SkyFOX is over the Rapidan Dam in south central Minnesota is in imminent failure condition with accumulating debris and flooding along the Blue Earth River.
All that millions of dollars we send all over theworld could do a lot to fix up america instead letting everything go to hell and support two needless wars
It's interesting that things built 100 to thousands of years ago are still standing till today! The last 50-60 years, everything crumbles from a "throw away" mentality, except that people are not "throw away" when an apartment building or bridge, or damn, gives out...... Too much "ME-ism" and greed influences construction.......(although the Egyptians got it on point!).........
@@silvrfox2uBooboo Self selecting sample, there are PLENTY of buildings (in fact MOST) that were built 100 years ago and fell apart a long, Long, LONG time ago. It's just the FEW things that old that are still around were either well built, or well taken care of, or both. It certainly does not mean that ALL things built 100 years ago were built so that they'd last over 100 years.
Oh, by golly gee dontcha know that Elsa Larson was getting ready for the big Curling tourney and she said, Ofta, that darn damn, pardon my French doncha know, so I said time for some lutefisk. You bet. Now, Olly said thats different so I said whatever.
We were there and walked out on the dam on the 21st and at that time there were a lot of trees building up around the support for the bridge and I told my wife when we were walking off the dam I said this thing could fail if those trees and other trees get down here and block the gates and they can't open them here we are three days later and exactly what came out of my mouth is happening unbelievable
Imagine all the money we’d have if we weren’t giving all to the oil companies and corporate welfare TIF financing, which is a windfall gift. Same welfare, different tax bracket.
Well you're in for a treat, at some point your below a dam somewhere. Most small towns are close or near one a body of water. It's how civilization started. If your luck you might not be in the direct path but your still below one.
@@mengkhang1037 I live in a town with a paper mill and a dam. The dam is below most of the town, in elevation. We're pretty safe... but there are 2 more dams upstream holding a LOT more water than the one in town. If one of those goes, we're screwed.
Thanks for this excellent footage of a natural disaster as it unfolds. It was humbling to see how badly tbat river needed to get though the clogged up dam one way or another. Turns out the disastrous erosion may have saved the concrete dam. They definitely need a way to prevent debris that is so common from hitting tbe dam. Upriver grate like obstacle to keep the majority of dead wood from getting to the dam. I cannot imagine the damage to people's lives and livelihoods. If it helps, a Canadian really cares about you. Much love❤ from 🇨🇦!
DAMN IT, hold on little DAM !!!! Hold ON !!!!! ...................................................................................................................Damn...... it's a well build strong little dam !
The accumulating debris is imposing excess stress on the dam structure. That, and the widening erosion to the side of the dam will continue and increase dynamic flow forces. The dam is done if this continues.
@@northmaineguy5896 the amount of floating surface debris is negligible on the flow of water. the more the main damn spillways are blocked, the more water is forced right around the damn. also most of the debris we can see on the surface is just stuck and wedged. its not impleading the flow of water u under it through the chute. think of the debris as taking away like 1000 Cubic feet a min of water flow from passing through the dam.
In the UK our water management is neglecting our waterways as well. One reason why we have so much flooding is because they are not cleaning and dredging the silt. Our sewage is let into rivers as our population is too high for a small land mass and the management have neglected building sewage farms to keep up with the increase in population. Being overpopulated will always require waste water, treated or not, to enter our waterways. Good luck and many prayers for all suffering around the world, allies and enemies.🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴
Raw facts the emergency spillway was never built to handle prolonged flow of high volume. With high water there that is the weak link. The dam itself will be fine.
Undermining is heavily dependant on what the geology is there in the flow side. If it's good rock it might survive. If not, based on the flow rate, it could go at any moment.
4:25 I had to Google this dam, and see what that hillside looked like prior to this flooding. Crikeys!!! That rushing water has chewed out a huge bite of that hillside!!
How are you planning on doing that? Think about it. How much pressure is holding the debris in place? How many people are you willing to lose trying to move it?
The dam is 100 years old. The removal project has been shelved for 5+ years because local residents don't want to fund it. They'll likely be forced to move that removal forward now. We can hope that the Biden admin will make FEMA funds available so local county residents don't have to fund it entirely with property taxes.
