa Catarina river works in my city "Monterrey". For many years the government had build on the river making go karts tracks, football fields, parks, and cycle tracks, but everytime there was a hurricane it would end up all destroyed. So no they just let the river form by its own and it looks so beautiful and is full trees and birds now.

The Los Angeles river wasn’t covered in concrete it was LINED in concrete by the US Army corps of engineers for flood control which just a year or two ago was doing exactly that.

WOW, I know this place from films and games but I would have never imagined that this is an actual river! I always thought it's some sort of a system for the urban waste transfer. I'm happy to see people are trying to restore it! I hope they succeed!

I grew up on the Palos Verdes Peninsula…left in 1975. I am glad they did this. It was an eyesore last time I saw it.

@victorparker308

Жыл бұрын

Grew up in the south bay in the 50s, 60s, and early 70s. Loved going to the old Marineland, fishing the coves, views of Catalina the harbor and L.A., hanging out along the cliffs & open spaces, and picnicking with girlfriends at Point Fermin. Always told myself one day I'd live on the peninsula. Got married & ended up in Palisades but never lost my love of Palos Verdes.

We do need more projects like this.

Btw: it has been shown that this can work! The Emscher River in Germany was re-converted from a heavily dammed flow of wastewater to clean water some of the most sensitive fish have already been sighted in. They gave it way more flooding space to use in case of flooding, which helped to significantly reduce a recent flood.

@janpeter6047

9 ай бұрын

" more flooding space" That's what's forgotten in LA. They are filling part of the concrete basin with sand, stone and plants. In one of the plans they use over half of the current space for a park. That's asking for trouble.

I love this plan for the LA River. Thanks for sharing !

So cool! I ❤ LA great to see the river come alive - awesome work

The last run of wild Steelhead Trout was in 1957... I grew up near the San Gabriel River very familiar with the LA River... always seen kids fishing just north of LA couple miles...I really hope they bring a natural cycle to it again... And keep care of it! THAT would be wonderful... Just a little help will go a long way!✌️ Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High school CA ✌️

Amazing! Here in Madrid, we had the M-30 project that recovered the Manzanares River in to a Huge laser area connecting and integrating neighborhoods that once were considered extra radio into the main city. It's beautiful.

What's really needed is the storm water collection system expanded.

@johna.4334

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. We should be focusing on the prevention of fresh water being wasted on the ocean.

@leeprice2849

Жыл бұрын

@@johna.4334 The restoration of the river is a good thing. But you don't stop the rainwater runoff collection system. Especially in a drought prone area you need to collect as much as possible.

@alikaalex

Жыл бұрын

There are some efforts underway, but too slow for my tastes. On several streets adjacent to the river, the traditional storm drains have been supplemented with permeable pavement and bioswales along side streets to capture runoff before it gets dumped into the river. And if I’m not mistaken, most if not all of the river-adjacent LA Zoo’s parking lot is now permeable and bioswaled.

@aidenharper6013

Жыл бұрын

@@johna.4334 why are we trying to break the water cycle again?

Let's do this for all urban rivers across the USA!

I live in LA and have seen the canals all the time, I never relized it used to be a river. Im very glad that its being restored.

This is the first good thing I've heard about LA in a very long time. Good work!

I drove on the LA river many times.. In GTA5. And thats as close as I plan on getting to California.

@antoniahamilton3201

Жыл бұрын

Sadly, you won't be missed.

Correction - the LA River is nowhere near the San Francisco; it flows through the San Fernando Valley

Amazing, I love seeing this kind of thing happen in the cities! Keep up the good work. Makes a huge difference!!

Thank you for the great video, it's great to see such initiatives being implemented :) 😍😍😍

I heard that before LA was a city, sections of that river existed solely underground (except when it rained). I believe it. I used to hike along a stream in the hills down there, and sections of it were underground. It's kinda weird to follow a flowing stream to a dead end and see it reemerge further downstream. I get the feeling that those in charge of this restoration won't recognize that aspect of the river's original state. I think they'll be forced to as climate change proceeds.

@noahshields507

Жыл бұрын

Oh u don’t think the geologist and ecologists with decades of expirence and education won’t think about that aspect ? Come on now bud ur not showing ur intelligence

@thethegreenmachine

Жыл бұрын

@@noahshields507 That's the impression that I got from this video.

