**UPDATE** I want to take a moment to thank all of you for adding to the conversation with ideas, facts, and corrections. I have learned so much more on this issue from those of you that took time to respond. "Tony Bader" commented that Lake Las Vegas is maintained with water pumped directly from Lake Mead, and not reclaimed water. Thank you Tony for pointing this out! **UPDATE II** I have finished an entire video dedicated to Lake Las Vegas and how the Las Vegas Wash was diverted during it's creation. If you are interested you can view it here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/poKduLZumZfViNY.html I strive to get everything correct and present things just as I see them, but I also am learning just as you. If you see anything that needs clarification or correction, do not hesitate to let us know so we can right it! The most important thing to me is to present a clear and accurate picture to viewers so that they can make their OWN informed decisions. If you've read this far, I have one more exciting piece of news! We are currently thinking up a giveaway/contest at 1k subscribers in order to show our gratitude for everyone who came to show support. If you by chance viewed our page or other videos you can see we are big into historic mining and rockhounding, as Nevada offers a nearly unlimited abundance of this. Perhaps a nad collected piece of Royston Turquoise or Nevada Petrified Wood? Stay tuned as we work on more material and iron out the growing pains. Cheers! =]

@426superbee4

Жыл бұрын

We all learn some thing. Your welcome Happy Holidays

@franklinhadick2866

Жыл бұрын

Just do the best you can, if needed correction put it in and thankyou for that..always remember Haters gotta HATE.

Dude, the comparison photos are insane. Nice work!

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Buddy!🤙 Totally wild right?! 😳 It's devastating to see the water level this low! Especially in areas that we truly loved visiting. 😔💔

@WASH3D

2 жыл бұрын

@@mojo.adventures it really is. I've been watching a lot of videos on different parts. It's crazy to see how many boats and just general junk is coming to the surface after all these years. That giant anchor ball you showed and the monster truck tire are massive, hard to believe they were hidden by the water!

@switchbackimage5966

Жыл бұрын

Windy days swimming on Lake Mead can be deadly. Avoid any windy days on the Lake Mead.

This was put together so well! Thank you. Everyone in the US should watch this video.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and commenting! We hope they do because it's getting dire for the entire SW

@HardRockMaster7577

2 жыл бұрын

@@mojo.adventures Great audio and video!

@gracieg7601

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate it too. Thank you!

While living in Boulder City in the mid 60's, the best fishing we ever had on the lake was at Kingman Wash. Long road in and out, with some pretty rough sections, but well worth it. We camped a couple of days and would see no one. A lot of wild donkey's that were fun to watch and they were not Democrats. Yeoh, this has changed a lot. We could fish deep from the boulders and cliffs that were scattered around this cove.

In 1985 and up my parents would take my brother and me to hoover dam . I also felt like I could touch the water from where I was standing in the middle of the dam, and now it's so sad to see the shape it's in. Thank you for the update and the photos.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for checking out the video and sharing your story. I too have watched it go down so much over the last decade. Seems like the 70's/80's must have been last of the golden days for Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. I wish we could have seen it when all the bays and marinas were open and everything was booming!

This is one of the most informative channels on the SW drought. I love how you use documented facts and MAPS! This issue does beg the question, most of the SW is desert. It was short-sighted thinking from the beginning, heavily developing a desert region, especially focusing on S. California to grow the majority of the nation's produce. When I was growing up, most produce was grown within each state, and if too limited arable land, produce was trucked in from local regions. I don't know how the E & SE is going to go for the Mississippi being siphoned off to water crops in a desert. I understand that Phoenix and Las Vegas are still developing homes and properties... It appears they have 2, 3 years top if the drought continues at present speed. Then what? massive migration E and N? Let's hope the snow & rain returns. thanks for the info.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comments appreciate you taking the time to watch! It was very shortsighted to continue developing in these areas without securing critical infrastructure first and it's still going on like wildfire here in Vegas. Developers are happy to keep building building building because they'll be gone by the time the water is. You touched on a really good point though with the produce, seeing as how CA farming/irrigation is using the most water in this equation by far. I don't think mass migration would solve much though because the whole country would be facing food shortages once CA couldn't produce crops. 113 today in Vegas, we are hoping monsoon season starts soon!

@HardRockMaster7577

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the Maps make it so easy to see where they are. Other YT channels are lazy, and just tell you verbally where they are, and expect you to look it up, or they flash a map out of focus for second or two.

Thank you for lining up and showing us the before and after pics so well. That is shocking.

Why has no one ever considered limiting development in the desert Southwest? That includes SoCal. Greed has overtaken utility. But, what the hell? Let in 20 or 30 million more people. What could go wrong?

@kdub1666

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it makes little sense to turn an arid desert into agricultural lands. I would guess it's mostly based on politics and not wanting to scare away business and residents.

@dethray1000

2 жыл бұрын

n 1936 the lake was empty--to all you DRAMA kings,queens--in the 1930ties the midwest was in a major drought--called the dustbowl--look it up,plus we were in the great depression--the usa lost 40 million acres of farmland,turned to dust,sand and blew across the usa in giant dust storms turning the sky black as far as the east coast--shett happens-our farm in MN was covered in dust,sand--the drought lasted 10 years-lakes,streams dry everywhere--we got thru it--all green now-you guys are cry babies looking for moms tit

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Long term Vegas residents have been shouting this from the rooftops for a long time. As another commenter replied though... "money." When the governor forced his coveted Radiers on the community here that was the beginning of the end. Built them a brand new stadium in the midst of a pandemic even. The builders and developers will be long gone by the time the water is. Why would they care if the governor doesn't? They have not stopped uncontrolled development since that. No infrastructure either- just high density housing and 3-5 story apartment megacomplexes everywhere.

