Waterfront homeowners devastated by loss of Manawa Millpond

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Waterfront homeowners devastated by loss of Manawa Millpond

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@oldrustycars Ай бұрын

The Delhi dam in Iowa was a privately owned dam, homeowners refused to pay for repairs. One day it failed, they lost their lakefront property. They whined to the government, who refused to fix it. A very rare good call by Iowa government.

@erich6860 26 күн бұрын

privately owned by who? If it is a corporation, why should the homeowners pay for repairs? I'm confused. Now crying to the government, that is hilarious. Because if it was privately owned, the government has nothing to do with any of it, and too bad so sad.

@tonybochiano Ай бұрын

If the governor lived there it would be a completely different story

@loligagger85 26 күн бұрын

smart people do not buy crap properties that are true liabilities.

@grayrecluse7496 Ай бұрын

If it is a private lake,then it's the surrounding land owner's responsible to fix it.

@Mck499 Ай бұрын

It's not a private pond

@willisclay Ай бұрын

If the city doesn’t rebuild the dam they should have to lower all the taxes around they area

@francismarion6400 Ай бұрын

Why people got free land.

@mgreg8134 Ай бұрын

The amount they pay will drop, as the value of their homes will decrease in essence a property tax being lowered, because they are no longer waterfront property. You obviously have no idea how property taxes work.

@4knanapapa Ай бұрын

@@mgreg8134 having worked for the government I do understand how taxes work, people in the area taxes will not go down, why?, because they need the money to repair the dam, in fact I'd bet they'll even go up after repairs are made.

@numberone5680 Ай бұрын

@@mgreg8134. And how long to tax assessments, eh?

@mgreg8134 Ай бұрын

@@maxsands3861 How often do they reassess the properties? People can always contest their assessment at least in my state. BWHAHAHAHAHAH, how naive.

@retirednavychief6983 Ай бұрын

Wow, they lost their pond. I hope no one downstream lost property or LIFE.

@steven4315 Ай бұрын

There are about 92,000 dams in this country. Average age is 60 years. If your life could be affected by an old dam, it is in your interest to become informed about the status of that dam.

@elfritts9895 Ай бұрын

@@steven4315 just maybe if humpy truly wouldn't have ignored America's infrastructure these hypocrites pontoon would still be floating

@tinafreeman6937 Ай бұрын

Very sound advice. 👍🏽

@elfritts9895 Ай бұрын

@@steven4315 it's odd trump didn't know that. m Maybe that's why he isn't president anymore ?

@steven4315 Ай бұрын

@@elfritts9895 Not a Trump fan (understatement) but infrastructure is massive problem and dams generally are not a problem until they become a big problem.

@gregcummins9185 Ай бұрын

@@elfritts9895Go lick the windows and eat someone crayons

@djavidianmx1832 Ай бұрын

A claim with her insurance?? For what?

@felipenunez2058 Ай бұрын

For real. The entitlement.

@djavidianmx1832 Ай бұрын

@@felipenunez2058 😆😆🤣🤣😉

@erich6860 26 күн бұрын

Help me,,, my lake front home lost it's lake.... LOL Somehow I think it's not covered in homeowners insurance

@leeoldershaw956 Ай бұрын

Dams don't actually "partially fail".

@toscatattertail9813 Ай бұрын

If only a section of the dam collapses it's a partial failure, if the whole dam is gone it's a total faillure.

@stevezilla68 Ай бұрын

A distinction without a difference.

@82584 Ай бұрын

@toscatattertail9813 I get what you're saying but did all the water leak out? That's what I thought. It failed.

@leeoldershaw956 Ай бұрын

@82584 All the water was released down to the level of the pre dam river.

@doglvr1 Ай бұрын

If the dam didn’t hold back the water, it failed. Just like no woman can be “partially pregnant”. Yes/no, on/off, 0/1. Its not at trans/non binary thing.

@rogerswanson9974 Ай бұрын

Technically they still have water front property.......just now it's called a river front property 🤔🤨🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

@larry648 Ай бұрын

No, I’ll bet the property line stopped at the dock in the survey.

@jeffclark5268 Ай бұрын

Why or why would anyone expect FEMA fix their waterfront?

@TheMW2informer Ай бұрын

It’s used by the whole community as a fishing spot and recreation not just one person. All that needs fixed is the dam spillway.

