White Salmon River, Condit Dam Breach and Reservoir Draining in 6 Minutes

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Mark Mesenko

12 жыл бұрын

Fast motion of 1.5 hrs of video.

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@pauldelasaux5756 4 жыл бұрын

The sound of a power grinder in the background is really great.

@IstasPumaNevada 3 жыл бұрын

It took me a couple minutes to realize it was the time-lapse-sped-up sound of the helicopter flying back and forth overhead.

@Woody615 12 жыл бұрын

Would have liked to have seen all of this looking up stream instead of a montage of multiple camera angles.

@5thGenNativeTexan 3 жыл бұрын

Somewhere, perhaps someone still has the original footage of this and could make a decent video.

@pixelpusher220 Жыл бұрын

This has some slightly better footage kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fquDkpCVsLupaX0.html

@Rctrilogy 2 жыл бұрын

Before there were drones there were radio controlled helicopters that required skill and training. Lots of weekends were sacrificed to gain such a skill. Great video BTW 😀. Watching dams get blown away is always cool 😎

@maryannanderson7517 8 жыл бұрын

That was amazing. I think it takes longer than six minutes for my bathtub to drain!

@wifighostcruiser9665 3 жыл бұрын

Don't complain LOL I'm 62, it takes longer than 6 minutes for me to drain

@HANNIBLE123 12 жыл бұрын

That was amazing ,Really loved watching that.Thanks

@Ryukai-san 5 жыл бұрын

1) This isn't a breach, this was the dam being emptied ON PURPOSE in-order to remove it. 2) The footage is a timelapse that was done by National Geographic, so unfortunately there is no normal speed version :(

@User0000000000000004 5 жыл бұрын

2) Completely wrong. Do you have ears?!

@Ryukai-san 5 жыл бұрын

Try read the description of the video, the poster even SAYS it is a "Fast motion of 1.5 hrs of video." kzfaq.info/get/bejne/arKogKue3Jm-XYk.html part of original footage, (there was an full program on it) and you do know that people can *add* sounds to videos that don't originally exist, right??? How do you think sound effects are added to movies/videos/tv programs, or did you think they just magically sprang into existence of there own accord??? /raise eyebrow

@Michelle-ce1qh 4 жыл бұрын

I've seen the extended video. It's amazing. The work they did to the area....turned out beautiful. Salmon started running again, wildlife and other species of fish returned to the area. Look for the original video. It's great.

@deannelson9565 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ryukai-san it's a actual video I've seen it. And like posted just listen....you don't get audio with a time lapse!

@friedblowney 4 жыл бұрын

I got a headache with all the fast camera changes.

@foreignmilk5589 4 жыл бұрын

why dont you just let it play normal? i wouldve been more than happy to watch this without the speed up and slow down. very unnecessary and totally lame.

@waboosejackson3711 3 жыл бұрын

I miss the River, I remember sitting there with her and praying that she could run free again. kutsyyaya!

@callmeshaggy5166 Жыл бұрын

Will we stick to one view of the action for more than 5 seconds? Spoiler: no

@zandanse 12 жыл бұрын

Was that an RC helicopter near the sign over the reservoir? Wondered what that sound was. :)

@Mr.Mc90 11 жыл бұрын

Ah fresh clean looking water

@65LB 7 жыл бұрын

I would say there are many different aspects to study. Hope they had a baseline. Wish I had the time (lifespan and other) and ability to study the succession that occurs, aquatic and terrestrial. From the looks of the exposed stumps, some of the sediment has already washed down to original valley floor. Tat big fan at the mouth is bound to make some local changes for some time . . . good and bad.

@edesir 12 жыл бұрын

Ahh back to nature. :)

@65LB 8 жыл бұрын

Sediment transport ought to be interesting over the first 10-15 years.

@J0hnnieP 8 жыл бұрын

I'm sure more than one graduate thesis will be hung on observing this river for the next few years. The changes to the ecology of that stretch of the river are going to be huge.

@isabelrosmalen6996 7 жыл бұрын

Fake

@65LB 7 жыл бұрын

6 minutes is in time lapse, NOT real time.

@Michelle-ce1qh 4 жыл бұрын

There is a long video on this somewhere. It shows the extensive work they did environmentally. The outcome is beautiful...Salmon started running again and other species of wildlife came to the area again. It was an amazing project. Look for it.

