For context, since very few of us online know where this is: The Nolichucky Dam is a couple miles south of Greenville, TN in the far eastern section. It's about 45 miles north of Asheville, NC.
🚨DON'T WAIT FOR THE DAM TO BREAK. LEAVE ASAP. It WILL be life threatening. Geez the last news lady needs to learn more about dams breaking. Just don't wait until after the break when you can't leave.
What if the family owned the land before the damn was built? The irony of all this being these people are anti-tax pro Project 2025 MAGA voters who want a global warming denier as president. But don't fret they will be demanding federal aid while yelling FJB.
It’s very old and now will need to be replaced. I feel sorry for people living close to the river, it’s not their fault the dam is breaching this is why infrastructure is important. There’s dams all across America that were built in the 1930’s. Even where I live the dams are old and need repair, they practically drained the river to a creek to replace one dam, there’s still two more that need it.
Man must learn to be like water. Go with the flow. I think it was Joe Pesci who said: “Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle."
It is .. Tema gave an update about an hour ago... They are just concerned for now that it could break . I'm in Sevierville TN about 10 minutes from the Smokies here .
🎶Way down yonder on the Nolichucky, learned a little about livin, and a lot about floods.🎶Sorry, it just popped into my head. Please everyone just go where its safe for a little bit, don't take any chances with water.🙏💛
Oh man this is really heartbreaking to have to watch people lose their homes like this. I know there are some who don’t have insurance. Praying for all of those near this area that they can evacuate safely. Our hearts and prayers are with you. ❤❤❤
@@nathanfrench952 Yep, insurance agencies will stop providing insurance for these areas, so banks will deny financing to build. The people living here will end up feeling environmental and economic struggles and immigrating to cities like Aurora.
Depends on the local terrain. 100' might be enough in some circumstances. Don't assume everything is flat especially around Appalachia where we are. Major flooding nearby, but hundreds of feet above it.
Interesting that nobody mentions the state. The only reason I realize it’s Tennessee is because I recognize the TVA acronym, Tennessee valley authority
News is so weird these days. They make simple stories so confusing. They show video of a failed dam, while talking about a dam that might fail. Then when they decide to broadcast a live report from the actual dam, its so dark that its pointless be there. I cant even hardly watch the news anymore because they are just completely inept at every level.
@@BrokebutCreative ... ok a failed bridge then. Still not footage of the actual dam. Not even a still photo of the actual dam. I feel like if this stories continues much longer, we will get a tour of the whole town, and never see the actual dam.
Back in the 70s tva built a dam in columbia tn on duck river with several others upstream, and was 90% complete. Activists found a fish called a snail darter and said it was endangered and had the dam removed. Couple yrs later the little fish was found everywhere not endangered. Today 2024 columbia is now facing a water shortage to its citizens. Taxpayers get the bills though.
I live in Shelbyville close to the duck and with the lack of rain and the influx of people from other states it's getting pretty low. Pretty sad as it's one of the most diverse river systems we have
WJHL airs a segment of the imminent failure of a dam that will be life threatening. Also WJHL: Doesn't bother to show the dam in question, instead shows a river you can't see because it is too dark. Pulitzer Prize winning stuff there, mate.
@@Plutogalaxy Here in 2024, we have these things called portable electric lights .They come in floodlights , infrared lights, LED lights, halogen lights.Hell we even have these things called computers that store files called " stock footage" that one could pull a file of , say, a dam to include in a broadcast.
Update that the news isn't talking about Greene county water reserve is underwater and severely damaged they have two days of water supply for Greene county they have code red for our water supply and is implementing emergency turning off all water supplies to non-essential buildings in town restaurants car washes etc Our town only accepts cash because all card readers are down. All bridges leading into Greene county are either closed underwater or gone people are trapped between bridges and can't get home can get out can go one way and can't go together I love the awareness about our town but it's more severe than news are important about he can get a whole lot worse
This is because of all that rain in Erwin yesterday where all those people had to be rescued from the roof of the hospital, that river runs past Nuclear Fuel Services and into the headwaters of the Nolechucky river.
It's possible they're not allowing news organizations or anyone else near enough to the dam to take a picture because of the danger. There actually is a short clip of the dam from a distance near the beginning.
@@FerroEquus-262 And road and rail disruption, but , again, drones and helicopters have been around for “awhile”. Does the news or the State not possess either of these?
At 0:57 they mention that a bridge over the river had already collapsed due to the high water but they never actually say that the footage being shown is of that bridge nor any other comment about what footage is being shown.
Greene County, here. Yes, the photo depicts a bridge that collapsed upstream of the dam yesterday around 6:00 PM. Although it is expected to fail, the dam is still holding at the moment.