@leggiemeggie5837

Жыл бұрын

I haven’t looked into the history of the LA river yet, but I do know there are actually rivers running underground in Southern California. There’s examples in The Death Valley area.

@deanfirnatine7814

Жыл бұрын

I doubt any of the lower stretches of river were ever like that, if they were Steelhead trout would not have migrated up it from the ocean, they were catching Steelhead as late as the 1930's in the LA River, maybe some of the far upper reaches were like that but not the sections through Long Beach and LA

@thethegreenmachine

Жыл бұрын

@@deanfirnatine7814 Makes sense to me. Or maybe they migrated in the winter. I remember some pretty heavy rains in the winter.

There is a similar movement now in Bakersfield, trying to restore Kern River to flow at least through the city (about ten miles or so) before using it for irrigation purposes rather than have it shunted off into irrigation canals way upstream, and restore at least some of the biodiversity and riparian habitat that used to exist in the area, as well as for recreational use. This far, it's been met with a lot of deaf ears but is growing in support.

Turning it into a river has turned it into a very modern looking sight now. I'd visit LA just to see it tbh. They should expand it.

I had never thought that the LA river was actually a river at one time. I thought it was just a canal all of this time, and that the name "river" was just cutesy name for it.

Here in Canberra Australia the government has been changing a large amount of stormwater and drainage by adding ponds, artificial cataracts and reedbeds to help provide natural habitat for wildlife and clean up the water running back into the river systems Canberra being an inland city

First, high costs were incurred to lock the river in a concrete corset. And now costs are again caused to turn this around again. I think the advantage in the meantime was not so high.

Alot of people forget how important a simple tree can be, or a entire river.

What an absolutely brilliant idea!!! I love it.❤

Such good news at a time when good news is scarce!

@kylea.185

Жыл бұрын

Amen 💚

similar is happening in other CA cities. a lot of restoration and natural conservation is happening using a mix of natural elements within the newly and restored infrastructures. hope to see more mentioning of other cities improvements like this soon.

0:51 - That's a real nice LA Time's Square you added to the video.

It sounds like there hasn't been a deadly or destructive flood near the L.A. river since it was built. Nice work and it is iconic! Thanks for da video, Mike in DFW

It is a great idea! I have walked next to the river in the Glendale and Griffith Park area! The river looks great there but there is still some foul smell from the water. The water quality and the pollution should be improved!

@miketheskepticalone6285

11 ай бұрын

You can't reverse a century of abuse in a year. Well begun.

Sorry, but did you mean to say The San Fernando Valley? I do not know any San Francisco Valley, Unless, I have slipped dimensions, There is a mistake somewhere? Thanks, peace.

@alex22153

Жыл бұрын

he fs got it wrong lol

@Circle_of_the_Earth

Жыл бұрын

You're totally right, we must have mistaken. Thank you! ✌

@johna.4334

Жыл бұрын

Computer voice overs are not perfect.

@madhonib

Жыл бұрын

@@johna.4334 Not asking for perfection, just making sure I understand what is being said. I am making sure my information is not correct. I did not ask as a put-down or complaint. I understand voiceovers make mistakes. peace.

This is awesome! Now let's do this with the canals and irrigation ditches in the Central Valley!

50% of all Movie Car Chases run through that Concrete River in LA .. amazing.

Looks like we have to update gta 5

What L A needs to do is to build ocean water desalination stations.

@andyfletcher3561

Жыл бұрын

What do you do with hyper salinated(and other toxic minerals) left over? Are you aware of how it acts and what it does to ecosystems, or for that matter, anything else about it at all?

@jasonreed7522

11 ай бұрын

​@@andyfletcher3561I'm still trying to figure out why they don't direct the brine to evaporation ponds to collect the salt for sale. (Sea salt is a thing, and generally marketed differently than normal rock salt) The city of Syracuse NY got its nickname of salt city from its salt industry based around doing exactly this with a salt water spring. The real issue with desalination is it converts energy into water, and in our society energy equals emissions, which equals climate change which further reduces naturally available water supplies.

This is a terrific endeavor for the city of LA. Not only will it restore nature in a city that abolished it decades ago, but it will also serve as an inspiration and a lesson plan for other urban communities.