@obiwanduglobi6359 10 жыл бұрын

21st century? We could have learned that such fast draining of reservoirs eliminates allmost every life in the "White Salmon River". Great USA...

@SMOBY44 8 жыл бұрын

You are an idiot.

@robmcinteerp2720 7 жыл бұрын

Obiwan Duglobi came here to say the same thing about the amount of silt release into the river below is massive, destabilizing the silt "neutrality" is a death sentence for all salamanders that breath through gills on the outside of their body. Just release the water slower and it will cut down on a huge percentage of the silt displacement😀

@robjohnson8861 5 жыл бұрын

@@robmcinteerp2720 They were under time constraints, correct. Wouldn't it have taken a long time (weeks, mths) to release to the extent that fish were not impacted. Besides they removed a lot of fish prior to the removal.

@clappedoutcam710 11 жыл бұрын

awsome

@cember01 12 жыл бұрын

Wonder if the planners knew that massive amount of sediment would wash out like that.

@wishbeter 12 жыл бұрын

What a muddy mucky mess that river's going to be for a while!

@wiks101 3 жыл бұрын

and thats a good thing!

@patrickrfaul 12 жыл бұрын

@zandanse Those are some big mosquitos!

@chrishendrix5943 4 жыл бұрын

Who is cutting lumber?

@daowist 12 жыл бұрын

Is that a raft with people upstream of the dam?

@mgtpa4 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like the dam was holding back more mud than water........What does it look like today....??

@Michelle-ce1qh 4 жыл бұрын

@takeadayofff 8 жыл бұрын

Gnarly mud flows and log jams at the end :-) Why wasn't the dam kept as a bridge? Looks dam solid built.

@davidcase2847 4 жыл бұрын

It was destroying the ecosystem

@collum2012 10 жыл бұрын

Anyone see the helicopter (R/C) at 3:58?

@govindagovindaji4662 9 жыл бұрын

Joe Collum Yes, but I believe it's a drone...isn't it? Or a toy helicopter? I wonder who was flying it? Those engineers on the bridge across the way?

@seikibrian8641 8 жыл бұрын

+Govinda GovindaJi Because the video is sped up it looks like a toy, but I believe it's a real, full-size helicopter.

@SMOBY44 8 жыл бұрын

It's remote controlled. About 10 inches long.

@Erin-Thor 4 жыл бұрын

I thought that was a bug.

@clivehorridge 4 жыл бұрын

If you watch the official video of this, there’s a real helicopter taking photo passes along the lake as it drains. I can’t understand why this post has the same speeded up footage repeated over and over again, it looks so false.

@fsxn3rd 10 жыл бұрын

wow why did they have to speed it up would look alot better if they didnt

@User58683ton 6 жыл бұрын

FSXNerd try watching it at 0.25 speed . It's a little better.

@Michelle-ce1qh 4 жыл бұрын

There is a whole video on this somewhere. It shows the extensive work they did environmentally. The outcome is beautiful...Salmon started running again. It was an amazing project. Look for it.

@jimbruce3923 3 жыл бұрын

would like to see downstream a mile or so

@johnkmcgregor5209 12 күн бұрын

Was everyone down stream warned??

@martinruddell2682 4 жыл бұрын

Apparently nothing was held back

@dynanaly8328 5 жыл бұрын

2019

@dr.scorpiopus8907 4 жыл бұрын

Video game me a headache... it could have been really cool..

@jmash7751 Жыл бұрын

There is a better video of this event taken by homeowners that lived on the reservoir. They had a neighbors party and filmed the bittersweet event from their deck so you see the entire lake as it drains out.

@johnsamuels6021 2 жыл бұрын

I sure hope there wasn’t anyone swimming down stream! Would’ve really been cool if someone was in a kayak upstream, and came shooting out of that hole! 🤣

@jantruitt9241 4 жыл бұрын

Where in the world is the White Salmon River?

@truckinforjesus 4 жыл бұрын

Washington State.

@jasonhull3891 4 жыл бұрын

It will continue to dump mad amounts of mud and sand. It wont be breeding river for years. Itll smother eggs

@davenorth8922 4 жыл бұрын

this would have been great in real time.