It disappointed me when I learned that they let that dam get to the point that it couldn't generate electricity any longer, and from then on just let it build up with mud to be routinely dredged out from time to time. Who knows maybe if they cared more to maintain it, it would have had the tlc to withstand this sort of thing, and they wouldn't have decided to just let it boil over like that/had the means to prevent it. But, that would cost money I guess and we best spend it on some other means. Me I wish we had hydro electricity in Greene county.
cuz you are ill with the red state maga paranoid schizo affective disorder. Trump promised to fix national infrastructure but did NOTHING. Worst president in the history of our Nation. VOTE BLUE.💙💙💙💙
Our bridges have mostly collapsed or impassable, no water and no power. I live on the side of the Nolichuckey River closest to the mountains in Greene County TN. Our town is 2 days away from running out of "clean" drinking water. Businesses are closed unless they are essential. It's a mess.
Odin kept the souls of those great fighters that died in battle so that he would have an army of great fighters with him for the final battle at the end of the world.
November 06, 2021 Today, Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), a once-in-a-generation investment in our nation’s infrastructure and competitiveness. So the money for stuff like Dam's never got used?
Wow, this is super scary 😳. It's wild how something built so long ago can still affect so many people today. Hope everyone is prepared and takes it seriously! We gotta respect nature and stay safe! 🌊
Where is the damn dam...Terrible reporting. Shows bridge fall in, then reports at night... can't you hear it? How stupid are the reports and reporters...thumbs way down here.
Do you guys think they’re lying 😂 why do they need to show it , can’t y’all see how flooded your own state is. Y’all think everything is made up nowadays calm tf down
Dear government, your only job is to inform us truthfully of danger. It is NOT your job to "ensure our safety"! That's our job! Stop acting like you have any sort of authority over us! Sincerely, We the People
Four hours prior to landfall, my house on the Gulf in Carrabelle was 3 miles from the center of the cone. No insurance. At the last minute the storm moved east a few miles and it was like there was no storm at all. All my deck furniture didn't budge as I monitored my web cams from Texas. I am amazed how lucky I was. I suffered much more damage in Beryl (July 8) being 60 miles from the coast.
GOP infrastructure is prayer...what did all those thoughts and prayers not stop the flooding? TOO BAD SO SAD! YANKEE SEE YANKEE DROWN! hahahahahahahahahah
@@KayFabe87 Maybe turn off your TV and read a book Kay. Because nothing you said is of any educational value, and we are all dumber, having had heard it.
Instead of sending money to countries like Israel and the Ukraine perhaps they need to use the money to fix these situations? Our government no longer serves the people.
It was, 100 years ago. Dams and bridges need maintenance and repairs to stay in good working order. These things cost money. Tax cuts and spendings cuts for the last 50 years has left no money for repairs.
Anybody in politics ever thought of passing a bill to fix America's failing infrastructure. This where our tax dollars are needed. Not the nefarious ways in which it is now spent.
No, our government just wants to send billions overseas. Think of all that money we sent to Ukraine. We could’ve fixed all kinds of issues with that. Like Maui, Pahl, Ohio, and now the southeast. But nope. We have to send it overseas.
I just checked Google Maps and found no warnings about the bridge. I'm 5579 miles away in West Africa and edited that the bridge is out due to flooding. Local authorities need to make people aware quickly in situations like this.
Huge failure across media The state the damn is in not even mentioned No map on screen.Zero standards .Also national news dropped all news and updates of this 100 yr catastrophe in NC, SC. Praying for the people effected.❤
This dam has no lake behind it. It is designed to continuously allow the Nolichucky River to flow over it once the river reaches a particular height. But the amount of rainfall from Helene is what's causing the issue.
let's keep making cuts to government spending... giving rich people tax breaks and let all infrastructure fall into such disrepair it can cause death and destruction.
"This is a tough hurricane, one of the wettest we've ever seen, from the standpoint of water." -Literal quote from Donald J Trump about hurricane Florence
This dam should be looked into for dam maintence failure. Do not replace it. An adequate dam will be possible in this era of a lack of quality of engineering and politics.
The dam, itself is over 100 years old and hasn't produced electricity in decades. After this ceased in 1972, it was supposedly left in place for flood control, but this is also laughable, as it has only one small gate that could never hope to alleviate even moderate swells of excess water.
The rule with dams is that ALL dams eventually fail unless they are purposefully dismantled. They may last for many years but eventually they WILL fail. The extreme rainfalls we have now are making dam failure, floods, mudslides much more likely. People should never live in the flood zone below a dam. They shouldn't live in a flood zone at all.
But we have a "climate change water shortage,"...remember? And this thing with hurricanes occurring in hurricane season? That's a reason to tax and spend style moneylaundering.
At my house, we do have a water shortage problem. I look at all that water and feel just a tiny bit of jealousy. Both too much and too little water are signs of climate change. But you probably know that.
It’s a local newscast. Local news doesn’t have to say the name of their state every few minutes anywhere. We all know where we live when we watch local news.
