Rapidan Dam before and after satellite images
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Credit: Maxar Technologies via Storyful. Satellite imagery shows the Rapidan Dam on south central Minnesota’s Blue Earth River before and after the dam experienced a partial failure.
Never underestimate the power of flowing water.
Never underestimate the power of hard dam
And debris allowed to collect and block floodgates for days.
The river was like, "I don't like this dam here, I think I'll go around it."
It heard about the Kalamath river in California and Oregon. And wanted the same freedom to flow.
It looks to have been a beautiful place to stop and visit. Tragic that the buildings were lost. A lot of decisions lie ahead as what to do. I hope the river banks can be stabilized quickly.
This is how oxbows are made.
This isn't about a failure of the river bank or how the structure of the dam is still holding. This is about the people that oversees the operation of the dam. They are total failures and should be held accountable financially and criminally. They left the dam clogged with the debris not allowing the proper flow to be restored. If they would have taken even a little time to push aside the debris this flow could have slowed and possible not have had the entire legacy of that family destroyed. The Dam will be destroyed no matter what anyway. it has not footing on one entire side. They could have demolished part dam to maintain the flow until the waters slow. They have said that a surge of only 2 feet would have been felt down stream if the dam collapsed at the highest level anyway. This shows the total level of incompetence on people taking care of the existing infrastructure in that area. It isn't like that dam was even generating electricity any longer. It is useless as was this destruction. Pathetic.
Ding ding ding! Winner winner!
The water created its own emergency spillway.
I do so hope that the people who owned the house and business washed away had some time to salvage as much as they could. Seems like it took hours to claim the house so maybe they got a lot out of it first.
Dam!!!!!!!!!!!!😱
A retention wall or a DAM!!!!!!!yeah !!a DAM 🤫🔴🫢 0:24
Water is more powerful than most people realize. Be safe down steam.
The bank picked a fight with the dam and the dam won.
Well the family just lost about 5 acres of land
Come-on u can show closer images than that 😂 We know our satellites 🛰 can see 👀 that guy 👦 eating a sandwich on the bridge and what type of sandwich 🥪 it is.
Let's Go Brandon 🎉😂
So the party that tries to put money into infrastructure is to blame? While the party that denies the climate is having more extreme weather events and blocks spending on infrastructure is not.
@@charleshopkins87 how the poorly educated view it. merica!
This comment is the dumbest thing I've read all week.
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The best example of free rent for Dark Brandon😂 and simultaneously exhibiting extream TDS . Its probably a bot
Geoengineering
Come to think of it, that dam never gave way, the river bank did. Right? Kudos to the engineers who built the dam. Damn, that dam stands! 💪
Dam is damaged too in halfway bro.
@@audiofactory3058 Damaged, but I didn't fail now did it bro.
They should have had emergency overflow . Where the house stood
Partial Failure, *HELL IT IS A TOTAL FAILURE, POOR DESIGN...... DAM SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUILT FOR WHOLE WIDTH OF UPSTREAM FLOODPLAIN, & NOT JUST BANK-WIDTH BELOW THE BRIDGE- EVEN MORE NARROW THAN WATER FLOW AREA OF POWER POOL.*
*Where the hell did they think the water would go it it expanded to fill flood level above dam??*
I argued this point on another video and it's amazing how many people say that the actual dam failed. When you can clearly see what happened.
Maybe try side by side images of the critical area. Flashing different orientations one at time is not good. It takes a couple seconds to get my bearings, then the view changes.
Ever hear of pause? Gee ,I'm 64 and wear glasses and didn't have a problem. 😂
@@JackBean-rd4uo ever hear of doing a better job?
@@PsychoThirteen You must be a Democrat. 🤣 Watch joe fall apart tonight.
do you not have a pause button?
@@JackBean-rd4uo , I’m 69 and don’t wear glasses. Put the before & after pics side by side and your eyes can easily bounce between them & see the difference. Flashing one, then the other, you have to remember one, while looking at the other. Plus rotation and change of scale makes comparison impossible. Try playing those kid games where you have to find the differences between 2 almost identical pics, but only see one at a time, you will never find them! Plus, you’re out voted 23 to 2.
Strange, and so many people are claiming that the actual dam failed. When in fact the high waters found the easiest path of resistance around one end of the dam and eroded the material (dirt) away. The dam is completely still standing.
would you claim a diaper failed if its in place but the baby has poop running down both legs?
@@dirtbeard108 The more that you comment the less intelligent that you sound.
