The dam structure may stand, but complete failure is not imminent, it is history. The flow around the dam is cutting its own river channel as we watch on TV. Nothing can stop it now
Uh, the dam has failed. Once the scouring took place the breach began. There's no power house. If it were my decision, I'd leave the remaining dam structure to help protect the left side of the embankment from being washed away. The house and business is a loss, no stopping water, mother nature always wins. I've watched this same clip a 100 times on other channels. I hope they were insured.
I think the consulting engineers who designed & specified the dam & contractor from the past who built really should get some commendations... That is incredible that the structure has remained intact throughout so far...👌
@@chrishaddad5362Pretty sure it still powers around 500 to 600 houses or so. Not so sure about at the current point in time, but it is/was in operation.
@@caddyguy5369 Somebody yesterday said that power generation ended several years ago. I believe it had something to do with a prior flood ruining the generators.
@@randallmarsh1187 I knew it was damaged in previous flooding, but didn't realize it took out the generation. I know it was known to need serious work or removal since the 70s but got patchwork instead.
Task Error: Failure of the dam operators to remove debris that blocked the spillway gates. This led to the river forcing water around the shoulder of the dam and the subsequent erosion of riverbanks. Gross negligence and failure of oversight by State and local authorities.
@@matthewmoore7447 Yeah, yeah. Wherever the force of gravity and the local ground contours and soil consistency, etc, makes it go. Or I should say, this all results in the water flowing somewhere. "Makes" implies a decision. And yup, gravity is always a downer. :)
I saw a report/interview with the family that owned the house and the store. They had accepted that they were going to lose their house, but were hoping and praying they didn’t lose their store which is their livelihood. 😢🙏
At this point the dam remaining is actually causing the diversion of the river and the erosion of the land and the loss of property. Lawyers might ask if the county or state could have done anything to demolish some of that, now ineffectual, dam to relieve the pressure from the current rushing around it and eroding that bank, the property and to help limit some of the loss.
Don't mess with the power of a River... Looks like the river has found a new path 100% and the Dam is fully bypassed. So Zero load minimal chance of failure
Okay this is really really cool. If that's sandstone, that means that region was part of a major ocean. Sandstone is compressed ocean sand. It would be fascinating to actually look at the granularity of the Sandstone up close to see if there is any tiny seashells in it?
FWIW: "In Minnesota, sandstone and other sedimentary rocks were deposited during the early Paleozoic Era, about 500 million years ago. At that time, Minnesota was near the equator, and shallow seas covered most of the state. Sediment eroded from upland areas was transported to the seashore, and the coarser-grained sediment eventually formed the sandstones seen today in southern Minnesota. Some of these sandstones are so poorly cemented that the grains can be rubbed off with your finger. As the sandstone is eroded, piles of clean quartz sand are formed."
@@caddyguy5369 I a picture did I downloaded from the internet apparently someone took a picture out of a geology book. See what I'm trying to determine the coal deposits in the United States were formed during the Carboniferous period where are the United States was centered over the equator. The Hadley cell circulation Collide over this latitude where the barometric pressure is very low and that's where tropical rainforests are formed by large amounts of precipitation. I probably should ask this in a Facebook geology discussion page. By the way of this flood how many inches in a 24-hour period has come down in this region are you aware that the polar jet stream add the subtropical jet stream are starting to break up or started to break up about 15 years ago they're no longer a continuous ribbon of air and as a result is causing atmospheric blocks there's a lot of strange dangerous events that are occurring with these atmospheric blocks. What is the Omega wrap heat wrap Heatwave. Apparently they're causing more brutal dangerous heat waves that caused the temperature to Skyrocket. One occurred over Fort McMurray Alberta. And that caused the temperature to Skyrocket to 91 degrees Fahrenheit the very dangerous aspect of these very high temperatures over at Forest canopy with low humidity less than 30% humidity it causes the moisture to evaporate out of the tree and the branches very similar to the Christmas tree effect where you don't water the tree for a full month and it becomes a volatile flaming Calderon with flames between 1/2 entire length of the tree. Did that happen to during the April 2016 fire in Fort McMurray. And the reason why these heat waves are occurring more often is because the polar ice sheets are shrinking is causing the polar temperature to increase to the three times. From my understanding is the temperature gradient difference between the Arctic and the equator are shrinking in other words the temperature is coming more in line with each other and that slows down the air exchange the atmospheric air circulation between the Equator and the Arctic. This causes the polar jet stream to slow and it causes really big temperature differences. It's called the temperature departures were the departures are becoming much more extreme than what they should be in the past. So the surface of the Earth is not heating or cooling more evenly but it's becoming more extreme overtime
So the dam didn’t fail, the road attached to it washed out and the dam was bypassed No different than an spillway Now if that dam fails, the high level of water it’s currently holding will all go down stream
@@davidtaurian9006 wise man, I did not mean that? I meant that whatever the thing comes in the way of the water is being washed away like strong dams and Rocky buildings. Criticism is every man's right, it's just life now. No one can help it!
