Update 2: Edenville Dam Collapse Wixom Lake Flood 2020 - Aerial
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- Wixom Lake is located in Mid Michigan. This footage was filmed on June 15, 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.
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How many people notice the gull eating the fish at 10:21 and the two Mallard Ducks shortly after. Also to address why the Four Lakes Task Force does not want people walking on the lake bed. This is for safety reasons as there are still banks caving in and sink holes in the lake.
but they cant stop you fron boating down the river or what is left of it
it's late spring and water run off time EVERYWHERE. I went to get my game cams off the river run in BC and one of them, by now, is in Idaho. Or my bear ate it.
@@dknowles60 that's going to be pretty hard on your boat unless you run a swamp cat. lot's of debri, stumps, even cars??? oops.
Seen ducks i must have old eyes
@@dwightstjohn6927My money goes on the bear.
Everyone should petition TH-cam to give you an award for your outstanding reporting when the main street news coverage heads left a long time ago. Keep it up Jordan, we are all Sanford,edanville,Midland strong..
Thank you Irene, I appreciate it. An award is not why I am covering the story but it would be nice. The only thing I will get an award from TH-cam will be when I get to 100,000 subscribers. Hopefully that time will come soon as this means more people will be seeing these videos.
Well said
Agree, excellent reporting.
I commend you for your dedication and genuine concern for the situation and the people who have had their lives impacted by this disaster. If it was not for your documentation and coverage of this, I would not have known the scope of the damage done. It is a shame that the devastation of those communities has not attracted more attention from media and authorities. Thank you for your non-biased factual reporting of these events. I do not know what you do for a living but you have a keen eye for detail, an excellent ability to present the information and would be a fine journalist in my opinion. These qualities are a breath of fresh air in a world where disinformation and lack of integrity run rampant.
Keep up the excellent work. The people who live in those areas deserve to have their stories told, and need our help.
Thank you!
Love the message to "FIX ME"
Can't fix stupid!
The locals prevented dam operators from lowering pond levels in spring. The Federal Government recended operator's license. Why hopefully you ask?
Please look into more for FACTS.
Thank you for still asking the pertinent question: How can "they" own the lakebed now when the didn't own the lake/dam earlier? If They owned it earlier and as fully documented failed to maintain it so as to prevent/avoid this kind of damage, then They should be legally responsible. As I said previously NO daming or empoundment of any perennial stream should ever be privately owned. Your work is quite commendable.
People are asking how private entities can own the lake bottom. Its very simple. Frank Wixom bought the land before his company built the 4 dams. Most of that bottomland has remained the property of the companies that have owned the dam since then. Some parcels under Sanford Lake reverted back to the county when the company decided they wouldn't pay property tax on them anymore. This has all been covered in stories published in the Midland Daily News.
Technically, FLTF can't decree anything about not walking on the lake bed as the purchase from Boyce Hydro has not been completed the last time I checked. But if Boyce Hydro is letting them say it then that's their prerogative.
Great vid as always, and I am glad to hear you will be featuring the western portion of Wixom Lake in the next video. If someone hadn't asked about it already I would have.
Thank you for producing these documentaries, they are very well made and I really like your style of presentation. I hope your communities get help to repair the damage soon. Best wishes from Australia.
It is actually nice to see the river flowing again the way nature intended. Those dams lasted 95 years, which is amazing for an earthen dam. I hope they let the river run wild and let the former lake bed be public lands. It would give the water someplace to go during floods. And make an amazing wildlife corridor. And some hiking trails for the humans would be great.
I cannot tell you how many times I have crossed the bridge at Sanford and marveled at how beautiful the area looked. Now, all gone! Great work Jordan, your piloting is superb giving all of us who live downstate views that we would otherwise never see.Thank you so much for your time and effort, keeping this event in front of usand showing how nobody is really doing anything to repair the damage. You are still the only source of information that I am aware of concerning this situation.
I want to ask about any odd smell of rotting vegetation or dead fish or other animals that were swept up in the flood, just curious.
I didn't smell anything at Edenville. At Sanford there is a slight smell depending on what way the wind is blowing.
@@JordanMowbray TY as always.
