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Rapidan Dam in southern Minnesota breached, prompting flash flood warning
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Ай бұрынFlooding on the Blue Earth River breached the Rapidan Dam on Monday morning, with Le Sueur County residents advised to monitor conditions and potentially evacuate, according to the county's emergency management office.
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@WinthropWarriors Ай бұрын
This dam was very old and known to be in very poor condition for MANY years. Why was nothing ever done about it?
@frankblangeard8865 Ай бұрын
Ukraine needed the money right away!
@ddellwo Ай бұрын
State leaders have been too busy trying to figure out the difference between a boy and a girl……..!!!!!
@fishmonger6879 Ай бұрын
@@frankblangeard8865 That is what was going to say.
@marinepete9148 Ай бұрын
Next thing you know some tin foil hat nutter butter will be blaming the failure on Ukraine. Can't fix Stupid!
@marinepete9148 Ай бұрын
Because the local yahoo's like to gamble and would not fix it unless they got someone else to pay for it, facts are hard to swallow.
@jaysonpida5379 Ай бұрын
That's not the roar of the flood waters you're hearing...it's the nosie of all the shredders in county & state offices getting rid of the dam's documentation/inspection paperwork.
@NiaLaLa_V Ай бұрын
Get a hobby. You can't even take two seconds to care about the humans facing an atrocity before you start spewing your conspiracy nut nonsense.
@daltonvanhorn5167 Ай бұрын
at 1:33 the dam looks fine
@Blake4625kHz Ай бұрын
Wow😂 👏👏👏
@emperorlondomollari5511 Ай бұрын
@@NiaLaLa_V Why do you only care for the humans? There are trees, animals, and insects dying too!
@amydavis4945 Ай бұрын
Nah, it's the dam. There was nothing TO shred.
@the_rocs_roost Ай бұрын
When will this country learn that you can't just slap something up and expect it to last forever without maintenance or upgrades?
@jimbosc Ай бұрын
When you have a significant portion of voters that believe ANY taxes are theft - hard to have enough revenue to keep everything maintained. Building a dam should lock in the maintenance cost as a future commitment - but that's not how government actually works in the USA.
@timmick6911 Ай бұрын
It's been there for 114 years and there is no evidence it wasn't maintained.
Ай бұрын
@@jimbosc Nice conspiracy theory. Explain why Biden's infrastructure bill didn't fix this dam? Oh right, only 10% of that money went into infrastructure while the rest went to outside groups
@Celestial_Reach Ай бұрын
Yea this is what happens when Republicans keep stopping infrastructure upkeep. Unfortunate
@Rastamahatma Ай бұрын
@timmick6911 you can see the spill way was full of debris. It looks like water was on top of the dam before finding a route around. Maintenance would include ensuring the spillway is clear.
@williamlloyd3769 Ай бұрын
The dam was constructed for Hydroelectric Power Generation from 1908 to 1910. The dam and reservoir are owned by Blue Earth County, and the power plant and dam are operated by North American Hydro under an agreement with the county. The dam is located just southwest of Mankato, Minnesota. PS - basically an obsolete dam that should have been demolished. Luckily not a complete dam failure yet
@jefffoutz4024 Ай бұрын
Thank you for the breakdown
@Armychick Ай бұрын
I guess the dam had other ideas and couldn’t wait.
@atticussfinch9001 Ай бұрын
Thanks for info.
@DementiaDon Ай бұрын
From what I gathered, it was still used to generate power, operated by North American Hydro, so how is it obsolete? Every dam has its limits.
@jakerazmataz852 Ай бұрын
People with lake front property probably put up a stink. Oh, well.
@Yosser70 Ай бұрын
The dam looks fine, the river has gone around it. The fact theres a lot of debris that looks to be partially blocking the dams overflow, could well be a big part of the problem. Easy to blame government or funding but looks like the individual who’s job it is to keep the dam clear is at fault.
@harrybarker1408 Ай бұрын
clown
@kenyokiel493 Ай бұрын
Bingo!!!! DNR does not allow trees to be removed from the riverbed! This is what happens when that's allowed to build up and not cleaned!!
@Syrnian Ай бұрын
Yeah, the dam looks fine.
@CioerKieov Ай бұрын
Mass flooding resulted from the government's failure to reduce the water levels in the reservoir during Calgary's heavy rainy season. Better preparation is required from government officials for rising water levels.