That poor family who lives on the house next to the dam I feel for. If this takes out their house, they probably aren't cpvered for flood damage. They could lose a lot potentially if that's the case.
Living near water had advantages and disadvantages especially a river. Rivers fluctuate with going low and high like this and tearing into the land. Hopes this little dam survives this to show that back then they knew how to build and what material they used to withstand this type of punishment. So, i pray for this little bridge that she can stand strong and tall and for the people along this river. Blessings.
Could they use one of those huge industrial timber or ski-tower building helicopters to grapple some of that debris out so the water can flow through and reduce the pressure on it? I've seen what those things can lift and safely carry.
I know boaters and guys fishing who would love to move the big trees out of the river. At least to shore. I know lots who would gladly take dried trees from past flooding for firewood…. But it’s illegal… how only know how much letting them could have helped this for not being this bad. If people want to clear the river and take what’s left over from prior flooding why not just let them. All that happens is this!!!
What was the thinking behind making it illegal to take downed trees? That seems silly, people using the downed trees keeps this from happening as well as decreasing fire risk. Did they give a reason?
@@JaeElle I don’t know for sure. DNR is also involved in that rule making. “Disturbs wildlife and they places to hide like their normal habitat” was one reason.
@@burntjohn I don’t know for sure, but the Dnr also has their side of it that you’re removing what is animals natural habitat and hiding places etc. etc. it’s completely stupid. There’s people all over that would gladly cut that up and get it out-of-the-way and firewood or whatever they want to use it for.
Booms (or something like that🤷🏻♀️) closer to the shore to catch some of it. Then machinery near the shore to transfer it to land? There might even be useful lumber/cool wood people/ crafters would purchase for a nominal fee. Guess I’m a dreamer 😶🌫️
We actually had about an average amount of moisture this past winter. We normally get about 48" of snow, which translates to about 4" of moisture. About half of the moisture came as rain this winter. The snow often melted soon after it fell, so it didn't accumulate like in more normal years.
@@marktype1with2 Good point. On more average years, the ground is covered in snow from late November to late March. There is little or no evaporation. The ground stays frozen and is protected. Not this past winter. The previous winter set record or near record snowfalls throughout the Midwest. Seems everything evens out in time.
Looks much like my area in mid Michigan a few years back. Sad, very sad. We're still repairing 3 dams and won't have lakes for at least 3 years. More dependent upon who's going to pay. Lawsuits in the courts now because they want us landowners with frontage, across the street and out lots to pay the bill. Thoughts on this?
No money for cleaning up debris from the river, but we'll just let the dam brake because the federal government will build a new one with taxpayers money 🤷.
Does anybody here know WHEN the first water started going around the damn? Look at the cutouts into the earth at the deepest parts. It looks like about 35 to 50 feet of earth (vertical measurement) has been washed away. I am curious about how long that took? Thank You
Excellent use of the camera, Thank You! It's safer than being on the ground also! When the video first started, I'm looking at the little building and thinking, Ooo! it's got water coming out of it too, and there you go, pulled in for a tight s l o w shot of the building, musta got my thinking in your brain! News People on the ground just don't get it: the news isn't about YOU, we don't want to see your make-up, clothes or ability at giving commentary. Give people the news, pan out, get a wide picture, you can still talk in the background, giving us details. Thanks to the helicopter and whoever was at the controls of the camera!
Nice shot of the failure. I suggest the dam operator get some more training to open the gates up sooner to avoid failure, that's if he doesn't get fired for this disaster.
Exactly!! And the water will keep eroding the land on that side. The water found a path of least resistance. That will lessen the strain on the concrete dam. But technically, it failed.
I wonder if having a debris boom upstream of the dam would have helped reduce the clogging and reduced hydraulic capacity of the spillways and thus have prevented to breach of the left abutment?
Suggest new style big dumpster "bags" fill w sand work extremely well in flood conditions can place w crane/helicopter big enough to build a quick instant wall that cannot be washed away and are rapidly filled with backhoe
This is in Minnesota. Ames is well over 100+ miles to the south. No worries with this incident, but other areas north of Ames are dealing with their own flooding issues.
