I predict that whoever is responsible will pay pennies on the dollar towards the damage their criminal negligence caused, and the state, also a perpetrator, will be there to collect most of those pennies while the individuals affected will have to haggle and fight on their own.
Hyperdrive E Driving an internal combustion car is not the cause of flooding. Don’t be fucking ridiculous. We’re NOT all part of the problem. We are infinitesimally tiny and insignificant in the grand scheme of things. The earth has been around for 4.5 BILLION years before us and will be here for billions of years after us. The earth has been both much, MUCH hotter and colder in the past. We are in a brief warm period in an Ice Age which is driven by MILANKOVITCH cycles, so curb your human centric self importance, bucko.
@@hyperdrivee7922 What do Internal Cumbustions cars have to do with Hydroelectric Dams These Dams were built to control floods in 1925.. This is the first time they have failed .. Though there were floods in 1986 and 2007. I would say driving an electric car caused this with your logic... Want to know some real facts? Rep Upton, As Usual Government over regulation and total lack of common sense has caused another disaster in MI . Some Dams that were built around 1925 failed . After the EPA revoked a Power Generating License from a Private CO turning over authority to various Government Agencies. Some Local News Agencies have actually done some Investigate research on this matter.. www.mlive.com/news/2020/05/owner-of-failed-dam-state-fought-over-wixom-lake-levels-before-flood.html? Since the Private CO lost their Power Generating Permit in 2018 , It sounds to me like Authority was relinquished to the State of MI I have read articles that say Governor Gretchen Whitmer Thinks that the Government should own and Operate such structures. There was a Local Government Authority in the Process of purchasing the Lake bottoms , dams and electrical power generating Turbines for $9.5 Million Their first concern was how much they can raise Property taxes on Home Owners ect.. They also talked about doing a study that would take until 2022 to get permits to improve the Spillway Structures and Procure a new Private Operator to manage their new source of income Electric sales. The Previous Private Owner tried to lower the Wixom Lake Level by 8 feet to avoid any Spring Rain Flood Disasters. You can look up the Court Documents. www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Boyce-Hydro-Four-Lakes-Task-Force-sign-dam-14947027.php www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dam-owner-boyce-hydro-state-regulator-egle-spar-over-midland-flood-blame/ar-BB14sjlS?ocid=msedgntp
Every 7 to 15 years the earth takes back what had been stolen from her. I grew up near the Mississippi River and saw her mock what man had used to tame her. It was almost predictable.
No answers yet. Just a lot of talk so far. The lakes will be back eventually, but the dams have to be repaired first, and before that happens the roads and bridges will take priority. It will take a long time to fix all of this. As you can see, there's a lot of damage and more upstream not shown in this video.
The main excuses are 6" of rain and Government Beaucracy @Lynne Ann Turney Zalinski Rep Upton, As Usual Government over regulation and total lack of common sense has caused another disaster in MI . Some Dams that were built around 1925 failed . After the EPA revoked a Power Generating License from a Private CO turning over authority to various Government Agencies. Some Local News Agencies have actually done some Investigate research on this matter.. www.mlive.com/news/2020/05/owner-of-failed-dam-state-fought-over-wixom-lake-levels-before-flood.html? Since the Private CO lost their Power Generating Permit in 2018 , It sounds to me like Authority was relinquished to the State of MI I have read articles that say Governor Gretchen Whitmer Thinks that the Government should own and Operate such structures. There was a Local Government Authority in the Process of purchasing the Lake bottoms , dams and electrical power generating Turbines for $9.5 Million Their first concern was how much they can raise Property taxes on Home Owners ect.. They also talked about doing a study that would take until 2022 to get permits to improve the Spillway Structures and Procure a new Private Operator to manage their new source of income Electric sales. The Previous Private Owner tried to lower the Wixom Lake Level by 8 feet to avoid any Spring Rain Flood Disasters. You can look up the Court Documents. www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Boyce-Hydro-Four-Lakes-Task-Force-sign-dam-14947027.php www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dam-owner-boyce-hydro-state-regulator-egle-spar-over-midland-flood-blame/ar-BB14sjlS?ocid=msedgntp
Thanks for sharing and adding the satellite maps and road tags to the video! It was informative. Hope to see more as the situation progresses.
