The Smith river near flood stage Jan13th 2024

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The Smith river near flood stage Jan13th 2024

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Around my home of Gasquet ca. today Jan 13th 2024. the river hit 31.11 feet last time I checked as of 6pm. . 35 is major flood stage.

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@user-ji9ox2yh9e 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely stunning footage, again! ❤️ That river is RAGING and when you took the drone up and the music began to play WOW.. It stirs my soul! ❤️ One should never underestimate mother nature. I am in AWE 🥰 of your channel. You do fantastic work!!! Thank you! Your footage is spectacular on everything I've seen! I'm happy to have found your channel and am a PROUD subscriber! ❤️ 😊

@gasquetmike8320 2 ай бұрын

WOW that is so kind to say!!!!! Thank YOU!!!!!

@user-dy7ze2ey8q 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing 👍 So many childhood memories of living on the beautiful Smith River 😊🙏

@luciehanson6250 7 ай бұрын

It's a magical area for me, too!!😊

@charlesokeefe8788 7 ай бұрын

Excellent. Ground conditions of the wilderness nor roads and freeways in town like on the news . USGS has river gauges for cfm on all rivers and located at differing spots. 25 years ago I was watching flash floods in az by monitoring the gauges when I am going to go to a proba area hiking . Paria Canyon. Document it .

@troutfisher7182 7 ай бұрын

That's high water! Lots of water in the Eel too.

@psgsurferm8202 7 ай бұрын

Thank You for keeping us very aware.... This footage is epic !

@gasquetmike8320 7 ай бұрын

cool!!! Thanks again for watching!!!

@trishalee3198 7 ай бұрын

This is so powerful, and to be so close when the Smith is raging is kind of scary and exciting at the same time. Much appreciation to you for sharing.

@gasquetmike8320 7 ай бұрын

it was!!

@MISCIFMAKER 7 ай бұрын

Wow did think to chk cfs ty move that gold lets go . Gonna big a great yr. 🎉

@dexterleeledford2347 7 ай бұрын

Wow! great footage. Panther Flat!!

@Dihechuwa 7 ай бұрын

I appreciate that you do this. I always liked to do similar jaunts out and about but it is no longer an option. I miss the territory and your posts are filling that void for myself and others like me. Thank you❤

@gasquetmike8320 7 ай бұрын

Glad i can do it! Thanks so much for watching!

@MrSoarman 6 ай бұрын

Hey Mike, my friend and I steelhead fishing in Jan 25+ years ago, fishing Brundean hole we planned on camping on the gravel bar, it was tomrain 2 inches overnight, not familiar with a 2 in rain on river, so decided to head to campground, went back next day OMG HOLEE SHEEPSIHIT, GRAVELBAR UNDERWATER redwood trees licking bottom of bridges.

@gasquetmike8320 6 ай бұрын

Yep!

@kevindwatson1963 7 ай бұрын

Should be good gold prospecting come low water season

@sowireless 7 ай бұрын

Great footage, great drone work, I was holding my breath as you got closer to that water over the river! Thank you very much!

@gasquetmike8320 7 ай бұрын

My drone was dropping, never had it do that. Almost dunked it.

@sowireless 7 ай бұрын

That's what it looked like. I just got a DJI mini pro 4 about a month ago, and I'm pretty darn cautious with the thing, since I definitely don't have muscle memory on how to fly it. So I'm appreciative of your videography and what it takes to get it.

@marcus266 7 ай бұрын

Wow !! I camped in Grassy Flats maybe 17 years ago or so ,the river was about 25 ft or so below The flats and about 30 ft away from the bank i did some great fishing and Kayaking there ,Beautiful memories.i love the Smith River.Thank you for the current update it did ignite some good times spent there.❤

@gregbarker6038 6 ай бұрын

Middle Fork Smith River, I know it well.

@sharellecarroll7646 7 ай бұрын

How cool you got footage of that slide!! 😎😎😎🔥🔥🔥 great job! ❤

@sherrilee230 7 ай бұрын

My boys said the rouge was up too. How's the road holding up. No washouts or slides. Be safe take care from grants pass ( Glendale) oregon

@gasquetmike8320 7 ай бұрын

Roads good so far!

@highclimber25 7 ай бұрын

thanks for the upload keep em coming

@newdougr 7 ай бұрын

Excellent footage. I enjoy your work.

@normadavidson-mm3ux 7 ай бұрын

Scary 🙈 Thank you for providing the information. 🙏 Be safe.

@ktmcc4360 7 ай бұрын

I've been dying to see some up river filming. Great time.