There are morons who get their history from Confederate statues. Anyone who studied the Nazis will understand what happens when an aggressive nation with nationalist desires conquers another country. They want to conquer others. This is the fourth nation Russia has invaded and Putrid Putin has expressed his desire to regain the "glory" of the Soviet Union by conquering others including NATO countries. In ten years, the money spent on illegals will come to $680,000 billion dollars. Meanwhile, they will work jobs Americans wouldn't, open businesses and help our economy with workers as our population, without immigration, is decreasing.
Golf courses & High-Rise Towers isn't considered helping people or communities same goes for a person that just bounces around the white house like a pinball until the game is tilt.
I live in the area and saw a river that we often visit about 10' above normal height. Took away at least one trailer at a nearby campground. One was still there as of yesterday only because it was pinned against trees. I'll see today if it's still there or not. People were pulling their trailers out of there the day before. I saw emergency vehicles towing rescue boats which I have never seen before in my entire life. Going today to see if the Elizabethton covered bridge was affected. Serious stuff. I'm glad to be on high ground and on a slop where water doesn't accumulate.
I live on a decent sized hill in Kingsport. The creek in the middle of the valley was probably up to 8 or more feet, normally like a 2 foot or less gentle creek. Don't think people realize how much water we have gotten
Everything around the covered bridge is blocked off. Even the state road near it. Can't get near it except on foot. I have to take a back way to get to Bristol tomorrow.
@@anthonyrowland9072 Well said. The infrastructure bill promised by tRump but passed by Biden/Harris addresses 40 years of "deferred maintenance". That won't be solved in one presidential term. It took time to fall into this hole and will take time to crawl out.
Hi biden you kamala should travel to green county Tennessee and bring peter with you and fix our fuckin roads and bridges instead of sending our tax dollars to Ukraine
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Tennessee-Fact-Sheet.pdf This money coming when the repubs voted against the bill! Your road problems didn't happen in 3 years, it took decades of ignoring issues so quit blaming the people who actually got money coming your way in spite of the maga jerks voting against it!
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News room: “ let’s not show the dam.”
TWC shows the dam but as usual it's a maybe 6 second video & it always freezes up lol that's why I got on RUclips,they're showing more footage.
Yeah it must be a lie, I need to see proof
@@belughlegosi i mean you do see all the water right? if any water goes above the damn then it technically failed
No I don't think so... @@jimsecrist4222
@@jimsecrist4222water goes over a weir dam. So you're wrong
Why no pictures of the dam?
Because it's all "hearsay".
Fear mongering.
it was night time
Had to get lip filler
Look at the videos thumbnail???
@@iGame3D TVA has pictures on its webb site 24/7/365
I used to think that life was grand
Living on fertile land below the dam
But now I don't feel so lucky
Living beneath the Nolichucky
I hope that this does/doesn’t turn into a song lyric
Nice! Are you a poet by trade?
@@WAL_DC-6B He's just a good 'ol boy.
@@seeharvester when the levee breaks baby you got to move.
@@timhopper9761 Before not when.
For context, since very few of us online know where this is:
The Nolichucky Dam is a couple miles south of Greenville, TN in the far eastern section. It's about 45 miles north of Asheville, NC.
Thank you. Local news reports on YT never say what state they are reporting about. There are Green County names in almost every state.
Thankyou for that! Yes every state has the same names for counties. I wish they would just put what state it is instead of counties.
Thank you!
Thank you!
My Dad is in Flat Rock and we cant reach him
🚨DON'T WAIT FOR THE DAM TO BREAK.
LEAVE ASAP.
It WILL be life threatening.
Geez the last news lady needs to learn more about dams breaking.
Just don't wait until after the break when you can't leave.
Friends don't let friends live beneath old dams.
I guess nobody there has any friends
Friends don't let friends live in Tennessee.
@@TestUser-cf4wjProbably all Bidens fault.
What if the family owned the land before the damn was built?
The irony of all this being these people are anti-tax pro Project 2025 MAGA voters who want a global warming denier as president. But don't fret they will be demanding federal aid while yelling FJB.
Do not eat thy neighbor's pets
Nolichucky Dam was built by the Tennessee Eastern Electric Company (TEEC) in 1912-1913 for hydroelectricity generation (per Wikiepedia)
It’s very old and now will need to be replaced. I feel sorry for people living close to the river, it’s not their fault the dam is breaching this is why infrastructure is important. There’s dams all across America that were built in the 1930’s. Even where I live the dams are old and need repair, they practically drained the river to a creek to replace one dam, there’s still two more that need it.
Just like the rest of the country, the upkeep was neglected.
America is not built to last unfortunately
and Became a TVA dam in 1933
But what is under that dam? Tunnels? Watch the water!
Whatever man can make it has no chance against Mother Nature
It is 112 years old.
