Flow of Chicago River reversed, sending water into Lake Michigan

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  • Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
  • Torrential rain led to the city to reverse the flow of the Chicago River into Lake Michigan. abc7chicago.com/flash-flood-w...

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  • @yopappy6599
    @yopappy6599 Год назад +24

    I like how the title makes it sound like it’s a natural occurrence that happened due to rain, when in reality it was done by the city.

    • @RepentfollowJesus
      @RepentfollowJesus Год назад +1

      That's what I thought at first too.

    • @papa_pt
      @papa_pt Год назад +3

      yup using the passive voice instead of active. Trick media uses all over the place

    • @jlv3x
      @jlv3x Год назад +3

      I think they believe that most people in Chicago already knew about the Chicago River canal system that controls the flow of the river. It's been around since 1900 they teach it in history classes and PBS has shows on it all the time.

    • @yopappy6599
      @yopappy6599 11 месяцев назад

      @@jlv3x
      Read the description, which could’ve easily been the title and saved the confusion for those of us who don’t live in Chicago, haven’t seen the pbs shows and can’t possibly know everything there is to know, as much as we would like to.
      They posted it on YT for all to see.
      Words have meaning.
      They know how to use them just fine, they’re all college educated.
      A title would be one of the most important things for journalists for many reasons I shouldn’t have to explain.
      If your naive enough to believe they just threw that title together without any thought of what it might mean to the majority of people who don’t have the extra information, you gotta a lot to learn.

  • @bobloblaw9679
    @bobloblaw9679 Год назад +21

    what about all of those invasive species they were trying to keep out of the lakes?

    • @daver00lzd00d
      @daver00lzd00d Год назад +3

      i would assume the answer to your question is:
      "...woops!"

    • @TrevorD19
      @TrevorD19 Год назад

      Nothing is living in that river. It is lifeless.

    • @ctious
      @ctious Год назад +2

      Wrong. Asian carp are there thick. And they were to be kept put of lake Michigan.

    • @TrevorD19
      @TrevorD19 Год назад

      @@ctious I understand. But that river is to toxic it turns green on st Patrick day

  • @jerryhughes5380
    @jerryhughes5380 Год назад +44

    The sewer water can be treated with microbes that eat bacteria before opening the locks and contaminating Lake Michigan. Who is testing the contaminants in the the sewer water before they dump it into Lake Michigan? Why doesn't the City of Chicago tell us what the chemical make up of the lake water samples are so we all know what the contaminants are and where they land in relation to the Federal EPA clean water standards?

    • @13thJ
      @13thJ Год назад +6

      Because that would not be good business for billionaires political donors (investors)

    • @RayJackson88
      @RayJackson88 Год назад +4

      @@13thJ You think this is still about money? Bless your heart.

    • @13thJ
      @13thJ Год назад +5

      @@RayJackson88 everything’s about money kid
      Stop trying to be witty and quit showing off your 0.1 GPA

    • @ftwgunnerpwns
      @ftwgunnerpwns Год назад +1

      ​@@13thJbro the world isn't a conspiracy theory lmao

    • @13thJ
      @13thJ Год назад

      @@ftwgunnerpwns nobody’s talking about a conspiracy.
      It’s called reality there are billionaires, and they own everything. Every law is been twisted and rewritten to accommodate them. The world revolves around them, because they have more money than most nations. And the fact that people work slave labor jobs and then can’t simply go and enjoy a day in clean water is because greedy corporations have lobby Congress to allow them to cut corners and not dispose of their own chemicals and waste in the proper fashion. It’s not a conspiracy , it’s called a corrupt business model that favors an elite few and the fact that you would think that this has something to do with conspiracies like flat earth or QAnon shows that you are not educated on any of this, and you have no concept of or understanding of how the political world or the corporate world works. Let me give you a little help in understanding things. Politics is a game for fools and billionaires and you are not a billionaire so don’t be a fool.

  • @TheFightDr
    @TheFightDr Год назад +33

    Wasn't the Deep Tunnel supposed to prevent this from happening?

  • @annabelleecho8056
    @annabelleecho8056 Год назад +33

    Whatever happened to TARP, also known as “Deep Tunnel,” a system of deep, large diameter tunnels and vast reservoirs designed to reduce flooding, improve water quality in Chicago area waterways and protect Lake Michigan from pollution caused by sewer overflows? TARP was supposed to capture and store combined storm water and sewage that would otherwise overflow from sewers into waterways in rainy weather. This stored water is pumped from TARP to water reclamation plants (WRPs) to be cleaned before being released to waterways.

