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5/17/2011 11:39:05 AM

My sister has been there. She says the stench of the place stays ob you for days.

5/17/2011 11:43:27 AM

was that the salton sea? i have no sound & only kinda skipped through the video a little. if so, there was a really cool documentary on tv about it a while back. creepy place but i'd kinda like to see it. used to be able to catch corvina or something there.

[Edited on May 17, 2011 at 11:51 AM. Reason : ]

5/17/2011 11:49:31 AM

I went there in January

Saw a few dead fish here and there but it didn't really smell bad

I went to a bar in Bombay Beach called the Ski Inn and had a few beers for like $3 and talked to some of the locals. It reminded me of Florida

[Edited on May 17, 2011 at 11:53 AM. Reason : asdf]

5/17/2011 11:52:36 AM

Probably helps you were there in January. My sister went in August

5/17/2011 11:53:46 AM

it was still hot. probably around 95

honestly, I'd like to go back sometime. it was eerie seeing so few people, but the ones I met were all pretty nice. Lots of old retired people who want a simple life and like to drink

5/17/2011 11:57:43 AM

The engineers accidentally the river

5/17/2011 12:01:49 PM

youtube is blocked at work... summary?

5/17/2011 12:04:50 PM

nothing22 is obsessed with this thing

5/17/2011 12:06:35 PM

WOW!!! great find!!! ADD TO MY TOPICS!

5/17/2011 12:14:08 PM

Recently punchmonk's comments have read like ebay feedback

5/17/2011 12:22:57 PM

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"youtube is blocked at work... summary?"

Back in what looks like the 50s or 60s an engineering failure caused the Colorado river to dump into a large valley in the deserts of California. After they finally got it back on track it had flooded a 350 square mile area and created a manmade "sea". Lots of people flocked to the area to buy property and vacation and stuff but the sea had no source of water aside from agriculture runoff so it got really salty to the point where all the fish died and the water got really nasty so everyone left. All that's left is a ghost town.

5/17/2011 12:26:26 PM

oh so it is about the salton sea?

the salton sea is located smack dab on top of the san andreas fault.

5/17/2011 12:27:17 PM

I always mix up the Salton Sea and the Sargasso Sea.

5/17/2011 12:34:41 PM

http://www.damninteresting.com/sordid-history-of-the-salton-sea

5/17/2011 12:36:35 PM

One of Val Kilmer's best.

5/17/2011 12:45:16 PM

http://vimeo.com/22735809

5/17/2011 2:20:26 PM

i cant wait to see fukusima(sp?) in 30 years

5/17/2011 2:33:35 PM

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"Recently punchmonk's comments have read like ebay feedback "

Haha...should I be embarrassed? If you knew my mother i would ask if I'm sounding like her. I do tend to get all passionate about things like this video. I like how it was done.

5/17/2011 2:52:47 PM

A+++++ QUICK SHIPMENT

5/17/2011 2:53:42 PM

WOULD CLICK ON AGAIN!!!

5/17/2011 3:19:32 PM

GREAT BUYER

5/17/2011 4:11:22 PM

^^^^ haha it's not the passion, it's the syntax.

GREAT THREAD. WOULD READ AGAIN. A+++ TDUBBER!!!!

5/17/2011 9:36:46 PM

I do like the video. Very nicely done. The narrator's voice sounds familiar, but it's probably just coincidence.

5/17/2011 9:56:31 PM

good video but no explanation of the old crazy guy that painted the hill?

[Edited on May 17, 2011 at 10:44 PM. Reason : also someone needs to make a post-apocalyptic or zombie movie there..]

5/17/2011 10:38:56 PM

The fella on the hill's been pretty well documented in other stuff.

5/17/2011 10:51:24 PM

I would seriously vacation here. Seriously.

5/27/2011 5:58:46 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Lake_(North_Dakota)

5/27/2011 7:55:26 AM

Current TV (current.com) has some good vids showing the people and places that are left.

http://current.com/groups/on-current-tv/89648600_salton-sea-last-day-caf.htm

http://current.com/groups/on-current-tv/89620296_salton-sea-bombay-beach.htm

http://current.com/groups/on-current-tv/89631090_salton-sea-drying-up.htm

http://current.com/groups/on-current-tv/89623161_salton-sea-hey-days.htm

http://current.com/groups/on-current-tv/89620297_salton-sea-naked-don.htm

http://current.com/groups/on-current-tv/88854494_mount-jesus.htm

5/27/2011 9:05:15 AM

It's pretty hilarious to me that California, a state billions and billions in debt, is trying to devise a way to "save" this sea. This sea has been naturally coming and going for thousands and thousands of years. Leave it alone.

5/27/2011 9:29:35 AM

Been there as well. Pretty interesting. Bombay Beach is actually pretty cool in a weird sort of way. Also I saw a drunk guy flip a golf cart there.

5/27/2011 9:34:58 AM

Was his name CA?

5/27/2011 9:48:00 AM

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"This sea has been naturally coming and going for thousands and thousands of years."

I thought it was accidentally created by an engineering screw up.

5/27/2011 11:49:53 AM

^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea

[Edited on May 27, 2011 at 11:51 AM. Reason : ]

5/27/2011 11:50:52 AM

http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11561246

5/27/2011 12:00:44 PM