@tomwillis9051 Ай бұрын

LOL.. By that same logic why should FEMA provide assistance to anyone.. I didn't tell anyone to live in a flood basin or a hurricane area or an earthquake state.. Why should FEMA help anyone or even exist.. Federal EMergency Management Agency.. A dam failing sounds like an emergency to me..

@steven4315 Ай бұрын

@@tomwillis9051 For people down stream from the dam. The fact the lady can no longer cruise in her houseboat is not a federal disaster.

@francismarion6400 Ай бұрын

@tomwillis9051 You must fail to understand the concept of what flood insurance is, and what it's for.

@shatteredstar2149 Ай бұрын

@@TheMW2informerso, does the damn belong to the government?

@armageddonready4071 Ай бұрын

Dig it out when it dries, sell the soil, because it’s probably awesome.

@marvinmartin4692 Ай бұрын

Yea that’s just full of fertilizer! Looks like it should be dredged anyway!

@arthurbrumagem3844 Ай бұрын

I would be looking in the “ lake “ bottom for stuff which fell overboard thru the yrs. Not going to be worth much but still fun to see what people lost

@kolsen6330 Ай бұрын

Filled 2 tackle boxes with nice older lures when the water level on Skookumchuck Res was really low a few years ago. Lots of "yard and a half" trolling flashers. Most of them cleaned up good as new.

@arthurbrumagem3844 Ай бұрын

@@kolsen6330 a great opportunity for sure. Many would just need new treble hooks

@RogueReplicant Ай бұрын

@@kolsen6330Wtf is a tackle box and why does it merit a mention

@kolsen6330 Ай бұрын

@@RogueReplicant I guess you are not a fisherman. A tackle box is where you keep all your fishing lures. I was responding to the comment about looking on the lake bed for lost fishing lures.

@RogueReplicant Ай бұрын

@@kolsen6330 99.99% of humans are not fishermen. Yard and a half trolling flasher??

@jaredoldhouser3301 Ай бұрын

So then does their property run to the river now?

@marvinmartin4692 Ай бұрын

Now that’s a good point!

@russellstewart5414 Ай бұрын

No. Your property is set by the size of your lot boundaries. A survey is required to see exactly where the property line ends and the former lake starts.

@artmosley3337 Ай бұрын

@@russellstewart5414not if the survey goes to the edge of the water!! It’s called Secretion Possession.. google it

@greg_216 Ай бұрын

It does not. The parcel for the family in question does not extend out farther. However, some of the land that used to be under water is privately owned, which could result in insult added to injury if those landowners decided to build mere feet from folks who used to live on the water. (You can Google "Waupaca County maps and apps" if you want to see for yourself.)

@PsychoThirteen Ай бұрын

The S.S. Minnow reference shows she still has some sense of humor about the situation. And now I have the "Gilligan's Island" theme song stuck in my head...

@richardbelew6812 Ай бұрын

Filing a claim on her insurance for what exactly?

@ronhoughton5147 Ай бұрын

Exactly. It was originally a river.

@bchewski7107 Ай бұрын

I feel bad for the fish..

@elfritts9895 Ай бұрын

It serves the fish right I blame them for stinking up every twat I've went down on 😋

@Bill-sp8kb Ай бұрын

I'm more concerned about the people. I don't give a ham sandwich, about the fish! 🤨

@tuckermetts4518 Ай бұрын

Fish went with the flow

@elfritts9895 Ай бұрын

@@tuckermetts4518 I was being sarcastic lol

@elfritts9895 Ай бұрын

@@Bill-sp8kb take a chill pill and loosen your red cult hat a notch I was being sarcastic

@artsteadman2230 Ай бұрын

Lake Delton drained completely in 2008 due to massive rainfall and simultaneous bank erosion. Repairs were made in 2009 & over time the lake refilled

@A3Kr0n Ай бұрын

That really sucked, didn't it?

@wipatriot510 Ай бұрын

AND millions of dollars spent and even more lost in tourist revenue...

@arthurbrumagem3844 Ай бұрын

Was wondering about Delton , thanks for the info

@DavesTubeification Ай бұрын

The bowling alley called... They want their shoes back.

@thomashahn9473 Ай бұрын

Good gardening spot now!