Thank you for what you are doing.
despite all the destruction, the river's new parth looks so pretty. once everything is cleaned up and nature repairs and stabilises the river bank, that will make such a pretty river. Though the old steam shovel needs to be pulled out and cleaned up.
Jordan , again thank you...
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Thank you! We were planning on going on our honeymoon in Hawaii but not sure how open things will be for traveling in October.
Jordan Mowbray hopefully you go and have a blessed time. 🌺
Great job narrating! As one of the few people to leave the elevation behind sanford dam, I had a perfect view of its failure. I would share the description of it anytime. Total catastrophe once the dirt disappered!
Been following this from Oregon, very well done videos. My heart goes out to the people of this region.
Thank you Jordan for your videos. You do an amazing job. I really enjoy watching and listening to you.
Great coverage, man. Well done!
Thanks for a great viev of all that you are filming
Excellent work on the video Jordan!
I know this area very well. I still have friends in Midland who lost everything in the flooding. My family owned a bakery in Midland in the '60's called Dawn Donut on Saginaw rd.
I cry everytime i see your videos. So sad😢 i think of the animals that perished from the flooding as well as all the devastation. Thank you for your video updates.
Great job again Jordan, thank you for keeping us updated that aren’t back home.
Jordan - you are doing a great job of keeping the awareness going on this Mid Michigan devastation. Thank you for your hard work.
It's amazing how they are so eager to place all of the blame on the parts of the dam that didn't fail, with their 8x10 glossy photos of how bad the parts that are still standing were before it burst... smh "A three-paragraph Michigan inspection report of the dam in 2018 found “moderate deterioration” in the dam’s spillways but noted they “appeared to be stable and functioning normally.” It demanded no repairs." The person writing the article either didn't look at the before and after pictures, or doesn't want anyone else to...
Good job filing and documenting this.
Dreams washed away ,start over the landscape has changed,oh boy
Wow, the volume of water coming out of the dam was unbelievable; so thankful that no lives were lost. The damage though was terrible; just seeing the back of that house overhanging where the torrent came through and the height of the water makes it even more amazing that people got out and got away. Thank you again, Jordan for keeping everyone posted. When the news crews and cameras leave, no one ever knows what's left behind or how much work is yet to be done, and the people that have to deal with their lives being disrupted for months on end.
Citizen journalism at its best.
Nice drone work, Mr. Mowbray. A very compelling look at things and I liked the moody vibraphone music over the drone segments.
I would turn the former lake beds into State Parks. Give them back to the people and let nature regenerate it
Great video Jordan. Keep the updates coming!
Where is the Army Corp of Engineers in all this ? This mess is going to be in the courts for years . Keep up the good work sir , perhaps other communities in this type of situation can learn how to protect themselves .
the army corp of engineers are frist class losers. they cant handle wolf creek dam also know as lake cumberland. cant tell you how many times they also lost that dam. if it ever fails nashville tn will be under a lot of water
When the Federal Government revoked the dams licence back in 2018 they removed themselves from all obligations to this. This is 100% on the state to fix, if they can’t handle it they could request help from a Federal organisation like the Army Corp of Engineers. If I was the Feds I wouldn’t go anywhere near this though
dknowles60 already has been!
After the Homeowners pay for the town downstream we will consider fixing the lake. They are as responsible as the dam owners. You wanted to keep the lake level up, now the bill has come due
The State is suing. The people are suing. The dam owners are suing. The only ones who will get anything out of all this are the lawyers. The State may get a few remnant crumbs (not enough to pay for anything) and the people will get nothing - except bills.
Thank you Jordan for all of the footage. I watch every one of your videos. I live in Sanford right up from where the Post Office and Chemical Bank was. You are doing a great service to our community. My son actually wants to write a book about people in our town and their experience and may want to talk with you.
Thats great! Thank you!
I dig your dedication to the cause. You are great at what you are doing here. Keep at it!
Overwhelming sights! I hope you get a chance to interview - stories are what make this even more real - sadly. Thanks, Jordan, for another terrific documentary!
I highly encourage you to send all your footage to National Geographic and others. Your videography and coverage is beyond top-notch. The world needs to see this! You are an amazing journalist and you deserve the highest recognition. I live very near Cincinnati and never heard about this disaster until I came across your videos. My heart breaks for all the citizens that lived through this. THANK YOU for bringing this to light since the actual media doesn’t seem to care.
