Update 4: Edenville Dam Collapse Wixom Lake Flood 2020 - The Falls, Fish and close-up Dam (Part 2)
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- In this update we take a close look at the Edenville falls, the fish just beneath the falls as well as a closeup of the Edenville dam. David Randall shows me around the area as well as gives an interview of his account the day the dams broke. Wixom Lake is located in Mid Michigan. This footage was filmed on July 8, 2020. This was after the collapse of the Edenville Dam on May 19, 2020. Wixom Lake was rapidly rising due to heavy rainfall and the Edenville dam could not hold back the water. The side of the dam failed sending water rushing towards Sanford Village. The aftermath and damage left behind is devastating. Make sure you subscribe to catch the follow up videos I will be filming.
0:00 Introduction
0:33 David Randall Interview
14:04 River Path Tour
18:30 Edenville Falls and Fish
24:55 Edenville Dam
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The destruction makes me want to cry. My church meets virtually on zoom and I asked for prayers for this area and the people.
Thank you for that!
Great interview and hats off to David Randall for the extensive tour of the area. To David and all others in the area who are affected I wish you all the best.
The pictures of before and after as well as David's videos when the disaster was occurring, shows us all the impact of the flooding. Your videos bring the narrative to these images and the events that happened. For me however, when David said "The water was rising about a foot per minute", the enormity of just what really happened, hit me! Well done as always, Jordan!
Thank you!
I appreciate the time you spend with the locals and how they were impacted by this
Nice video Jordan. Thank you David for sharing your story,
Thank you for a great video and thank you to David for actuall footage of the power of the water. Amazing force of water!
Jordan you have done an amazing job getting this story out there and helping your community
Thank you!
The environmental impact on the fish would have never occured to me had you guys not discussed that. I was glad to see that footage.
Seeing all the fish there in the falls was nice to see, they are getting rich oxygen in the cooler water flowing , down river from there isn't good waters at all for most species due to the water temp, oxygen content in that water (decrease as H2O gets warmer) add all the sediment and less water volume habitat. There was alot of fish that suffered after the waters subsided.
The question is, is it better or worse without the dam for the fish. It wasn’t possible to migrate before. Well, these little falls also seem to be a big barrier.
I’ve enjoyed all of the updates and look forward to watching how the area progresses over time. Thanks for posting.
@@volkhen0 Dams are pretty much always going to serve as barriers to fish. I would assume that the falls will erode quickly and during high water events in the future fish should be able to navigate up them with relative ease.
Thanks you & Mr Randall. These videos are so amazing and frightening. Your commentary makes all the difference.
Another great vid. You are recording historic footage for people to compile a complete account and time line of events as they occurred. Love your work. Stay safe.🇦🇺
Thanks for that!
David’s interview with the video included was a nice touch! Keep it up Jordan. The fact that the water was going at a 90 degree angle to the bank just goes to show the volume of water releasing
I am in the Muskegon area so I was not directly affected by this but the reasons behind why this happened affect us all here in Michigan. Your coverage of this has been so great. It was so good hearing from someone who lived there and actually knew what he was talking about to make things even clearer. Thank you so much for all your hard work on these videos.
Amazing job Jordan. Thank you David for all of that footage and the great tour around the area.
My pleasure!
Thank you Jordan for the update! So depressing to see how much damage this has caused and the massive cleanup still to be done.
Keep up the great work Jordan, as long as all are safe, then the clean up can get into high gear, I hope it can be made as close to how amazing the scenery was before the flooding, thank you for your efforts to let us see the devastation, & the gradual clean up progress.
I hope so too!
It is very interesting and amazing; you have done a fantastic job of bringing the total story to us. I watch some of you videos over as it seems so unreal; the dams banks giving way rushing to the town below. I feel so bad for the people who lost so much. Keep up the great job.
Thank you!
Thank you for keeping up informed, keep up the good work!
Superb reporting!! I think, if I were able to be there and see it for myself, I would have taken the course and sights you have shown me. You are allowing me to see exactly what I would want to see if I were able to determine the views. Amazing reporting!! Sad that the "problem" goes on LONG after the news goes home!! Thank you for all your work!!
HELLO from chihuahua mexico, thank you for the video and all your interviews, there is no better report in this moment than yours, you deserve a prize ( Pulitzer or presidential recognition) I know about this because of you and not because the news or politicians, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
Thank you!