WONDERFUL!! Absolutely perfect - every state should be looking to follow this initiative.

This will just fill up with more homeless encampments. I do support this being done, however if there ever are any more large El Niño rain events, this new setup may not allow water to flow fast enough to avoid flooding. I remember in the 90's that the San Gabriel riverbed, which is very similar to the LA Riverbed was inches from flooding over. It was something to see.

@shanincoffer6455

Жыл бұрын

I love the homeless people more than wicked greedy people, I'm working on imitating Jesus 🤷‍♂️ and I know what 1 John 5 verse 19 says about this system that has to go.

@andyfletcher3561

Жыл бұрын

Actually, this is not a "new" project and began at least 30 years ago.

This is a bit misleading. The Glendale narrows was a section of the river that was never fully made into a concrete channel. The restoration was changing maintenance practices and allowing the tree seedlings to grow instead of cutting them down. Most of the other restoration projects are happening adjacent to the channel to allow for infiltration there. Better, yes. However don’t anticipate major concrete channel changes through the heart of LA.

@kylea.185

Жыл бұрын

When I lived in Los Angeles I always admired how beautiful the section of river through the Glendale area was. It was natural looking and appeared much more like a standard more traditional looking river. I hope their able mirror this look throughout the rest of the rest of the LAR💙

I always wondered why the river looked like it did next to Frogtown! This is a great idea! Perfect greenbelt through LA

As a boy I spent many hours on the rivers banks at the time when all the concrete was just starting .Its good to see this being done.

I'm glad to see this! This project could easily, of and by itself, make Compton a desirable place to live.

When a river is a "problem" because it floods urban zones and there's no other option than to guide, instead of using concrete is always way better to use rocks without any type of cement, just placed against each others, this allows permeability and is easier to create vegetation islands.

@erdvilla

Жыл бұрын

@Acceleration Quanta You are constantly consuming vegetation, every time you breathe it is vegetation you are consuming, so your comment means there should be more vegetation to consume, which is a great way of thinking dude. You are a treehuger for sure.

@erdvilla

Жыл бұрын

@Acceleration Quanta It is part of vegetation. So thank you for loving vegetation so much. Your comment made it clear you want way more vegetation. Cow's milk is not cow, but you need the cow.

I had this same idea back in 2020.I don’t know if the video talked about it or not but there are a ton of plants,trees,grasses, & other types of foliage that can clean the water and the air. So if you plant that type of foilage there it can clean the polluted air in LA and can clean the water run off before it is dumped back into the ocean. I am fascinated by things that can make the world a better place for us all.

They were catching Steelhead trout coming up from the ocean in the LA river as late the early 1930's EDIT apparently they even had Chinook Salmon in the LA river which is shocking

Seems like a great initiative, but just curious how they plan to mitigate flooding in the future.

@kilodeltaeight

Жыл бұрын

It’s a combination of things. For one, the river is still channelized - you’ll notice the walls are still concrete - to allow for major flows if needed. Moreover, since the river was channelized, more major flood control infrastructure has been built to allow for far better control of urban runoff and storm water - enough that the flow of the LA River can be controlled far more effectively than when it was first channelized, when the goal was less about controlling runoff and more about getting it to the ocean as fast as possible.

@l4ndst4nder

Жыл бұрын

@@kilodeltaeight Thanks for the great explanation! Wish there was someway to plug this information into the video’s script!

@memyname1771

Жыл бұрын

It looks like they are trying to relearn a very painful lesson. All the concrete used when my parents built their house in Montrose, in the 1940s and early 1950s, was made with sand dug from the ten foot or more thick layer of sand right under the surface of our yard.

@memyname1771

Жыл бұрын

@@kilodeltaeight Urban runoff is not the problem. When two or three days of heavy rain follow a major fire in the mountains north of the La Crescenta/ La Canada valley, nothing holds back the flow of water and mud from the mountains. Anything interrupting the flow of water from the mountains to the LA River can lead to flooding.