Officials knew that there were problems with the dams, now dams are gone , problem solved
Yet the dams were built both to comtrol flooding and to generate electricty .. @Peter Cunha
Didnt work did it, no proper maintenance, this is the end result
Peter Cunha When maintained and properly planned they are good but I agree with you it’s a time bomb waiting to go off!
My prayers are for those who are affected.
I predict that whoever is responsible will pay pennies on the dollar towards the damage their criminal negligence caused, and the state, also a perpetrator, will be there to collect most of those pennies while the individuals affected will have to haggle and fight on their own.
theres no criminal negligence..earthen dams arent designed to stop tsunamis
Depends? Are you driving a internal combustion car? We’re all part of the problem.
Hyperdrive E Driving an internal combustion car is not the cause of flooding. Don’t be fucking ridiculous. We’re NOT all part of the problem. We are infinitesimally tiny and insignificant in the grand scheme of things. The earth has been around for 4.5 BILLION years before us and will be here for billions of years after us. The earth has been both much, MUCH hotter and colder in the past. We are in a brief warm period in an Ice Age which is driven by MILANKOVITCH cycles, so curb your human centric self importance, bucko.
Nobody is responsible for Mother Nature, Matthew Ronson. Unless you count the insurance companies.
@@hyperdrivee7922 What do Internal Cumbustions cars have to do with Hydroelectric Dams These Dams were built to control floods in 1925.. This is the first time they have failed .. Though there were floods in 1986 and 2007.
I would say driving an electric car caused this with your logic... Want to know some real facts?
Rep Upton,
As Usual Government over regulation and total lack of common sense has caused another disaster in MI . Some Dams that were built around 1925 failed . After the EPA revoked a Power Generating License from a Private CO turning over authority to various Government Agencies. Some Local News Agencies have actually done some Investigate research on this matter..
www.mlive.com/news/2020/05/owner-of-failed-dam-state-fought-over-wixom-lake-levels-before-flood.html?
Since the Private CO lost their Power Generating Permit in 2018 , It sounds to me like Authority was relinquished to the State of MI I have read articles that say Governor Gretchen Whitmer Thinks that the Government should own and Operate such structures. There was a Local Government Authority in the Process of purchasing the Lake bottoms , dams and electrical power generating Turbines for $9.5 Million
Their first concern was how much they can raise Property taxes on Home Owners ect.. They also talked about doing a study that would take until 2022 to get permits to improve the Spillway Structures and Procure a new Private Operator to manage their new source of income Electric sales. The Previous Private Owner tried to lower the Wixom Lake Level by 8 feet to avoid any Spring Rain Flood Disasters. You can look up the Court Documents.
www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Boyce-Hydro-Four-Lakes-Task-Force-sign-dam-14947027.php
www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dam-owner-boyce-hydro-state-regulator-egle-spar-over-midland-flood-blame/ar-BB14sjlS?ocid=msedgntp
Very tragic. Hopefully everyone is doing better. And there great Dam and lakes are restored. I joined the channel Ttys God bless
Thanks for adding the before aerial view
Great video. Especially like the landmark captions.
now it looks like a giant mosquito holiday resort.
The river is free again
Id be out there collecting all the lost treasures lost to the lake over the years.
They are making it illegal to walk on lake bed.... fukkers
If it's been thrown into the lake or lost it should be legal, but i guess government wins again.
Maritime law applies. Go get the stuff!
Nature back to normal !!!
Good opportunity to excavate out the swimming areas and make it deeper in some places. Or even build up a new party island for boaters.
Yeah except it's trespassing to even walk out there. :/ The snail-huggers will be all over that.
I highly doubt you'll ever see these lakes come back... Too expensive to rebuild the dams, no one will bother doing it.
Good use of graphics & text.
Thoughts and prayers ,.