    • @Paul.......
      @Paul....... Год назад +7

      From wikipedia:
      "Completion of the system is not anticipated until 2029"

    • @GD-tn3ez
      @GD-tn3ez Год назад +19

      That money went to Ukraine…and 10% for “the big guy”

    • @Paul.......
      @Paul....... Год назад +13

      @@GD-tn3ez no it didn't. You don't understand government finances at all 🤣

    • @yopappy6599
      @yopappy6599 Год назад +3

      Well if they finish the project and are able to handle these issues, then they can’t blame it on climate change.

    • @classifieddementiatalibani9619
      @classifieddementiatalibani9619 Год назад +4

      ​@@Paul.......Explain it BOY 👦???? LOL 😂

  • @Thisishard2333
    @Thisishard2333 Год назад +9

    Even the water doesn’t want to go into Chicago anymore

    • @narata1541
      @narata1541 Год назад

      The water had to be forced out.

  • @basicallymid
    @basicallymid Год назад +9

    People are going to pay attention to the swim ban like they listen to the ban on walking on the frozen lake.

  • @michelezeszutko9933
    @michelezeszutko9933 Год назад +14

    What happened to Deep Tunnel? Politicians and contractors must of made plenty off of it - what happened?

    • @notpocky9806
      @notpocky9806 Год назад +3

      Wasn’t scheduled to be completed until 2029. Has a Wikipedia page. Y’all didn’t want to raise the taxes higher than a certain amount, so it’s taking longer to complete 🤷‍♀️

    • @quintusantell2912
      @quintusantell2912 Год назад

      ​​@@notpocky9806ne can always spot a wild conservative in the internet. They complain loudly about all the latest "culture war" labels, but are oh so devastated when asked to pay into the community fund to address real problems. Democrats fall under that same bus sometimes... 🤔

    • @iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79
      @iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79 Год назад

      Do research before statements it’s not complete yet.

    • @michelezeszutko9933
      @michelezeszutko9933 Год назад

      @@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79 Who is doing the work? One guy with a child's plastic shovel and beach bucket????

  • @William1866
    @William1866 Год назад +29

    I wouldn't swim in that water on any day.

    • @oftheHowl
      @oftheHowl Год назад

      ​@@sunloved9202many articles say otherwise. There's a reason we often get swimming bans for e coli warnings

    • @joeyl.rowland4153
      @joeyl.rowland4153 Год назад

      Really. I would love to see the lab notes on that water

    • @knyghtryder3599
      @knyghtryder3599 Год назад

      ​@@oftheHowlbut you drink it

    • @05HeritageSoftail
      @05HeritageSoftail Год назад

      ​@@knyghtryder3599Chicagos water comes from Lake Michigan

    • @knyghtryder3599
      @knyghtryder3599 Год назад

      @@05HeritageSoftail Which is why I said that

  • @sswulffable
    @sswulffable Год назад +3

    ... Sending All Sewage with it ?

  • @deadbeats4894
    @deadbeats4894 Год назад +6

    If you want to swim in dirty water that's on you. Go for it.

  • @jerrythompson7744
    @jerrythompson7744 Год назад +9

    flesh eating virus in that Lake

  • @jeannewilson5355
    @jeannewilson5355 Год назад +2

    So is lower wacker Flooded. How's The taste of Chicago this year.

  • @sophiaann2986
    @sophiaann2986 Год назад +6

    Public safety is why nobody is safe

  • @ld_raine4247
    @ld_raine4247 Год назад +4

    Seems like a lot of poisonous material in the Chicago area in a short amount of time...

  • @HoorayTV21
    @HoorayTV21 Год назад +9

    It rained for one day? Guys, I live in Florida. This doesn't make sense. Most of the area is below sea level and one day isn't going to flood everything. I think you have other problems.

  • @richardcrainium9343
    @richardcrainium9343 Год назад +3

    How do they reverse the flow of a river??

    • @R-M18
      @R-M18 Год назад +1

      They first did it in 1900

    • @KingSpaceySprockets
      @KingSpaceySprockets Год назад

      With Chicago and sanitary canal system along with locks and dams on the north and south side of the Chicago river.