@markmonaghan2309 Ай бұрын

100%

@billfeld5883 Ай бұрын

So you can't make some people happy, they just got a huge backyard!!! Old saying in real estate " location,location,location "

@jc1979af Ай бұрын

Depends on if their property line extended into the former lake. Otherwise it likely belongs to the county and is public lands.

@billfeld5883 Ай бұрын

@@jc1979af I understand what you are saying, I don't know real estate law! It is not what I want in my backyard!

@g-dcomplex1609 Ай бұрын

Remember the ol, buying swampland in Florida scenario?

@Nonyabusiness911 Ай бұрын

They will fix it. In the mean while do some work with the dock and your water front. I can already tell you at the meeting those not on the lake won’t approve any spending.

@greggreg2263 Ай бұрын

Do not buy on a reservoir that is controlled by a damn only purchase natural Lakeland👻

@macharrington7733 Ай бұрын

Very rare

@America-First2024 Ай бұрын

If there is no solution to the dam being rebuilt. Dig a channel to your boat and float it on the river. Then sell the soil as organic to recoup the costs for the channel. 👍🏻

@toscatattertail9813 Ай бұрын

I don't think the small "river" ( i keep thinking Creek) running through the pond is either wide enough, deep enough or Close enough to a river for that.

@4knanapapa Ай бұрын

The same thing happened in Midland MI. area, several dams were breached 4or 5 years ago, the problem there is they are privately owned, the owner has declared bankruptcy, repairs have been started but who's to pay is a mystery, ultimately I'm sure it will be the tax payers.

@ChakatNightspark Ай бұрын

Let's Hope the Dam does NOT come back. Its not needed anymore. Keep it as a River again.

@crossroads5771 Ай бұрын

Looks like your back yard got a lot bigger. Woo hoo

@victorsteerup4582 Ай бұрын

This is what the Fox River will look like if the St. Charles, Illinois dam is unnecessarily removed.

@sinpage2500 Ай бұрын

Invest in a kayak. There is still water. Now you need to see where your property line ends.

@francismarion6400 Ай бұрын

Gots plenty of room to grow corn and tobacco now. Who would complain about getting free land?

@oftin_wong Ай бұрын

I like you

@napalmholocaust9093 Ай бұрын

Plant gardens on it. Move your side fences all the way out to the river.

@jc1979af Ай бұрын

Might not be able to depending on where the property line is. That riverbank might be public property now

@onebridge7231 Ай бұрын

Don’t rebuild it. The natural river is enough water front.

@grantmorrey5138 Ай бұрын

Most of the infrastructure in this country is 50 to 150 years old. Unless some action is taken expect more of this type of stuff. Also don't build in dangerous areas.

@9sheri9 Ай бұрын

Kind of scary to think about

@utz3710 Ай бұрын

Government people who did not open up the gates sooner should be fired and held accountable and pay for all repairs and damages and give me some money 💵 too!!!!!!!!!!!😮😭🙏💔🤣😭👍👌😏😋

@oftin_wong Ай бұрын

How about jail time and corporal punishment as well ? Maybe public humiliation in addition and black banning from McDonald's nationwide ?

@jeffreymartin6369 Ай бұрын

@@oftin_wonghow about you clowns learn if there even IS flood gates before you start talking through your ass

@PaulC001 Ай бұрын

the area is better without the pond. bringing it back would be a waste of funds. i hope it stays the way it is, the way nature intended.

@matthewpeach9551 Ай бұрын

Mother Nature reclaimed the river , let it go back to the original flow , just a river .

@ajbaumgart4774 Ай бұрын

Ive had something like this happen in my state of Michigan several dams broke and a lake completely gone down to just a stream i feel bad for all those people paying for lake front property and there is no more lake

@_JamesBrown Ай бұрын

Has to be one of the shallowest ponds ever made

@networkguy3152 23 күн бұрын

I bet their waterfront property taxes won’t go down either

@sucatash57 Ай бұрын

On the bright side, better to be behind the dam then to be below. They probably got wiped

@9sheri9 Ай бұрын

Very true

@kendavid4386 Ай бұрын

GET THE METEL DETECTOR OUT.

@David-y8m8z Ай бұрын

At least the water receded rather than flooded homes. Plus in a few years you see natural vegetations and it will be just as pretty.

@diytwoincollege7079 Ай бұрын

We had a fam breach in our neighborhood. Still paying for the rebuild of the dam a decade later.