@Goomba_N64

2 жыл бұрын

@@mojo.adventures its crazy that socal and Las Vegas are building more then ever before..The people won't be concerned until it directly hits them.By then it's definitely to far gone to address the issue. Its already too late. I say by 2025 it gets really really bad.

@duanenavarre7234

2 жыл бұрын

Its not the residents, its the farmers shipping thousands of tons of product out of the US to overseas.

Excellent narration, production values. Really like the comparison referencing for the impact.

@HardRockMaster7577

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree. I shared this video with many sites because of the excellent production value.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and taking time to comment! I can only hope one day to do a video comparing the Lake full again. Take care!

Great job! I lived in Vegas from the early 1980's until 1991 when Lake Mead was a "Full Pool" and was very blessed to be able to enjoy it when it was at its fullest. It really breaks my heart to see it this way. Thank you for putting together a well thouht out documentary.

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow I can't even imagine... I hear stories of people getting misted like Niagra back in the day driving over the top or near the spillways. Makes me nostalgic for something I didn't even experience, it's a sad state these days indeed. Thank you for watching!

Excellent video. Very well done. Sad reality. It’s hard to watch a key part of our lives slowly disappearing.

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and commenting! Still holding out hope maybe photos like this will motivate some of the right people to drastic action.

Oh wow, I stayed at that Lake Mead Lodge sometime in the mid 90s with my ex-husband. We used to call it the Bates Motel. I’ll never forget it because when I tried to use the bathroom in the middle of the night, I encountered a five-inch long camel spider in there! It was horrible! Usually we stayed at the Gold Strike Inn. I have such fond memories of Mead and I now live in AZ so watching it dry up is one of the worst things I can imagine. I wonder what happens next, it won’t be good.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

How cool, thank you for sharing your story! Since I made this video I have been researching the history of the lodge and think I may do another video covering it. I learned it shut down in 2008 the same year I moved to Vegas. Sat vacant over a decade and I watched it fall into a sad state of disrepair. I wish I could have seen Lake Mead back then...

Let's build huge cities in the middle of desert land, what could go wrong????

@dethray1000

2 жыл бұрын

n 1936 the lake was empty--to all you DRAMA kings,queens--in the 1930ties the midwest was in a major drought--called the dustbowl--look it up,plus we were in the great depression--the usa lost 40 million acres of farmland,turned to dust,sand and blew across the usa in giant dust storms turning the sky black as far as the east coast--shett happens-our farm in MN was covered in dust,sand--the drought lasted 10 years-lakes,streams dry everywhere--we got thru it--all green now-you guys are cry babies looking for moms tit

Excellent video. Very difficult to overlay photo/video great job. De-Sal is expensive, inefficient and not very earth friendly. Still a solution, AZ proposed a plant in an undisclosed area of the Sea of Cortez, $2b and two years to build, it got rejected. Two issues with Mississippi water: * Pumping over 5,000' elevation * The states in question not wanting to give-up there water, although they get flooded. Same issue with Great Lakes US & Canada. People seem to forget Mexico has Colorado River water rights by law. That's a different country, conflicts are started by much less, just saying. Thank you for keeping us up to date and aware! If you look at US Drought Monitor you'll have to move to about just west of the Mississippi and east, if you want water. Once the migration starts housing will be taxing. If you look at weather patterns the Jet Stream has moved north and is not providing snow-fall to the Sierras (CA water) or run-off to the CO River. Lots of water in the upper midwest. Safe Travels Everyone!

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for checking out the video and your responses! We have been reading into the desalination process and the first thing we wondered is what happens to all the brine. If there could be some kind of secondary household/industrial use for it that would be ideal. I do notice on the Water Report from USBR it shows the volume of water slated for "other countries" i.e. Mexico thank you for pointing that out. I hope people can see this is really a more dire and compicated situation at this point than just 1 dam 1 lake or 1 city being affected.

@lissyflur1907

2 жыл бұрын

@@mojo.adventures Brine from Desalination Plant's, are a Problem all arround the World, this Brine is toxic and has very bad effects to the coastal Enviroment. Maybe one Day we can recycle that Brine, but at the Moment it's to costly through the Ammounts of Energy this would take.

@paulsuprono7225

2 жыл бұрын

Sooooo . . . that John Denver's 'Colorado Rocky Mountain High,' will become less absorbing, truthful ! 😬🇺🇸