So then, imminent yesterday still imminent today do you suppose it's likely to be imminent tomorrow or next week? Kind of looks like it stood up to the test if you ask me. Anytime you get freak flooding that goes over the top of the dam and the damn stands, that is not a failure that is a flood
Whoever built that dam 115 years ago definitely knew what they were doing. It amazing it's even holding up to the excessive pressure it is holding back
If they are smart and once water levels receed they will cement in that area near the farm and create an emergency spillway there. Should have also sent in a crew to cut the timbers long before the waters reached this height so they would go through to the river below but hindsight is always 20/20.
With any luck, that break on the side acting as an overflow, will take a lot of pressure off the dam, allowing it to remain intact. That's a lot of water roaring through there.
@@alliematt1016 Part of the reason they are concerned about the Dam. All that debris puts stress on the dam, and can cause it to break. The fact that the areas to the side gave way first, taking a lot of the water pressure away from the main area of the dam, might keep it from breaking. Only time will tell.
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Dam was built in 1910-1911 and to be very honest it is putting up the fight of it's life. Very well constructed over 100years ago.
I'm not any expert but it looks like if it wasn't clogged with trees, debris and branches it likely would have been able to handle the water.
Built with slide rule not computer. Great job by the builders. They have nothing to be disappointed about
As long as it doesn't get undermined, it should stay. Gonna be a mess.
@@snoozeflu Possibly. It is hard to keep the debris clear with that much water flow.
What happens to downtown if it completely fails
Best news broadcast ever. -- Let's do this everyday, just actual news with no idiot commentators.
@BobMaltbieno.
It's like they are given a certain amount of time to fill, and they fill it with whatever. A.I. would be much better at the job.
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All that millions of dollars we send all over theworld could do a lot to fix up america instead letting everything go to hell and support two needless wars
Thank you for just showing the news and not injecting your opinion on the dam problem.
That little dam is putting up one hell of a fight.
That's a lot of water! In western states they fight tooth and nail for this!
A little maintenance would have gone a long way.
@@auroraborealis6009 please explain how a little maintenance was would have fixed this problem please.
@@larryhager7109 It's just people thinking they are saying something profound when the really don't know what is actually happening.
@@larryhager7109 Because any weaknesses could have been detected and repaired
We need to dig up the engineering school curriculum from 1900 and start teaching it again in schools today, this dam is punching above its weight!
It's interesting that things built 100 to thousands of years ago are still standing till today!
The last 50-60 years, everything crumbles from a "throw away" mentality, except that people are not "throw away" when an apartment building or bridge, or damn, gives out......
Too much "ME-ism" and greed influences construction.......(although the Egyptians got it on point!).........
You could go live in a cave . There still around
@@silvrfox2uBooboo Self selecting sample, there are PLENTY of buildings (in fact MOST) that were built 100 years ago and fell apart a long, Long, LONG time ago. It's just the FEW things that old that are still around were either well built, or well taken care of, or both. It certainly does not mean that ALL things built 100 years ago were built so that they'd last over 100 years.
Oh, by golly gee dontcha know that Elsa Larson was getting ready for the big Curling tourney and she said,
Ofta, that darn damn, pardon my French doncha know, so I said time for some lutefisk. You bet. Now, Olly said thats different so I said whatever.
@@davemalinak6802 why? I don’t live in this dam.
We were there and walked out on the dam on the 21st and at that time there were a lot of trees building up around the support for the bridge and I told my wife when we were walking off the dam I said this thing could fail if those trees and other trees get down here and block the gates and they can't open them here we are three days later and exactly what came out of my mouth is happening unbelievable
Will any towns be flooded if the dam breaks?
Punctuation, do you know it?
@@mothernature8893yes
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Darn shame those responsible for this dam are not as observant as you are!
Imagine if we had the money to fix this instead of burning down Minneapolis 😢
We would have all the money we need if more than 50% of the people paid taxes, rather than sucking every cent they can out of the government.