You welcome
Hope & prayers for those effected by this tragic event. If it weren't for this channel I doubt I would know anything about this. Thank you & the people who shared their stories.
An interesting walk up the river bed explaining this and that, which nobody else is doing.
Was pretty cool of that guy to spend His time with You. Although a very sad situation, I enjoy these videos.
dad gum, that footage from Mr. Randall is something else, wow!
Another great video thanks for taking your time to do them
This is extraordinary footage from a research perspective for civil engineers, environmental health and the fisheries department - it has everything, a thorough and detailed eye witness account, before and after photographs and excellent drone coverage. It's evident that what has caused this catastrophe is not the age or the inadequacy of the dams but the amount of sediment that has been allowed to build up, on either side of the dams, over the decades which has significantly raised the level of both the reservoir and river beds. Add to this a significant rainfall and all that water is running through a system that simply isn't deep enough for the dam or the river to cope with. The simple, and relatively inexpensive, process of annual dredging would have alleviated and reduced this devastation hugely. That's the problem here - sediment build-up. Make that a priority and these type of catastrophies will be much fewer and further between - if they occur at all.
Incredible footage. Such a tragedy. Lived in Midland 40 years ago , terrible to see. Prayers to area.
I wish I could say something that hasn't been said but your video's are beyond excellent and you should get a reward from the news media--thankyou and keep up the good work
I appreciate it, Thank you!
The mainstream media would be forever humbled by this Foundation of Honesty. This is true reporting...
Thanks Jordan for keeping us informed, this is great video footage. Sharing! 😊
Thank you!
25:50 looks like a miniature Tahquamenon Falls on the right.
Those waterfalls are beautiful. Too bad they came from tragedy. I didn't realize how many trees the flood removed.
Wow!!!! Wow!!!! Unreal!!
Wonderful interview. Great views of the deviation.
Is very sad what happened to the people of Michigan, first the governor give them so much grief and them comes the dam, what a desater. Soon things will be better. Excellent video, thanks so much.
I thought that was a great idea bringing in the other guy and getting his view and video all so the rooster in the background reminded me of my house.
There’s lots to discuss but that’s really neat to get this view and the destruction, But then to see nature pushing its way back in hope that the rebuilding process is going well the weather has been pretty good so hopefully it stays that way.
Looking forward to seeing the next video.
😵 The natural force of water is amazing and scary. I never saw any mention of this on the news. Thank you for sharing!
If you had a long pole with you, it would have been interesting to put the GoPro in the water with those fish. David is a great guide to what happened and the aftermath. I wish him and his neighbors all the best.
Jordan, another great video from the Edenville area to keep the public aware of what is happening there. I have shared. God bless and stay safe 🙏❤
Thanks for sharing!
Excellent video as is all of yours. I always look forward to learning and being educated on this. Thank you for all you do!
Thanks for watching!
great interview.. it was interesting seeing that all first hand
You do great interviews Jordan and great pictures thank you!
Thank you to the an that shared the video
I appreciate that!
Always enjoy your videos, you've done an excellent job covering this event!
Glad you like them!
You’re really great 👍🏼 at interviewing people 👏🏼
Thank you!
Very informative. There must be a level change that is not very apparent since the river is flowing pretty fast. 18:40
Amazing, thank you !
Keep up the great work. I'm very interested in how the wildlife has been affected.
Another great video. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
Most excellent Jordan, shared with a couple friends.
Thanks Jordan. 👍
Thanks for sharing!!
Prays go out to all involved!
Very impressive!
That river walk is an eye opener. The fish especially. Like others said, never thought about it. But it makes sense. Presumably thousands of lake fish find themselves in a river. Talk about what-what. The cut off portion of the original river...that water's stagnant now yeah? That's what needs to get fished out first.
But the most staggering thing is the freshly exposed bedrock. Tons of soil removed. Like traveling back in time, removing one of the layers from 12,000bc. Jurassic.
Your time line is a bit off, sweety. The jurassic period spanned roughly from 200 million to 145 million years ago. 12.000 years is NOTHING on a geological scale.
Great job, as usual!
Thanks again!
Your whole world has changed,that would be like fishing in a bucket,thanks for the update
Great job on the work you do
Thank you!