The earth and spillway surrounding the dam is all engineered, and part of the dam. The dam did technically fail, just not the concrete structure
@@tayl0r612 🤣 , so existing ground on each side of the dam was engineered? It's called... existing virgin natural ground . Another one on TH-cam that hasn't a clue. 45 years in construction versus a TH-cam commenter that hasn't a clue. Have a nice day, BYE-BYE .
@@JackBean-rd4uo Don't dig yourself deeper lol. Yes, earth surrounding the dam is all mapped and analyzed before construction - "engineered". The area that failed contained the spillway and reinforced earth. Before you make yourself look silly again, check the before and after pictures - you can see the structure that failed. Just because the main structure remains does not mean that part of it did not fail.
Mother Nature wins again.
@JessicaBaller-jq8oeI love you
No
I know this is a very sad story for the family that lived and worked at this place, but you could argue that the river is going to be far healthier after this event once the silt and deposits have been flushed through the system. Hopefully the community will help the shop and house get established again.
this is america, no one is going to help them
Dams are good and it should be built again
@@baugh3162what are you talking about
@@baugh3162 Troll.
@@baugh3162 their gofundme has already raised over $8500 in the last couple days..
Engineers will agree this is an amazing testament to the strength of early 20th century engineering. That dam didn't move a foot.
no, that is not the lesson you take from this
@@awboatwhat is, then? The entire structure and surrounding area would have been fine had the upstream debris not blocked the flow from the flood gates.
I think the remnants of the dam should be dynamited to allow the river course to straighten again & stop the erosion caused by the diverted water course. This may also allow the roadbridge foundations to be strengthened before it too fails. Perhaps a new dam (if really necessary) can be built later in a more stable location after surveying etc
This debris in the water would most likely take out bridges down stream if they did.
I never saw the before of this place, now it's obvious that the Dam itself never failed at all, the water just said "screw you" and cut into the terrain around it.
the dam failed to allow enough water to flow.
The earth around it is part of the dam, all engineered. The dam technically failed.
No, the dam failed.
The people in charge refused to put proper floodgates on it.
Gotta respect that!
I would be concerned that the river just might try to change course and bypass that 180 degree bend just upstream from the dam. People that invest money in riverfront property have to be aware of the risk of damage from floods.
Y’all need to get a family of beavers up there fast! Humans can’t do this job alone! 🦫
So we need more Justin Bieber in there
I think you just won the thread!
Man, the bridge is worrisome.
I saw earlier that the bridge was closed - maybe they're questioning it?
It shouldn't be if they built it correctly, with the footers and abutments tied down into solid rock.
America Tofu infrastructure. 😂😂😂😂
It was probably cheaper to let that guy's house be destroyed, than to rent a crane and remove the debris blocking the dam.
Yes, very likely true. Cost of letting someone's house fall into a river: zero (to the county, anyway). Cost of renting a suitable crane: Probably in the realm of $100k. Apparently one was on its way but didn't get there in time.
The audio level is low. I can't hear the audi. Oh, it's pictures.
Nature finds a way!
they may have to call Oroville construction crew for assistance
Somewhere I heard 5M to repair and 10M to remove. If it will never produce energy it should be removed so it isn't left for future generations to do. Save the comments telling me to pony up the money,lol,I don't have it and I don't live there,not even close.
Engineers will likely be especially monitoring any movement of that scour upstream, as if it does, never mind the bridge piers, the Western abutment could be at risk.
The State of Minnesota is damn lucky that bridge hasn't completely failed and blown out.
Your videos are so good, so great. I really enjoy watching your videos. Wishing you lots of health and success
our crumbling infrastructure
Its so much worse once you go down that rabbit hole!
The infrastructure is fine. The river just went around it.
Neglected infrastructure + increases in flooding and other environmental stresses are likely to continue with climate change. Flooding in the mid 2030's is predicted to be especially severe. So major attention should focus now on infrastructure. And that's going to take $$. Everyone btchng about taxes - take a deep breath and shoulder in. It is what it is.
"our crumbling infrastructure"
Our? It isn't mine! Must be yours.
@@mjinba07 "increases in flooding and other environmental stresses"
Yes. More rain, less rain. Doom is upon us.
Wakonda Auga 'Sometimes a Great Notion' Ken Kessey.
Oregon guy here. As a carpenter, when the rain gets too much, we say "What would Stamper do?" , and pack it up.🪓
THE BRIDGE WILL COLLAPSE SOON. I hope they at least have National Guard setting up a temporary transit for locals. I don't know how popular that bridge is, tho we will find out when it's gone. That bridge will be down by next week. Look at the erosion!!