Some of the best footage and coverage.
Another great informative video! Thank you Jordan!
Thanks for the update mate keep up the great work.
Thanks, will do!
Great video Jordan, keep up the good work.
Nice work Jordan. The music, while relaxing, helps create such haunting images.
Glad you enjoy it! Make sure to catch the video I will release tonight.
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Good job of videography.
Thank you.
Great job on filming, I'd like to see more
This is a tough one, because it basically comes down to ownership, money, and regulation. The dam clearly needed a ton of work (and this was known for a long time), but the owners were unwilling or unable to fund that work (probably more the latter given that the cost to the owners would have probably been well beyond their ability to pay for).
But then we have the other side of the coin which was the obvious risk to down-stream infrastructure and residents were the dam to break (which it did, finally break). So did the state and/or city have a regulatory duty to essentially take the dam away from the owners, drain, and remove it, to remove the risk to downstream residents ? Probably yes, but at the same time I doubt the state or city would have been able to actually push through regulatory reform to that degree without losing their jobs in the next election.
If the above suppositions are even remotely accurate, does this then mean that the ultimate responsibility was actually with the voters ?
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There are some parallels with other disasters. In particular, Paradise California (which was destroyed in the recent fires) was not laid out in a manner that made fire protection possible. And even when they had the chance to build-in some protections such as significantly widening the main street they chose not to. Orville dam (an 'almost' disaster that took billions of dollars to fix), power line maintenance (PG&E and the CA fires), Paradise, Santa Rosa (fire breaks not built into the city plan, a city built right in the path of historical diablo fire paths). Etc.
Also mine tailings pond failures (some of which have destroyed towns and killed people in the past), coal ash pond failures, poisoned ground, contaminated ground water from O&G infrastructure, salt water inundation in Florida, and so on. This dam failure is just one of a continuous string of accidents or accidents-waiting-to-happen.
I don't think we can just place blame for these easily foreseeable events after-the-fact. If people don't want these events to happen, or be as severe in the future, then people have to vote for the types of regulation that can prevent it. Otherwise individual owners of such infrastructure can continue to put thousands of other people at risk when said infrastructure fails. Its a bit of a conundrum, because in many states it is not possible to vote for such reforms and still remain in office due to the 'trampling' of individual property rights (regardless of the risk to other people). That's the real crux of the issue.
-Matt
It's a class of problem that is hard you action in a democracy. Any time you need to take a *costly precaution* then all you can do is spend the money and open yourself to criticism by people who assert it wasn't yet critical risk, or don't spend and get away with it, until you don't.
Thanks for the close up view of the steam shovel. I've wanted a better look at it since the first videos of the drained lake
Jordan another great job !
Awesome pics of that old steam shovel👍
Very well-done. Professional quality, I'd say.
Thank you for this update.
Your welcome!
Keep up the videos. Great job
Very fair reporting. No emotion, when I'm sure you wanted to add it, but just facts...When you start your news channel, on just facts, I'll be lined up to subscribe. Keep this going Jordan.
The large black metal frame is a type O steam shovel that was abandoned who knows how long ago.
Was Used to Build the Dam in the 1920's
@@tindoortailgator yes.
It’s beautiful, hope they pull it out!
Thanks for identifying that machinery (steam shovel). I had wondered what it was!
One thing to keep in mind when wanting to "blame" people there's plenty to go around. Federal government has nothing to do with the upkeep of state roads, dams, etc. States are given the money specifically to address these issues, however it doesn't mean the money may have gone somewhere else as proven in other states during disasters. The infrastructures here in the USA were built to last 50 yrs and we are well past that TF. Some states have taken the initiative to fix this problems while other states have not. The government there received the money--the question should be "where did it get used?" or "who's pocket did it go in to?". It will come out in the end, so why worry about it now? Another question to ask is why can't you walk on the lake bed? This makes me wonder what they are trying to hide--just food for thought. I know this doesn't help those without insurance for this type of disaster, but it's all things that came to light even after Harvey and Katrina. Even talking with people in Louisiana after being relocated there temporarily, we found out from them if you choose to live in a dam area you are pretty much screwed in terms of insurance flooding terms. The system needs changing definitely, but keep in mind they always have a reason for those clauses as we found. Many blessings to the residents there and may the community receive the help it needs!