@davidbeppler3032 Ай бұрын
Insurance claims will be denied by the thousands.
@mikehenry4743 Ай бұрын
But at the same time insurance rates will go up across the country another 40% because of this.
@billybrown6546 Ай бұрын
This is a man made disaster .not an act of god
@equarg Ай бұрын
This is why I refuse to live downstream of a dam. I don’t care how “secure and safe” a dam is, I will live on the high ground thank you!
@Crismodin Ай бұрын
Somehow people don't see this logic for why people don't want nuclear power plants. It's super safe when it's working as intended, but when it fails it's really bad for everyone!
@woodstream6137 Ай бұрын
Bought my house 9 years ago and checked fema maps to make sure I'm out of any 100 yr flood zones
@viasevenvai Ай бұрын
@@Crismodin i think if you are living by that logic you should apply it without convenience. A nuclear power plant has zero radiation at the area. They rarely fail but most importantly is how 5th and 6th nuclear facilities are designed. If they “fail” now they automatically shut down due to the inhibitors/reactants being sea water….they fail to “off” instead of being a runaway condition like older designs. And driving is more dangerous, should we go on? or you’re plugging the democrat’s ‘no nuclear because we have another agenda dependent on China” routine. It’s anti-American and everyone sees right through it.
@Crismodin Ай бұрын
@@viasevenvai there is always like over the top defense of nuclear power but the proponents always gloss right over the fact that if something does go wrong it could ruin the area forever and potentially poison people with radiation causing elevated rates of cancer, but no, that never gets mentioned, it's always "its so safe it generates so much safe power blah blah blah" spoonfed type logic. Yes, go on, against yourself, I will never change my opinion on this, just like OP with dams that are secure and safe.
@Xinthose Ай бұрын
Like living in New Orleans.
@bigjake2061 Ай бұрын
So the infrastructure was not maintained properly? Who do we trust to maintain things like dams? Follow the money. I'll bet you'll find that there are specific federal government grants given to correct the problems of this dam.
@JohnP538 Ай бұрын
The dam is owned by Blue Earth County. The politicians have been contemplating what to do about the dam for 5 years. Nature decided for them.
@mikecollins8241 Ай бұрын
Biden is Building Back Better! Just give him 4 more years and see how much more he does 😮
@michaelimbesi2314 Ай бұрын
Generally, whoever owns the dam is responsible for maintaining it. Sometimes, that’s the federal, state, or local government. Sometimes it’s a power company or a factory. Sometimes, it’s a private individual. And sometimes, if it was built to power a mill or something that was later abandoned, it’s possible that nobody actually knows who owns the dam. And there probably wasn’t any federal money involved. The feds don’t often give grants for this. If they’re involved with a dam this size, it’s usually because the dam has a small hydroelectric generator. If the dam isn’t maintained, then FERC just stops them from generating any electricity, and responsibility for regulating the dam then falls to the state government. If you think this sounds like a great way to make sure that a dam that doesn’t make enough money to do all the maintenance suddenly doesn’t have money to do _any_ maintenance and so actually becomes _more_ likely to fail, congratulations on being smarter than Congress.
@TK-mf5in Ай бұрын
Already with the conspiracies. Sheesh
@Moondoggy1941 Ай бұрын
The Dam has held, the water is going to go over the top or around it. The question is did they release enough water when they had a chance to prevent the unknown.
@kaiserwilhelmshatner3156 Ай бұрын
The government has investigated itself and has found no wrongdoing.
@jimbosc Ай бұрын
To be fair that is what happens when the CEO of any corporation is accused of sexual harassment - the complainer gets fired and the CEO keeps making big $$$$
@alphagt62 Ай бұрын
Does anyone remember the $Trillion dollar infrastructure package the president signed as soon as he took office? Has anyone seen any bridges or damns being repaired? Does anyone even know where the money went?
@lorilea3188 Ай бұрын
@@alphagt62 I know of several.
@stacky512a Ай бұрын
Indeed
@Wesmancan Ай бұрын
Go figure.
@KOOLBadger Ай бұрын
Oh no..😢 May you all get out safe.. God bless you all..🫂
@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.- Ай бұрын
I don't think God cares. I mean, the locals put the dam in God's hands, and now look what he did with it.
@KOOLBadger Ай бұрын
@@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.- what a stupid reply.. Men are suppose to upkeep all man made things!
@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.- Ай бұрын
@@KOOLBadger In this case, though, they left it up to hopes and prayers.
