The Accidental Sea (The Salton Sea)

YouTube ^ | May 12, 2011 | Ransom Riggs

[EveningStar]

A short film about my favorite post-apocalyptic hell-hole, the Salton Sea.

[Kimmers]

Wow, that was interesting.....never knew this ever existed....thank you for a very interesting, thought provoking post.....

[knews_hound]

I fondly remember fishing in the Salton Sea back in the 60’s and 70’s.

Much has changed since then and the decline is huge. What a shame considering what it might have been.

Cheers,

knewshound

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[Molon Labbie]

Excellent, never heard of this either.

Great source material for a Fallout: New Vegas Downloadable Content.

[douginthearmy]

Thanks for the post! Learned something new that I never would have guessed.

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[Oatka]

I fondly remember fishing in the Salton Sea back in the 60’s and 70’s.

Took the family down there for some corvina fishing in the 60s and boy, the place smelled to high heaven. We didn't stay.

[mrreaganaut]

And to think, it will only cost $100 million to ‘save’ it! All those imaginary voters along the shoreline can rejoice at their effective representation in Congress!

/sarc

[Oratam]

I only recently learned it’s creation was a mistake. Shocking as I remember seeing it on wall-size classroom maps of the United States when I was but a lad.

[Macrinus]

It’s like Detroit. . . with dead fish.

[Melian]

Wow. I’ve lived here my whole life and never been there. I certainly never knew it was created by man. What a strange place. This was a very interesting film.

[OregonRancher]

It wasn’t an accident. The Colorado river overflowed it’s
banks and for almost tow years flowed into the Salton sea
depression..

[DesertSapper]

FO3: New Vegas is one of the greatest “add-ons” of all time. FO3 and NV sucked up many an hour (that I would have spent on crappy TV). Great stuff!

[Wissa]

It’s like Detroit. . . with dead fish.

Not really. The towns that do exist there have more of a small-town feel. I saw a show on the Documentary Channel a few months ago about it. "Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea". Very interesting. I wish I would have recorded it.

[DesertSapper]

Watched a NatGeo show on the Salton Sea a few years back. Very interesting stuff.

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[6SJ7]

Wow. I had no idea such a place exists or existed. Wild.

[reaganaut]

I remember the days before it stank, of course we were little then, dear.

[Fiji Hill]

I recall when the Salton Sea was a tourist resort in the 1960's and attracted visitors from the Los Angeles area. However, when we vacationed in the area, we usually headed for Martinez Lake on the Colorado River near Yuma, Ariz. I understand that tilapia, which can live in very salty water, can still be caught in the Salton Sea.