House located near Rapidan Dam falls into water as officials continue monitoring water levels
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- While there have been continued worries about communities downstream from the dam, some families upstream have dealt with damaging flooding.
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It so much easier to watch drone coverage with no narrative. Reporters have become drama pushers
They have always been drama pushers; everyone have just now realized that.
@@preacherbillf It's why their voice drops during the sign off ,weathermen are the worst .
The majority of them, with their perspectives, opinions, and comments, can seriously show just how ignorant they truly are. Common-sense folk just shake their heads. Once they get a key phrase like "imminent failure," everyone jumps on the bandwagon, making it the cool word of the day whether it applies to the situation or not. True journalism died decades ago.
at least it wasn't climate change,climate change,climate change,climate change
@@Per409 In South Brazil they had severe floods ,the blame was climate change
but the same area had the same floods in 1941.
In same Brazil the amazon river area is having a drought ,so climate change.
but they found a newspaper from 100 years ago,and the Amazon river
was so dry , that one could almost walk to the other side
When the first log hit the dam gates machines should have been out there clearing the blockage. Its not hard to understand the balance of water in vs water out and the end results. Come on people....
“The water is there and you can do nothing” she says. Don’t build there in the first place.
Don't build in floodplain
Can't convince stupid people not to build in these areas. Look at Pierre, SD when Missouri river flooded years back. They cried because it was "allegedly" a safe area to build and yet they never put much thought into the possibility of worst case scenario situation. History repeats itself and sadly people will never learn.
Say that to people in Japan, Egypt, etc. It's often the only land that can support a large population density (ie cities).
It's pretty easy with 200 years of knowledge and google maps to tell where flood plains are.
... or if your are going to build there, take precautions.
Build on stilts. so that even if there is a flood it doesn't reach your house. It costs more up front, but saves a bunch more later.
It didnt flood. It collapsed down to the river, which was 20 feet below.
anytime your house and property is close to a river there's an inherit danger of flooding, toss a dam into the mix and....
Pray for peoples soules
Don't build your house near a river
Or near a sand quarry, or over an mine. Like.... SANDSTONE MN
@@deborahwhit118 I've lived in sandstone and one of my daughters lives in sandstone
SAVE THE DAM STORE
😂 and nobody else, privileged
The “Damned” Store
Damn flooding.
Oh good. That's just a park building. I thought it was another house that looks like it's going to go too. Sad part about the house they lost was that the family doesn't even have the land now.
That white building is the Dam Store that's in danger now. A big park building and power substation fell in on Monday. There's also a park shelter that is still standing between the highway and store.
Yeah we already know the fucking water was going around the dam.
NO NEED TO CURSE AND SHOW YOUR IMMATURITY LEVEL
@@ibpsupplymanwhy not, don't be so sensitive 😂
Reminds me of the Spencer, Nebraska Dam failure. These dams were way past their expiration dates.
The dam didn’t fail.. it’s still there.. the water went around it.. the spillway was too small for this amount of water.. same as the Huge dam in California a few years ago… the spillway was way too small for the amount of water that needed to be released…
For the commentors who say don't build near a river should keep in mind that New York City, Detroit, St Louis, Pittsburg, Philidelphia, New Orleans, Jacksonville and a lot of other cities are built along rivers. Others are built in tornado alley, hurricane zones, near earthquakes and volcanoes. Floods aren't the only flyswatter nature has.
Yeah we don't know where the flood plain is. Generally people build above the 100 year flood plain, which this may have been. The way things flood depends greatly on how the water comes and in areas that haven't been settled for all that long sometimes that just isn't known or a small overall risk. People are quick to judge despite not knowing much of anything.
I already said that 😂
The house ..store...dam r over 100 yrs old😭😭✌️
They should have had the dam blasted as soon as it started going around and eating away at the embankment. Given the age of the dam, I would venture a wild guess that the silt level behind the dam allowed only for three or four feet of water was in behind the dam.