@kurrie3280 Ай бұрын
@@KOOLBadger The last sentence of your original comment was the epitome of stupid.
@Wildman-zh8lg Ай бұрын
What god
@KrazyKajun602 Ай бұрын
mother nature always win?
@WeeWeeJumbo Ай бұрын
*entropy always win
@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.- Ай бұрын
With enough time and neglect.
@markae0 Ай бұрын
Mother nature is plants and trees IMO. This is water and gravity. Water will always win, given enough time.
@hudsonhollow Ай бұрын
No question mark needed
@NiaLaLa_V Ай бұрын
@@markae0 So other natural forces are not part of nature in your opinion? Well thank god we have facts, because Marks opinion is garbage.
@michaels.5878 Ай бұрын
Do some phones not record horizontality 😢
@SADFORIAN Ай бұрын
A lot of phones (most?) require that you orient to landscape before you start recording. If you reorient after starting, it looks like it's recording in landscape, but when watched on playback, it's the dreaded portrait mode.
@Clearanceman2 Ай бұрын
It looks more like it made its own spillway than that it failed.
@billybrown7953 Ай бұрын
Most people on here have absolutely no clue as to what you're talking about. But you're correct.
@DBENTLEY369ig Ай бұрын
The dam itself wont fail. The weak link is the spillway. Prayers
@sinistercyn9849 Ай бұрын
Why are you the only ones reporting this failure? All other agencies are still saying immanent failure.
@stereodreamer23 Ай бұрын
The demographics of people who will be effected are not newsworthy. This part of Minnesota is not "diverse" enough for the media to consider this to be "news"...
@MrConcretejoE Ай бұрын
you mean Imminent? Learn to spell. Even if you're just an average american.
@jamesborck5908 Ай бұрын
Because the dam didn’t fail the water just went around it
@semperfi6801 Ай бұрын
They were probably labeled as "cheap fakes" by the other news agencies. lol
@sinistercyn9849 Ай бұрын
@@jamesborck5908 yes, other agencies are reporting a breach, not a failure.
@A.C.00 Ай бұрын
It's only a matter of time before water makes a new route.
@semperfi6801 Ай бұрын
That is actually a house used by lockmasters. If you notice that many dams have houses or a house close to them, they're typically gated or locked private property owned by the state or local jurisdictions operating the dams. More often than not, they're owned and operated by the US Army Corp of Engineers.
@johncurtis1472 Ай бұрын
As someone from mid Michigan when dams fail it sucks
@frank-hd6ts Ай бұрын
We learned after the fire in Maui, and the chemical disaster at Palestine, Ohio, not to expect any help from the Biden administration
@armageddonready4071 Ай бұрын
They don’t usually suck as much as they blow
@patriot798 Ай бұрын
clear the debri might help?
@Buttersausage Ай бұрын
For some reason that third word in your sentence sounds correct but looks odd lol
@Elizabeth-vw1vb Ай бұрын
With what a butterfly net??? Debris.
@GroundByte Ай бұрын
unfortunately it wouldn't, this seems like the dam couldn't discharge fast enough. So like electricity, taking the fast route to ground, the water pretty much just went around as it was the fastest way to go down stream. This particular failure seems like its due to a design flaw, in that in cases of high water levels there isn't a plan or a spillway that would have released the excess water in an emergency rapidly in a control manner. Which in this case the water is carving out a mini canyon on land on the side of the dam, which fun fact that's not suppose to happen and could pose further risks to the structural integrity of the dam.
@venturi934 Ай бұрын
@@GroundByte my guess would be catastrophic to integrity of the dam and ability to stand. it's just going to get undermined until there is no foundation of support.
@bobroberts2371 Ай бұрын
Clear the junk how?
@anonone8954 Ай бұрын
Should have tried to clear that debris out from the dam before it became that clogged.
@jeffb321 Ай бұрын
Would you drive a 40,000lbs excavator on there and remove it?
@anonone8954 Ай бұрын
@@jeffb321 hell yeah I would. Get that damn excavator there and I'll show you.
@anonone8954 Ай бұрын
@@jeffb321 what's your trade incase I need a mechanic or some welding done while I'm there?
@codymoe4986 Ай бұрын
Hey everybody, it's Captain Hindsight! Solving America's problems as leisurely as he can! Riding his majestic Lazy Boy and spreading pretentious nothings from his all powerful smartphone!
