You are the Juan Brown of Maskchigan !! Juan covered the Entire Oreville Dam Spillway emergency and ReBuild. Flying in his “mighty” Luscombe, single engine plane over the area for video updates and meeting w/officials.
Jordan, once again you have produced a very informative video to share with all of us, thank you for such detailed information, & for keeping the rebuild current, so that more people can be aware of what happened.
My thought is why I never see that many ducks during hunting season? Another great vlog Jordan. I know everyone who is affected by the loss of our rivers appreciates it.
@@kurtbaker4078 This is only my second season. My buddy got me hooked! I also got my dad hooked on waterfowl hunting as well now. You can check out my other channel here: th-cam.com/users/everydaylimits
It is a rotten shame that the people and the state have to pay while the man that caused the all the damage is not in prison for 50 years. Did he ever have to pay any money for what happened?
that would be your own state of mi that did it. quit lieing on You tube. hint wixon lake was order to be lowered by the FED GOV. IT was Lowered. boyce power lost in court in Ingham county Michigan and by court order had to raise wixon lake. Boyce also lost in gladwin county court. please keep up the lieing on you tube
@@Hanzyscure oh yes we do thanks to court records. hint when the Fed gov tell you to lower a lake you do it. the Fed GOV knows a lot more about Dams then Michigan ever will. lets see the Fed gov has built over 10k dams. i dont think the state of Michigan has ever built one. the new dam will not be built to the tought fed gov standards. we also know why the dam failed. it was made out of sand.
It wasn't one lake lowering decision. It was mismanagement by the hydro power company over many years. If producing electricity with a dam is no longer economically feasible and the owner is losing money, that doesn't mean the dam owner has permission to stop maintaining the dam. It has to be maintained at any cost. In this case, the hydro power company is clearly at fault. It should not have purchased the dams thinking they would pay for themselves. Small hydro projects like this no longer make any sense. The best solution for many dams nowadays is to let the water go back to its natural state. In this case, it looks like the lakes are being converted into a recreation area of sorts. Hopefully the financial benefits from recreation will eventually pay back the $100 million taxpayer bill.
Hi Jordan, awesome work! The O-steam shovel (not sure that is correct? The 1910(?) shovel that was recovered in your other video) had a 3/4yard bucket. What size of bucket are on those Hyundai 's? Cost wise, what was the dollar value of the equipment seen in your drone video? A couple of million? Is that the main cost of the rebuild?
Thats a good questions. Im not sure what the bucket size is on the new excavators but I can find out for you. I would estimate pretty close to a million but that is not what is being paid for with these erosion projects.
Yes, there are plans to remove the silt from in front of the Tittabawassee river confluence where it is currently meeting up with the new river path when the dam is redirected though the Edenville dam
Behind the scenes question: You grab video from a number of sources and splice it all together. Does your editing software handle different resolutions / frame rates / etc. fairly seamlessly or do you loose sleep over it?
The best thing they can do, for now, is plant seeds. Trees would be the best place to start to get the deep roots in asap. It'll take a while, but it'll be worth it to not lose the soil due to erosion. Sadly, I don't see this lake coming back. As of now, the US is destroying more dams than their putting up.
It’s easier to say than “pieces of crushed stone that fall into a particular size category to be used to fill Gabion baskets or create erosion control structures.”
I'm not either but nature tells me that she goes where she wants to go. If you have a man made environment you must keep it man made to maintain it don't let nature start in...get rid of those bends despite someone water front. Just my thoughts..I am from Michigan and close to there and that soil doesn't hold well
Yes, these longer videos are wonderful to watch and are very much appreciated Jordan.
Well done as always!
Glad you like them!
Thanks, Jordan.
Thanks for watching!
You are the Juan Brown of Maskchigan !!
Juan covered the Entire Oreville Dam Spillway emergency and ReBuild.
Flying in his “mighty” Luscombe, single engine plane over the area for video updates and meeting w/officials.
Thank you! :)
@@JordanMowbray jordan, when do you get a mighty Luscombe?
Great narrating/camera work etc. Well thought out production. Not bad for being "just a chemist" Don't sell yourself short =)
Glad you liked it!
It’ll be interesting to know how effective the work was after the Spring runoff.
yes, thats the true test
I was thinking the same thing.
Great filming....
Thank you!
Fascinating to watch the process...Thank you for providing these informative videos.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Interesting videos, thanks for all the updates.
Thanks for watching!
Jordan, once again you have produced a very informative video to share with all of us, thank you for such detailed information, & for keeping the rebuild current, so that more people can be aware of what happened.
Glad it was helpful!
My thought is why I never see that many ducks during hunting season? Another great vlog Jordan. I know everyone who is affected by the loss of our rivers appreciates it.
Thanks Kurt. Are you a duck hunter? :)
@@JordanMowbray for many years when i was younger. Trust me, the ducks had nothing to worry about. 😃
@@kurtbaker4078 This is only my second season. My buddy got me hooked! I also got my dad hooked on waterfowl hunting as well now. You can check out my other channel here: th-cam.com/users/everydaylimits
I appreciate all your doing. Keep it up if you can.
Thanks, will do!
Awesome work Jordan! The guys that are working are doing a great job also! Has to be cold work.
You got that right!
Waiting!!!
Ngl, it’s hard watching the truck cross the river!
Awesome thanks for the video
Thanks for watching!