@Thehuntinspot Ай бұрын

Was there public access to the mill pond or was it private for homeowners only. If it was public then public tax money should fix it. If it was kept private (no public allowed) then the homeowners should have to pay to fix it!!!

@michaelmatwijiw3045 Ай бұрын

Her yard got bigger

@patrickbodine1300 Ай бұрын

Therefore her taxes will go up.

@diegosilang4823 Ай бұрын

If the dam is essential for flood control down stream, it needs to be rebuilt. The resident cant do anything except to wait until the dam and pond is restored.

@rjohnson9543 Ай бұрын

They will fix the dam soon and the water will collect again.

@Curt-ge9gc Ай бұрын

This isn't the first case of Weather or flooding changing a Lake or River. Several lakes in Kansas and Missouri no longer exist

@Kohout33 Ай бұрын

That's life, honey! You'll survive.

@alexeatonexploresamerica5511 Ай бұрын

Where is this at

@marvinmartin4692 Ай бұрын

Central wis.

@Knife_Collector Ай бұрын

Now is a great time to remove all the stumps and other such things.

@spamlessaccount Ай бұрын

You don't fish, do you? Stumps are habitat.

@marvinmartin4692 Ай бұрын

Dredge it!

@rickweist2463 Ай бұрын

We breed mosquitoes now. Man made dams for your lake front property.

@AppalachianPatriot Ай бұрын

Fish eat mosquitos.

@RJ1999x Ай бұрын

Did the dam fail or did the lack of management, and maintenance fail?

@Kyle-sr6jm Ай бұрын

Great soil now available.

@Hu5ky 24 күн бұрын

people need to check property lines and extend them to the river before a DEVELOPER purchases the land to build houses

@PhookYoo Ай бұрын

Poor entitled people. Never heard her mention all the wildlife that probably died.

@cajunblade1 Ай бұрын

Well now they have more property and a river front property. What’s so bad about that?

@patrickbodine1300 Ай бұрын

Nice shoes. Bet you have another pair just like them at home.

@9sheri9 Ай бұрын

😂😂 omg, I'm so dead 😂😂 but don't pick on the guy, he's just living his best life ❤

@toddfargher2000 25 күн бұрын

Looks like some new river front property, for some developers.

@oftin_wong Ай бұрын

How would your insurance cover this ? I realise that water is a public asset but how would you insure the position of the waterline ...a property can lose value if the neighbours let their house go to ruin and you can't insure against that so I find it doubtful that any insurance company would pay out for something like this

@spamlessaccount Ай бұрын

I wondered the same thing. Only thing I can think is that it's a loss of value due to an act of nature? But if they pay, and the lake is restored, do they have to pay it back? It's not like the homeowner is going to repair anything.

@oftin_wong Ай бұрын

@@spamlessaccount I don't think insurance covers things like this Nobody owns the water and at the same time everyone owns the water But how would you insure against the possibility of the position of the water line changing ? Sure... flood damage But not receding water

@America-First2024 Ай бұрын

The federal government owns the water. Or believes that they do.

@spamlessaccount Ай бұрын

@@oftin_wong It's not about owning the water, it's about your property losing value since it's no longer waterfront. Like I said though, I have no idea whether insurance would cover that...just a guess.

@oftin_wong Ай бұрын

@@spamlessaccount so it seems you can insure your property against a dive in market value occuring but the premiums are so high that it's often not utilised by consumers.

@loligagger85 26 күн бұрын

HOW is a lake being temporarily drained qualify for an insurance claim?

@Dizzledude2012 Ай бұрын

The city is going to increase your taxes saying that you have more property now

@jeeperp3926 28 күн бұрын

What a classy outfit on that reporter.

@MM-fq9gi Ай бұрын

Owners may now have larger lots that extend into the former lake.

@jcmjcm1945 Ай бұрын

All by design...

@bigblue73blazer Ай бұрын

Rebuild the dam and tax everyone on the pond. Check out Wixom lake in Michigan we have same problem.

@MM-fh6kp Ай бұрын

Hello….its a great time to Fix and repair docks….use a mental detector for treasures…….

@tarn1135 Ай бұрын

She could look at it in a more positive note as they gained a hundred or two more feet of backyard lawn instead of we lost the selling feature.