@anonone8954 Ай бұрын
@codymoe4986 and you are accomplishing what while you are doing the exact same thing? You just like to pop off at the mouth.
@pickeljarsforhillary102 Ай бұрын
I am so glad that we sent the money that could have prevented all this overseas.
@toddwilliams5905 Ай бұрын
I sent all of mine to Donald. He will fix it.
@UnclePlaysBadly Ай бұрын
@@toddwilliams5905Lol! Good one:)
@emperorlondomollari5511 Ай бұрын
We have to make sure Zelensky is happy with his fifth mansion or else he will release the truth of Hunter's dealings. Think of Sniffy's children!
@DementiaDon Ай бұрын
@@emperorlondomollari5511 Sounds like something a Russian bot would say.
@kaiserwilhelmshatner3156 Ай бұрын
@@DementiaDon Sounds like something a DNC bot would say.
@dougtheslug6435 Ай бұрын
Looks like debris had built up and was never cleared. This would lead to water levels rising and over spilling at the side there, after that there's no going back.
@drquinnmedicinewoman7786 Ай бұрын
This happend in calgary during high rain season, the government didn't lower the water levels in the reservoir and this caused mass flooding. Government officials need to better prepare for high water levels
@lazynow1 Ай бұрын
liberal dillholes do not understand how things work....
@imtheeastgermanguy5431 Ай бұрын
The government and everyone else should be listen to experts and scientists. You can print more money but the in the end it's getting even more expensive and the money system won't work anymore.
@Reutzel507 Ай бұрын
The dam is in Blue Earth County.
@marksolarz3756 Ай бұрын
For those of you under 30. Minnesota gets floods.... sometimes its much worse. Minnesota is basically flat...it runs to the Rivers....all river's have flood plains. Where the water accumulates....until drained by the Rivers..streams .. creeks and ponds. Red River has had some recently. But that Minnesota river. Has gone up...20+ feet after a heavy snow melt and Spring rains. You drop 4-6" of rain anywhere...its gonna flood something.... usually fields or basements. Those who live to close to the river......pay!
@marinepete9148 Ай бұрын
Yes, people live in flood plains and nothing will change their minds as long as everyone else has to pay for their poor decision making.
@marinepete9148 Ай бұрын
Waiting for some ID10T form type to blame this oon the Ukraine. Three fries short of a happy meal!
@gainlabs Ай бұрын
*IN THE MIDDLE OF 🏖️SUMMER???* ☀️
@Moondoggy1941 Ай бұрын
How to say House for Sale Californians wanted.
@crinklecut3790 Ай бұрын
Yeah but you don’t expect the dam to fail. I’ve been through many floods in my lifetime, but never a dam failure. That’s why we pay billions of dollars each year to engineers to inspect them and make sure these things don’t happen.
@xstorm_8_shadowx Ай бұрын
Send Ukraine more money…. That will fix it
@LasVegas68 Ай бұрын
If we weren't sending Ukraine money it still wouldn't be repaired!!!
@KOOLBadger Ай бұрын
Right?😢
@jamesadkins1780 Ай бұрын
Buttigieg is more concerned with racist bridges than actual infrastructure issues.
@BongRipBing Ай бұрын
Give Ukraine over to Putin, Our Glorious Supreme Leader. SURELY that will fix America's infrastructure which is TOTALLY not suffering from budget shortfalls ... /s
@whburton1 Ай бұрын
From your videos you appear to be some sort of rhodes scholar ROFLMAO
@MM-te8tz Ай бұрын
The dam and reservoir are owned by Blue Earth County, and the power plant and dam (construction finished in 1910) are operated by North American Hydro under an agreement with the county.
@jimfarmersr4082 Ай бұрын
What happened to all that infrastructure money to rebuild everything. O that's right in all there pockets
@snoozeflu Ай бұрын
Half of our country thought it was better to send it to more important causes, like Ukraine.
@DementiaDon Ай бұрын
@@snoozeflu The infrastructure bill has nothing to do with Ukraine, nor does it allocate any money to maintenance of dams. You are both as brain-dead as can be.
@darrelljohnson5764 Ай бұрын
@@snoozeflu”important “? 😂😂😂 DC money laundering 101 ! Foreign aid , so the democommunists get paid .