Could have built 10,000 dams with the money they waste by killing people in Ukraine.
@@BulletSpoung agreed 100 💯 %
Imagine all the money we’d have if we weren’t giving all to the oil companies and corporate welfare TIF financing, which is a windfall gift. Same welfare, different tax bracket.
@@douglasskaalrud6865 imagine all the money we’d have if we quit sending money to Ukraine and Israel ?
Praying for the people that live downstream I would never purchase land below a dam
Well you're in for a treat, at some point your below a dam somewhere. Most small towns are close or near one a body of water. It's how civilization started. If your luck you might not be in the direct path but your still below one.
@@mengkhang1037 I live in a town with a paper mill and a dam. The dam is below most of the town, in elevation. We're pretty safe... but there are 2 more dams upstream holding a LOT more water than the one in town. If one of those goes, we're screwed.
We are living below Shasta Dam it is scary when you start thinking about it the whole town of Redding would be wiped out
They are about to find out why they got such a good deal!
Mankato? That's the Ingalls old homestead
I’m no hydrodynamics expert but can’t help but think the “ new and improved “ spill way will actually save the damn.
I hope the little restaurant survives.
I always stop there before a kayak trip down the river. :(
Thanks for this excellent footage of a natural disaster as it unfolds. It was humbling to see how badly tbat river needed to get though the clogged up dam one way or another. Turns out the disastrous erosion may have saved the concrete dam. They definitely need a way to prevent debris that is so common from hitting tbe dam. Upriver grate like obstacle to keep the majority of dead wood from getting to the dam. I cannot imagine the damage to people's lives and livelihoods. If it helps, a Canadian really cares about you. Much love❤ from 🇨🇦!
DAMN IT, hold on little DAM !!!! Hold ON !!!!! ...................................................................................................................Damn...... it's a well build strong little dam !
Get Post 10 on that dam!
You can only imagine, the flooding down stream when it lets go. We are too concerned about other countries to take care of this country.
if it hasn't failed yet it wont. water is not undercutting it and is flowing nicely around the left side taking alot of pressure off the damn dam.
The accumulating debris is imposing excess stress on the dam structure. That, and the widening erosion to the side of the dam will continue and increase dynamic flow forces. The dam is done if this continues.
@@northmaineguy5896 the amount of floating
surface debris is negligible on the flow of water. the more the main damn spillways are blocked, the more water is forced right around the damn. also most of the debris we can see on the surface is just stuck and wedged. its not impleading the flow of water u under it through the chute. think of the debris as taking away like 1000 Cubic feet a min of water flow from passing through the dam.
Where it's washing over can be considered foundation for the dam , once gone it's failure .
@@stick9648 its down to bedrock its not going to fail.
Don't tell me all of that debris accumulated overnight. Nobody will be held accountable anyway. Good luck.
Isn't the city suppose to keep it free of debris? That's a law suit I isn't if that dam fails?
Was there an earthquake in this area? Doesn't look like erosion, it looks like maybe subduction?
I thought the same thing. Debris should have been cleared especially with all the rain. Preventative maintenance!
Prayers for anyone in its path downstream 😢
This is a direct result of negligent water management, if that flotsam had been cleared regularly This would not have happened.
In the UK our water management is neglecting our waterways as well. One reason why we have so much flooding is because they are not cleaning and dredging the silt. Our sewage is let into rivers as our population is too high for a small land mass and the management have neglected building sewage farms to keep up with the increase in population. Being overpopulated will always require waste water, treated or not, to enter our waterways. Good luck and many prayers for all suffering around the world, allies and enemies.🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴
Raw facts the emergency spillway was never built to handle prolonged flow of high volume. With high water there that is the weak link. The dam itself will be fine.
Found the emergency spillway to the right side of the Dam, hopefully the restaurant survives and nobody is hurt downstream if it does go.
Emergency spillway no longer exists. The Dam can fail at the spillway if it becomes overly undermined. As such undermining is in progress.
Looks like left abutment has failed.
Undermining is heavily dependant on what the geology is there in the flow side. If it's good rock it might survive. If not, based on the flow rate, it could go at any moment.