Great videography! You should do a before and after, side by side comparison to really bring perspective to the situation. Keep up the good work!
There was a man caught in quick sand up to his waist this week, walking the river so beware to lake bed.
You do terrific drone work.
Yes,you did say my name correctly.
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HELLO from chihuahua mexico, in 26 hours is the premiere of your video 👍, sorry I'm not going to be able to see the video, FAMILY emergency, good luck, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
great movie! nicely done
While the water is down go out and find sunken treasures ...
😭☹️ ✝️🙏🇺🇸 Let us pray 🙏😢😥😓😫 good job 👍
Paul Betka agree Mr Paul. Thank you, great emojis ✝️🙌🏼
Keep voting this in and this will ALWAYS be the result. There are no other words! God bless America.
Really impressed by all of the work that's being done to restore roads and bridges.
It's comforting to know that after paying taxes for years, the government rushes to help when citizens need help most.
The bridge is still there it just washed the toe out. Amazing that it didn’t wash it away.
Tremendous footage! Noticed our Water Board engineers out checking local similarly built reservoirs which are currently spilling...S W Wales.
Amazing! I hope they leave it alone from here on out.
At this point I agree with you. It would be interesting to watch the ecosystem that develops over the next 10, 20, years etc.
Fritz Foster except there is money to be made. I heard Jordan mention some group claiming ownership of the lake bed. I already hear the wheels of development turning
There is plans to acquire the dams and rebuild them by the FLTF.
Jordan Mowbray I guess they want there waterfront value back. It is so bueatiful the way it is now, but money talks. Maybe a cover up? Oooooo! They are all at fault, it was all about the money. Sad.
I recently visited the Wixom lake area. It was sad to see the lake to be drained. Hopefully they can rebuild the dam.
Excellent work, Jordan. Have you seen or heard anything about the houses in between the M-30 bridges? I think there are 4 or 5 in a little subdivision. They will continue to be inaccessible until one of the bridges is repaired. You should interview one of those people if you can.
Great commentary on this video thanks for sharing, The fly overs that just gives you a perspective that really demonstrates the magnitude of the event. As others have said your doing a great service for the community of Michigan try to get a hold of Charlie Labuff I think is how you spell it he seems like a great guy so he might have connections. But you don’t need help documenting it! Man it’s just crazy how much the water excavated the land and made whole new open spaces. 😬 Thanks for your work.
Great coverage.
ASHphalt made me laugh 👍
Would say the local and state government failed all of the people 🤔
Sad, just follow the money :-(
Hi Jordan, another brilliant vid. Your reports are constructed so professionally and just keep drawing the viewer along. What is the source of the background music, it is mesmerising and fits perfectly. Stay safe. 🇦🇺😎
I post the music in the description
Nice job on the updates. I noticed that you focused on the destruction of wixom lake near the southern end by the dam. What is the upper area look like? Is it as bad? Do you or are you able to show footage from that area? examples, wixom lake by Estey rd., Pleasant beach resorts and cabins, Strykers marina, and other points in that section? Is it even accesible?
Ill get some video of strykers in my next video but I did film some of strykers in my first video.
Hi Jordan, the river has two legs that come from Wixom lake. Do you have any footage of the leg closest to Neiner Road? Just wondering if anything happened on that side.
Please give another update on the city of Midland and Bullock Creek areas, especially a map of the flooded areas. Great job!
Lake bed is full of gold
Thank you for your videos. Could you possibly include and updated shot of Stryker Marina in one of your videos?
Yes I can in the next video
The saddest part is the Lake will never be allowed to be rebuilt. The Sierra Club is already lining up to stop any rebuilding hoping to get the river back into a more natural form. Imagine forking over big money to live on a lake and no El Ziltcho!!!
HI Jordan. I want to thank you for another update. You do 1 heck of a job flying the drone and the great coverage we get to see in places you cant go. I want to PLEASE PLEASE ask you to not try and get permission to walk on the lake. I understand you said you can't but someone made a comment to try. The lake from what my eyes see is very very dangerous and I want to see you be safe from harms way. Again thank you for the amazing but such devastating damage. I can't even begin to imagine what the people in these communities are going through. It makes me sad but I know God is and will watch over these people. Jordan , again I want to thank you and be safe and take care. Again big hugs to you and all from Iowa.