@smokum0 Жыл бұрын

Just ignore all of the Mercury built up above the dam, the natives will be Okay

@buck6233 12 жыл бұрын

I wonder how many Bambis & woodland varmints were washed down stream as they were innocently taking a sip of water? Lol Just the though cracks me up! Lol "Hey Herb... did you just hear something?" Ahhhhahahahaha :)

@jackgross2499 4 жыл бұрын

6 bambi's and 123 Chip and Dale's,...sorry to report.. but on the upside all those reports of troublesome woodland dwarfs and Pixies have become near nonexistant....and gnome sightings are evened out....only one or two every six months or so....will keep you posted.

@TRUEBLUEGOBLUE 4 жыл бұрын

buck b Every fish in that water suffocated. Guaranteed!

@peaceraybob 3 жыл бұрын

Ooh, good point. Better reduce the number of hunting tags for the next few years, just in case.

@Newb1eYou_ Жыл бұрын

Man you just killed the fishes

@do-si-dos7624 4 жыл бұрын

2020

@bar10dr 6 жыл бұрын

2011 video quality ftl

@nomimalone7520 3 жыл бұрын

2021

@gregfeil2941 4 жыл бұрын

Whoever put this together really ought to take it down. It’s poorly done. Really poorly done. The main plot line involves the draining of the lake and that doesn’t mean repeating the same two shots of the outflow and the water splattered lens over and over.

@masterspin7796 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder how many fish got slammed against that rock...

@robertsnyder5149 5 жыл бұрын

And just how many spawning grounds did that wreck in the name of salmon? That's a million more times the silt that a few gold dredgers could provide in a lifetime.

@Michelle-ce1qh 4 жыл бұрын

There is a long video on this somewhere. It shows the extensive work they did environmentally. The outcome is beautiful...Salmon started running again. It was an amazing project. Look for it.

@robertmcgregor1514 4 жыл бұрын

Salmon were running within 48 hours of the release into areas they couldn't get to before and the breeding grounds downstream also exploded very quickly afterwards. Highly fertile silt allowed fast development of the eco system

@GH-oi2jf 4 жыл бұрын

ROBERT snyder - They restored spawning grounds above the dam.

@jackweatherford5125 4 жыл бұрын

OK OK I learn to read the video description before I ask stupid questions like what happened But what happened

@potblack6043 3 жыл бұрын

Condit dam was built in the early 1900's to generate electric power. It was an active power station up to the time it was demolished. It was demolished because of new governmental regulations regarding salmon and dams. The cost to upgrade the dam to allow for passage of salmon was more than the cost to demolish it. So the power company picked the cheaper option. In this video, they blew a hole in the bottom of the dam to release the water. I confess, I don't know if they expected that much silt and dirt to be released. I do know because I saw a news article about it, that the silt downstream dried and became a dustbowl irritating residents who lived creekside. Another news story I saw talked about waterfront owners of the former lake complaining, because the absence of the lake was destabilizing the soil supporting their homes. I don't know how things are now.

@smokum0 3 жыл бұрын

@@potblack6043 Probably 20th century? Hard to believe it was built in the early 1800's

@potblack6043 3 жыл бұрын

@@smokum0 yeah your right, I meant to say 1900's. I often get my hundreds and centuries confused. I will change it.

@smokum0 3 жыл бұрын

@@potblack6043 I feel bad calling it out, cheers

@potblack6043 3 жыл бұрын

@@smokum0 Cheers to you as well. Don't feel bad about, it was my mistake and I am glad you caught it.

@BackyardBeeKeepingNuevo 12 жыл бұрын

Whatever, that machine is at the top of the screen is putting out a tremendous amount of polution. Should have blown that thing up instead.

@donnytyler4420 5 жыл бұрын

someone filmed it, dont believe a minute of it...........never heard of it before now.

@jackweatherford5125 4 жыл бұрын

I'm like bro dude I saw a miniature helicopter. Then I'm like, Bro you're just high. It wasn't a miniature helicopter It was a giant sign with the 1' diameter steel cable stretching 300 or so feet across the Grand Canyon now that make sense

@jefdamen2977 4 жыл бұрын

Circle saw user is not impressed.

@majorberk4647 3 жыл бұрын

Wont that have washed a lot of fish eggs Away the very reason the dams coming down was to due to the company not wanting to build a permanent salmon tunnel. Scandalous and reckless drain.