There were plans on taking it down, but its usually the government that screws it up
Uh huh. Who was going to plant explosives on a dam that was in danger of being overtopped on an hour's notice? You? And you don't think blowing up a dam to save a couple of buildings would have been a bit extreme? Good lord how do these people manage to dress themselves every morning?
@@plmn93 They put their pants on one arm at a time.
@@plmn93 Uh, they could have used laws rockets or called in an f-15 air strike. Jeez Louise already. I guess YOU didn't notice how silted up the area is behind the dam is. The water was probably no more than 5 feet deep judging from how the debris was stacked up. ANY school kid knows silt piles up behind a dam, especially after 100 plus years without dredging. Some people's children.
This is the destiny your grandpa manifested.
GREED
I am feel so bad for this family. Lost of a family home is devastating. Prayers to you and your family. Save the store!🙏
They, the officials/gov, does not want to fix it or clean it up
So is the state going to reimburse these poor people since this outdated, unmaintained damn was their responsibility.
The dam got clogged by trees, water took the next easy path. Had no spill way so it made one.
Bob Meyer needs to let his County Engineer do the talking.
helicopter to remove the big stuff in front of dam so water can flow
The environment won again.
Where is all the debris going and what is the clean up plan?
Late reporting.....
So why was there never a spillway added to the dam for something like this ????? Common Blue Earth County... We want an answer and also when the Contractor Refused to remove the logs Ect. Why was there not another Contractor as a Back up ???? I know why : Cuz they dont know shit and just there for the money people.
There was a spillway. It was operating OVER capacity until the river started to go around.
Why are we giving trillions to foreign wars and not using it to update our infrastructure. That is the real question. Why did the White House give 1.5 trillion to people entering our country illegally and then ignoring our infrastructure. You should be pissed about that.
@@jimthain8777 They cemented shut two of the seven spillway gates.
@@totallyjonesin Because the dam didn't hold the same volume as it did 100 years ago, thanks to the sediment built up to within a few feet of the top. It was working fine until debris clogged it in the middle of the night.
@@plmn93 Whatever their reason was it was a bad idea. Early drone video shows the five gate flushing full open as the water was being pushed around the dam. Seven gates may have been able to keep up with flow but we will never know.
Tornado victims: "Our house it's uuuh ... it's just gone..!"
Dam victims: "Our property? Which property?!"
Not COULD CAUSE,,, BUT WILL DEFINITELY CAUSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND LONG TERM DAMAGE
I don’t see an emergency spillway and the debris buildup blocking the capacity of the overflow structure had available are root cause of the failure. FERC has dropped the ball in the failure analysis of this structure. Another example of way so many dams are in need of remediation. Nature showed exactly where the emergency spillway should have been built.
Calm down everyone, the dam is intact, and it's safe from any contact with water for the next 1000 years because the river is carving out a canyon NEXT to it!!
This is all in Scripture how old is chaos happening God's ticked off God wants everybody to turn back to him instead they keep getting further away this world is in a sad situation rejecting the Lord and savior you reject him and he will reject you meaning you will not see heaven so many people say they're Christians they have no idea what it is to be a Christian hopefully whoever reads this you start reading your Bible and understanding what's going on the Lord's return is near and I mean in the clouds
Stop building homes in a flood plain and at convergence of two rivers.
that ground is going to continue to erode because the dam is not working at all. while they sit and watch, more ground will be swept away and trying to fix it will only be more costly.
Headline should be “half of house falls in river” instead of making it seem as the entire house. I get it though a total loss for owner but it’s a fact some of this house still on land.
caused by letting trees build up behind the dam and not doing anything
green energy at its best so green a whole river was destroyed as a result
3rd world country infrastructure!
DON'T BUILD ON FLOOD PRONE LAND, DAMMIT
Notice how the erosion looks exactly like the Grand Canyon.. sheer cliffs, sweeping bowls… it was made in days.. not by millions of years of slow erosion of a river..
