All eyes remain on a Rockwall County dam because of erosion concerns after recent heavy rains.
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@M.Campbell2 ай бұрын
That's not "erosion", it's a land slip.
@UnkoHoloHolo2 ай бұрын
Yups
@wifeswapperbg72 ай бұрын
Get the hell out now! Dont listen to the local authorities!
@bitfenix902 ай бұрын
Sooner or later, it all goes awry. They can pull up Gulf Coast jetty-slabs, surround the lake and in another year or five, it's gonna erode and all property downstream is flooded. The developers all knew then as they were filling for State permits, and the State said, "Gimme our share of your sales and that's fine..." Property owners who think developers and the State will put THEIR interests over their own bank accounts - ?!! ha ha ha
@rdratc6332 ай бұрын
Who are the rockets scientist that bought million dollar homes below a damn?
@jamesaustin18172 ай бұрын
Rockwall folks got more money than cents.
@RPGreg26002 ай бұрын
@@jamesaustin1817 lol, it's "more dollars than cents". maybe you were purposely pulling a Biff though.
@stepaushi2 ай бұрын
a damn 😂
@greggamandabarkus42352 ай бұрын
Probably the kind of people that drive around the neighborhood on their golf cart waving and watching everyone polish their Teslas.
@UnkoHoloHolo2 ай бұрын
🤭
@getplaning2 ай бұрын
Only in Texas will the state allow developers to build and sell houses behind earthen dams.
@daniadejonghe49802 ай бұрын
And yet they keep buying without checking and keep reelecting the tools of the big money interests. They say there’s a sucker born every minute, and I say the majority of them are in Texas.
@seeharvester2 ай бұрын
For Sale: Luxury home with 'waterfall' water feature. Cash only.
@anneglass80842 ай бұрын
Waiting for an emergency? Man, Texas is a crazy place
@seeharvester2 ай бұрын
"Let's take a 'Wait & See' attitude. "Don't worry." "Everything will be fine."
@lineset77652 ай бұрын
The Earthen Dam has shifted a lot since yesterday, I'd be looking for a place to stay, its not safe.
@kingmike402 ай бұрын
My first thought was "Who would buy a home right next to a dam especially in east Texas where it rains buckets.
@wakeuptoBlessings2 ай бұрын
The homeowners also bear some responsibility. Common sense would tell someone that building that close could be a future problem.
@paulbrancato82622 ай бұрын
I think that dam belongs to the HOA. At least the HOA seems to be setting the rules as to who can use the pond and what they can to with it.
@MikeC2K102 ай бұрын
@@paulbrancato8262 It was constructed by the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board decades ago.
@seeharvester2 ай бұрын
She's gonna bust, mark my word.
@randaanders23782 ай бұрын
“We’re gonna have a problem” ?? 😳
@kwsanders2 ай бұрын
I was thinking... you have a problem now.
@xlightfootx2 ай бұрын
they better start reinforcing it with giant rock and dirt on the pronto or just vacate. Water just going to start seeping thru the bottom then its gonna washout.
@deadtreebark2 ай бұрын
It's already seeping, probably too late
@deemisquadis94372 ай бұрын
When you see this kind of evidence, run.
@remcovanvliet30182 ай бұрын
They need to draw down the water level, then call in a vibratory pile driver to drive in a corrugated steel dam wall, then repair the embankment before filling the lake back up. Anything short of that, and this thing will fail catastrophically. And they better be quick about it, too. Like, start piledriving today and keep going through the night kinda quick. Good luck, homeowners. But if it was me, I'd be evacuating my valuables and staying in a hotel for a while... 👀
@mrblock13182 ай бұрын
The water isn't no were near the top of the line. It is a land slip due to the soil inside and around the dam itself. Nothing to do with the little amounts of water behind it.
@minnesotarc79642 ай бұрын
Sounds like the same thing to building a house in a floodway or zone. Poor choice of planning.
@baneverything55802 ай бұрын
Lack of enough funding for Ukraine caused this and a few trillion is the only cure.
@joshuaerickson24582 ай бұрын
The problem is clearly beavers, the beavers are responsible
@wearethelandrovers90142 ай бұрын
Something I was taught over sixty five years ago . . . . NEVER NEVER NEVER put a house in an area where you can have a water problem.