Constructed around 1910. Power generation ceased in 2020 due to ice dam (and subsequent flooding of power-generating equipment).
Should have been removed or replaced but both options are very expensive.
We’re gonna go windmills.
@@rambojambone4586 Installed capacity was 6 MW. So 1 or 2 wind turbines.
That little dam is giving the world the middle finger , like , is that the best you got ?
Are there any evacuation concerns? A few more details would make this an actual news report.
Does a bear shit in the woods?
@@lisabrady9814 well, don't ask these guys.
Isn't the city supposed to keep the damage free of debris?
"......slowly I turned....did you say niagara falls?.......step by step....inch by inch...."
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Think it's safe to say the Dam has already failed.
Some of these early structures are built with Real Steel, Real Cement so it should hold.
Awesome footage 👍! Thank you for the video. We're certainly getting a water recharge😊. Stay safe up there Sky Fox
4:25 I had to Google this dam, and see what that hillside looked like prior to this flooding. Crikeys!!! That rushing water has chewed out a huge bite of that hillside!!
Should have consulted beavers.
😂 🦫 🙈
Looks like some authority been failing at removing all the debris from the the spillway.
How are you planning on doing that? Think about it. How much pressure is holding the debris in place? How many people are you willing to lose trying to move it?
What if all that debris arrived within the last day or so with the rush of water? Doesn't exactly align with planned maintenance.
Building back better!!
that's bidenomics folks
The dam is 100 years old.
The removal project has been shelved for 5+ years because local residents don't want to fund it.
They'll likely be forced to move that removal forward now.
We can hope that the Biden admin will make FEMA funds available so local county residents don't have to fund it entirely with property taxes.
It's the overflow of shit biden and his team of hacks have been milling out for 3 1/2 years
Maybe if Trump threw in a bunch of paper towel rolls he could mop it all up!
Yeah, because Trump fixed it, right?
That poor family who lives on the house next to the dam I feel for. If this takes out their house, they probably aren't cpvered for flood damage. They could lose a lot potentially if that's the case.
At State Farm, we’ve seen a thing or two. But yes I too feel bad for them. What terrible feeling it must be😢
God bless everyone impacted by this disaster.
Not a hydrologist but one would ponder the effect of debris piling up against the dam structure blocking flow or increasing pressure against the dam.
Not bad made, they used the old river route, but lower elevation side of Dam didn't have adequate tall natural rock barrier
Living near water had advantages and disadvantages especially a river. Rivers fluctuate with going low and high like this and tearing into the land. Hopes this little dam survives this to show that back then they knew how to build and what material they used to withstand this type of punishment. So, i pray for this little bridge that she can stand strong and tall and for the people along this river. Blessings.
Could they use one of those huge industrial timber or ski-tower building helicopters to grapple some of that debris out so the water can flow through and reduce the pressure on it? I've seen what those things can lift and safely carry.
Excellent water management 🙄 Why was that debris allowed to accumulate like that???
I know boaters and guys fishing who would love to move the big trees out of the river. At least to shore. I know lots who would gladly take dried trees from past flooding for firewood…. But it’s illegal… how only know how much letting them could have helped this for not being this bad. If people want to clear the river and take what’s left over from prior flooding why not just let them. All that happens is this!!!
What was the thinking behind making it illegal to take downed trees? That seems silly, people using the downed trees keeps this from happening as well as decreasing fire risk. Did they give a reason?
Who is the JO nerd mastermind politician who made it illegal?
@@JaeElle I don’t know for sure. DNR is also involved in that rule making. “Disturbs wildlife and they places to hide like their normal habitat” was one reason.
@@burntjohn I don’t know for sure, but the Dnr also has their side of it that you’re removing what is animals natural habitat and hiding places etc. etc. it’s completely stupid. There’s people all over that would gladly cut that up and get it out-of-the-way and firewood or whatever they want to use it for.
Not to mention less cost in fixing infrastructures when they don’t build up against it and beat the holy tar out it like the damn currently in Mankato
Isn’t there a way to trap debris BEFORE it reaches the damn dams??
It's dams all the way down...