  • @AlwaysStampinUp
    @AlwaysStampinUp Год назад +2

    Knowing that the flow of the river was reversed, it is only logical that a swim ban would be in effect. How would people not have known that?

  • @emmapeel8163
    @emmapeel8163 Год назад +4

    gross. one day of rain & Chi can't contain it's sewers. nasty.

  • @maryrnbsn5114
    @maryrnbsn5114 Год назад +3

    Why did they reverse the flow NOW

    • @gavinbaisa8802
      @gavinbaisa8802 Год назад +1

      because the rivers were flooding lol. that was the whole point of this story.

    • @supertuber120
      @supertuber120 Год назад

      @@gavinbaisa8802 But Chicago has had major flooding in the past and they didn't reverse the flow. So what's different now?

    • @gavinbaisa8802
      @gavinbaisa8802 Год назад

      @@supertuber120 they have. it was reversed once in 2019 and twice in 2020.

  • @America-First2024
    @America-First2024 Год назад +3

    Thanks Milwaukee! Oh wait, it was Chicago this time. 😶

  • @rael5469
    @rael5469 Год назад +1

    Why can't they release more water through the gates at the Controlling Works near Lockport?

    • @KingSpaceySprockets
      @KingSpaceySprockets Год назад

      Go research and find out

    • @rael5469
      @rael5469 Год назад

      @@KingSpaceySprockets Get stuffed. There ya go.

    • @KingSpaceySprockets
      @KingSpaceySprockets Год назад

      @@rael5469 pause my guy but for real go research and you will find what you’re looking for 🤷🏽‍♂️

  • @ltpvs
    @ltpvs Год назад +3

    Chicago beaches close all the time, every summer, every year. It's why we have the flag system where red flags mean you can't enter the water. Every year. For about a day after rainfall. Any rainfall. E. Coli and sewage. It's not news

  • @christinapoisson1501
    @christinapoisson1501 Год назад +10

    Never thought I'd say this but "The end is Nigh"
    Head for the hills!

  • @joeyholthusen6495
    @joeyholthusen6495 Год назад +3

    Maybe the highway department of transportation shouldn't use chemicals on roads in the winter, and people should learn how to drive on icy roads.

    • @05HeritageSoftail
      @05HeritageSoftail Год назад +1

      Where are you from??

    • @joeyholthusen6495
      @joeyholthusen6495 Год назад +2

      @@05HeritageSoftail northwest Minnesota where -42 below air temperatures are common. Over - 70 below windchill happen almost every winter is normal

    • @05HeritageSoftail
      @05HeritageSoftail Год назад +1

      @@joeyholthusen6495 I'm from Chicago. We also get minus 50 below. What do you suggest to drive on?

    • @joeyholthusen6495
      @joeyholthusen6495 Год назад

      @@05HeritageSoftail I was talking about actual air temperatures not windchill. Just plow the roads. ESG score for using salt, ect...will penalize the tax payers greatly coming soon. Plus it pollutes the water system

    • @05HeritageSoftail
      @05HeritageSoftail Год назад +1

      @@joeyholthusen6495 our actual temperature gets to about minus 30. I've lived in Chicago 57 years, until five years ago. Plowing doesn't always work by itself

  • @seanmcdaniels6056
    @seanmcdaniels6056 Год назад

    Thanks Chicago for all your sewage into the fresh water

  • @frankm7707
    @frankm7707 Год назад +5

    Raw sewage.😂😂😂😂😂

  • @georgekarnezis4311
    @georgekarnezis4311 Год назад

    St. Louis thanks you.

  • @thomasmaroti9312
    @thomasmaroti9312 Год назад +3

    That’s sewage & invasive fish species

  • @jakesnake3421
    @jakesnake3421 Год назад +3

    Now the water is contaminated

  • @rocky1raquel
    @rocky1raquel Год назад

    Wait, they reversed the flow of a river? How?

  • @realmstupid-on8df
    @realmstupid-on8df Год назад +1

    Why are they talking about everyone being "happy to see another day" like they all just nearly died and were defanty not gonna wake up today

  • @dustylover100
    @dustylover100 Год назад +1

    Will Asian Carp find their way into Lake Michigan as a result of this?

    • @supertuber120
      @supertuber120 Год назад

      Man, Carp finding their way to Chicago. I feel bad for the Carp.