It is a rotten shame that the people and the state have to pay while the man that caused the all the damage is not in prison for 50 years. Did he ever have to pay any money for what happened?
that would be your own state of mi that did it. quit lieing on You tube. hint wixon lake was order to be lowered by the FED GOV. IT was Lowered. boyce power lost in court in Ingham county Michigan and by court order had to raise wixon lake. Boyce also lost in gladwin county court. please keep up the lieing on you tube
@@dknowles60 Calm down. We will never know the whole story of who is responsible. Let's be thankful the work is being done.
@@Hanzyscure oh yes we do thanks to court records. hint when the Fed gov tell you to lower a lake you do it. the Fed GOV knows a lot more about Dams then Michigan ever will. lets see the Fed gov has built over 10k dams. i dont think the state of Michigan has ever built one. the new dam will not be built to the tought fed gov standards. we also know why the dam failed. it was made out of sand.
It wasn't one lake lowering decision. It was mismanagement by the hydro power company over many years. If producing electricity with a dam is no longer economically feasible and the owner is losing money, that doesn't mean the dam owner has permission to stop maintaining the dam. It has to be maintained at any cost. In this case, the hydro power company is clearly at fault. It should not have purchased the dams thinking they would pay for themselves. Small hydro projects like this no longer make any sense. The best solution for many dams nowadays is to let the water go back to its natural state. In this case, it looks like the lakes are being converted into a recreation area of sorts. Hopefully the financial benefits from recreation will eventually pay back the $100 million taxpayer bill.
@@dknowles60 Many factors contributed to the failures. Heavy rain for several days played a big part.
Hi Jordan, awesome work!
The O-steam shovel (not sure that is correct? The 1910(?) shovel that was recovered in your other video) had a 3/4yard bucket. What size of bucket are on those Hyundai 's?
Cost wise, what was the dollar value of the equipment seen in your drone video? A couple of million? Is that the main cost of the rebuild?
Thats a good questions. Im not sure what the bucket size is on the new excavators but I can find out for you. I would estimate pretty close to a million but that is not what is being paid for with these erosion projects.
Is there any plans do you know of to dig out some of dirt out that has built up it the old river path and some of the other areas that got built up
Yes, there are plans to remove the silt from in front of the Tittabawassee river confluence where it is currently meeting up with the new river path when the dam is redirected though the Edenville dam
Behind the scenes question: You grab video from a number of sources and splice it all together. Does your editing software handle different resolutions / frame rates / etc. fairly seamlessly or do you loose sleep over it?
It handles it fine. I use Adobe Premiere Pro that is a pretty robust.
Can you also cover the work on M-65 in Arenac? Caused by the same event.
Sure. Can you tell me what area? Im not sure what work is being done up there. Is it for erosion control?
The best thing they can do, for now, is plant seeds. Trees would be the best place to start to get the deep roots in asap. It'll take a while, but it'll be worth it to not lose the soil due to erosion. Sadly, I don't see this lake coming back. As of now, the US is destroying more dams than their putting up.
Date looks little old for Update Video. M 30 Bridge looks to be Snow Dry now.
Yes, I was waiting for electronic engineering documents to give a little more information on the project in the video
lot of work to do before spring thaw
I think he is digging ice out of the river channel to drop the water level as best they can. So the riffraff bit stays as dry as possible.
I think the ice digging is to keep the water level over the steel plates down to 4 feet for the off road dump truck ?
Are there still fund raising efforts taking place? If so would you please enumerate the various efforts taking place?
Are they rebuilding the dams? What are future plans? I'm from Midland but live in Cincinnati.
Yes they are. Check out some of my past videos that I go into the rebuild plans in depth
When are they going to rebuild the earthen parts of the dams.
The Edenville Dam repair is still in the planning stages and does not have a timeline yet
normally the riprap is placed on the slope water covers that rip rap it will still take away the bank
There will be riprap placed on the bank as well.
Great work.... the interactive map that you show at 11 minutes is that something we also can access and if so can you share a link? thanks
Yes you should be able to access it if you google it through the NRCS FLTF
Let God fix it
CALL IT ROCKS GOD
Make the shallow areas deeper.
When was this video taken?
I always but the film dates in the description February 17, 2021
@@JordanMowbray OK, I didn't click the see more link
Where is the broken concrete coming from?(rip rap)
It is being trucked in from off site. I am sure Fisher has a stock pile at their location
It is limestone, not concrete rubble, it is quarried in Bayport. The DEQ does not allow concrete rubble to be used any more for rip rap.
Thanks for answering Mark. Now I know as well where it is coming from.
@@msfcarp1 Any idea why recycling old concrete can't be done?
@@charlierumsfeld6626 rebar in it for one thing, Idk if that’s the only reason though.
Rip-rap, what a strange word or name.
It’s easier to say than “pieces of crushed stone that fall into a particular size category to be used to fill Gabion baskets or create erosion control structures.”
But it’s fun to say”Rip-rap”!
So the average assessment is about 5k per lakefrt owner to have this done ?
Yes, for the property owners that are having this work done the cost will not exceed $5,000.
Is it true that property taxes won't be adjusted down again this yr due to lack of water ?
@@mikeatherton3961 I do not know about that. These can be appealed
Are you a Erosion control inspector?
I am not
@@JordanMowbray , the terminology you are using is common in the erosion control field.
I'm not either but nature tells me that she goes where she wants to go. If you have a man made environment you must keep it man made to maintain it don't let nature start in...get rid of those bends despite someone water front. Just my thoughts..I am from Michigan and close to there and that soil doesn't hold well
Like without sunglasses... can’t see eyes, can’t see the person.. like with a mask 🤷🏻♂️
Haha well depending on how sunny it is you wont see my eyes if im squinting to see