Giving more information, thanks and to David too. Not a criticism but please pause longer when you display a pin. And occasionally tell what direction we are seeing. Thank you....
Good point. Thanks!
Great video 👍
Another great video hard to believe all the damage.
Thanks again!
Thanks for sharing the videos gents
People may wonder why they didn't get their boats out.
Not everyone has a trailer on-site. Some people have the marina put them in for summer and pull them out for winter.
They also probably didn't think it would get that bad.
My inlaws used to live on the Tib just north of Secord Lake. Sad to see the M-30 bridge at Wixom Lake gone. Was such a beautiful drive.
You are correct
Like that canoe...no reason for that to go down stream. Perhaps the people were just too overwhelmed to think. I can't imagine the Adrenalin that coursed through their bodies.
@@muckfoot-4093 I'd like to think they'd rather save their boat than file an insurance claim.
Another great video!
Thanks again!
I loved the aerial videos.
Thanks!
It is cool how the one tree was too tough to go.
A couple of things I’d love to see more of; environmental impact (the information on the fish was great, more in depth information please). Swans were mentioned in the comments below, any details on this would be great. Maybe get an interview with a wildlife specialist from that area, if possible. Also more in depth history of each dam if possible. Maybe an interview from someone in the historical society? Loving the interviews with the locals, especially with their videos intermixed. Maybe do a call out asking those for their footage if they aren’t comfortable doing an on camera interview? Thanks for the good work you’ve done so far and I can’t wait to see what’s next.
lot of info Thanks
Nice video. I appreciate your work. Very informative and interesting. I know nothing of this place, but seeing how nature can be transformed by water is intriguing. Sorry to those who lost their lovely properties, heartbreaking. Hope they have found some ways back.
Thank you very much!
When driving near the river I see all the trees that were flooded when making these lakes it is also heartbreaking. IT was a beautiful river with trees all the way to it's banks. It could be a beautiful river again, teeming with wildlife.
Nice, relaxed-pace video. Keep it up.
Thanks, will do!
Sounds silly but this is my favorite of the videos so far. When my life has been turbulent I’ve enjoyed noticing how nature seems to adapt and move on. I was so pleased that you had time to show us some of that through this particular post. Thank you.
Glad you enjoy it! I have been trying to capture more nature and this was the perfect spot.
Jordan Mowbray Agreed!
To me this is what journalism should look like in 2020. The length should match the content. You’re clearly not doing a rush-job with your interviews. You’re building relationships and by extension allowing us to have a better relationship with the topic you’re covering. #journalism2020
Beautiful footage
Glad you enjoyed it
Wow I didn't know what to say. So sorry this happened to you all. I'm in the Southern San Joaquin valley of California where we don't have any water sort of but I do live where the Kern River comes out of kernville down the Kern canyon and when it's raging it's pretty scary but I can't imagine what you folks went through it's probably 2 years later now but I'm still going to be praying for you all God bless you
3:25 How devastating to watch part of your home swept away in mere minutes.
Very shocking see where I use to walk in those woods to fish below the dam is now gone. I glad to see all the fish.
Nice work!
Thanks!
Good Job. I'd like to see you cover the affect on the chemical waste plant that flooded in Midland, carrying poisons into Lake Huron. There should not be more than one dam, if that in such a short distance on one river. It was a tragedy waiting to happen. No one is addressing the stored haz mat waste that washed into our Great Lake Huron.
Quite amazing pictures, mother nature is stronger than you think, but I still can’t help but look for Indian artifacts
On one of your video's you gave a update on rebuilding the Dams and was wondering if their was any updates---do you have any info???
Yes, There is a great webinar I will post in the next couple days that explains from an engineering point of view how the dams will be rebuilt. A lot of good info in it.
Just wow.. the destruction is well captured. The before, during and after carnage is immense. The environment has changed and the fish are trying to adjust.
That tobacco river damn doesn't look like it's in good condition either. I see all the cement on the sides pored time over time. Keep an eye on that. Yikes
*dam
All of this is so sad for everything and everyone involved.
Man, Bronn finished up season 8, got his castle and almost had it washed away.
That sucks, was a beautiful place, but Mother Nature is resilient, a beautiful river will be restored as nature intended. Mid Westerners are strong and will adapt and find ways to enjoy the new river.