@arailway88092 ай бұрын
You needed a Soils Scientist to look at that. He might have said that they used a clay called a mollisol that expands and shrinks with every wet and dry spell. When they are on a slope like that, they can do that trick.
@Jim-xs2fl2 ай бұрын
Engineer or politician. Which would you rather listen to ?
@habibifather76812 ай бұрын
Your mom
@daniadejonghe49802 ай бұрын
Dear, it's not erosion. It is subsidence. The embankment is collapsing.
@samuraioodon2 ай бұрын
I’d be packed and gone by now.
@deemisquadis94372 ай бұрын
I am, Canada, but I moved out of civilization, nine days ago. To see nature. She is really telling lots of alarming things.
@alandugan93102 ай бұрын
“Failure of government”. Fat chance on holding politicians accountable.
@steven43152 ай бұрын
Maybe buying a house with a dam in the back yard is a 'failure of judgement'?
@patriciaschuster13712 ай бұрын
Zask Johnstown, PA about earthen dams breaking!
@noneya5262 ай бұрын
Instead of spending the time they have pointing fingers, shouldn't they be doing something to make sure the people and homes are safe??!! I didn't see any type of barricades, oversized sand bags or anything else that could help stop/redirect the water if the levee does go.
@remcovanvliet30182 ай бұрын
There's only one solution, here. Drain down the lake, bring in a vibratory pile driver to drive in a corrugated steel dam wall, repair the embankment and refill the lake. Honestly, if you want it done right, call in a civil engineering contractor from the Netherlands. That would be your best bet, here. About half of our country owes its very existence to the fact we're good at this stuff.
@genesispuredeaf23902 ай бұрын
There is a lot of ignorance involved here. An earthen dam that was designed and constructed properly would not have this issue. It was likely a combination of failures. The fix will require allowing all the water to be drained, and a new dam must be constructed. Now they know it must a keyway at least 6 feet deeper than the lowest part of the reservoir made out of material that will be compacted in lifts to prevent seepage. On the water side, the material must also be a type that seals that gets tracked in benched lifts and then carved with dozer to proper slope grade. Existing soil can only be utilized on the outside of the dam for topsoil and get wasted beyond the dam to facilitate less grade. Managing the freeboard and offering a proper drain and overflow is essential. This is 100% on the developer and if already legally released from their liability, then the collective property owners get to own it. The blame being placed on government is heard but the water conservation and soil conservation agencies are about protecting the water sources downstream that the larger population uses. I seriously doubt that their published guidelines are defective and that when the mud clears, what will be obvious is that these guidelines were not followed.
@charleswieand44452 ай бұрын
It is a good thing that stand tall , stand alone, stand proud republicans won’t be begging federal government for handouts to fix a cheapskate problem
@johnniehouston1816Ай бұрын
I would love to know who approved the permit for that dam.
@johnwilliams79222 ай бұрын
It's a flood control dam and some idiots allowed people to build in the flood plain. Idiots that bought the properties, too.
@artstrology2 ай бұрын
According to the Texas State Department of Education, all you have to do is pray to Jesus. That fixes everything.
@habibifather76812 ай бұрын
Pray to a Mexican guy who cuts grass?
@artstrology2 ай бұрын
@@habibifather7681 Travel much ?
@czarcastic14582 ай бұрын
You are very immature
@artstrology2 ай бұрын
@@czarcastic1458 Forgive me.
@sport07-o2l2 ай бұрын
You were just sitting there thinking about how much people praying really affected you and thought you’d share this or you’re angry with the department of education and you just reached a breaking point?
@Heavilymoderated2 ай бұрын
Would have already evacuated if I were living there. That doesn’t look safe and I wouldn’t believe otherwise. Why are they not draining it?!
@Dominus_Umbrae2 ай бұрын
Has to be safe downstream to drain The problem is downstream has already had a lot of rain
@Nepcat4-qt5kzАй бұрын
I would like to see an update, was the swimming hold drained? This will result in a muddy hole in a lot of backyards, possibly some property value drops.