Booms (or something like that🤷🏻♀️) closer to the shore to catch some of it. Then machinery near the shore to transfer it to land? There might even be useful lumber/cool wood people/ crafters would purchase for a nominal fee. Guess I’m a dreamer 😶🌫️
This rain is make up for all the snow we DID NOT get over the winter…. 😬
We actually had about an average amount of moisture this past winter. We normally get about 48" of snow, which translates to about 4" of moisture. About half of the moisture came as rain this winter. The snow often melted soon after it fell, so it didn't accumulate like in more normal years.
@@herbb8547what about the evaporation? Wasn’t that a greater factor this year than other years?
@@marktype1with2 Good point. On more average years, the ground is covered in snow from late November to late March. There is little or no evaporation. The ground stays frozen and is protected. Not this past winter. The previous winter set record or near record snowfalls throughout the Midwest. Seems everything evens out in time.
Come on Buddy, you can do it!! Hold in there! Hoping all will be safe and dry. Namaste.
Where’s Paul Bunion and Blue when you need them?
Last time I saw em was in Bemidji!
They were defunded to pay for clean needles for drug addicts and free healthcare for illegals.
Minaqua I think.
Actually, Paul Bunyon's blue ox was named Babe, not Blue, hahaha.
@@loragunning5394 nickname. I knew them both.
Can they not take an excavator out on the causeway over the dam and remove all the debris from in front of the dam?
Clear it out than that should help it?
News? Where is that, near a town, whos at risk?
By Mankato
Prayers for the Minnesota Nice People of Mankado, from all your Friends in Florida hopes everyone stays safe! @@andyh8092
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@@andyh8092 Thank you.
thank you
The Rapidan Dam is now called The Rapidan Falls.
Ah such a beautiful example of when engineering was done correctly n right with the mentality of making it last for as long as it can.
A very powerful force on earth! 2nd. only to the LORD Himself.
But the LORD is not on earth
@mrjim1973. 👍👏
So it's god's fault then . If ya give him all the credit, give him all the blame too.
Clearly not on Post 10's patrol path.
Looks much like my area in mid Michigan a few years back. Sad, very sad. We're still repairing 3 dams and won't have lakes for at least 3 years. More dependent upon who's going to pay. Lawsuits in the courts now because they want us landowners with frontage, across the street and out lots to pay the bill. Thoughts on this?
It'$ a DAM $hame !
Good to know what's happening in my home State. Thanks for sharing!
No money for cleaning up debris from the river, but we'll just let the dam brake because the federal government will build a new one with taxpayers money 🤷.
Obama is distroying My America
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Yes just look at Michigan, they spent 750 million on a. Dry small dam is past year.
Those people in the upper left have no idea what danger they are in when that dam goes.
At least this article will get reported the right way.There's no reporter in it to screw it up
If the Rapidan Dam Cafe survives will they continue in operation?
Well that’s a bit terrifying. 😬 Are homes endanger down stream or is it mainly just farmland?
Does anybody here know WHEN the first water started going around the damn? Look at the cutouts into the earth at the deepest parts. It looks like about 35 to 50 feet of earth (vertical measurement) has been washed away. I am curious about how long that took? Thank You
The beavers have been very busy!
Okay, twin cities but where is/was the Rapidam Dan at?
South of Mankato
Excellent use of the camera, Thank You! It's safer than being on the ground also! When the video first started, I'm looking at the little building and thinking, Ooo! it's got water coming out of it too, and there you go, pulled in for a tight s l o w shot of the building, musta got my thinking in your brain! News People on the ground just don't get it: the news isn't about YOU, we don't want to see your make-up, clothes or ability at giving commentary. Give people the news, pan out, get a wide picture, you can still talk in the background, giving us details. Thanks to the helicopter and whoever was at the controls of the camera!
Nice shot of the failure. I suggest the dam operator get some more training to open the gates up sooner to avoid failure, that's if he doesn't get fired for this disaster.
Will this be hitting the Mississippi soon. I live down stream and we already have to much water
Thank you very much!