Hi MOJO, very nice work here explaining along with the pictures of what our fellow countrymen are going through in the SW. Also, my heart went out to the burros that were walking up to those people for some food. It actually brought some tears to my eyes watching that. I'm relieved to know that many of the good people out there are helping to take care of the wildlife by handing out some munchies. Those burros are approaching to ask for help and they know through experience that the local people there will not harm them. If I lived out there, I would try to bring in some low protein grass hay for them to munch on occasionally. We have to honor the lives of our animals just as we honor and help our own kind. Again, nice work here Mojo. You are officially my Lake Mead crisis updater, I am a subscriber.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Patrick, thank you very much for your support and taking time to comment, welcome to our channel! I agree with you completely... I have always had a soft spot for animals especially docile ones such as these burros. The gold rush would not have happened without them. The amount of backbreaking and relentess work they performed for humans is unfathomable. They are truly amazing and hardy animals, left over from 100+ years of mining and scattered wild all over Nevada now. Some historic wild west towns like Oatman have large roving packs of Burro residents that walk the street all day and greet folks. I sometimes imagine they are looking for work in the mines like back in the day! =] Really appreciate you subscribing, we are new to youtube and learning all this as we go, so please be patient and there will be more to come soon! I am going to leave you with an inscription from a historic silver mining district in Nevada: "The Burro, a Miner's Most Important Friend" In the mining west, the most important partner for a prospector was his burro. Also known as a donkey, ass, jack, jenny, jennet, or if crossed with a horse- mule or hinny- the burro was singularly adapted to long treks over rough ground carrying heavy loads in the dry desert environment and surviving off only desert fauna. Known for their stubborn disposition, many prospectors credited their burros with finding the water needed in extremely desolate areas to get them through their journey. Burros have been domesticated for at least 5,000 years, working with humans mainly as pack animals. "Let us never forget the ass, for it was always by their side."

@cathymckay5915

2 жыл бұрын

How long will this last, it will be barren in just a matter of time. At least, people will feel obligated to feed the donkeys!

@cathymckay5915

2 жыл бұрын

Dubai is built on desert too, how do they preserve the resorts? When people overuse their resources, they have to learn from it.

Thank you for this very informative video. It took a lot of work. I have been watching various Lake Mead videos from my home in New Jersey. You are in my prayers....Please realize this is not a complaint but an observation. Having neighbors report neighbors for wasting water sounds like an old communist type of regulation. These people have to live together once the drought is over. Please don't ask them to fight each other because that is exactly what will happen. Keep the "Water wasting Patrols".....All the best. I hope it snows in the mountains all the way to the heavens !!.....All the best to you all !

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! Either way complaints AND observations are all welcome... it's the only way we are going to figure this out. I agree, it's ridiculous they created a whole water patrol to fine residents but still no regulations on golf courses yet or slowing development at all. According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, southern CA has yet to face watering restrictions like NV. Makes ZERO sense. Just more government finger pointing and wasted taxpayer $$$ instead of solutions, it's what they do best

@charliechristie2949

2 жыл бұрын

@@mojo.adventures I live in the northeast corner of N.J. in a small town of about 7,500 people. The Bergen County Reservoir is next door. We had so much rain in the spring that the water went "over the wall" so I really feel for the folks in Nevada......I guess the powers that be keep the golf courses green for the tourist money . All the best.

Great job on this. Very sad but, informative at the same time. The photos shown just from 2019 to today is unreal how much the water level has gone down. I believe you are 100 percent correct when saying that the politicians aren't concerned about this at all. I think it is going to have to come down to us to fix the problem.

@femalegeefemalegee9740

2 жыл бұрын

How can you fix the problem without the politicans intervening?

Best video that I’ve seen on this water situation at Lake Mead. Info about the water levels vs intakes at Hoover Dam and intakes for Las Vegas water was the best that I have seen. Good work.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and commenting!

This is definitely one of the best videos I’ve seen on LM, and I’ve been watching all of them. Thank you!

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you also for watching! We are just starting out so your comment means a lot. Take care!

Thank You. Best video yet, on Lake Mead. Great video work. Clear and visual.

Thank you for this informative video. Your comparison pics are so eye opening.

Great video. Super informative and helpful. Thanks again for all your hard work and time. The comparison photos were awesome. Great job lining them up to show how drastically its changed in 3 years.

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and taking time to leave comments, working on more coming soon!

What a great video. You have really highlighted the dramatic water loss better than any other video I have seen. 👍

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you much for watching and the comment, we are hoping this brings more attention to whats going on!

That was a great video! Out of the numerous ones I’ve watch I’ve gathered the most information from yours. Great job!

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you much =]

Mississippi river water would take 50 years and lot's of challenges. You can't draw from the upper part it is not that big and they just shut the ferry in Hickman Ky down due to low water on the Mississippi.Granted some years there are big floods but they don't last that long and you know if they started pulling water they would not want to stop.

@jenniferstephenson

2 жыл бұрын

I would have a big problem with this and so would most people I know. The amount of land they would take to make this happen would be terrible. And if they can't manage their own water, I sure as heck don't want them getting their hands in the management of ours. Big mistake.

@johnmills186

2 жыл бұрын

@@jenniferstephenson I don't really think it comes down to their lack of water management you can't manage what you don't have. I live in West Ky one of the few places on earth you can punch a hole down 180 feet and get all the good water you want. If they managed water like we do they would have run out 100 years ago.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the input John still learning a lot on these issues. From what I understand the suggestion was mainly to alleviate devastating flood waters only, then store it in Lake Mead or the aquifers under Vegas until needed and not to just flat out tap the river dry. I completely agree with your viewpoint though, if they started pulling water they would not want to stop, and the more that comes in the more would just go to CA to waste anyways I think it might have the opposite effect of people trying to conserve water then.

@johnmills186

2 жыл бұрын

@@mojo.adventures They would never be satisfied with that.That is just a marketing tool to sell the general public. If they need water they would drain the Mississippi. That is just how these things work.