Man must learn to be like water.
Go with the flow.
I think it was Joe Pesci who said:
“Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle."
Really? What happens to your house when it rains? A flood? You might want to move
Not with out up keep...
@@EdNye-y3q imagine that
Local radio just reported that the dam is still intact at this time.
The title of the video says "failure imminent", meaning it hasn't happened yet.
Radio…PfffT!!!
It is .. Tema gave an update about an hour ago... They are just concerned for now that it could break . I'm in Sevierville TN about 10 minutes from the Smokies here .
🎶Way down yonder on the Nolichucky, learned a little about livin, and a lot about floods.🎶Sorry, it just popped into my head. Please everyone just go where its safe for a little bit, don't take any chances with water.🙏💛
Oh man this is really heartbreaking to have to watch people lose their homes like this. I know there are some who don’t have insurance. Praying for all of those near this area that they can evacuate safely. Our hearts and prayers are with you. ❤❤❤
Alot more won't have insurance after this. The insurance industry was already collapsing. This will just make it worse.
Yes, it's sad. They are in their prayers to be sure. But really, why would you build a house downstream from a dam?
@@nathanfrench952 Yep, insurance agencies will stop providing insurance for these areas, so banks will deny financing to build. The people living here will end up feeling environmental and economic struggles and immigrating to cities like Aurora.
A mile? Seriously? Just a mile? Please tell me I misunderstood. Get your butt out of there even if you are a significant distance away.
Depends on the local terrain. 100' might be enough in some circumstances. Don't assume everything is flat especially around Appalachia where we are. Major flooding nearby, but hundreds of feet above it.
get out now. save your life.
this is in Tennessee on the outskirts of Chucky and Greenville
Interesting that nobody mentions the state. The only reason I realize it’s Tennessee is because I recognize the TVA acronym, Tennessee valley authority
Thank you....A lot of states have a Green County.
Think it's in North Carolina or they are experiencing the same as this with a dam there.
local news youtube's forget they are global
Right now it's the state of Panic.
Na it's Tennessee @@jerryhadler8835
We need to upgrade our dams in this country.
Dams. Highways. Airports. Interstate road. Water processing plants, storm water systems. Levee’s… everything needs a huge replacement
We need to upgrade our dam cops. The thin bluLine is embarrassing
My state just got the Build Back Better money to replace a couple of our bridges. Infrastructure is so important.
public sector (socialism) is the foundation of society. the private sector is parasitic
but then how will all this land be available for private equity land grabs????
Just get out of its way now 😢
It’s going to be to late once it happens, sadly it will be a huge surprise 😢😢😢
News is so weird these days. They make simple stories so confusing. They show video of a failed dam, while talking about a dam that might fail.
Then when they decide to broadcast a live report from the actual dam, its so dark that its pointless be there.
I cant even hardly watch the news anymore because they are just completely inept at every level.
🤣 It's sad and funny how accurate your description is. 🤣
They didn't show a video of a failed dam though. That was a bridge on the river that is held back by dam...
That was a video of a failed bridge that is real. If you'd listened, you would know that.
@@BrokebutCreative ... ok a failed bridge then. Still not footage of the actual dam. Not even a still photo of the actual dam. I feel like if this stories continues much longer, we will get a tour of the whole town, and never see the actual dam.
Key info if you missed - evacuate if living 1 mile down river from dam@@scottrobinson9752
.. We Can't - "Hear-the-Raging-River" - Because You Won't Shut-UP...!!!!!!!!
She can't say remnant or imminent! 😆
One sylLAble at a time.
🥂🍻🥃🍺🍷🍾🥤
But she knew when to give up and go on!
Speaking like Trump 😂
It is time to restrict the building of houses within 600 feet of rivers and oceans.
OH, more government restrictions? How about the government invest our money in this country instead of Ukraine, and Israel?
You're forgetting about the trillions spent for 20 years post 911 in wars in the Middle East @@Shelley-j2y
Why?
I mean, Darwinism exists. People are going to make their choices
Let's restrict treasonous politicians first.
Worst reporting I have ever seen or heard. Don’t waste your time.
Back in the 70s tva built a dam in columbia tn on duck river with several others upstream, and was 90% complete. Activists found a fish called a snail darter and said it was endangered and had the dam removed. Couple yrs later the little fish was found everywhere not endangered. Today 2024 columbia is now facing a water shortage to its citizens. Taxpayers get the bills though.
I live in Shelbyville close to the duck and with the lack of rain and the influx of people from other states it's getting pretty low. Pretty sad as it's one of the most diverse river systems we have
greenwashing one of the techniques of the communists posing as demon-crats.
That's a lot of words for I've never made a woman orgasm before
i remember that story and remember thinking, all that over a f'ing minnow...
@@wingmannj communist trickery used also in california to wreck the nation, greenwashing scammers.