Oh. Is that your couch geology degree working or the teachings of the sky fairy book? Shhhh
@@HandyMan657 you should open your eyes and ask questions… sometimes you find out new information…
ALL THE SWEET INNOCENT ANIMALS WHO'VE DIED ANS LOST THEIR LIVES BECAUSE OF STUPID PEOPLE THINKING ITS COOL AND SO BEAUTIFUL TO BUILD HOMES NEAR LAKES,DAMS,RIVERS, AND THE OCEAN. I DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR ANY OF THEM. LMAO😂
🤡
Never mind the greedy store owner
support dam removal efforts
Socialism works well for the people in these situations.
HOUSE INSURANCE 😎
Its going to fall.
River now free
FREE THE WEED, never mind, at least Mn is on the right page now 😎
Well, I would think that you shouldn't have that problem anymore now that the dam is gone.
These individuals cry about losing the house-business
Get over it-
YOU ARE FORTUNATE-
YOU COULD HAVE LOST YOUR FUCKING LIFE-
All that material loss is JUST THAT-
MATERIAL-YOU ARE STILL BREATHING
F word not necessary. What happens if these business or property owners have no other ways or skills to make money to get their life back on track? Or don’t have relatives to support them, or if do have good friends or relatives but their accommodations doesn’t fit their needs what they once used to?
The SHOCK of sudden change or relocation can be so miserable where you wish you no longer living because you were so used to your life’s prior ways in protocol. Especially if elderly or handicapped. You don’t know the entire (mental) situations of these people. Some can handle it.,,, some can’t.
that house boat idea is gettin more real every day!
Those who commentate the news try to elevate what they are READING ON THE TELEPROMPTER AND it’s terrible acting!
Not directed at you but there's an equally ignorant amount of commenters here as well. The debris came in overnight as this was a once in a 500 or 1000-year flood, and they're not predicted. The logs did cause some obstruction, but the dam was at full flow Monday, releasing as much water as it could. Moving the logs by the catch gates would not have stopped what has happened due to the amount of water. Engineers also don't know how many feet of silt was built up behind the dam. So a lot of factors at play here. There's also a great deal of history on the dam over the years that can be found. The point is that I love it when engineers, geologists, historians, and dam professional wannabes come on to give their scholarly opinions about a situation they have absolutely no clue about. lol😄
This wendsday
Nihil inultum remanebit.
FULL CIRCLE!
And last summer the entire Mississippi River ran dry an had no. Water. Question is were did it all go. It didn't all a sudden evaporate off.
The entire Mississippi River.
The second-longest river in North America.
All 2,300 miles of it, “…ran dry an [sic] had no. Water [sic].”
Amazing.
We had years of drought up and down the basin. It didn't go anywhere. It wasn't there to begin with. And it wasn't dry anywhere. It wasn't high enough to support barge traffic in some areas.
That was Joe's fault, too, lol
REMAIN CALM! JOE BIDEN DOESN'T CARE!
Holy crap, I am more surprised about a white man news anchor for once in the studio!
I have watched that debris clog up that dam for 2 days now. They are doing NOTHING to clear it. It could have been cleared easily with a back hoe and pick up truck.
How quick you are to volunteer other's lives is sad. Grow up.
"prayers and thoughts" don't work as well. But costs nothing.
I shake my head, who are these idiots in charge who do nothing while the dam washes away at the side?
That debris clogged it in the middle of Sunday night. At that point the contractor who normally clears the debris was not willing to risk their men to sit on an unstable embankment and nobody with common sense would blame them. Not long ago a worker was killed nearby doing that very thing when the riverbank he was working on collapsed.
I shake my head at people who don't understand that clearing debris after the damage is already done won't do a thing besides unnecessarily placing lives at risk. Try sticking to complaining about things you know something about.
This just in: It is reported that the home identified as part of the river to go with the flow.
I’d been pissed, as an operator of all kinds of earth movers, it’s worth a risk to place one or more backhoes with grapples on the top of the damn to remove debris, been there done that.. … then that house, where was a simple semi hauling rip rap along that bank, to save that house? Plz homeowners.. get a good lawyer and sue
Look at the dopey official reading off of notecards
Man made problems
Fact: it was not a house it was a store, sure would be nice if you got facts from news stations instead of what they are told to say. Best wishes and hope the store rebuilds.