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I went there in 2020 to check it out(Salton Sea and Bombay beach). Its a place that is not talked about alot in California as its a huge man made natural catast

I went there in 2020 to check it out(Salton Sea and Bombay beach). Its a place that is not talked about alot in California as its a huge man made natural catastrophe. Bombay beach was really eerie as there was all this infra there from a more prosperous time(signs with ladies in swimsuits being pulled by a boat and well dressed people drinking by the "sea"). Saw many dead fish and their skeletons littering the beach, along with rusting playground equipment. A small contingent of artists have taken up residence in the deserted town and one of them made a "sothebys real estate" bombay beach storefront which I thought was quite funny.

reaperducer 4y ago
Its a place that is not talked about alot in California Maybe you mean "Northern California." In Southern California, it's very well known. I knew about it for decades, and I didn't even live in California at the time. a huge man made natural catastrophe. People on the internet like to call it a "man made" catastrophe. It wasn't. It was caused by flash flooding that overflowed the Colorado River. Yes, there was a minor irrigation canal between the two places, but nothing that was large enough to cause this catastrophe. Especially since, geologically speaking, the Salton Sea has existed, evaporated, existed, and evaporated over and over again before any humans even lived in the area. Humans later took advantage of the natural catastrophe to irrigate farms and build resorts, but that didn't cause the problems. I've been there dozens of times, and those beaches are made of millennia of fish bones, not just a hundred years' worth. It's a drying saline lake, and toxic dust blowing off of it is normal in a desert environment. People who live in the southwest have known that for centuries. It's even a plot point in a number of old cowboy books. There are hundreds of similar lakes in the surrounding desert. But since you can Google Salton Sea on the internet and someone made a video, people act like it's a one-off. If you're not a tourist, you know it's not.
- DoreenMichele 4y ago
  There are dry lake beds everywhere in SoCal. When it rains enough to temporarily fill them, shrimp hatch out.
- MichaelCollins 4y ago
  If the Salton Sea were in an "Old World" region settled for thousands of years, then the people who live near it would have cultural memory of the Salton Sea drying and flooding numerous times and would not be shocked when it happened again. Developed California is very young; most people who live there today don't have a very long family history on the land. Their families arrived in California one or two centuries ago, which they consider 'a long time ago'. Californians lack much experience with their land, so they're shocked when things like this happen.
- subsubzero 4y ago
  I lived in northern calif. most of my life so thats probably why I didn't hear much of it. And it is a man made disaster, toxic agriculture runoff from imperial valley is primary the cause of why the lake is so toxic, not the salinity. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/06/californias-salton-sea-spewing-toxic-fumes-creating-ghost-towns-.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/06/californias-salton-sea-spewi...

reaperducer 4y ago

Its a place that is not talked about alot in California Maybe you mean "Northern California." In Southern California, it's very well known. I knew about it for decades, and I didn't even live in California at the time. a huge man made natural catastrophe. People on the internet like to call it a "man made" catastrophe. It wasn't. It was caused by flash flooding that overflowed the Colorado River. Yes, there was a minor irrigation canal between the two places, but nothing that was large enough to cause this catastrophe. Especially since, geologically speaking, the Salton Sea has existed, evaporated, existed, and evaporated over and over again before any humans even lived in the area. Humans later took advantage of the natural catastrophe to irrigate farms and build resorts, but that didn't cause the problems. I've been there dozens of times, and those beaches are made of millennia of fish bones, not just a hundred years' worth. It's a drying saline lake, and toxic dust blowing off of it is normal in a desert environment. People who live in the southwest have known that for centuries. It's even a plot point in a number of old cowboy books. There are hundreds of similar lakes in the surrounding desert. But since you can Google Salton Sea on the internet and someone made a video, people act like it's a one-off. If you're not a tourist, you know it's not.

DoreenMichele 4y ago
There are dry lake beds everywhere in SoCal. When it rains enough to temporarily fill them, shrimp hatch out.
MichaelCollins 4y ago
If the Salton Sea were in an "Old World" region settled for thousands of years, then the people who live near it would have cultural memory of the Salton Sea drying and flooding numerous times and would not be shocked when it happened again. Developed California is very young; most people who live there today don't have a very long family history on the land. Their families arrived in California one or two centuries ago, which they consider 'a long time ago'. Californians lack much experience with their land, so they're shocked when things like this happen.
subsubzero 4y ago
I lived in northern calif. most of my life so thats probably why I didn't hear much of it. And it is a man made disaster, toxic agriculture runoff from imperial valley is primary the cause of why the lake is so toxic, not the salinity. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/06/californias-salton-sea-spewing-toxic-fumes-creating-ghost-towns-.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/06/californias-salton-sea-spewi...