This is a tragedy, but there are similar tragedies happening all over the country. I wish the media would start covering sirius content that affects us all. The imminent collapse of the economy, the unbelievable debt, the unmitigated theft that's going on.
The dame gate was clogged, and the contractor who was hired and was supposed to come in and unclog it backed out because it was too dangerous. Three days later, this happened.
Even if the river spares that store, it will never be used again. The entire area there is beyond unstable. The erosion will keep happening, especially if it keeps raining uncontrollable amounts!😰🙏🙏🙏
you are correct, and even if the ground is stable enough, that road will be closed for construction vehichles access to do repairs or reconstruction which will take 4-8 years or more. So business is finished in any scenario.
Looks like the State or whoever owns that dam needs to dig into the budget and FULLY compensate the people who lost their homes and the properties that went with the, plus expenses and aggravation.
not really, the local gov didn't want to kick in the 20% of the bill to repair or replace, feds pay 80% which was granted in the new infrastructure bill, Local gov, republican, dragged their feet and did nothing to save $
Who thought this dam design was a 'good' idea? The dam is way too small for the water flow in that area. Dams need to be designed for overkill when it comes to water releases so that this backup and overwhelming event can't happen to begin with.
America’s infrastructure is crumbling just like it’s economy, culture and communities. But USA is the greatest nation on earth 🤣🤣🤣What a joke and a laughingstock to the world.
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Is it me or the barricades ( for stopping traffic ) are NOT in the right areas. If, you look closely. The Police, have barricaded the Highway, the Road where the Convenience Store is: But, what about that "Short-cut" where it looks like a walking Path? However, if you observe ( follow the path ), you will see, that a part of it also, fell into the Water. But, NO Barricade!!
That's the Dam Park. I was curious about the building there. In the one drone footage it almost looks like flat charred remains, but I didn't look too in depth.
2 of the spillways were closed off years ago and there was no emergencey spillway...there is a complete breach the dam is gone for the most part and it has paid for itself over the decades cheap owners did not take care of it and no emergency spillway
Easy to forget Grandparents telling us of 50/70/100 years floods. Then we build right on the rivers edge, foolish humans. And we WILL build more in places we should not, but greedy developers/ owners will force there way.... So sad that we DON'T leaen from information we already have.
The dam structure may stand, but complete failure is not imminent, it is history. The flow around the dam is cutting its own river channel as we watch on TV. Nothing can stop it now
Uh, the dam has failed. Once the scouring took place the breach began. There's no power house. If it were my decision, I'd leave the remaining dam structure to help protect the left side of the embankment from being washed away. The house and business is a loss, no stopping water, mother nature always wins. I've watched this same clip a 100 times on other channels. I hope they were insured.
Thats a damn strong dam. Water can't get through it so it goes around it.
The dam store! Seems like a very appropriate name.
I wonder if they sell any dam bait!?
I am so sorry for your loss. I two lost my home in Louisiana, due to a Hurricane. I will pray for you and your family. Hugs!!
I think the consulting engineers who designed & specified the dam & contractor from the past who built really should get some commendations... That is incredible that the structure has remained intact throughout so far...👌
It was built in 1908! It’s a hollow concrete dam which they do t use anymore
@@chrishaddad5362Pretty sure it still powers around 500 to 600 houses or so. Not so sure about at the current point in time, but it is/was in operation.