@southernoregonprospector9074 7 ай бұрын

Just watched this on my living room big screen, absolutely great! Watching your Avata video now...thinking of getting one of those for mine site exploring. 🤔

@gasquetmike8320 7 ай бұрын

The mini 3 pro and mini 4 are good too. Thats what i felw down to craigs creek using the goggles.

@paulafugate3210 7 ай бұрын

😯 Panther Flat! Storm watching is a sport in Del Norte.

@gasquetmike8320 7 ай бұрын

fun sport!

@mycocoaone 7 ай бұрын

When doing these please tell us where this actually is. ? State?

@gasquetmike8320 7 ай бұрын

Sorry, I keep thinking only local people watch my videos...Near Gasquet Ca.

@tenaguin1054 7 ай бұрын

Way up on northern California coast. Just inland from Crescent City.

@georgehansonjr5704 7 ай бұрын

holy s🍺it you all must have got a whole lot of rain

@javabeanz8549 7 ай бұрын

Great video Mike! Love the drone work, and really love the closing image with Battery Point Lighthouse.

@luciehanson6250 7 ай бұрын

Holy stuff!!!

@gasquetmike8320 7 ай бұрын

Lol

@silentlividity923 7 ай бұрын

"MEMORY LANE"...........Captain Courageous. Who? 1964 Klamath River Flood. Picture an Angus Bull riding the floating logs on a river 2 the sea. What?!? You read right.......s m i l e. GREAT VIDEO MIKE (WET hug). GOD BLESSES ALL. Footnote: "Staying warm & dry in the truck.....Stoney? Might be you are a tad bit smarter than your Partner" (wink).

@gasquetmike8320 7 ай бұрын

I was here in 64 I remember capt Courageous!

@silentlividity923 7 ай бұрын

Will You Still Need Me......Will You Still Feed Me......When I'm 64? I'm guessing you remember the Beatles....too.....??? "THANXS Mike & Stoney"(smile)@@gasquetmike8320

@niartano 7 ай бұрын

I know you mentioned Hardscrabble as one of the spots you filmed. What were the other shots close to?

@sandramartineau4791 7 ай бұрын

Thank you. Great video. What music is that playing? It's beautiful.

@gasquetmike8320 7 ай бұрын

Im not sure? I have a bunch saved

@dcookie4444 7 ай бұрын

It's hard to believe that the river creatures could survive that.. minnows, smolts, crayfish, turtles, otters... got to be rough on them.

@gasquetmike8320 7 ай бұрын

They swim south for the winter...lol

@yettimannettii2039 7 ай бұрын

Isn't Benbow Lake on the Smith ?

@gasquetmike8320 7 ай бұрын

No, were farther north. East of crescent city ca

@paulafugate3210 7 ай бұрын

Benbow is south of Garberville and north of Richardson Grove on hwy 101. It is on a fork of the Eel River.

@yettimannettii2039 7 ай бұрын

@@paulafugate3210 I was there about 50 years ago. Looks like there is no dam now. When I was there it was like a lake. Not just a river. We were staying at the Benbow campground. I remember frogs covering the road near the Benbow Inn as we were leaving.

@Big-Deezy 7 ай бұрын

Awesome video Mike! Did you get any footage up river by like Patrick’s creek?

@sowireless 7 ай бұрын

I'd love to see what was going on in the burned areas just above Patrick's Creek. I'll bet there's some epic slides.

@gasquetmike8320 7 ай бұрын

No i didnt go that far. Wasnt sure if there was the traffic stop.

@Big-Deezy 7 ай бұрын

@@gasquetmike8320 thankful for the great footage you did get…I haven’t seen the water that high in a long time

@sowireless 7 ай бұрын

I don't think they stop traffic on the weekends. But it is certainly a bit of a wait, usually an hour. I have had some nice conversations though with fellow drivers, and it gives you an opportunity to see places in the road that normally you're white knuckling through with someone panting behind you to go faster. 😁. It actually gives you an opportunity to maybe fly a drone in a place where you normally couldn't. I might bring mine and try it next time I get stuck in traffic over there.

@ldlatte3086 7 ай бұрын

Wow! Great shots of the river!

@berkleywoman 7 ай бұрын

When's the last time the river flooded?

@gasquetmike8320 7 ай бұрын

Cant remember.this is the most ive seen in 20 years

@luciehanson6250 7 ай бұрын

@@gasquetmike8320 Over Christmas around the same year as the tsunami. Maybe the year before.. The boat launch on Fred D. Haight was up in the parking lot.