The last shot says it all.
I have been enjoying your videos, I am a Wixom lake propyowner. Check your facts, Boyce Hydro, Lee Muller , does own the Four damns and lake beds. Four Lakes task force has been trying to buy them because Boyce was not maintaining them.
Thanks for the update. For the residents living on the other side of the collapsed bridge: how are they able to get to necessary stores and businesses?
They have to travel up and around the north side of the lake. There is a few houses on land between the two rivers that residents have not been able to get back to though.
Could you go up the tobacco river side from the dam to the dale road bridge thanks
I sure can! Im hearing there are cracks forming in the dam on that side as well so id like to get some close ups with the drone and inspect the dam. I will do this in my next update.
On a lighter note, I hope the crane guy likes his time up here. Absolute beautiful place to spend the summer, and him being from Florida, he should be use to our killer humidity.
That's nature , claiming her lands
I think it’s really great of you to highlight the environmental disaster this dam burst has caused and the effect it is having on residents and their properties. It must be awful to know that your home you have cherished by the lake is now almost worthless. I dare say there will be fault found and massive claims sought against whoever, in time (hopefully sooner rather than later)
I live in the U.K., so don’t get to see this type of disaster often - the last dam that was on the brink of collapse was in Whaley Bridge, last year. There was lots of coverage on the news and residents were evacuated - look it up. It was small scale compared to this, but just as scary for those that live in the vicinity. I live 17 miles away from it so it’s close by but far away enough not to have been a threat to my town.
You may have said in a previous video but is the water flowing toward Lake Huron or Michigan?
It flows into Saginaw Bay, which is part of Lake Huron.
Jordan, you can see where the water obviously goes to the left now instead of through the dam to the right. Do you know if they are ever going to redirect it back the way it is supposed to go? Heart-wrenching but awesome videos.
This will be decided when they start to rebuild the dam
Mother Nature wanted her water way back. She got it. Undam the US.
I would like to explore and see what is left from before the lakes where made, I also wonder how much it would cost to build a concrete dam in place of the earthen parts.
So it's back to a River...like it should have always been. Honestly that wasn't a very good place to begin with for a dam. The deepest part of the lake was only 40ft the majority much more shallow.
Dams are usually built in ravines not in such low/flat areas such as where this dam was. The dam itself was a disaster in the making with too few spillways and an earthen emergency spillway.
I feel sorry for the thousands of lives that have been affected by this man made disaster, most (if not all) have only known this area as it was before the dam failure. Very sad indeed.
The owner(s0 of the dam should be held liable but they'll probably file for bankruptcy. The home owners along the lake are truly left high and dry, the people below that got flooded out many of them have truly lost everything.
The water looks much cleaner....
Was the lake good fishing ? Do you think most got washed down stream .... ? I would think many would have tried to swim upstream. Do you know how many homes were flooded downstream? Wouldn’t the dam owner have insurance? Great video, thanks!
My grandma got 3 feet of water on her main floor and her house was condemned. She lived near Northwood which suffered damage. I live in a area that is high and never floods.
The river water seems to be clearing up a bit. How much sediment was deposited downriver? Does anybody know? Is there any way to estimate it? Is water from wells downstream still potable? How are the town's population coping?
Natur will always win.
What is going to happen with the dam are there plans to rebuild it ?
I would love to see more on the new course of the river and to see whether the river is reverting to its previous course. If not, is the wildlife changing on the no longer flowing old river
I will show some of this in my next video
Dam failure is wet dirt, which is due to insufficient internal drainage. It turned to mud and flumped out. The bridge will need a full foundation inspection. Are you doing a vid on where the boats went? (And the chairs and stuff)
Follow up question. How much did the water levels rise after the snow melted? Are local officials preparing for the snow melt come
next spring? Or, is this not a major factor? Here in Colorado, fast snow melts can create significant problems. Which agency monitors
the water rise of the dams? Have they looked at future scenarios of water levels without the dams? Would this impact communities
even more? Hope my questions are not too technical. to to look at what might happen 12 months from now. OK, keep us updated!
Just goes to show that no matter what the human race does, nature will fight back