This was a fantastic video. I learned a lot. You asked for ideas and these could apply everywhere. 1. Stringent conservation of water and electricity. 2. No exceptions for golf courses except on the tees and putting greens. Desert landscape on all fairways. 3. Reduce carbon emissions to perhaps help lower climate temperature and resulting evaporation. 4. Temporary halt on new development until water situation greatly improves and even if it does improve, places like Las Vegas must reclaim and reuse all its water. 5. Keep in mind the wildlife that also needs us to conserve so they don’t die. I’m not a fan of desalination and building a pipeline to keep the lights on in Las Vegas. Nor am I a fan of damming a River for non-essential water use, including recreation. I’m a fan of free flowing rivers. The fish and all wildlife need it. Damming the free flowing rivers, in my opinión, is about the most violent act against nature that we have done.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your checking out the video, and for your well written out reply with solutions. I agree with those points, many things will have to happen at once to fix this. #2 is especially frustrating. Single family residents are being clamped with ever tightening water restrictions while some of the biggest offenders water and landscape freely as desired. The city is another huge offender, but it's just a money and numbers game to the leadership here. The developers will build as long as possible until the gig is up, then cut and run. Everyone buying overpriced real estate right now will be left holding the bag. Developers will be long gone onto the next trending mega community, there is one underway just outside Phoenix right now...

@HardRockMaster7577

2 жыл бұрын

Here in N. Texas, when water conservation measures are in effect, you get to water just twice a week in the summer. Yet I see they get to water lots more in Vegas in the summer. How crazy is that !!!

@michaelwilson1363

2 жыл бұрын

@@mojo.adventures sounds like you can see the end is near. Watch and see. Everyone there is going to want a handout like they didn't see it coming

@nevadamatters2me591

Жыл бұрын

6. Hold rain appreciation ceremonies like New Mexican Native American farmers still do. 7. Celebrate each sip of water with thanksgiving. 8. Keep asking for Earth to do what SHE needs to do with balance offered all her children. 9. All manmade interventions like low frequency earth tremors, chemtrails, HAARP directed weather war, and idiots like my Neighbor saying after a .01" sprinkle in Reno last week that "We need to dry out now!" or the folks on the golf course praying for no rain so their round is dry be cleared, clear, clear, clear. Thanks for that. I am off the podium now.

Yours are one of the great vlogging, especially with visual comparisons and perspectives. Very useful and informative!

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and commenting! Working on a second video as we speak... we finally got flood level rains this week =]

I'm impressed on how well you take / line-up the pre & post shots. Nice!

Great video. Really precise comparison photos, took alot of work to put together.👍🏾

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment!

Great comparison photos… the best I’ve seen, thank you for your hard work!!

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Of course, thank you for the support! I am working on another video going further into Lake Mead water usage, coming soon 👍

Incredible footage. Before and after pics are staggering, and that's only after a few years. We have the same here in Norway, or more specifically in southern part of Norway. Empty dams and now we hear that it could get so bad that we can get power rationing towards winter, if things doesn't get better. Now you might be thinking oh no, the climate change, the climate CRISIS as our lovely politicians and media likes to call it, is to blame for this mess. No my friends, in the last few years, our lovely leadership has decided to stretch huge powercables to Germany, UK etc, in order to sell our power to the highest bidder. You see, our so called green power is highly sought after these days. So now our dams are producing, or emptying at maximum capacity in a season it shouldn't, just so a few people can get much richer, but for the rest of us, you know average people, it stings. Power cost has increased exponentially just in one year and on top of that we could get rationing, just because of so called climate crisis. I believe there's something more to it than "climate change" that you have going on there, it's just so convenient to have something to blame doesn't it?

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Hello out there in Norway, thank you for watching! I agree this is turning into somewhat of a manufactured crisis stemming from greed and lack of leadership... top to bottom. Everyone living here knew this was coming, leadership did NOTHING but cut backroom deals with developers and land managers the entire time. If you need any more proof a BRAND NEW pro football stadium was just built in Las Vegas. I suppose the governor must have had his developer cronies write up the water usage report for that place and found it super eco friendly...

@nevadamatters2me591

Жыл бұрын

Silent wars in Nevada State include the plan to entire west valley public access BLM land between Yerington and Las Vegas into vast solar arrays WITHOUT INFRASTRUCTURE to transmit the power. OH, well, NVEnergy to the rescue--GREENLINK will be built to connect the solar arrays and sell the solar power to the grid. What? Look for yourself. www.blm.gov/greenlink-west-and-greenlink-north Simply plow under centuries old desert vegetation so you can access the underground aquifers and cover it over with Chinese slave labor solar panels, yes? Yes, all the better to hide Nevada's own plan to use orphan mines with existing energy infrastructure! After all, why use existing infrastructure and OLD technology like 3-5' parabolic mirrors with individual, replaceable stirling engines in series and/or in parallel to pass to the grid and use any excess to remediate the orphan mines? Oh, I forgot. There would be no funding for new technologies to develop offshore and keep Nevadans from being their own rescuers! Yes, Guovssohas, politics at its best. Let messages like ours tip off what Earth is having to contend with here.

Gobsmacked. I drove that lakeside route from Vegas out to the Hoover Dam in late 2001. Must compare my back of the dam photos then with yours. Very good job on the video, the comparison images really illustrate the water level drop. A friend of mine was in Northern California about 8 years ago and posted a photo f one of their lakes with a huge bathtub ring around it.