  • @sthcalguy3024
    @sthcalguy3024 Год назад +1

    That's gonna really dampen the stealing and murdering.

  • @RayJackson88
    @RayJackson88 Год назад +15

    Now if they could only reverse the crime trend... On a side note, nice work on that zoom in camera man, a true gentleman of culture.

  • @louaymasri7873
    @louaymasri7873 Год назад +2

    Asian carp, "about time they open the gates!"

  • @kingtut8381
    @kingtut8381 Год назад

    ENJOY, chicago

  • @m.m1675
    @m.m1675 Год назад +1

    Terrible infrastructure in Chicago

  • @quantumleaper8396
    @quantumleaper8396 Год назад +2

    On purpose

  • @clandestinetechnologies2460
    @clandestinetechnologies2460 Год назад +1

    Cha-congo.

  • @mr.peanut344
    @mr.peanut344 Год назад

    Well the Asian carp are now in Lake Michigan

  • @dougclem7711
    @dougclem7711 Год назад +1

    THAT IS A LOT OF HUMAN WASTE. WILL IT REACH THE WATER INTAKE FOR THE CITY.

    • @joeyl.rowland4153
      @joeyl.rowland4153 Год назад +1

      Probably. That may be the intention.😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

  • @TonyJay-qt8oe
    @TonyJay-qt8oe Год назад +1

    It should be renamed Lake Cesspool...

    • @supertuber120
      @supertuber120 Год назад

      And if you walk around the city anywhere within 2 miles of the lake you can smell it. It actually smells like a backed up sewer.

  • @user-gn1cl9ix7p
    @user-gn1cl9ix7p Год назад +1

    Jfc. So, people can't swim for a few days. Is this really the tragedy you're making it out to be?

  • @sandrabbitlane
    @sandrabbitlane Год назад +5

    This is all suspicious.

  • @colddeadhands5167
    @colddeadhands5167 Год назад

    Another great accomplishment by Brando......what a great first few weeks.....

  • @Peter-nt1ts
    @Peter-nt1ts Год назад

    Great, isn’t this where the city gets its drinking water?

    • @joeyl.rowland4153
      @joeyl.rowland4153 Год назад +1

      Why yes, yes it is. Drink up.

    • @05HeritageSoftail
      @05HeritageSoftail Год назад +2

      No. It gets it's drinking water from Lake Michigan

    • @05HeritageSoftail
      @05HeritageSoftail Год назад +2

      ​@@joeyl.rowland4153no it's not

    • @svenniacin6891
      @svenniacin6891 Год назад +1

      @@05HeritageSoftailthe river was reverse and flowed into Lake Michigan. Where the fresh water intakes are. For. Drinking water.

    • @R-M18
      @R-M18 Год назад +1

      ​@@svenniacin6891the City gets it's drinking water from Lake Michigan

  • @kennethwilson8633
    @kennethwilson8633 Год назад +1

    Stop sending us your dirty water…

  • @RossBoswell-qd3iq
    @RossBoswell-qd3iq Год назад +2

    Celebrate your freedom 🤣😂

  • @sunfish5876
    @sunfish5876 Год назад

    We still think we can out smart nature?

  • @johnbraun1607
    @johnbraun1607 Год назад +1

    Chicagoans are soo spoiled compared to other cities

  • @googlemustdie
    @googlemustdie Год назад +1

    NASCAR BABY!!!

  • @The723343
    @The723343 Год назад

    nah we goin in

  • @patiencefalters9024
    @patiencefalters9024 Год назад

    SAD!

  • @brianspohn5982
    @brianspohn5982 11 месяцев назад

    eeeww that water is suppose to go to st. louis . they are probibly wondering why it smells difderent down there . quick send that stinky water to st. louis before they get accustom to fresh river and air!

  • @johnnyvalentino8720
    @johnnyvalentino8720 Год назад

    They should not be allowed to dump that disgusting water into Lake Michigan. Chicago needs to be fined and sanctioned

  • @5GoldenR
    @5GoldenR Год назад

    OBAMMA CHAOS PROTOCOL

  • @jdizzy5076
    @jdizzy5076 Год назад +3

    At least its not raining bullets at the beach since you can't swim. And I hope dude is smart enough to take his infant child to that doctor asap so she can get treated. Thats not what you want to be in.