@kylea.185

Жыл бұрын

I would think the river itself would be less susceptible to flooding in a natural state with vegetation and natural ground cover like rocks sand etc the majority of the flooding takes place on a concrete areas and the cement roadways where the water is unable to be absorbed by the Earth as easily as it can be in a more natural way. Rain of course is unusual unfortunately in the Los Angeles area. But it does rain it's typically not much more than a few drops here and there or a light drizzle but occasionally (not nearly as often as we SO DESPERATELY NEED!!!) The city gets a good rain and when it does many areas experience flooding in the streets, la Lacks green space that can easily help absorb large quantity of water when all the water drains into the "river" which is basically a massive concrete drainage system. The water can't be absorbed by the ground therefore the chances of the river flooding is much more likely with a cement bottom and walls then it is with a natural riverbed and earth and vegetation on it's banks.

LA looks less green than NYC... as a New Yorker that went to USC, that shit is wild!

@alexanderfretheim5720

Жыл бұрын

LA is naturally desert. The widest point in the Great American Desert starts in Abilene, Texas and continues west all the way to the Pacific Ocean at Los Angeles. By contrast, at the Grand Coulee Dam, in Washington State, the GAD is only 100 miles wide.

@hint0122

Жыл бұрын

The la basin is a desert.

@pjaro77

Жыл бұрын

@@alexanderfretheim5720 In my opinion it is subtropic semi-desert and people there handle the water as if they live somewhere in the appalachains.

@alexanderfretheim5720

Жыл бұрын

@@pjaro77 Well throughout the GAD, there are elongated riparian oases and sky islands, and the city of LA itself corresponds to several of these. Definitely agree on the irresponsible use of water though.

I used to take the bike trails to the beach as a kid. Glad to see this happening

It's so nice that LA is providing green space in these water ways for the homeless to set-up camp.

Worlds largest homeless camp looking good

I can't believe this hasn't moved faster during a time we increasingly need water. What a waste of land and water all these years. Plus the plants, birds, and greenery is so badly needed in these areas. I hope this progresses and becomes a river than can be a meeting point for people who want to enjoy it. Also it should be used as a source of badly needed water by retaining what it has towards the end where it goes into the ocean. Water should not be going to waste!

@sonidoacuario845

Жыл бұрын

One simple word. Politics

@jasonreed7522

11 ай бұрын

Its probably still too polluted to be a drinking water source. (At a minimum it would make the treatment process more expensive to remove them and prove its within EPA acceptable limits) What it really needs is for the concrete bottom to be removed so it can interact with the local water table. Normally a river, stream, pond, or lake is just where the water table rises above the ground's surface. If it was able to interact with the local water table, and had water slowing measures taken it would recharge the local ground water and eventually have more flow than before. (The USGS has a video dedicated to how small rock dams in streams actually increases net flow and local water resources compared to letting them just run on bare rock.)

When I saw the thumbnail about the concrete river and the first movie come into my mind was GREASE....

My dad said that when he was young. At the end of WW2. There was a lot of war surplus dumped along the river before they concreted it in.

@Circle_of_the_Earth

Жыл бұрын

🥺

I hope I'm alive to see it one day, only problem if them 🌧️ come back it's gonna transform Los Angeles I heard those 1930s floods were epic

@pjaro77

Жыл бұрын

Then harvest the water from buildings to soil underground, change the concrete/asphalt parking places to grass block pavers. Slow downs the runoff from hills in the trenches, barriers, bunds and swales.

@memyname1771

Жыл бұрын

It doesn't take much rain after a widespread fire in the mountains north of the La Crescenta/La Canada valley. Dams on streams in those mountains broke after a couple days of rain at the end of 1933. Concrete washes were built to handle the flow of runoff from the mountains.

Terminator 2 has the more famous scene than Grease.

You forgot to mention the partnership program for the re-construction project for the LA-River from the city of Munich! Because the government in Los Angeles has decided to get the people from Munich into the boat who have made the re-design for the river Isar in the middle of the city of Munich! These engineers, biologists and others of the project here in Munich want to help them in this process and project because of their knowledge and skills in these matters! Look only at the river Isar what these people had accomplished in this case with the river Isar and you all together will be very astonished about it! That's it!

No way YT recommended me this exactly 1 year later 💀 But I really hope this green space that'll transform the LA River is making good process

ONE MINUTE IN and they show NEW YORK CITY footage... ok

@Circle_of_the_Earth

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your feedback! We appreciate it :)

@kylea.185

Жыл бұрын

No need to be so critical my dude. The information is far more important than stock photos or video

Dude, when you're talking about steelhead and show a picture of a carp your credibility goes to zero.