@@caddyguy5369 Somebody yesterday said that power generation ended several years ago. I believe it had something to do with a prior flood ruining the generators.
@@randallmarsh1187 Ahh. My bad.
@@randallmarsh1187 I knew it was damaged in previous flooding, but didn't realize it took out the generation. I know it was known to need serious work or removal since the 70s but got patchwork instead.
Task Error: Failure of the dam operators to remove debris that blocked the spillway gates. This led to the river forcing water around the shoulder of the dam and the subsequent erosion of riverbanks. Gross negligence and failure of oversight by State and local authorities.
This is why you put a spill way around a dam. In this case the water made its own. So sorry to the people that lost that beautiful old home.
"If there's too much rain where will the water go?"
Wherever it wants to.
@@matthewmoore7447 Yeah, yeah. Wherever the force of gravity and the local ground contours and soil consistency, etc, makes it go. Or I should say, this all results in the water flowing somewhere. "Makes" implies a decision. And yup, gravity is always a downer. :)
For decades local authorities have failed to maintain these dams and now their citizens must pay with their homes/lives for that failure.
I saw a report/interview with the family that owned the house and the store. They had accepted that they were going to lose their house, but were hoping and praying they didn’t lose their store which is their livelihood. 😢🙏
What a dam failure. Dam shame.
I’m sure the insurance company that these poor homeowners paid for the last 50 years will say “damn failure” isn’t covered by your policy.
IF they have flood insurance they might be ok.
I am gonna say that dam has failed, and it isn't imminent.
The abutment failed. The failed abutment actually prevented the dam from collapsing.
Its no diff with part dam!
@@rtqii if a dam doesn't do what it was built for, then it has failed. Regardless as to whether the structure itself is intact.
This dam footage is making me nervous!
This is a good metaphor for our country!
so sorry to see that. best wishes for the family
so sorry for all people affected 🥺
Except for that one guy. He knows who he is.
What happened to the trillion $$ infrastructure money?
Ukraine looks great...have you seen their cities lately? Gorgeous and new. I"m not kidding.
At this point the dam remaining is actually causing the diversion of the river and the erosion of the land and the loss of property. Lawyers might ask if the county or state could have done anything to demolish some of that, now ineffectual, dam to relieve the pressure from the current rushing around it and eroding that bank, the property and to help limit some of the loss.
hmmm, lawsuit from one home/land owner or several thousand suits from home/land owners down stream of the now blown up dam.
tough choice for sure.
"DAM it!"
Don't mess with the power of a River...
Looks like the river has found a new path 100% and the Dam is fully bypassed.
So Zero load minimal chance of failure
Where is all of this winding up ? What a horrible thing to happen.
I saw the first video of it and just said “DAMN” and then busted out laughing at myself
Is the garden ok?
Nature always wins
The dam is actually causing further erosion now bc the same water has to fit through a smaller space, making it faster.
$200 BILLION for Ukraine while our country falls apart
Be safe folks 🙏🙏
Least of Minnesota’s issues right now.
The dam store may survive but the dam house didnt.
Store will be gone in a week
Yeah, the top edge is dangerous and once the river calms, grading and sloping will require cutting it back several hundred feet.
Heartbreaking. 😢
Ohh look at all that water erosion that happened in a few days and not a million years!!
My stars, youre darn right😂
Haha spot on!
This is what happens when you straighten rivers and move into flood plains.
Okay this is really really cool. If that's sandstone, that means that region was part of a major ocean. Sandstone is compressed ocean sand. It would be fascinating to actually look at the granularity of the Sandstone up close to see if there is any tiny seashells in it?
FWIW:
"In Minnesota, sandstone and other sedimentary rocks were deposited during the early Paleozoic Era, about 500 million years ago. At that time, Minnesota was near the equator, and shallow seas covered most of the state. Sediment eroded from upland areas was transported to the seashore, and the coarser-grained sediment eventually formed the sandstones seen today in southern Minnesota. Some of these sandstones are so poorly cemented that the grains can be rubbed off with your finger. As the sandstone is eroded, piles of clean quartz sand are formed."