Remember when that god dam house was there 🏚
Grand solar minimum much?
What happened to the billions of infrastructure dollars? I heard some of it was used to create one block of heated sidewalk somewhere. I saw the video interviewing completely flabbergasted residents of the town. Maybe some of it should have been spent repairing or replacing this dam. That’s infrastructure, right?
...because the whole "infrastructure bill" was a complete scam...80% of the money to fund that bill went straight to Ukraine. FJB
The river is taking back its flow. Go natural processes. Show the humans what happens with old dams and anyone living downstream from ancient dams. If you buy land that has a water front, expect that water to take a bit every hard storm until it finally reaches your home. Cliff side construction counts if there is a water source at the base (or anywhere near the cliff. If I owned an insurance company I would take a hard pass on any of that lifestyle.
They should have destroyed the dam before the water destroyed the surroundings !
Whoa that's pretty bad
Keep on a voting for the people currently ruining, I mean running your state. This dam was identified three times in recent years as a very serious risk- but no money provided to mitigate. Oh but you got money for tent cities!
hos many steps for a chicken to
Dam😢
I feel badly for the owner of the house that fell due to erosion and also owns the dam store that might also fall victim.
Well c’mom it was 100 years old. However we do have a new state flag.
Should of had a spillway!
Amazing the power of water. The sandstone didn't stand a chance.
whoda thought sandstone would turn to sand in water
Looks obvious the people who knew the dam was a problem and did nothing owes them people a new house
That structure went from a dam to a minor inconvenience
With no way to open the gates all the way, it was a disaster waiting for a flood. And they got one.
The dam got clogged up by all the trees and the water took the next easy route.
Ban assult dams now 😮
Is this one of those obsolete dams?
#BuildBackBetter 🤷♂️
Worst video ever
Wow
look how fare back river bed wash back up river the color is black to the brown
Stunning. Great way to picture it, befores and afters with slightly different views alternating.
But loud pictures for sure. ?
I thought that was the stupid part why didn't they rotate the picture so they were all from the same freaking perspective
@@p1dru2art That would have been helpful for sure.
So what can be gleaned from all this? Much you'd think..
Nature calls the tune.
At least the road didn't collapse
Someone please help these folks.
Thanks for assembling those views. It's not "the power of water" at play here. It's the power of GRAVITY.
No, it's definitely the power of water...your comment is dumb.
@@gdb5448 Without gradient, it's just a pond. Gravity could do similar damage with a landslide or snow, but no one talks about "the power of dirt".
@@roberthoffhines5419 You proved my point for me...gravity itself has zero destructive force, it must have an object, in this case it's water, to cause any damage...hence "the power of water". Gravity may be responsible for the river flowing downhill, but it's the actual water doing the damage. No one talks about "the power of dirt" because there is no such thing as a landslide that last for more than a few minutes, unlike this river that has been doing its thing for several days now. Geez...
@@gdb5448 the eroding Rocky Mountains beg to differ.
@@roberthoffhines5419 lol...clueless
That’s some nice dam looking pictures
Need the real flow of the river back stagnate water looks gross down the river when it had such a nice flow
At least you can rotate the pictures so they were the same direction
Oh look the democrats created another natural disaster!!! 😎👍
For every one degree centigrade of temperature increase of the atmosphere, it can hold seven percent more water. And this is compounding, like the "good" interest account.
These events are going to increase in the same way. By allowing your political representatives to deny climate change is being caused by our fossil fuel use, you personally are causing this future that we WILL suffer, to be worse. You should send a message to them.
Thanks Uncle Tigger.
I keep reading that the dam was "partially breached." Interestingly correct, yet completely obfuscating.
If your home is next to a river, i would start in selling that place because this is going to be a common thing im the future.
The climate is changing rapidly.
These before and after pictures don't look entirely the same. Why are some of the houses that remain suddenly different size/color?
If the damn wasn't there the houses would still be there and it wouldn't erode as much
brilliant
You mean civil servants couldn't figure that out ?
Probably
Too bad you can't go back to 1910, and tell the folks who built it. Thanos took the time stone...
You wouldn't have a store called the " Dam Store". 😂
Wasn’t there a way to remove all the debris. Use a helicopter with a grapple hook or something instead of just watching it come apart
Wow! The power of Mother Nature and of Water is absolutely amazing and scary!