@Mason_319 Ай бұрын
I heard there's warnings from Saint Peter and St Louis to
@JoeVideoed Ай бұрын
It looks more like the area around the dam gave way rather than the dam itself. Regardless, I hope everyone in the path of the water downstream made it out safely,
@DriftyAlison0 Ай бұрын
Having gone through a major flood in 2008 in my area I feel for the people that are affected and they are in my thoughts and prayers.
@AlanWil2 Ай бұрын
I was there on Sunday and saw the Dam Store.
@moos5221 Ай бұрын
Ah, yeah, that god dam store!
@marinepete9148 Ай бұрын
What Dam Store?
@jamedlock83 Ай бұрын
@@moos5221 STOP USING GOD'S NAME LIKE THAT. . . MY GOSH. . . IT IS UNNECESSARY
@moos5221 Ай бұрын
@@jamedlock83 GOSH DIDDLY DAM IT!
@kaiserwilhelmshatner3156 Ай бұрын
Is that where you get the dam bait?
@dextermorgan1 Ай бұрын
If only we had some of that 200 billion we've wasted on Ukraine...
@universalmonster4972 Ай бұрын
Why didn’t Trump fix it when he was in office?
@emperorlondomollari5511 Ай бұрын
@@universalmonster4972 Why didnt Obama?
@DementiaDon Ай бұрын
@@emperorlondomollari5511 I think think comments are left by Russian bots. They do their best to sow division.
@dextermorgan1 Ай бұрын
@@universalmonster4972 Who said anything about Trump? You people are truly dusturbed. TDS(Trump Derrangement Syndrome) is a real disorder, and you apparently, suffer greatly from it. Seek help.
@JohnnyAngel8 Ай бұрын
Snide remarks are uncalled for.
@rickdumont6752 Ай бұрын
Why did they allow so much debris to pile up on the dam? That's going to restrict water flow through the gates. That water still needs to go somewhere.
@greggreg2263 Ай бұрын
That’s a lot of water trucking out hopefully, once the level drops a little bit, it won’t go around the side. or it’s gonna tear all the Earth out around that side and things are gonna get real bad real quick.😢
@Bitterrootbackroads Ай бұрын
I would get fired if I was a news anchor because I would go off script when this drone footage plays. I would accurately report the situation. Obviously the dam itself has not failed. The spillways may be partially blocked with debris and the water level is high enough that it is finding its way around the dam. Depending on the geo makeup in the area of bypass it may wash out, or if solid rock maybe not. Sad that news anchors are incapable of thinking on their own.
@user-wz9wj8eo8f Ай бұрын
The news reporters can only talk about what was scripted, any speculation on their part could result in termination.
@billybrown7953 Ай бұрын
That's like saying my bathtub failed because it's overflowing because I left the plug in and the water turned on. 😂
@wrsmith711 Ай бұрын
well, it's a chick... give her a break man...
@Hneely Ай бұрын
Is that a thing?
@ka9dgx Ай бұрын
In this case., it's better to err on the side of caution, so that everyone gets out of the way downriver.
@Ryan5oh7 Ай бұрын
My family lives in Rapidan and they've evacuated. Been out of power since yesterday. Xcel energy building was wiped out so they're going to be without power for a long time
@pacificostudios Ай бұрын
It looks like the gates through the dam became clogged with debris and otherwise proved inadequate, so the river made its own spillway on the west bank of the River. I attended grad school in Mankato, so I know about that area.
@pmczapczara5332 Ай бұрын
Where's all that infrastructure money gone too ?
@DementiaDon Ай бұрын
Roads, railways, bridges, airports, sewage, drinking water, internet. You could have found this out with a 30 second google search.
@davidbuck9977 Ай бұрын
Painting pride flag themed cross walks.
@JClaus1221 Ай бұрын
That doesn't really look like a failure, that looks like a overtop that went around the side and ate the ground up. Guessing they were releasing at full tilt but it wasn't enough. Nothing can really be done in cases like this, way too much water in too confined a space.
@frank-hd6ts Ай бұрын
Dose Pete Buttigieg have anything to do with this.
@user-iu6tn7rl6e Ай бұрын
You can see the channel on the right side of the video.Someone was not monitoring the volume of water behind the dam..Partial releases done correctly avoid this.
@billfoster213 Ай бұрын
Looking like this Dam was lacking an Emergency Overflow Spillway, but it has one now...😮
@Serf_dumb Ай бұрын
Perfect metaphor for the state & country
@Lazy2332 Ай бұрын
It looks like a design failure, why wouldn’t the dam have an emergency overflow off to the side (where it’s flooding over) and if it did have one it might not have been large enough or maintained properly, which isn’t surprising as we hate maintaining things for some reason.
