1 Year Later - Sanford, Wixom Lake Dam Breaches, Michigan
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ส.ค. 2024
- Aerial tour of Michigan's Sanford and Wixom Lakes, 1 year after the May, 2020 dam breaches. The failure of these dams drained both lakes and caused widespread property damage.
WOW! I'm from Midland. It's a whole different perspective scene from the air.
Great video, Thanks for presentation, from Germany
Nice work Rod!!
The river that was buried under the lake for over a hundred years....now you can Kayak on that river....(smile).
Wow you're rich 😄 lol be safe have fun
Mother Nature: Sorry about the interruption, now as I was saying...
It looks like the vegetation is reclaiming the land. Thank you for this!
It basically went from a lake to a river
Yep. Back to the way nature intended it.
@@rodneybrocke It may be natural, but to ignore the economic impact that the lakes brought to this area through park fees, support of fishing/hunting, property taxes, etc. is, well - ignorant. I don't want it to stay "back to nature".
@@philf4086 I'll bet the folks down stream that were flooded out would beg to differ with you.
@@pauljojo6855 You are right on that account, I'm not overlooking that. Good point.
It was a river. People blocked it. It unblocked itself.
So much for those high taxes with water front property. Now its all sandy. Ahhah
Y haven't they started repairing the 2 dams or are they just gona leave them open
Such a terrible thing , but was there any cool fossils found?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!! looked all over the internet but cant find anything
These dams are over 100 years old. They provided a eco system for fish, ducks, and a multitude of other wildlife. Destroy the lakes and you just destroyed millions of acres of habitat.
NEVER WAS A LAKE JUST A RIVER THATS WHAT IT SOULD STAY A RIVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍Back to nature! it back to it's natural state!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Are they planning on leaving it as-is for the river to reclaim the land? The dams do much damage to the ecosystem. The breach of the dam was a blessing in disguise.
No, thankfully the dams will be rebuilt. They're hoping all 4 lakes will start to fill again by 2026. They've already completed temporary repairs to the Tobacco River Spillway on the Edenville Dam. The spillway was reworked to restore flow to the downstream portion of the Tobacco River. Work on the Edenville spillway should be getting underway in the next month or so to restore flow to the original channel and away from the breached embankment so it can be filled in. Not sure when work will start at Sanford dam. Eventually the original spillway Tainter gates on all 4 dams will be replaced with increased flow capacity Crest Gates and modern emergency spillways will be added to help prevent another breach. There's a lot more specifics available from the dams' new owners, the Four Lakes Task Force. I'm just hitting the most visible changes that will occur.
Nope, you are incorrect about the ecosystem. A lot of useful habitat was lost and needs to be re-established. Ask any local biologist or DNR/EGLE officer.
@@rjgoniea So who will pay for this, you'd have to increase taxes in the entire state. Bad deal for 99.9%.
The ecosystem was destroyed when the lakes disappeared. They need to rebuilt.