One if the better videos concerning this subject. Well done.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the comment and taking time to watch!

From Australia, no stranger to drought, this is a very informative update on an area I've spent time at previously. A desal pipeline and the unlimited water it would bring, powered by solar and wind and backed up by the energy grid from a point in the Pacific near San Diego to Vegas via Brawley CA following the Colorado River to Lake Mead/Vegas looks like the best, most economical (at 450 miles) option to me which would guarantee Las Vegas water supply in all future droughts. It won't be cheap though, but it's possible.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there from down under thank you so much for watching and taking time to comment! Good set of ideas, a multi-faceted approach is definitely going to be needed because of California's lack of concern or action. I realize now how costly these desal plants are, but Caliifornia is constantly touting it's place as the worlds "5th largest economy". Where exactly has all that money gone over the last few decades? Their major cities are in shambles and littered with human fallout from failed policies and leadership. We stopped visiting there after seeing Venice Beach covered in homeless tent cities a few years ago and mentally-ill drug addicted folks fighitng with each other and accosting tourists day & night. It was truly disgusting and sad... such a beautiful place. On a side note... as someone rich into mining, rockhounding, offroading, and just generally getting lost, I am fascinated by Australia. It seems parts of Australia are very similar to parts of Nevada. Only difference is we call those type of lands "wilderness" instead of the outback =]

@mikevale3620

2 жыл бұрын

@@mojo.adventures Hi and thanks for your detailed reply. It's disappointing to hear that Venice has become such a homeless Mecca. I too have travelled there, but by bus from LA Union Station which takes around 1' 40". I like to ride along the shore to Santa Monica. One has to ask, why are there so many homeless...but homelessness is more often a mental health issue, which needs to be addressed with extra funding. But we all know the US health system is not what it should be. My state government here in Victoria even has a Minister (Secretary)for Mental Health, separate to the Minister for Health and our state government is pumping $$ into this issue, in part to also reduce the number of homeless here as well. Yes, we have a lot of Outback, similar to Nevada hot and dry with roos, emu's, wild pigs and camels. But most city people never visit, because they think there's nothing there...they are so wrong. The landscape in the un-polluted air is stark. It fascinates me to see the heavy traffic snaking through the desert to Vegas. Soon that will be reduced when the train starts operating.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

​@@mikevale3620 Your description of the outback is spot on with Nevada also! We have Las Vegas and Reno/Tahoe city centers, which most folks rarily leave unless they are going to LA or SF. 85% of the state is open public lands/wilderness and it's BIG state. I am going to stop talking there though, because I enjoy the solitude and don't want it ruined. I have seen Native American petroglyphs close to the city here spray painted with graffitti. There is so much knowledge to be learned from those who came before us but all these folks can do is disrepect everyone and everything. It really isn't much of a wonder how we've managed to do this to our environment and eco-system. Natives knew how to balance this and even try to tell us in their carvings, but we aren't interested. I too wish the US health system could work for us to fix this, but seems the more $$ government pumps into things here the more they fail and it has in essence created the welfare state that many of our most vulnerable populations are completely dependant on now. The issue I saw with the homeless in CA is much of it stems from drug use, mainly opiods/fentanyl. It is a HUGE problem there. The lawlessness does not help either. People injecting in broad daylight on city streets, passed out in the gutter half naked, urintating/defecating around open business etc... Yes, there are definitely genuine homeless folks down on their luck who lost their home, out of work, or are indeed mentally ill and deserve all the help they can get. Unfortunately they blend in now with all the addicts and dropouts and basically impossible to distinguish. Our social workers can only do some much navigating this dangerous territority with little to no resources. I honestly don't see it getting better there, only worse, unless there is some full flush of leadership there. The State of California is basically operating like an independant oligarchy at this point. One more interesting aside about the train you mentioned... years back the I-15 on Nevada side was widened to 3 lanes all the way to California state line to alleviate that traffic you mentioned. California however, refused to do any improvements or widening on their end, so that soon as you pass into CA it goes back into 2 lanes and (still) creates a terrible bottleneck with hours delay during busy times. These are the kinds of things we are dealing with being a neighbour of California... the water issue is just one more on the list.

@michaellockhart6632

2 жыл бұрын

@@mojo.adventures I have deep ties to Arizona, California and Nevada. I want to see continued growth and prosperity in the entire Southwestern United States. I think that a good step today is to limit excess agriculture, such as foreign countries growing hay in Southeast Arizona. Let the golf courses go brown and drain the thousands of pools everywhere with the hope that we will get those things back someday. It's so important not to come to mass migration and that should be the very last step. I have been dreaming of a wider road to Vegas from L.A. for years and high speed rail as well but that gets difficult once you get into Victorville and the cajon pass. The new normal also includes for me is to carry spare change with me and give out a smoke to the homeless now and then. Many of whom are going through the required two years minimum for being homeless in order to qualify to apply for section 8. I also think that this video is good enough to show in public schools around the southwest. A good video, well done.

Amazing video….. very well made and super informative….. well done!

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you watching and for the kind words we are just starting out on KZread so it means a lot. Take care!

Very well put together!! Thanks!!

I camped out at Government Wash back in February. Wish I’d had more time to explore there. Fascinating place and landscape compared to Maine.