@Pigtrapper Ай бұрын
It probably did... it just couldn't keep up since the main part that drains was clogged up with logs. All they had to do was clear the debris
@DementiaDon Ай бұрын
People just think "it can't happen here", until it does. Better to have it and not need it...
@edwintaber6465 Ай бұрын
@@Pigtrapper It looks like it made its own emergency overflow
@noway8662 Ай бұрын
@@DementiaDon Minnesota also has over 1000 dams, many of them are fairly old. Some of the are going to inevitably fail, even if they're well build and designed.
@user-qk6oj5eo8h Ай бұрын
My great uncle Roy Mendenhall was killed working in that dam back when it first started to operate back in the 20s. My great aunt and uncle George and Fern Eldrege owned the Dam store. The Mendenhall house is across the street. Is the store and the house still there?
@theangrybear12354 Ай бұрын
The house is probably going to be lost by the end of the day and the Dam store is still a ways away.
@parrotsarnoso1099 Ай бұрын
Stop alarming people. The dam is doing what was designed to do perfectly well. Right now it is using the spillway, which has been designed to use.
@mrblond750 Ай бұрын
Another great example of the US’s fine infrastructure maintenance programs.
@TheRealMrAndrew Ай бұрын
Guess the money was better spent on bike lanes and alphabet theory being taught to children.
@tentringer4065 Ай бұрын
@@TheRealMrAndrewtax cuts have consequences.
@TheRealMrAndrew Ай бұрын
@@tentringer4065 that’s not the issue, misspending money is.
@BigKandRtv Ай бұрын
@@TheRealMrAndrew Actually there has been $450 BILLION allocated for infrastructure nationwide by the current administration. Of that amount, $562.4 MILLION was ear-marked for Minnesota waterway maintenance (dams, channels, etcetera). Republicans fought it hard, calling it "wasteful". It's very easy for that party to rally their base against government spending. Their voters do not understand the connection between "big government" and the services being provided. Hard to say if the Republicans' delay on this infrastructure is directly responsible for this, but it sure didn't help. But for sure their base will blame the current administration, without a hint of cognitive dissonance.
@user-wz9wj8eo8f Ай бұрын
I am guessing that countries around the world will be pouring in money to not only repair the damaged dam but to provide aid, shelter, etc to those displaced by the flood waters.
@jbachhuber Ай бұрын
HA!
@vickilindberg6336 Ай бұрын
Looks like the power plant still in place. White building we saw going down river was a nearby home & business.
@DBENTLEY369ig Ай бұрын
Warning should be took seriously. Amount of erosion and volume of flow emergency spillway was never built to handle such flows.
@NunYa953 Ай бұрын
Im old enough to remember when Congress passed a "bipartisan infrastructure bill" of over a trillion dollars to take care of things like this.
@patbrown53 Ай бұрын
Too bad trump lied continuously about passing one, which he never did.
@NunYa953 Ай бұрын
@@patbrown53 Oh. So it's Trump's fault? Lol
@universalmonster4972 Ай бұрын
Why didn’t Trump take care of it when he was in office? I thought he loved America.
@universalmonster4972 Ай бұрын
@@NunYa953he could have prevented this from happening but he didn’t
@DementiaDon Ай бұрын
Just because there was an infrastructure bill, doesn't mean it covers every single thing in the country, that would cost a lot more money. You know, the bill was targeted mainly for transportation. Roads, bridges, airports etc. I know, I know, this would mean would you have to think, and that's not something you are very good at.
@jefffoutz4024 Ай бұрын
Sure hope North Mankato is ready......
@frank-hd6ts Ай бұрын
Don`t expect any help from the Biden administration
@duckwacker8720 Ай бұрын
How is Pa and Mr Edwards going to get back to Walnut Grove?
@kenwood5473 Ай бұрын
You mentioned Fairmont as being on the Blue Earth River! Fairmont is 20 miles west of the Blue Earth River!
@emperorlondomollari5511 Ай бұрын
Build Back Better on full display.
@ClintonHegney Ай бұрын
What did Make America Great Again do about the situation??? Quit being gaslighting and obviously poor situation all ground.
