When California's Greatest Treasure Became a National Disgrace: The Salton Sea – IT'S HISTORY
When California's Greatest Treasure Became a National Disgrace: The Salton Sea – IT'S HISTORY
Once one of the nation’s premier resorts, the Salton Sea welcomed millions of guests to its idyllic shores every single year. And yet today, it has been reduced to little more than a barren, toxic wasteland, growing saltier every year. Today, we will uncover the story of the Salton Sea, and if there is still hope to save it.
Chapters:
00:59 – The History of the Salton Basin
02:07 – What is the Salton Sea?
03:15 – How did the Salton Sea form?
05:05 – The Flooding of the Salton Sea
07:24 – Why was the Salton Sea so popular with tourists?
07:53 – The Salton Sea in its prime
09:12 – What caused the Salton Sea’s downfall?
10:27 – The Salton Sea Today
13:23 – The Future of the Salton Sea
15:28 – The Salton Sea in the art world
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IT’S HISTORY – Weekly tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.
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Scriptwriter – Imana Schoch
Editor – Karolina Szwata
Host – Ryan Socash
» SOURCES
https://interestingengineering.com/salton-sea-largest-lake-of-california-born-from-an-engineering-mistake
https://thisdayinwaterhistory.wpcomstaging.com/2016/11/29/november-29-1905-colorado-river-flood-that-created-the-salton-sea/
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/07/salton-sea-accidentally-created-lake.html
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2021/06/11/salton-sea-drying-up-infrastructure-projects/5243837001/
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19621105.2.109&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN——–1
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/06/californias-salton-sea-spewing-toxic-fumes-creating-ghost-towns-.html
https://ca.audubon.org/conservation/crisis-looming-salton-sea
» NOTICE
Some images may be used for illustrative purposes only – always reflecting the accurate time frame and content. Events of factual error / mispronounced word/spelling mistakes – retractions will be published in this section.
The concept of “Greatest Asset” is a subjective claim. The purpose of the Hoover Dam was to protect the Imperial Valley.
A toxic bassin 🥺
America is rotting from the inside out! It is the woke communist agenda. The people behind it are satanists trying to destroy the American people. They call themselves democrats. They have turned against God and have embraced mother earth satan! They are prolific in california. Many are immigrates from mexico and south america. God has cursed them and california. Their leaders, newsom, pelosi, feinstein, boxer and others are demon possessed embodiment of evil. The rotting Salton sea and major drought in california is God’s curse upon them and it will get a lot worse! Hoover damn will be next, it will dry up.
I’m beginning to think you mispronounce words as a hook. It does make it memorable. Not BASSIN’
We just sent 400 billion to Ukraine ?? Why ??
That money could have gone to this project..
& Lake Mead..
San Andreas fault…. Not San Anders
How do u go from km wide to ft deep?
California is a disgrace to the union, it is rotting. So sad because it used to have promise. The voters there just keep getting more of what they voted for – they complain, but honestly, they never learn.
Smells like rotten fish. Cheapest place to live in California if you can get use to the smell. Flies and rotten fish
The mismanagement of California’s natural spaces is amazing.
Lol, just another California hell hole.
Hey everyone! I hope you enjoy the new video!!!
Another example of California’s ideas being dumb and disastrous for themselves.
I’ve been there. It’s a cesspool
Why not bore water tunnels to the Pacific ocean? Gravity will refill the Salton sea.
The best history lesson for Salton Sea I have ever heard!
My grandparents had a cottage at the Salton Sea. I never went but my dad says he spent many of Summers hanging out on the water
Correct but never mock a mispronounced word. They have learned that word by reading, may not be native speaker or have a different issue. Some commenters should look at their feet.
This might as well be a story about America
Have more faith in nature in Australia we have a salt lake it floods then migrate birds die but that’s nature boom and bust.
You can not let Sandy Shores from GTA V fame ever die. It is legend.
Looks like a giant jhonson
If Gov Newsom can’t build a winery there or otherwise fleece money out of it, nothing will ever happen. Maybe lithium mining will be the end result for the area.
So they should of just let the fresh water flow naturally and it should of desalination the water….
Masks required? Outside? Lol
Interesting you did not mention the new efforts to use it to mine lithium!
The Salton Sea, only the second saltiest things. My ex gf being the most saltiest….
No fix will come unless it makes profits, cause that is all our world cares about these days.
Finding a way to route the fresh water away and let the lake dry up would be wise. California doesn’t make the smartest choices.
Yuma is like hell don’t believe me go check it out
California is a National Disgrace
Detroit was called the Paris of the USA 100 years ago. Time. Just time.
I believe the Salton Sea was never a California treasure!
What happened to the billions of dollars to fix the Salton Sea?
California deserves every last bit of filth and decay that it has worked so tirelessly to achieve.
It’s apparent someone’s parents didn’t read to them.
When hearing its release of hydrogen sulphide was thinking it’s a giant battery;)
You can’t even say "basin" correctly sheesh
Vote blue
Well they had a great run for about 30 years
Another of god’s plans.
What’s up with you saying things weird
That poor old gent. Nightmares – chuckle… Can one imagine what these folks saw and had to live with the remainder of their lives? Redefines PTSD…
The real life sandy shores of gtav
Mud flood and destruction of #tartaria
Everything in and about California has become a national disgrace because of their woke liberal domestic terrorist point of views of use and the fact that they’re actively trying to destroy the United States of America.
ElMirage California is turning into dust bowl. No 7 inches of rain any more a year.
Thats a whole lot of green in the middle of a desert.
They stopped the flow and left it stagnet they have also diverted the great Colorado to flow into the ocean so they can fake global warming ….lake mead
I grew up behind the Fountain Of Youth spa out here next to Bombay.
aside from family and close friends the community is shit ….i aboslutely love living here. except for the shit smell sea