@elakay43972 ай бұрын
Rules for considering buying a home...not near a river, (flooding) not in a forest (fires) .
@berniebernstein2 ай бұрын
Looks like mansions of several million dollars. Flood insurance? Buy now.
@deadtreebark2 ай бұрын
They are probably 1-2 million dollar homes, I live closeby
@steven43152 ай бұрын
Flood insurance has a 30 day waiting period.
@redleo3802 ай бұрын
I thought people in Texas had an southern accent? These people sound like they are from the west coast
@danhammond84062 ай бұрын
We are being invaded by westerners
@classicalroach2 ай бұрын
Oh dam
@TheTexasDuke2 ай бұрын
By far the worst soil in the entire metroplex
@user-sw3qs7rq4xАй бұрын
If I lived there RUN LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER RUN BEFORE 😮😮😮😮😮
@MW-xm1rcАй бұрын
Government employee, the dam could fail tomorrow. Different departments will talk about this in the coming months. WHAT???
@charleswieand44452 ай бұрын
Send in the Uvalde police force they help evacuate
@josephastier74212 ай бұрын
They plan to tarp the dam if it stars raining? Do these people wait until it starts raining to fix a roof leak?
@loricrane53152 ай бұрын
I was curious about this. It's been a couple weeks. But nothing. Not one update on the web.
@liberatedwomanАй бұрын
Wow, the utilities and infrastructure in Texas are in constant jeopardy. Erosion doesn’t happen that fast.
@savageCIАй бұрын
Erosion can happen insanely quick but this is not erosion this is a landslide basically after tremendous amounts of rainfall the topsoil got saturated and then slid off the top of what most likely is clay underneath
@cherylm2C66712 ай бұрын
A water source was required for development. Wimping Wolf about the evil government- by proxy isn't fixing it. Perhaps someone can ask for help, rent a pump or put in some diversion sooooon
@user-zh6lg6uf4j2 ай бұрын
Is anyone going to DO something, Before it breaks through ? I would think it will cost less, than waiting till houses are ruined and the town is Sued. 6/19/2024
@curtbrockhaus61312 ай бұрын
Texas has a local income tax issue and maybe a citizen blaming government worker not working for peanuts issue.
@dw34032 ай бұрын
And maybe adopt some codes.
@MrKnotWright2 ай бұрын
Love how he said "the Government" who does he think elected this "Government" If you don't like the people in office STOP voting em in. Clean House from local to Washington DC, let's start fresh.
@TNitroH2 ай бұрын
Why are the people concerned about this? What a stupid question
@budlistar5312Ай бұрын
So everybody is trying to find out who to blame.
@daveleslie43962 ай бұрын
Whose idea was this dam?
@vernondavis34092 ай бұрын
Looks like it has shifted some more.
@28704joe2 ай бұрын
I bet the lots downstream from the dam were a bargain.
@barrybeyer7652 ай бұрын
Just start letting the water out!
@deadtreebark2 ай бұрын
Why dont they backfill it?
@mrparts2 ай бұрын
Because it’s a major engineering operation that cannot be done on a whim. The hill is unstable right now and they have to understand the balance of forces to avoid triggering a landslide if they move machinery in.
@charleswieand44452 ай бұрын
Maybe they should pray for a ice storm and tickets to Cancun
@DerekWhite-yx2ce2 ай бұрын
@@charleswieand4445 all your comments are weird...
@charleswieand44452 ай бұрын
Abbott and Costello I mean Cruise tickets for Cancun are available at cut rates right now
@Amanwalksn2abar2 ай бұрын
It will all be fine, they are going to put a tarp over it! 🙄
@RDC_Autosports2 ай бұрын
when you see grass that green at the bottom that’s a leak feeding the grass and you need a secant wall
@user-ni1ig7un1e2 ай бұрын
The developer's need to be sued.
@ws775Ай бұрын
This is in Rockwall? How ironic.
@timdrain40272 ай бұрын
Houses below a dam?
@tuvelat73022 ай бұрын
When those stakes in the middle start moving, it's going to be time or past time to get out with all possible speed.
@draege6262 ай бұрын
Mark nailed it.