WJHL airs a segment of the imminent failure of a dam that will be life threatening.
Also WJHL: Doesn't bother to show the dam in question, instead shows a river you can't see because it is too dark. Pulitzer Prize winning stuff there, mate.
You’re right, they shouldn’t have stories that they don’t have pictures of…I have trouble understanding things without pictures 😂😂😂😂😂
@@Plutogalaxy Here in 2024, we have these things called portable electric lights .They come in floodlights , infrared lights, LED lights, halogen lights.Hell we even have these things called computers that store files called " stock footage" that one could pull a file of , say, a dam to include in a broadcast.
@@Cmunic8 No one buys a PlayBoy to read the articles 🤣😅😂
@@mikebryant614 you’re comparing the news to porn…nuff said 😂😂😂😂😂
Update that the news isn't talking about Greene county water reserve is underwater and severely damaged they have two days of water supply for Greene county they have code red for our water supply and is implementing emergency turning off all water supplies to non-essential buildings in town restaurants car washes etc Our town only accepts cash because all card readers are down. All bridges leading into Greene county are either closed underwater or gone people are trapped between bridges and can't get home can get out can go one way and can't go together I love the awareness about our town but it's more severe than news are important about he can get a whole lot worse
This is because of all that rain in Erwin yesterday where all those people had to be rescued from the roof of the hospital, that river runs past Nuclear Fuel Services and into the headwaters of the Nolechucky river.
Your picture is of a bridge, correct? And this video is of a dam breaking?
It's possible they're not allowing news organizations or anyone else near enough to the dam to take a picture because of the danger. There actually is a short clip of the dam from a distance near the beginning.
Civil Engineering 101
Dam failures tend to cause bridge failures downstream.
@@FerroEquus-262 And road and rail disruption, but , again, drones and helicopters have been around for “awhile”. Does the news or the State not possess either of these?
At 0:57 they mention that a bridge over the river had already collapsed due to the high water but they never actually say that the footage being shown is of that bridge nor any other comment about what footage is being shown.
Greene County, here. Yes, the photo depicts a bridge that collapsed upstream of the dam yesterday around 6:00 PM. Although it is expected to fail, the dam is still holding at the moment.
It disappointed me when I learned that they let that dam get to the point that it couldn't generate electricity any longer, and from then on just let it build up with mud to be routinely dredged out from time to time. Who knows maybe if they cared more to maintain it, it would have had the tlc to withstand this sort of thing, and they wouldn't have decided to just let it boil over like that/had the means to prevent it. But, that would cost money I guess and we best spend it on some other means. Me I wish we had hydro electricity in Greene county.
It's never too late to vote for officials that are concerned about green energy! I, for one, would love to see a green Greene County :D
It should've been removed already, like tens of thousands of other dams across the country
@@mg-by7uuoh yes cause solar panels will power the whole nation
@@derrickwoods2803 the country is powered by burning Chinese coal, only a tiny fraction of dams produce energy
@@derrickwoods2803 the majority of power comes from burning Chinese coal
Why do all these people on the screen look so creepy to me?
News lady moves like a robot, the lady in the dark looks like A.I, etc.
cuz you are ill with the red state maga paranoid schizo affective disorder. Trump promised to fix national infrastructure but did NOTHING. Worst president in the history of our Nation. VOTE BLUE.💙💙💙💙
Oh Shelley, I’m sure you’re one to judge a beauty contest 😂 ✌🏻🫣S 👍🏻
@@Southernly It has nothing to do with looks, it's their demeanors.
That news lady is no "lady"
Downstream(If my knowledge of geography is correct) is Fontana Dam.... Is Fontana Dam going to break next???
Fontana Dam is on the Little Tennessee River.
From what I can tell, Douglas dam outside of Sevierville TN is next downstream. Fontana is way south of where all the dam failures are happening.
Fontana is in the mountains of western North Carolina
THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN 2024 AMERICA..... WHERE IS ALL OUR MONEY GOING??????????
Ask Joe Manchin
Ukraine
Stock markets
stolen while obsessed about each others personal business
Ukraine, migrants and debt.
Did the authorities lower the level in anticipation of the storm?
There is more water coming into the lake than they could ever get to leave the lake. It's a hurricane thing.
Our bridges have mostly collapsed or impassable, no water and no power. I live on the side of the Nolichuckey River closest to the mountains in Greene County TN. Our town is 2 days away from running out of "clean" drinking water. Businesses are closed unless they are essential. It's a mess.
"When the levee breaks we will have no place to stay", Led Zeppelin
Memphis Minnie you mean.
Odin kept the souls of those great fighters that died in battle so that he would have an army of great fighters with him for the final battle at the end of the world.
The lyric is, "When the levee breaks, have no place to stay."
"Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry."
Movin' on, Movin' on, Movin' on.