  • @somethingsomethang
    @somethingsomethang Год назад +3

    So now they are going to cause harm to more people with tainted water going to more households…

  • @jatpack3
    @jatpack3 Год назад +9

    There isnt any part of the city that is safe.

  • @Cephal0god
    @Cephal0god Год назад

    Kick rocks. 4th of july is tomorrow.

  • @Gravitycreatedlife
    @Gravitycreatedlife Год назад

    I guess Asian carp finally got through.

  • @kanank13
    @kanank13 Год назад

    No Swimming means no babes in bikinis. really sad.

  • @charlienewton3215
    @charlienewton3215 Год назад

    They did this on purpose

  • @scott5669
    @scott5669 Год назад

    Bring out the Flash Mob🐵🐵🐵🐵🐵🐵😂😂😂😂

  • @jenniferrapacon2944
    @jenniferrapacon2944 Год назад

    That was done on purpose , just like the train derailments.

  • @HondaRidea
    @HondaRidea Год назад

    F Chicago

  • @dillon2829
    @dillon2829 Год назад

    Definitely intentional

  • @CIVILDEFENSEBUNKER
    @CIVILDEFENSEBUNKER Год назад

    This means a earthquake is coming, new Madrid 9.0+

  • @soxrule74
    @soxrule74 Год назад

    Caca water!

  • @ctious
    @ctious Год назад

    Well now they have sent invasive species into the lake. The electric nets can't stop Asian carp from floating into the lake now. It could stop them from swimming up into the lake. The city should be fined billions over thw destruction they just did to the whole watershed

  • @patrickvillers6454
    @patrickvillers6454 Год назад

    Take a chance swim in the lake so you will mutate maybe you will have better life as the creature from Lake Michigan think of the publicity.

  • @knyghtryder3599
    @knyghtryder3599 Год назад +2

    İt should always go to lake Michigan, flushing billions of gallons of freshwater into the ocean every day is the dumbest thing imaginable

    • @SCHMALLZZZ
      @SCHMALLZZZ Год назад +1

      Lake Michigan leads directly to the ocean too buddy

    • @dehydratedwater9806
      @dehydratedwater9806 Год назад

      Sewerage isn't what I'd call fresh water.

    • @knyghtryder3599
      @knyghtryder3599 Год назад

      @@SCHMALLZZZ No it doesn't , water flows in to Ontario from the st Lawrence seaway, but that only connects to lake Michigan from the man made weiland canal ,
      The Chicago river naturally flows into lake Michigan it was only moronic humans that reversed it

    • @knyghtryder3599
      @knyghtryder3599 Год назад

      @@dehydratedwater9806 İt's only sewage after , century heavy rains , when the idiotic man made canals break down , if the Chicago river was left alone to flow into lake Michigan, it wouldn't contain sewage unless the idiotic residents chose to dump their sewage where they get their drinking water like they did in previous centuries , basically the reversal of the river is the cause of sewage mixing into the water, not the solution

  • @jamesdesanders5618
    @jamesdesanders5618 Год назад +1

    Doesn't this go against environmental standards?

  • @manuelalvarado4827
    @manuelalvarado4827 Год назад

    Bla bla bla

  • @mrbaab5932
    @mrbaab5932 Год назад +4

    OK, so is this a double reverse flow back to the natural flow? Like many large Democrat controlled cities in America they don't treat there sewage properly and find loop holes to avoid laws.

    • @mynxtdrnbr
      @mynxtdrnbr Год назад +3

      At least they have a/c in the summer and heat in the winter, unlike the entire red STATE of Texass

    • @swift561
      @swift561 Год назад

      ​@mynxtdrnbr are you seriously saying that ac is more important than clean water. 🤣 Jesus you libtards are beyond help

    • @05HeritageSoftail
      @05HeritageSoftail Год назад +2

      ​@@mynxtdrnbrI'm from Chicago. That's nothing to brag about

  • @jennysantiago2624
    @jennysantiago2624 Год назад +9

    It's a strategic way to keep the crime down and flooding areas in Illinois.
    Keep voting for the amazing politicians who have the best interests for your families.
    Hummmm

  • @n08ltznate
    @n08ltznate Год назад

    Lake Michigan is gross anyways! Years and years of poopy water. Lol

  • @westcruz3878
    @westcruz3878 Год назад +3

    😂😂😂😂 let’s 🙏🏻 that it comes back worse at least it keeps the usual suspects from acting like savages Chicago sucks 🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