Why can't they airlift the debris out 😮
How are you going to hook up the loads? Crawl out on the logs? Good luck
@@mikes7639 google heli-logging
What is all that debrey in there. Looks kinda like it was placed there
For all intents and purposes it has already broken on that one side all thats left is for the Dam itself to give way
When Man in his arrogance obstructs a river, the river always wins.....!
Where is this at
need to put a trash rack before that bridge or a buoy system
Whay are thos ppl standing so close to the edge? When it breaks it might take a good chunk of the road theyre on
Too bad they can't get those logs cleared.
Lordy that's a LOT of water.
Beautiful rapids. Is this gooseberry?
Greetings from the BIG SKY. I hope the concrete holds.
Prayers
If the water has chewed past the side like this: the dam support structure has already failed.
Exactly!! And the water will keep eroding the land on that side. The water found a path of least resistance. That will lessen the strain on the concrete dam. But technically, it failed.
Can anything be done?
Obviously there is a spillway. No need to be alarmed.
This is what you get when you hire DEI and experts that know what had to be done
I wonder if having a debris boom upstream of the dam would have helped reduce the clogging and reduced hydraulic capacity of the spillways and thus have prevented to breach of the left abutment?
Of course, but that's too logical.
Suggest new style big dumpster "bags" fill w sand work extremely well in flood conditions can place w crane/helicopter big enough to build a quick instant wall that cannot be washed away and are rapidly filled with backhoe
Where is the sound?
Is this the flooding in Iowa? And how close to Ames is it? My wife has an uncle up there/
This is Mankato, MN. Ames, IA is about 3 hours south from here
This is in Minnesota. Ames is well over 100+ miles to the south. No worries with this incident, but other areas north of Ames are dealing with their own flooding issues.
So then, imminent yesterday still imminent today do you suppose it's likely to be imminent tomorrow or next week?
Kind of looks like it stood up to the test if you ask me.
Anytime you get freak flooding that goes over the top of the dam and the damn stands, that is not a failure that is a flood
Whoever built that dam 115 years ago definitely knew what they were doing. It amazing it's even holding up to the excessive pressure it is holding back
How about changing imminent to just failed
it's probably an Army Corps of Engineers term or something
Glad it's not a rescue scene and the people were smart enough to evacuate that building
Welcome to the latest infrastructure "failures"😘. Eyes open, FAMILY. 😍💝💯♾️
If they are smart and once water levels receed they will cement in that area near the farm and create an emergency spillway there. Should have also sent in a crew to cut the timbers long before the waters reached this height so they would go through to the river below but hindsight is always 20/20.
With any luck, that break on the side acting as an overflow, will take a lot of pressure off the dam, allowing it to remain intact. That's a lot of water roaring through there.
I also see the wood piling up against the dam.
@@alliematt1016 Part of the reason they are concerned about the Dam. All that debris puts stress on the dam, and can cause it to break. The fact that the areas to the side gave way first, taking a lot of the water pressure away from the main area of the dam, might keep it from breaking. Only time will tell.
If it keeps on raining the Levee’s going to break 😢Led Zep
Where the hell is this place there's no volume I don't know where it is
Get a helicopter in there to get logs out
Seems like a track hoe could have taken care of the debris before it became this much of an issue
Common sense never wins!
"Imminent failure condition"? Uhh, it HAS failed.
I'm not from the area, but a little more info please...I know it's not your damn problem...but it is of my concern for the people...😢
Why isn’t anyone clearing logs with an excavator ?
They need to house people in the old School Sisters of Notre Dame convent buildings on Good Cousel Hill.
Why are insurance companies allowing them to seed these storms?
Why do you treat conspiracy minded misinformation like it's gospel instead of doing the people of the world who actually understand earth science a favor by playing in busy traffic?
@@scarpfish They are changing the weather fool....Do some research...then do something important
@@scarpfish You've been misinformed....Dont make us close our eyes too
WTF are you talking about? With brains like that its no wonder our country is teetering on the edge of imploding!
Why don’t they take a helo and pick up the wood blocking the flood gates?
Meanwhile.... Hoover Dam has low water and almost at dead pool depth...
Mabey we need to send more money to someone over seas ?