@Armychick Ай бұрын
I thought that’s what the Infrastructure Bill was for…
@universalmonster4972 Ай бұрын
You are correct about what the bill is for but clearly you don’t understand the timelines involved in repairing infrastructure.
@itstime9986 Ай бұрын
Why did they wait so long to evacuate?
@gekkehenk1980 Ай бұрын
I think the problem has more to due with the fact that there is debry behind the flood gates....If they removed that in time, should that not have prevented the problem? Old dam, sure, but it's still holding water just fine. So the dam is not the main issue. Maybe the had to put an extra spillway right next to it? They could have updated and prevented it if you ask me.
@astormofwrenches5555 Ай бұрын
Shovel ready, eh comrade?
@xarphan1017 Ай бұрын
Aye Comrade
@janetpearson1455 Ай бұрын
its a hydro damn clean energy for 3000 homes or you can put 10 giant bird chopper windmills in your backyard to replace it relax nemo
@Armychick Ай бұрын
All that money from the Infrastructure Bill should have fixed that.
@timmick6911 Ай бұрын
Good thing the infrastructure bill will help.
@DementiaDon Ай бұрын
@@Armychick Can you tell me which part of the bill included maintenance for dams?
@xxshadgutsxx Ай бұрын
Build Back Better!
@universalmonster4972 Ай бұрын
Why count on the dems if they don’t love this country? Trump should have fixed it when he was in office because he loves America
@jamesoliver6625 Ай бұрын
Can the chyron be any bigger?
@patrickprafke4894 Ай бұрын
If the dam is still standing. It didn't fail. The trees plugging it on the otger hand. Thats the problem. Thanks for the overly dramatic news headline.
@x-raycat323 Ай бұрын
F*** around with the mother nature and find out you can't blame her when you try to tame her
@welder9163 Ай бұрын
Purposely destroying Bridges, Dams, Fires, Farms, Railroads!!!! Sick of Politicians.
@toddwilliams5905 Ай бұрын
They made it rain?
@DementiaDon Ай бұрын
It's not destroyed. Also, you should be sick of Republicans, because they don't to spend ANY money repairing infrastructure.
@user-dw1ls3rp1l Ай бұрын
The dam structure itself is still intact. This just overtopped (or compromised by liquefaction) the approach road embankment and eroded around the side. The good news is that this is a low head dam holding back a very minimal reservoir. A full breach won't be that much worse than what you see already.
@K1MMYC4T Ай бұрын
As someone who lives in mankato right near this dam my family is safe however there are people who have to live on the sides of roads without shelter due to there homes not being safe
@Mattius08 Ай бұрын
Dam!
@lemondropkid6175 Ай бұрын
I saw what you did there, sir, well played😉
@LadyMissCoppertone Ай бұрын
Busted!
@copyprint-fz2hb Ай бұрын
is that like a god dam ?
@stereodreamer23 Ай бұрын
The infrastructure of the USA has been neglected for decades. Dams, bridges, school buildings, water and power lines--it's all getting old and decrepit and politicians would rather spend money catering to entitlement programs and paying off special interest groups than maintaining the core structures of our society. The chickens are coming home to roost for this neglect. Go Woke, Infrastructure gets broke...
@rccollins9254 Ай бұрын
Trump "promised" infrastructure bill...but never came through (as usual). President Biden passed the infrastructure bill, but now the states have to assign the monies to the projects
@donhoverson6348 Ай бұрын
I am sure if we built a wall on the southern border it would stop the water in Minnesota.
@user-ob5nk3ss1p Ай бұрын
Why aren't they clean out the Debris/wood that is blocking? Every little bit helps I would think.
@frances4797 Ай бұрын
Looking at these images, and then multiple articles from various news outlets said there's no evacuation orders 😱 Why the hell not?? 🤔
@GD-tn3ez Ай бұрын
Good thing we sent 200,000,000,000+ dollars to Ukraine because we obviously don’t need it here 🤷♂️
@noway8662 Ай бұрын
You mean Trump's tax cuts? Those things cost more than 2 trillion dollars to US, and if somehow made permanent, several hundred million more per year after 2027. Ahaha!
@Mystic1368 Ай бұрын
Under whose administration was to take care of this infrastructure so many years ago😮
@cyclepath55555 Ай бұрын
Hussein Obama.
@vickithoma751 Ай бұрын
Pretty much every administration for the past 30 years has promised to "FIX" infrastructure. Pick one..