They kept saying oh the lake levels will return to summer levels. The levels were already at normal. Lies lies lies
thinking they should open the gates a lil' but that's just me....why let it break????
Sometimes the floodgates are not big enough to save the dam. This was a historic amount of rain.
Opening the gates is like pulling the plug on a bathtub while youre filling it with a firehose.
The gates no longer operate
Why no picture of the dam? You show a bridge failing, but no before/after pics of a dam. 🤷♀️
Karen is a robot reading the news 🙄
She does it that way just to annoy you.😅😅
theres now a flash flood emergency. if you are near the nolichucky dam, evacuate immediately
November 06, 2021 Today, Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), a once-in-a-generation investment in our nation’s infrastructure and competitiveness.
So the money for stuff like Dam's never got used?
It's being used all over the Country.
Yeah, it's been sent to Iran and Ukraine!!!!😮
Very little of that money has been used. There are articles out there that detail this very matter.
@@michaelbeever7592 I bet you derived that lie from Right Wing propaganda.
Tennessee got $813,319,680.22. But it prob went to Mike Lee’s friends. You should ask them.
One mile down doesn't seem like enough evac. Get out of your anywhere in the area
The dam is not very large and there is no lake behind it (it's more like a big waterfall even in normal times).
Praying for these waters to recede so recovery can begin.
hopefully god and jesus and a whole heap of angels can come down and rebuild all the stuff with prayers and thougjhts and fluffy bumpkins
God caused it, why would you pray to god about this? He approves.
@@beecee2205 super helpful comment. Are you doing something the rest of us aren’t?
@@929jpotter arent prayers enough ?
Wow, this is super scary 😳. It's wild how something built so long ago can still affect so many people today. Hope everyone is prepared and takes it seriously! We gotta respect nature and stay safe! 🌊
Where is the damn dam...Terrible reporting. Shows bridge fall in, then reports at night... can't you hear it? How stupid are the reports and reporters...thumbs way down here.
I know,the nerve of them reporting at night, why didn’t they make the sun come up so we could see? What were they thinking?
@@UtoniumJock it's local news if u live here u would know where it is.
Exactly what I was thinking..show the dam
Do you guys think they’re lying 😂 why do they need to show it , can’t y’all see how flooded your own state is. Y’all think everything is made up nowadays calm tf down
You can see the damn dam in the thumbnail but maybe y’all don’t know what that word means
As you can see..." No, we can't. "
Dear government, your only job is to inform us truthfully of danger. It is NOT your job to "ensure our safety"! That's our job! Stop acting like you have any sort of authority over us! Sincerely, We the People
Never never dependant on 911....
There it is.
Four hours prior to landfall, my house on the Gulf in Carrabelle was 3 miles from the center of the cone. No insurance. At the last minute the storm moved east a few miles and it was like there was no storm at all. All my deck furniture didn't budge as I monitored my web cams from Texas. I am amazed how lucky I was. I suffered much more damage in Beryl (July 8) being 60 miles from the coast.
Prayers
Those poor reporters are risking their lives for their jobs! Shoutout to them for informing citizens and going above and beyond! 👏👏👏
Not immenent anymore, it just broke😵😵😭
Oh dear
From 10News website …. “The weather service said dam operators reported that it failed, and said anyone in the area should move to higher ground.”
I think about all the innocent lives and how Tn should have been using our tax dollars more wisely
Oh shit, I gotta go find a feed.
Where did you get that info ? It's not been reported so far by local media.
Have you contacted the tva president for comment and why he was awarded 10.5 million compensation while this is his life works inaction? 🤔
Ask why your state politicians do not exept federal funds. Or what they do with the funds.
Your hallucination is not fact. Also stop trying to write in English, you're barely coherent.
IF IF IF why not WHEN,
What's "federak finds" ????
They buy houses above the dam.
@@mikeoxlong5843 Federak Finds is leader we need in these trying times.
Specific info on the dam is available at the US Geological web site. Anyone can view.
What do we pay taxes for...OBVIOUSLY NOT ON INFRASTRUCTURE
The greatest military the world has ever seen?
Funding Ukraine and providing for "newcomers" to replace us all.
GOP infrastructure is prayer...what did all those thoughts and prayers not stop the flooding?
TOO BAD SO SAD! YANKEE SEE YANKEE DROWN! hahahahahahahahahah
@@KayFabe87 Maybe turn off your TV and read a book Kay. Because nothing you said is of any educational value, and we are all dumber, having had heard it.
It is owned by the TVA. The TVA does not recieve public money.
Wait until the Three Rivers Gorges Dam collapses.
And the Hoover
Sending love & prayers from UK to everyone affected by this catastrophic flooding. PLEASE STAY SAFE. ❤🙏🏻😢
Someone should tell the news crew that they make a spotlight for seeing in the dark at distance😅
Praying for everyone❤🙏 🕊🤍🪽🦜🦅🐬🦬
when the floods destroy eveything in their path i always know a lot of praying will help.