Is there anyway to transfer the fish to a good holding pond or nearby lake? The effort and cost would be large.
Bless all that suffered
I watched the video from 4 weeks ago with the ducks. That's amazing then seeing the fish population. That river is becoming beautiful everyday they don't construct the dam. That's becoming a booming ecosystem. You never seen this because of the dam. Wreaks havoc on our fish. Invasive fish like pan carp won't be there because they like warm waters. That channel that's going through clay. That's its filtering the milky waters from the lake and everything happing. You are experiencing ecosystem recovery first hand. You can stop the reconstruction of both dams and protecting this river from future dam development. By these native fish coming. The bass, suckerfish are a great find.
It blows my mind when people not educated in ecosystems think that destruction of one ecosystem like this dam situation is harmless but glorifies the compromised ecosystem that is recreating whatever balance it can with the situation it got handed.
‘No perch’ he says... and you sanguinarily find joy that these fish are starving and dying without the preyfish and benthic that supported them.
Stupidity really. Totally stupid. That’s not a new ecosystem you’re seeing you fool. That’s a dying ecosystem.
What was their was a ecosystem yes but not the one earth has anticipated, that was a man made ecosystem. Yes that dam rupture will cause havoc on the ecosystem down stream. But did you know the river filters it's own water. Fish spawn to the north, how can our native fish survive in such a warm water climate. How can they go up stream and with a dam in the way and spawn. Why do you think the Grass is growing. Are you a home owner that did not think equity if disaster struck and drained the swamp.
Nice job! How do you get to the north side of the new Tittabawasse river?
Easiest way is across US10.
Yea new river start reshape for flood
It's only accessible by going on private land...
Just found your ch.u got a sub never heard about this Im in Ohio .Where and when was this?Thanks for this sad/great video.
Does anyone know what were the property prices before the flood?
Just curious how much for such beautiful property.
Jordan, I read where the Four Lakes Task Force estimates that it will take between $250 - $400 million to rebuild/renovate the dams. How do they intend to raise that money, considering that they are also named as a guilty party in some of the lawsuits? And with state and local economies decimated by Covid, it's doubtful the funds will come from there.
I will be posting a webinar from the four lakes task force soon that answers many of these questions. Make sure you watch it.
I can say that 400 million dollars is a far cry from what it will take I live in California and the Oroville Spillway collapsed and the damn almost failed they said it would cost $500 million to replace the spillway 2 years later and 2.5 billion the job is done and California taxpayers are the ones who are paying
Tony F
But that’s water-rights-afornia with little natural water production
I would be interested in knowing how long it would take wixom lake to refill to usable depth after the dam is repaired.
I wonder if there is any old records about when the Dams were built that tells how long it took back then once they were built. I would think a good spring thaw would bring it up and April showers but I we will only know when that time comes, if
That’s insane. There are groups of fish in just about every little still section of water.
I forgot. How long did it take the lake to fully drain?
The majority drained in days and has slowly tapered off but some would say it is still draining more.
i woulda jumped in the boat and rode the wild surf!!!
Do the smart and responsible thing by leaving it the dam broken and let the river flow naturally.
all need time for all
It is still amazing that people think our planet and some of the landscapes took millions of years to form when we see the changes in the topography from this event. The landscape is totally changed in a short amount of time.
What are the plans for rebuilding the dam and putting the river back on it’s original course round the curve?
Four Lakes Task Force did a webinar recently that I will be posting that answers many of these questions. Make sure you watch it when I get it uploaded.
real journalism
It does look better now...
what is the plan now for clean up and environment
Can you take photo's of Johnson Storage Units located between the two bridges that are out on M-30. I have two units in there and was wondering if they survived. Plus there are over 100 boats being stored behind the units.
Thanks Tom
Tom, I believe this area did survive fine but the next time im out there Ill try to fly out there.
I live in Sanford, tri level home in downtown. We had 5 ft. of water at our backdoor, 2 ft at the front door and garage. Our downstair level and basement was a total loss. About $22,000, of course all out of pocket along with the Raging Pandemic it was the worst year of our lives. ☹️
WS the breach caused by rain, snow melt or what?
My husband suggests you look at Pentax cameras as they are excellent.
I'll check it out!