@Sunset4Semaphores2 ай бұрын
Anyone remember the Grand Teton Dam disaster in the 1970s? *HINT!*
@Christy-js8nh2 ай бұрын
Most people don't remember something from 55 years ago lol
@Gn777-rk5kg2 ай бұрын
The government is responsible please give me a break. My car just broke down. Is the government fault. My wife just left is the government fault. My kids don’t listen to me is the government fault. 😂😂😂😂😂 let’s be real for a change.
@dw34032 ай бұрын
The government built it. Didn't repair it when problems started.
@billl11272 ай бұрын
Karma for giving your town two names
@Christy-js8nh2 ай бұрын
Lol, because it's two separate towns. You're very intelligent, I can tell all the way from here
@billl11272 ай бұрын
@@Christy-js8nh it won't be when the damn breaks.
@marialaurel6440Ай бұрын
Personally I would never have purchased property near a dam. Too much money and no brains…..
@skmdabdullah71162 ай бұрын
yo my professor on the news !
@eligebrown89982 ай бұрын
Id move befor the next big rain
@rebootninja80362 ай бұрын
I feel like people really shouldn’t be walking all over it currently…
@patrick247two2 ай бұрын
Looks like it has already failed.
@bobbyshafer52082 ай бұрын
There all rich im sure they all have insurance. The bliuder should be sued
@masterspin77962 ай бұрын
Maybe they should drain it...DUA!
@metadegen2 ай бұрын
When you dont pay income tax YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY TO FIX YOUR STATE😅😅😅😅
@gamingnerdgirlz2 ай бұрын
Government no maintenance. 😢
@mnsu48202 ай бұрын
A tarp.
@TheMommaDiary2 ай бұрын
There’s a clear problem, get out!!!!
@bobbykaralfa2 ай бұрын
putting a tarp my gosh get some ppl with brains. slippage for one. water soaked dirt that will get more soaked by the lake. puttin a tarp on the ground dumb idea. when obviously the water is from the backside
@UnkoHoloHolo2 ай бұрын
Just because of one night if rain? 🤭
@LovingMontanatoDeath2 ай бұрын
The govmint done it! The govmint done it! Sheesh.
@maxinerowe29252 ай бұрын
Terrified
@maxinerowe29252 ай бұрын
Scary
@lukebogacik27932 ай бұрын
Fixed with a tarp,,, 🙈
@sport07-o2l2 ай бұрын
Maybe some duct tape
@rl98082 ай бұрын
Drain it.
@AE-sy1pn2 ай бұрын
Time to move
@jeffdunnell66932 ай бұрын
Damn
@josephastier74212 ай бұрын
Dam beavers
@billmadison20322 ай бұрын
it will fail sooner than later
@hereticpariah6_662 ай бұрын
Well, it's *_TEXAS!_* What do you _expect?!_ It's not being run by the Smartest people you can find! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@EattheApple6662 ай бұрын
Blame the Beavers? Sorry, Beavers know what they are doing. LOL
@FoOtFoOt5422 ай бұрын
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@mweskamppp2 ай бұрын
It helps to have sheep on the dam to keep the grass short and trample the ground to a solid state.
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@daleclark91212 ай бұрын
The problem is under the water at the toe of that earth dam where the slide is exspozingthe movement on the surface
@barryking59932 ай бұрын
Get out of town now because Greg Abbott doesn’t care One wit for your safety
@recycledsoldier2 ай бұрын
Do you live in Rockwall County?
@1KongsDong12 ай бұрын
Do you hate the handicapped sir?
@Lt-Dan2 ай бұрын
It's Joe Biden's fault
@barryking59932 ай бұрын
@@1KongsDong1 no because I’m handicapped I have two bad ankles and have to use a cane. The tarsal on my right ankle is dead and I have chip bones in my left ankle. Greg Abbott does not care about the people of Texas. He only cares about his power.
@mrparts2 ай бұрын
@@1KongsDong1Abbott is the governor, he is responsible.
@stevefisher25532 ай бұрын
Wheels is sitting on MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
@effervescentrelief2 ай бұрын
32.847272 -96.393437 is the location of the dam where the reporter is standing. Not sure what would possess someone to buy or build a house right on a dam.