God did it.
the water above the dam is only 6 ft. deep max! It's more of a mud retaining wall.
For those of us watching from different states it would be nice to know what srate you are talking about.
Greene County, Tennessee
Thank you..🙏 for everyones safety. @@tabithamashburn8786
Your ears must fail you. My ears told me it's Tennessee.
Google the dam like I did, it's not that difficult. Good grief...
TVA means Tennessee Valley Authority
Dont worry, we just approved another 8 billion in aid!
Oh wait thats to Israel 😂
Irrelevant, as there's an entire branch of government that is dedicated to disaster relief called FEMA.
No to Ukraine
No, that would be Ukraine. Yep, 8 billion. 🙄
* Aid to Ukraine AND Israel
But we have electric charging stations…
😂
Maybe, just maybe, the infrastructure should have been designed for such a situation.
Instead of sending money to countries like Israel and the Ukraine perhaps they need to use the money to fix these situations? Our government no longer serves the people.
It was, 100 years ago. Dams and bridges need maintenance and repairs to stay in good working order. These things cost money. Tax cuts and spendings cuts for the last 50 years has left no money for repairs.
@@Shelley-j2y
Yep!! Where are they now? Laughing they’re way to their vacation mansions.
Biden just sent another $8B to Ukraine! That would be nice to "Build Back Better" here!
😂😂😂😂 republican want you to be mad about Mexican than doing anything for Americans
Anybody in politics ever thought of passing a bill to fix America's failing infrastructure. This where our tax dollars are needed. Not the nefarious ways in which it is now spent.
No, our government just wants to send billions overseas. Think of all that money we sent to Ukraine. We could’ve fixed all kinds of issues with that. Like Maui, Pahl, Ohio, and now the southeast. But nope. We have to send it overseas.
no dam photos allowed .. if you have any dam photos, you will be arrested
Never underestimate the power of water.
Jesus is coming back, prepare your hearts❤️
IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN IF TRUMP WAS PRESIDENT
"Christ Almighty," is that so?
jesus is coming on your back??
I like the name.
Nothing built... Nothing back... Nothing better...
that funding was shot down by the GoP......they gutted BBB until all the funding for infrastructure inspections/repair was gone.
Cute play on words.👍
@@jocelynharris-fx8hoyou mean your own words? Nothing was built back better and we all know it! Stop voting for your own demise
There's still a lot to do to repair our infrastructure after decades of underinvestment by the Republicans
The Great Re Set
Build back better
Make America Great Again
I just checked Google Maps and found no warnings about the bridge. I'm 5579 miles away in West Africa and edited that the bridge is out due to flooding. Local authorities need to make people aware quickly in situations like this.
As a local I appreciate you trying to help, however this area is often neglected to prioritize other areas so no idea when they'll update it
send more money to ukraine and israel
Built in 1913 .
Can they hire someone that can read?
If a storm and heavy rains is predicted, why don’t they start lowering the level of the damn hours if not a day or two before hand?
So it can cause major damage and chaos in this election year. The democrats need mass chaos to have a chance at stealing this one..
Get out before it breaks!!!
Iiiittttttsssss ooookkkkaaa…
Spend tax dollars on infrastructure not useless Israel.
"Useless"?? Crawl under a bridge, slug!
Is it me or is everything falling apart. Every time I turn around I hear something like this happening
Yes.. And for good reason. The world cannot continue the way it is.
Don your wetsuit and grab your kayak !
Not funny if you are in the path of destruction.
I wonder if there were any funds given from that "infrastructure bill"
If it was necessary, more than likely yes.
Huge failure across media The state the damn is in not even mentioned No map on screen.Zero standards .Also national news dropped all news and updates of this 100 yr catastrophe in NC, SC.
Praying for the people effected.❤
The media is a local channel in Tennessee. They are reporting on an event in a neighboring county.
Most people in that area have no idea whether they live upstream or downstream of the dam.
Sadly, yes. We've all heard that "Ignorance is bliss.", so I'll just be diplomatic and say that there's a lot of bliss in this area....
You would think experts would lower the levels of the dam before the storm approached?
Clearly you're no expert.
This dam has no lake behind it. It is designed to continuously allow the Nolichucky River to flow over it once the river reaches a particular height. But the amount of rainfall from Helene is what's causing the issue.
let's keep making cuts to government spending... giving rich people tax breaks and let all infrastructure fall into such disrepair it can cause death and destruction.
Kamala said when water comes it will arrive and be there.
That a slam the microphone 🎤 down statement!
The passage of water is faster than the passage of time, unburdened by the dam that has been.
@@anitamurphy2454profound statement.
"This is a tough hurricane, one of the wettest we've ever seen, from the standpoint of water."