@@caddyguy5369 I a picture did I downloaded from the internet apparently someone took a picture out of a geology book. See what I'm trying to determine the coal deposits in the United States were formed during the Carboniferous period where are the United States was centered over the equator. The Hadley cell circulation Collide over this latitude where the barometric pressure is very low and that's where tropical rainforests are formed by large amounts of precipitation. I probably should ask this in a Facebook geology discussion page. By the way of this flood how many inches in a 24-hour period has come down in this region are you aware that the polar jet stream add the subtropical jet stream are starting to break up or started to break up about 15 years ago they're no longer a continuous ribbon of air and as a result is causing atmospheric blocks there's a lot of strange dangerous events that are occurring with these atmospheric blocks. What is the Omega wrap heat wrap Heatwave. Apparently they're causing more brutal dangerous heat waves that caused the temperature to Skyrocket. One occurred over Fort McMurray Alberta. And that caused the temperature to Skyrocket to 91 degrees Fahrenheit the very dangerous aspect of these very high temperatures over at Forest canopy with low humidity less than 30% humidity it causes the moisture to evaporate out of the tree and the branches very similar to the Christmas tree effect where you don't water the tree for a full month and it becomes a volatile flaming Calderon with flames between 1/2 entire length of the tree. Did that happen to during the April 2016 fire in Fort McMurray. And the reason why these heat waves are occurring more often is because the polar ice sheets are shrinking is causing the polar temperature to increase to the three times. From my understanding is the temperature gradient difference between the Arctic and the equator are shrinking in other words the temperature is coming more in line with each other and that slows down the air exchange the atmospheric air circulation between the Equator and the Arctic. This causes the polar jet stream to slow and it causes really big temperature differences. It's called the temperature departures were the departures are becoming much more extreme than what they should be in the past. So the surface of the Earth is not heating or cooling more evenly but it's becoming more extreme overtime
" it remains in eminent risk of failure" sure looks like it's failed already
You can see the layers from where it ripped off years on years Earth's crust.
nothing can stop flowing water like this
So the dam didn’t fail, the road attached to it washed out and the dam was bypassed
No different than an spillway
Now if that dam fails, the high level of water it’s currently holding will all go down stream
The little dam that could
So sad. I grew up here
Mighty Poseidon in full fury and rage ravishing everything in Minnesota.
Everything?? Minnesotas now history? Pretty sure life will go on here.
@@davidtaurian9006 wise man,
I did not mean that?
I meant that whatever the thing comes in the way of the water is being washed away like strong dams and Rocky buildings.
Criticism is every man's right, it's just life now. No one can help it!
This is a tragedy, but there are similar tragedies happening all over the country. I wish the media would start covering sirius content that affects us all. The imminent collapse of the economy, the unbelievable debt, the unmitigated theft that's going on.
The river was like dam bro your good I'll just go around.
this is terrible! I hope people are all right! have they not evacuated the area?
I don't know how they are going to restore that abutment to make the dam useful again.
Ok, you're hired!
Got dam mother nature
dang, this was some terrible luck. you think they could have saved the house, and dam if they had just opened the dam fully? hindsight, i know.
It was fully opened, but because of the heavy rain debris clogged the gates
The dame gate was clogged, and the contractor who was hired and was supposed to come in and unclog it backed out because it was too dangerous.
Three days later, this happened.
Rivers should run as they have for million years.
So beavers should not be allowed to build their dams either?
We should have remained as we did for millions of years.
Metals that make devices to watch TH-cam should stay in the ground, where they've been for 'million years'.
that's sad. I feel badly for those people.
Not only is the house gone. The entire property the house was on is pretty much gone. That's some pretty fast erosion😢
Lasted just a mere 150 years. Shoddy construction...
Lord please spare the dam store, i didnt know about it until yesterday, but i like it now.
My heart goes out to those people. If I lived in my house for 50 years, I wouldn't have left.
You have a death wish do you?
The house left ... so you would need to be Aquaman, bro.
Yes you would.. A house can be re-built but you cant be replaced by those left behind
It’s just a pile of wood and drywall who cares.