@Circle_of_the_Earth

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your feedback, we appreciate it!

I’ve been working with FOLAR as a volunteer with my family for 12 years helping to clean up the LA River. Every year it gets cleaner and more natural, but we still have a long way to go!

I am happy this is happening. Good stuff. When talking about steelhead, neither of the pictures shown were steelhead though.

@andyfletcher3561

Жыл бұрын

Well, one was a Carp, but how do you distinguish a young Steelhead from a Rainbow trout, being as they are the same fish. There are differences yes, but to just film one in the water like that, that has yet to have been to the ocean, how do you tell the difference? I'll just save you the trouble...You can't...

How about the Santa Ana River all the way to the ocean all the tributaries property values with skyrocket equestrian trails fishing birds clean water trickling back into the soil groundwater once toilet water now is replenishing and giving life back to the mother Earth that we all live Santa Ana River Three counties get it on

the LA river was a wash, not a river. It was concreted because of 1000's of people drowning from the run-off. Such flooding is typical of washes (arroyos)

@lukasxss1794

Жыл бұрын

And a way to fix that is to give it more space instead of encasing it in concrete

@danstrayer111

Жыл бұрын

@@lukasxss1794 If you can channelize it, you can move more water, and claim all that real estate (which is what actually drives this for the most part)

@cutthroat399

Жыл бұрын

close, but not quite right, they are tributaries of the LA river that are intermittent washes and arroyos, but the mainstem river is perennial.

My grandfather used to fish in the LA river in the 1930’s before they cemented it. When I was little my grandmother used to tell me there was a river where the 110 freeway is now. I was a little kid and didn’t know what she was talking about at the time.

I do love the scene in 2011's Drive when the couple go on a date on the L.A. river and park at one of the transformed areas with trees and vegetation.

People who know this place cuz of GTA😎 👇

@Anant-ik2lw

23 күн бұрын

I always thought it was a canal 😭

Will it negate the reason for enclosing the river to began with. Hope it will not setup the condition to start flooding the neighborhoods again. Fingers crossed.

@alexanderfretheim5720

Жыл бұрын

There are better approaches to controlling flooding.

@guywithinterwebs

2 ай бұрын

@@alexanderfretheim5720 There are, I'm a bit worried that none of those approaches were mentioned here as part of the project.

i forgot where i saw this but apparently the LA River used to have huge amount of salmon swimming through it. some but very few people actually still go fishing for carp but its a specific area and rare to find something i think. I think they should do something like japan have grass growing on the sides to make it look nice or use moss to filter out the water that passes through. would be awesome to restore wildlife (fishes) back into the river

Wonderful, a huge new expanse of vegetation that NEEDS WATER to live, in a heavily populated area already under constant drought. And LA has a huge RAT PROBLEM!! And it's inevitable this plan will turn into an overgrown, littered entanglement of wet then dry drought stricken brush, perfect for RATS!

@alexanderfretheim5720

Жыл бұрын

Right now, a torrent of water from the LA River just flows in to the sea. Just restoring the Riparian environment creates an aquifer, which of and by itself is a water source, but if done extremely well, it could even lead to/require the development of reservoirs, whether in the form of dams and lakes, or in the form of a tidal seaway whose upper reaches would be freshwater.

@Iquey

Жыл бұрын

Ain't no reason to be worried about rats if you allow a decent habitat for their natural predators, like owls, hawks, buzzards, and foxes/raccoons/coyotes/mountain lions. Also lock up or properly seal your garbage. We have rivers and creeks all over western Washington, but no greater rat problem than any other major metro area, except for some parts of downtown Seattle or Tacoma where garbage with food is not properly disposed of.

@alexanderfretheim5720

Жыл бұрын

@@Iquey Another good thing to do is get a cat. Norwegian Forest Cats are particularly good for pest control, and a fine looking animal to boot!

@pjaro77

Жыл бұрын

@@Iquey Owls and hawks should be enough to solve the problems with rats, just add the tree areas and water ponds for them.

@memyname1771

Жыл бұрын

More likely a fairly thick growth of brush that will dry in the summer and increase the spread of fires!