-Literal quote from Donald J Trump about hurricane Florence
Lmao
This dam should be looked into for dam maintence failure. Do not replace it. An adequate dam will be possible in this era of a lack of quality of engineering and politics.
Dam replacement is not possible.
The dam, itself is over 100 years old and hasn't produced electricity in decades. After this ceased in 1972, it was supposedly left in place for flood control, but this is also laughable, as it has only one small gate that could never hope to alleviate even moderate swells of excess water.
Pete you're doing such a good thing worrying about the infrastructure that's the second major bridge that went out in 2 days
Meanwhile Japan has already solved this problem. And they didn't pay taxes for it
The rule with dams is that ALL dams eventually fail unless they are purposefully dismantled. They may last for many years but eventually they WILL fail. The extreme rainfalls we have now are making dam failure, floods, mudslides much more likely. People should never live in the flood zone below a dam. They shouldn't live in a flood zone at all.
You are not going to distract me from the kamala clown show
Well...no one driving on that bridge...that's for ...dam Shure...
But we have a "climate change water shortage,"...remember?
And this thing with hurricanes occurring in hurricane season?
That's a reason to tax and spend style moneylaundering.
At my house, we do have a water shortage problem. I look at all that water and feel just a tiny bit of jealousy. Both too much and too little water are signs of climate change. But you probably know that.
@@goatgirl5968 The climate has always changed and man has nothing to do with it but you probably know that.
Where is Greene county? Would be nice to see a map or at least give the state name.
North East Tennessee
It’s a local newscast. Local news doesn’t have to say the name of their state every few minutes anywhere. We all know where we live when we watch local news.
As long as Illegals And Ukraine gets plenty of $$$$ then its all ok! RIGHT???
Tennessee Infrastructure projects. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Tennessee-Fact-Sheet.pdf
Tard.
As long as the senators pocket all the money, scrap regulations, then it’s all ok right. Vote 💙
There are morons who get their history from Confederate statues. Anyone who studied the Nazis will understand what happens when an aggressive nation with nationalist desires conquers another country. They want to conquer others. This is the fourth nation Russia has invaded and Putrid Putin has expressed his desire to regain the "glory" of the Soviet Union by conquering others including NATO countries. In ten years, the money spent on illegals will come to $680,000 billion dollars. Meanwhile, they will work jobs Americans wouldn't, open businesses and help our economy with workers as our population, without immigration, is decreasing.
So does that mean you want a bigger government that helps people , and rebuilds infrastructure just asking. Stay safe
They sound like commies to me ...looking for a government handout.
Agreed. The rescue and recovery should be funded by the people living in the affected area. Let them "pull themselves up by their own bootstraps."
Golf courses & High-Rise Towers isn't considered helping people or communities same goes for a person that just bounces around the white house like a pinball until the game is tilt.
That means you have trouble understanding complex issues or history or even facts.
I live in the area and saw a river that we often visit about 10' above normal height. Took away at least one trailer at a nearby campground. One was still there as of yesterday only because it was pinned against trees. I'll see today if it's still there or not. People were pulling their trailers out of there the day before. I saw emergency vehicles towing rescue boats which I have never seen before in my entire life. Going today to see if the Elizabethton covered bridge was affected. Serious stuff. I'm glad to be on high ground and on a slop where water doesn't accumulate.
Glad you are ok. What an awful day for so many.
I live on a decent sized hill in Kingsport. The creek in the middle of the valley was probably up to 8 or more feet, normally like a 2 foot or less gentle creek. Don't think people realize how much water we have gotten
Everything around the covered bridge is blocked off. Even the state road near it. Can't get near it except on foot. I have to take a back way to get to Bristol tomorrow.
Is this part of Kamela's "Build Back Better"?
Nah, it's part of defunding infrastructure across the country since Reagan. This is "small government".
@@anthonyrowland9072 Well said. The infrastructure bill promised by tRump but passed by Biden/Harris addresses 40 years of "deferred maintenance". That won't be solved in one presidential term. It took time to fall into this hole and will take time to crawl out.
@@anthonyrowland9072
You're right. Kamela doesn't have any plan at all.
@@seeharvester Sorry we can't fix all your problems at once. Children led the country for too long...
@@anthonyrowland9072
The only thing you guys know how to fix is the election.
8 hours later, where is an update on this?!
Hi biden you kamala should travel to green county Tennessee and bring peter with you and fix our fuckin roads and bridges instead of sending our tax dollars to Ukraine
Stop being stupid
You mean the Infrastructure Bill your representatives voted against. What blithering propaganda.
That's Socialism
@@chrisharrold7027😅
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Tennessee-Fact-Sheet.pdf This money coming when the repubs voted against the bill! Your road problems didn't happen in 3 years, it took decades of ignoring issues so quit blaming the people who actually got money coming your way in spite of the maga jerks voting against it!