Even if the river spares that store, it will never be used again. The entire area there is beyond unstable. The erosion will keep happening, especially if it keeps raining uncontrollable amounts!😰🙏🙏🙏
you are correct, and even if the ground is stable enough, that road will be closed for construction vehichles access to do repairs or reconstruction which will take 4-8 years or more. So business is finished in any scenario.
The dam wasn't moving. It was made back when real stuff was constructed.
1910
Grand Canyon here in just a few moments.
Where have all the idiots that were screaming "the dam hasn't failed" gone?
Water is the strongest element
Behold. The grand canyon of Minnesota!
Were the neighbours home when the house went surfing?
Officials had confidence in the dam too
Where are the kayakers?
Looks like the State or whoever owns that dam needs to dig into the budget and FULLY compensate the people who lost their homes and the properties that went with the, plus expenses and aggravation.
MN is too busy putting cops in jail to repair dams.
News reports try sooo hard to be dramatic with every word. Its hilarious!
Damn!
rumor is the levee sys was partially breached or overtopped
State and Army Corps of Engineers, failed the citizens of this community.
not really, the local gov didn't want to kick in the 20% of the bill to repair or replace, feds pay 80% which was granted in the new infrastructure bill, Local gov, republican, dragged their feet and did nothing to save $
That dam was built in 1908 and completed in 1910.
"And when the levee breaks, I'll have no place to stay"
Looks to me the dam has already failed its standing.. but the water flow is not being restricted either...
Put spillways in it next time, geniuses.
That damned dam rapidly disintegrated, that Rapidan Dam did.
They could have cut through the other side of the dam and saved the house from falling in.
And we are sure the grand canyon took millions of years to erode and form?
That would suck to see all your land disappear.
Literally vanish into water. The property left the chat forever.
Damn
Who thought this dam design was a 'good' idea? The dam is way too small for the water flow in that area. Dams need to be designed for overkill when it comes to water releases so that this backup and overwhelming event can't happen to begin with.
America’s infrastructure is crumbling just like it’s economy, culture and communities. But USA is the greatest nation on earth 🤣🤣🤣What a joke and a laughingstock to the world.
Yes, but we have our GUNS and Jesus. Praise the Lord!
Honey that's not sandstone
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That is sad 🙏Prayers for the people who have sustained much loss .That is one powerful river .
The Fury of Angry Nature
Made its own meander.. and yes it will keep goin til the water receeds .😮
So.........where am I supposed to get my Rolling Rock now?
Is it me or the barricades ( for stopping traffic ) are NOT in the right areas. If, you look closely. The Police, have barricaded the Highway, the Road where the Convenience Store is: But, what about that "Short-cut" where it looks like a walking Path? However, if you observe ( follow the path ), you will see, that a part of it also, fell into the Water. But, NO Barricade!!
That's the Dam Park. I was curious about the building there. In the one drone footage it almost looks like flat charred remains, but I didn't look too in depth.
The dam has not collapsed, but it has failed, in as to stop the flow of water. Construct your statements correctly
Mother Nature don't give a DAM!
Sadly - there is likely no insurance coverage for this.
Non può non accadere: era stabilito che avvenisse tutto questo.
You had one job, film the house...
Bassfest finally knocked out the richardson family darn. Rip jefferton.
Why did they build this dam at a curve in the river? THAT is why it failed.
Hmm.. It sounds like whoever was in charge of the dam is damn out luck when it comes to keeping their job...
2 of the spillways were closed off years ago and there was no emergencey spillway...there is a complete breach the dam is gone for the most part and it has paid for itself over the decades cheap owners did not take care of it and no emergency spillway
The path of least resistance.
Where is the COE & the big bags they use in hurricanes?
Just stop the water. Duh
Easy to forget Grandparents telling us of 50/70/100 years floods. Then we build right on the rivers edge, foolish humans. And we WILL build more in places we should not, but greedy developers/ owners will force there way.... So sad that we DON'T leaen from information we already have.
Same with oceanfront properties and hurricanes.
The rapidly eroded Rapidan Dam
But they still won't remove any of the debris and open the gates...
Whoever built that dam on porous limestone is a goof. That dam should’ve never been built there.