@user-sm7oz4ly7v Ай бұрын

Why don’t all the homeowners pitch in what they can and rebuild the dam

@medtech1a Ай бұрын

Well get use to it. The drought will just get worse.

@rickdunn7585 Ай бұрын

Time to dredge and put in new dock pillars

@lukebogacik2793 Ай бұрын

Dam shame,,, 😞

@backtoobasics Ай бұрын

You have a free acre of the most fertile soil in america. Add wood chips now and in tge spring you will be able to plant in the spring

@pasqualguigano6315 Ай бұрын

Now is the time to build a new dock and clear out and hazards to boating

@rnvrnv354 Ай бұрын

What did the dam look like before and now after? How old was it and who engineered it?

@marty600 Ай бұрын

It was decrepit

@kailaniandi Ай бұрын

The developer that swindled them probably won't be helping now they're funded.

@scottprather5645 Ай бұрын

The area will eventually turn back into a beautiful Forest

@tomwillis9051 Ай бұрын

Can we include your house in this native forest plan?? No matter where you live.. Why does one environmental manipulation means less than someone else environmental manipulation.

@scottprather5645 Ай бұрын

@@tomwillis9051 I don't know what you're trying to communicate?

@tomwillis9051 Ай бұрын

@@scottprather5645 I'm asking if you want to revert nature back from where humans have made it today.. I am asking if we can do it to wherever you live also..

@spamlessaccount Ай бұрын

@@tomwillis9051 It's like the people who complain that "we're paving over everything" like their own house didn't pave over anything.

@marvinmartin4692 Ай бұрын

It was once! Look at all the tree stumps!

@HansZarkovPhD Ай бұрын

So why dont the rich waterfront property owners chip in to have it fixed?

@budsworld22 Ай бұрын

Man builds a pond God talks it away

@jaybrooks1098 Ай бұрын

sounds like it's a private dam, and the homeowners are going to be responsible for its replacement..

@danburch9989 Ай бұрын

There's a public park just north of the dam and another smaller park to the east of the dam. They'll find money to rebuild it.

@johnwilcox4078 Ай бұрын

Lake Delton was rebuilt and refilled with lightning fast speed by Gov. Doyle due to the well-heeled, wealthy, well-connected residents who had lake homes there. Time will tell what the response will be here, if at all.

@stephanieonlife3657 Ай бұрын

Tax dollars could be used to help homeless and poor folks. Seriously

@markrush5013 Ай бұрын

people keep building near water and keep expecting the water to do what they want it to do....

@williamzander9708 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂old man river got a hold on me 😂😂😂😂

@porkrind3512 Ай бұрын

Sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you.

@19jody72 Ай бұрын

Where is this?

@johnmca5643 Ай бұрын

Increase their taxes now that they have more land.

@9sheri9 Ай бұрын

Omg no more taxes, things are crazy enough as is 😂

@daledimidome5519 Ай бұрын

New housing addition incoming!

@Opinionatedguy1989 Ай бұрын

Leave it in its original state.

@gregpierquet5818 Ай бұрын

What about the people down stream?

@lightclawshadowmarsch8167 Ай бұрын

The dead tree stumps on the bottom of it pos a boating hazard. And safty Risk should another dam be built so can't tell remove all the shit on the bottom of it an make it deeper.

@jmldreamer Ай бұрын

Can’t sell their houses and move now !

@jeffreymartin6369 Ай бұрын

Seems to me like the homeowners and the city should crowd fund the dam repairs! If I were a homeowner I’d be calling on all the rest, getting the same news people to help out with getting interest and seeing how they could raise the money themselves.

@daveminer9217 Ай бұрын

Well, they won't have to complain about invasive weeds making the motor and propeller on their pontoon useless. They'd be sceaming if rising water flooded their house and ruined it too. Sell the party barge and grow a farmers market garden. Lemons, to lemonade.

@laughthis138 Ай бұрын

Theres no issue here when the dam gets fixed so will the water level unless one dumbass decided he gonna live and build something where the use to be at.

@barowt Ай бұрын

Look at the new land you could do stuff with!

@Mash333 Ай бұрын

It’s an interesting thing. And it will be refilled eventually. I don’t have any sympathy for the homeowners, however, when other’s homes have been swept away.

@9sheri9 Ай бұрын

It affected different people in different ways, some much graver than others. I think it's OK to have sympathy for both. Put yourself in their shoes for a moment, you know?