Thanks so much for this video. It made me feel as if I was right beside you during this tour. Very informative!

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome thanks for watching!

Good video with excellent graphics and pictures that explain the Lake Mead water levels, thank you.

I watched an episode of Mannix last week, and one scene caught my attention being filmed at “Hemingway Harbor” that made me get out google maps, and do a comparison. Thanks for showing on the map each location change. It made this video understandable for me, not being familiar with the lake mead area.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it helped! For as big as Lake Mead is, a large majority of all activity is at Hemenway Harbor now. I am going to have to see if I can find some photos of that scene that would be interesting to see. Thanks for watching!

Thank you very much very well put together most informative .

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching and commenting!

What an excellent video! So well narrated and factual. I learned a lot. I liked the pictures comparing now with previous years, too. Very illustrative. For solutions, I like a combination of conservation efforts, a pipeline from the Mississippi, and California desalination. The pipeline and desalination would probably be fought by conservationists. The pipeline could transmit invasive species into the Colorado basin -- but the California Aqueduct arguably already does that. Desalination actually creates a problem on what to do and where to put all the stuff you take out of ocean water. But all those options are doable. I've liked and subscribed. Hope you will do more videos.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind comments, much appreciated! I also like a combination of efforts, and I think that a combination is going to be absolutely necessary to remedy this. It's either that or people will simply have to leave these areas. The enitre west is at a crossroads with these issues and leadership just seems to keep putting band-aid's on it waiting for it to fail. We are just starting out on KZread but plan to make more videos and hopefully get better at it. Thanks for the support stick around we'll be posting more content as we learn. Take care!

@HardRockMaster7577

2 жыл бұрын

Well, the rest of country has projects they'd like the US Taxpayer to underwrite too. They talk about multi multi Billion dollar sea walls for NYC and for New Orleans, etc.

Awesome comparison photos and great video. This issue is very sad, proof the weather and times are changing for the worst.

Excellent images and comparisons…. 👍🏼 so sorry for the drought in your area. 🙏🏼for rain and snow. ALOT of rain and snow🙏🏼

Really great work here, well researched, succinctly put together.

Very creative and helpful graphics. A picture is worth a thousand words!

Had to sign in to like. Thanks for putting this together.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome and thank you for taking the time to do that, much appreciated!

What a great video, very well done!

Thank you for a decent video. Lots of great info, thoroughly displayed. Thanks! I hope it gets better ! :(

Very thorough documentary... before/after pics.... maps... and an awesome Jeep... two thumbs up!

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you much! The Jeep stays happy because as the lake dries up there is more offroading to do out there...

Just fyi, I live in north central Arkansas and I've been keeping tabs on the New Madrid Fault and the Mississippi River. In the "boot heel" of Missouri the Mississippi River is actually being diverted underground, which is a bad omen for that part of the country. It means that the New Madrid Fault is moving and massive earthquake could be triggered.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and the info, had no idea any of that was going on. I am going be looking into issues with the Mississippi a lot deeper throughout all this

You did an ABOVE excellent job in creating this video. I just found your channel and will subscribe. Many thanks.

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Much appreciate you taking the time to comment and subscribe. Already working on a new video going deeper into the water usage. Hope you'll stay tuned, we're just getting started!✌️

@prettycountrygirl2

Жыл бұрын

@@mojo.adventures I plan to stay tuned, for sure.

Really enjoyed your video. Very informative. The best thing that stood out to me is you only filmed the scenery. Most of these you tube people spend most of their time filming themselves. Very distracting.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you much glad you enjoyed it! We are just starting out but will be working on more soon

Great visual & map video. Great documentation.

Nice work on comparison photos! A lot of work to put them together. 😁👍

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you much, I have many more photos but like you said it takes a lot of work. I will be heading back soon!

Oh nice one. Excellent job. Up there with the best. Thank you.

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you too, glad you enjoyed it!

Excellent video with very good graphics, photos and narration.

This really puts everything into perspective. Keep saying this is a "raging code red" situation but many in Vegas are counting on that 3rd pipe. It really is first grade math. More water going out than going in = deficit. Liked the slide music too. I've looked at Google Earth so much of this area, I actually know where you're talking about. You're correct it doesn't look enjoyable at all. Watched a video during the 4th. Looked like a sand storm in Iraq. Thank you, for sharing. Hope you'll continue.

@lissyflur1907

2 жыл бұрын

The Dust Storms from the drying up Great Salt Lake, are also toxic and bad for farming Soils and Humans.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and commenting, appreciate it! We are just starting out but plan to make more videos and hopefully get better at it. Yes many in Vegas don't seem interested much at all. Most here rarely go to the Lake and think that from how much building/developing the see everywhere here it's business as usual. The city seems to approve anything with ink on it and are especially fond of high density housing projects shoved into areas with little infrastructure. We are being squeezed on all sides by these issues and the "leadership" here instead of helping is in bed with developers who are waiting to finish these mega communities then cut and run. If you've seen Iraq, thank you for your service. Take care!

@lissyflur1907

2 жыл бұрын

@@mojo.adventures Yes, but also do to rising Prices for Energy and Water threatment, living cost's will also rise and than skyrocket, for many People this will not be bearable and they will have no other choice than to move elsewhere.

@dethray1000

2 жыл бұрын

another dum comment--80 percent of the colorado river(lake mead) goes to farm use in Az and Calif--they will shut that off--then hold back water and not use for hydro electricity--they don't need it-its just cheaper than coal fired power--you know nuthing more on....