QUE SERA. SERA.
WHAT WILL BE. WILL BE.
Wow, not a drone, but an actual helicopter - can't remember the last time I heard that sound. It's strange.
Sounds like that plane is powered by a Briggs
I was gonna say did you put wings on your riding lawnmower.
so the dam did NOT breach ..the spillway gave out
Is that all garbage? Is that what is piled up against the spillway?
Garbage, trees, flood debris. Watch this video for a better view: th-cam.com/video/UvLX5ALge1M/w-d-xo.html
flotsam and jetsam
Every 7 to 15 years the earth takes back what had been stolen from her. I grew up near the Mississippi River and saw her mock what man had used to tame her. It was almost predictable.
any news? who is gonna pay? whats gonna happen with the former lake? etc....
No answers yet. Just a lot of talk so far. The lakes will be back eventually, but the dams have to be repaired first, and before that happens the roads and bridges will take priority. It will take a long time to fix all of this. As you can see, there's a lot of damage and more upstream not shown in this video.
Some damn sketchy looking earthen dams if you ask me. Hard to even imagine relying on them to hold back that much water.
someone else said that they are basically levees with valves, lol
What kind of airplane do you have?
It's a Kitfox (experimental) powered by a Subaru car engine.
Why does your Cessna sound like a lawn mower??
It's the mic in the iPhone. This video of my Subaru powered Kitfox th-cam.com/video/YY1wSCOKSpc/w-d-xo.html has better sound.
What a mess. At least no one was killed. I’d like to see the land returned to a small real river.
Lake front property values just dropped!
It’s an old earth dam what did people expect
What state is this in
Michinga Wixom Lake Sanford Midland
I have a beautiful lake front home for sale.... Correction... I have a beautiful home on a sand bar... Must see! River views!
The state wanted to save some kind muscle so they would not allow the dams to be lowered
THIS IS NOT A MANMADE TRAGEDY.
LUKE 21:25-28
Why do we still need helicopters when we have drones now. It'll save on a ton of money and time.
You cant sit on drone
@@arcreations8841 there's already a dedicated camera on it. No point having a person to sit on the news helicopter anymore.
@@arcreations8841 yes you can I saw a sexy woman in a bikini flying a drone just the other day .. standing up hand controls ..
Need to focus on America, infrastructures, bridges, abandon urban housing. Again , Citizens the looses. Sad.🇩🇰🇺🇸🦅🗽💌
Heartbreaking... no excuse for this disaster. 😡
The main excuses are 6" of rain and Government Beaucracy @Lynne Ann Turney Zalinski
Rep Upton,
As Usual Government over regulation and total lack of common sense has caused another disaster in MI . Some Dams that were built around 1925 failed . After the EPA revoked a Power Generating License from a Private CO turning over authority to various Government Agencies. Some Local News Agencies have actually done some Investigate research on this matter..
www.mlive.com/news/2020/05/owner-of-failed-dam-state-fought-over-wixom-lake-levels-before-flood.html?
Since the Private CO lost their Power Generating Permit in 2018 , It sounds to me like Authority was relinquished to the State of MI I have read articles that say Governor Gretchen Whitmer Thinks that the Government should own and Operate such structures. There was a Local Government Authority in the Process of purchasing the Lake bottoms , dams and electrical power generating Turbines for $9.5 Million
Their first concern was how much they can raise Property taxes on Home Owners ect.. They also talked about doing a study that would take until 2022 to get permits to improve the Spillway Structures and Procure a new Private Operator to manage their new source of income Electric sales. The Previous Private Owner tried to lower the Wixom Lake Level by 8 feet to avoid any Spring Rain Flood Disasters. You can look up the Court Documents.
www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Boyce-Hydro-Four-Lakes-Task-Force-sign-dam-14947027.php
www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dam-owner-boyce-hydro-state-regulator-egle-spar-over-midland-flood-blame/ar-BB14sjlS?ocid=msedgntp
Don't worry, able to repair
do you know how many billions it will cost to fix it, more than they want to fix it