@roberthepburn-gr4fq Ай бұрын
Until Bidens infrastructure plan was funded and implemented there has been absolutely no major infrastructure funding at least back to the early 70s both parties ignored the problem for the past 50 years And now it's time to pay the piper there are hundreds of bridges on the verge of failing and many more dams in the same condition trump spent his entire presidency saying he has a infrastructure plan and not one cent was ever spent And now we are going to have to put up with major construction for the next 15 years just to catch up with the bare minimum that should have been paid for by federal and state fuel taxes collected and spent on other projects! There should be a law that states that all federal fuel taxes be put into a special fund that can only be used for roads and bridges and the same for the individual states these funds should include all toll charges collected
@marinepete9148 Ай бұрын
The regional and local officials neglected the issue for years, they wanted someone else to pay for it. Free loaders gambled and lost.
@JohnnyUtahFBI Ай бұрын
This has been an issue since the mid 90s. So, everyone in government since then…
@knietiefimdispo2458 Ай бұрын
"The county board has long been weighing whether to repair the dam, at a cost of about $15 million, as well as ongoing maintenance costs, or to remove it, which would cost some $82 million and take a decade to deconstruct." The dam removal wiil be sped up a little bit now.
@prity5631 Ай бұрын
why wasnt it opened earlyer?
@michaelhiles5350 Ай бұрын
Because arguing over inclusivity and gender drugs given to children without parental knowledge are important not the rural people who run farms
@DementiaDon Ай бұрын
Yes, because if you do one thing it means you can't do anything else. 🤡🤡🤡
@sweezyjackson4935 Ай бұрын
Wonder how long it will be until a democrat blames climate change for this. 😂😂
@jamesalec1321 Ай бұрын
Corporations and governments are the same; no thought for maintenance or support until after a problem arises.
@aw8079 Ай бұрын
Tax cuts have destroyed the infrastructure through neglect. Yeah, my landlord needs a tax cu, his only job is counting money.
@mikecollins8241 Ай бұрын
No, giving our money to foreign countries and Big Pharm is where the $ went 😮
@AleandFire Ай бұрын
😂 Pete Buttigieg will find this dam racist
@johnevans1969 Ай бұрын
God be with y'all ❤
@gantmj Ай бұрын
Is this an expected area for overflow? Is that spot going to continue to erode down to the bottom level of the front side of the dam?
@CraigBelldina Ай бұрын
Build Back Better Biden example.
@UnclePlaysBadly Ай бұрын
So, you're criticizing Biden because he passed an infrastructure bill. Maybe you should have a little sense and criticize trump for promising one four 4 years and failing.
@pipepicasso8112 Ай бұрын
Somehow they will send money to Ukraine to help fix this dam.
@oriraykai3610 Ай бұрын
Does this mean the Mississippi river is filling back up?
@iffykidmn8170 Ай бұрын
Right now it is at its highest I have seen it since the flooding back in the 60s around the Minneapolis area.
@hannacarter1352 Ай бұрын
Praying for all the people, animals effected.
@goldenbear8250 Ай бұрын
Democrat State...figures.
@robocowone464 Ай бұрын
What to do next is start filling and transporting large earth bags to stop the erosion!!! NOW!!!
@mogulmayhem Ай бұрын
thanks Randy
@downtime86stars17 Ай бұрын
Hope no one gets hurt.
@Danny451 Ай бұрын
Well, NOBODY is going to tell ME to evacuate. I've got my GUNS and faith in Jesus. Praise the Lord!
@shawnchristianson324 Ай бұрын
Minnesota could be hit with very strong storms today including tornados as well
@user-co6qj7ty2p 7 күн бұрын
My friend lives up there live in Minnesota Theresa Moldon
@user-co6qj7ty2p 7 күн бұрын
Anderson
@markae0 Ай бұрын
1:20 for the overhead video of the failure. Looks like the height of the water exceeded the banks.
@reclhoss Ай бұрын
Did it fail yet?
@sharonwensel3140 Ай бұрын
Johnstown PA feels your pain.
@MrMarkar1959 Ай бұрын
reckon there's Too many people in the water,,happens in the tub all the time
@lowee8834 Ай бұрын
Sending prayers
@ericheine2414 Ай бұрын
Damn it- the water just decided to go around. That pesky water.
@sashragesh Ай бұрын
Next one is Mullaperiyar Dam in kerala, same as this but its 128 years Old dam made out of surkhi mixture.. not even concrete
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