@HardRockMaster7577

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I liked the music too. Except, I thought the intro opening music sound was too jarring. I'd love for that to be softened...

WOW, UNBELIEVABLE

Thanks for the update

Thank you for confirming what we have been hearing with visual evidence. I saw a video showing a large underground tunnel and drain system to supply Vegas.

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Of course! Thank you for stopping by and commenting! I believe you are referring to Lake Mead Intake #3, constructed at the very bottom to pull water even if the other 2 intakes go dry and Hoover Dam were to deadpool. There are many great videos showing this massive undertaking and we plan to cover it more in the future.

Saddens me to see Lake Mead today. Remember spending many days swimming at Boulder Beach! Yes, those rocks hurt!

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Between the rocks glass and trash it's unbearable to be down there without aqua shoes now. I Always wondered why they didn't bring in some material and just improve the swim beach area a bit. Right across Lakeshore up West End Wash there is an area with very fine soft white powder sand that would be local to the park. They collect entrance fees year after year and seemingly make no improvements... it just gets worse.

really informative and lovely delivery

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great job on the video!

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

You bet! Thanks for watching and commenting

A miracle will.be needed here.

Well presented. I never knew I was water sporting in reclaimed water at lake Las Vegas, and I thought it was the alcohol that made me sick. Must of been the water in that lake.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

hahaa very possible! Definitely don't recommend re-hydrating from that pond. They used to set up this huge inflatable floating jungle gym over the summer the residents hated it and we'd see drunk tourists jumping in and swimming around. I don't think they got the memo...

Well done explainingeverything,Thank you,I subscribed

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you also Georgia for the support! We will be making more soon take care =]

Welcome to Mead Valley, formerly Lake Mead. Have a nice day :)

@lissyflur1907

2 жыл бұрын

If the Lake would completly dry up, the Temperatures would rise in that Valley, to arround 50 Degrees Celsius, because the Evaporation for now, is cooling this Valley a lot. Would be another Death Valley.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

They can just incorporate it all back into the St. Thomas ghost town that was flooded back during dam construction, it's all exposed again now. The irony...

@dethray1000

2 жыл бұрын

nonsense--never happen--they will just stop letting the water out thru the dam you dummy

@dethray1000

2 жыл бұрын

@@lissyflur1907 another stupid comment-total nonsense...fool--they are letting the water out thru the dam more on--soon they won't be except for drinking water for downstream--ag,farm use is 80 percent of river(lake mead) soon the farms will be cut off--go back to sleep

Pipe line from the Mississippi sounds like one of the best ideas, it’s something they should get on now.

Very nice video and super comparison of photos before and after. Would be great to find older photos from like 2000 and compare :) Keep up the good work!

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! I moved here in 2007 and I am currently looking for older photos I have taken over time. I really didn't expect so much interest in the issue, but I will be making more before & after soon as I can!

Wow, what a shame, such a beautiful area.

There is a desalination plant in Carlsbad, CA (North San Diego County), but they need more to water SoCal. SoCal has been sucking freshwater out of the harshest environments (Death Valley, Owens Lake), Mono Lake to same extent, etc. since the 1920's. Thank you for the update. Sad to see the bathtub rings, I hope no one ever sees the true bottom of Lake Mead or Powell.

Excellent reporting!!!

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and commenting! More to come soon

Very informative video, thanks!

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, glad it was helpful!

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, glad it was helpful!

Great work on this video. Thank you. Us Californians need to become more active in developing our own sources of water, Mr. California Governor. The desalination plan is a possibility.The Mississippi pipe line idea sounds like a good plan. I believe California should support it by paying the lion share of the project, since California is the largest consumer of Lake Mead's water.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! I think it's going to take a couple of these ideas together to fix anything. Also for people to realize it affects them no matter where they live in the country. If we loose CA agriculture prodcution the whole country will suffer. Anything has got to be better than doing nothing though. At this point it seems like both of our governors are just sitting on their thumbs waiting for the supply to dry up

@kimberlydrost8666

2 жыл бұрын

The Mississippi pipeline does not sound like a good plan to this Midwesterner. New Orleans kinda likes having the river reach its mouth. Let California desalinate. There's plenty of water there.

Excellent compare vids good video

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍 =]

Thanks for informing us

I love the idea of pumping water west. There is a lot of excess water from rains in various watersheds. I say have pipes set up to bring any excess west. Might not be much, but it will definitely help. Also, maybe more water needs to be stored underground in aquifers. It won’t evaporate. Huge amounts of water in desert lakes just evaporates.

*Your hard work really shows in this video, well done! Subbed...* *California just voted against a desalination plant continuing the do nothing approach.* 🙄

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comments! Wow I did not know that I'm going to have to look into it and see why it was opposed. I am trying to learn more about these plants and their pros/cons. The leadership in CA must just feel like there's no need to worry until Vegas dries up first... then maybe.

Great video, also great idea with pumping water in from the ocean to lake Mead , then desalinated it before it goes into Vegas and other cities. Well be expensive but if the government don’t do it, Vegas will go back to a deserted desert

@dethray1000

2 жыл бұрын

pure nonsense from a fool--geezuz--80 percent of the colorado river(lake mead) water goes to Az and calif for farms--they will cut them off--also they do not need to create hydro power--there are plenty of coal fire power plants around--they would never ever pump ocean water to lake mead you more on..fool

A fine dispassionate overview. As you stated, plans should have been implemented a decade ago to avert a disaster. Considering that nearly three quarters of this planet is covered with water it shouldn't be an issue. Governments general mismanagement and lack of farsightedness together with fiscal intransigence typify a truly sad state of affairs. Regards from the UK.

Pray for a turn around 🙏🏽 great vid n info

First time I could actually see the difference in b4 and after pictures. Great job. Big concern 😟 😨

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is! Thanks for watching and commenting. I think the lake content and elevation data doesn't move people much, but seeing these photos certainly does!

@timlabell

Жыл бұрын

Lake lasvegas pumps water from lake mead and NOT the release water from the water treatment center??? 😑 "who's lying now" 🤥

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

@@timlabell You are correct! Look at the pinned comment up top or the video description, I dedicated a whole video to correcting that 🙂 Unfortunately the sales agents and developers would like to convince you otherwise. I had bad info. They seem to want prospective buyers to believe it's reclaimed and "water smart".

Nicely Done!

👍👍👍👍👍 for the great presentation, sad for the state of the water levels.

Great video thank you 😊

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Well done.

Great vid

Thanks for the update, awesome work. This is so sad, I still have the memories of going to Lake Mead in the mid 80s -late 90s for water activities. Why are they allowing residents to water grass at all. Desert landscape and fake grass should be mandatory at this point. I don't play gulf, but can the gulf courses use fake grass? 🤔 This us insane...

@dethray1000

2 жыл бұрын

your insane--80 percent of colorado river(lake mead) goes to farms in AZ,Calif--first they will cut the farms off then the hydro power,,domestic water use is 4 percent num nuts

@derrickwhite1754

2 жыл бұрын

@@dethray1000 I hope you don't look as dumb as you articulate. Only 4%, you're an idiot. Stay off your mother's computer and get a job. By the way idiot, the number reason for Lake Mead's water loss is climate change not the farms. You're such an idiot 🙄.

@johnfohrenkamm3917

Жыл бұрын

you did not spell golf correctly; golf, not gulf

Great job on the comparison photos. I also loved the maps. Other videos never show maps for spatial context. Maybe you saw on that chart of water users the Imperial Irrigation District using 3000 acre-feet per year. That is the farmers in the Imperial Valley of California. They have “senior” water rights because they started using Colorado River water about 120 years ago, but they can’t keep their allocation forever. They pay very little for their water because they were first. Desalination to farm crops is way too expensive.

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you watching and for commenting! That is good information to have on senior water rights. I know many residents here don't understand why water from Lake Mead goes to California to begin with, let alone in the volume it does. I did notice on the water report that number stood out as the largest allotment.

@ericfielding2540

2 жыл бұрын

@@mojo.adventures Yes, Las Vegas was late to the party, so to speak. That means lowest on the seniority list.

@dethray1000

2 жыл бұрын

@@mojo.adventures plus Az too for farm water--they will cut that first--they do not need to generate electricity--plenty of coal fired power plants around,one just north of vegas in Moapa valley--vegas will always have enough water unless the colorado river goes dry--courts have already ruled in favor of domestic water

Nice presentation.

Thank you from Iowa.

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! ✌️

You should see the Colorado River before the hooverdam was built, it was a mere river, plugged it with Hoover dam, water rose. less snow packs.

You took my pipeline idea out of my head...🤣. I always had that idea, but I wanted that water to be piped out to my city & our river here. But in all reality, it would be better served going back to Lake Mead. It would be too darn expensive to build a pipeline from the Mississippi all the ways over here across state lines. Bad enough they keep stopping the keystone pipeline from continuing on. Thanks for the video

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting! The pipeline idea has some traction, except not from the Mississippi because it seems too costly and complex to get it over the Rockies now. I have seen it mentioned several times that a good alternative source would be the Columbia River in WA state that experiences severe flooding. Plus that area is a lot closer. Could be a viable idea!

@victorramosjr2239

Жыл бұрын

@@mojo.adventures It is a good idea. Another thing to contend with is the invasive species that might be carried over from one place to another. I wouldn't care way too much about it but I'm sure Game & Fish or U.S Fish & Wildlife peeps would.

Best video I've seen. The photo comparisons are superb. Any idea about the B29 Bomber in Lake Mead?

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you I appreciate that! The B29 bomber is located in the north facing "Overton Arm" of Lake Mead quite a ways away from the main recreation area. The bomber is still there but as of recent videos it is well deep enough that you still need to dive to it. As much as I'd love to see it, I hope that doesn't change!!

I can’t believe just how bad that lake has gone down. What’s really sad is when Deadpool arrives a lot of people down in that city are going to lose power in the most important their water source will be devastated

Reference the Water Supply Report, those values are in MAF, so add three zeros. Nv is 258,000 ac ft, Ca is 4,624,000 ac ft and so forth. Enjoyed your video, keep them coming!

@mojo.adventures

Жыл бұрын

I realized I will have to preface with (1000s of ac/ft) or the give full numbers like you said, this is all new to me. Also learned the water level is given above sea level not the absolute level too! Thanks for watching and commenting! =]

I used to fish in that cove on kingman wash back in the 70 when I was a kid

I subscribed my guy

@mojo.adventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you buddy will return the favour had me at crypto!