Raging River VS Utah Homes | House Build #14 

Some people are going to say that you have money to spare , that may be true, but time and time again I have seen you use it to help other people, other organizations, or to help your community .. you give back so much and are a pillar of integrity .. Thank you Mike ❤

Your bank rocks helped a lot of people by keeping the river from washing it out. We need more neighbors like you!

It is interesting that a person with means, intelligence, and integrity ended up owning and taking responsibility for such a critical point in the river. Good for him and his community. I've always liked this guy and his way of doing things

You make all engineers very proud! Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Aeronautical Engineer all blended into one. Great work Mike!

Your success just goes to show that proper engineering wins more times than not.

Proper planning prevents poor performance. Great job.

As a pilot I love your channel. As a home owner I love it more! My wife now loves you too because you're given her (us) a great reason to plant our embankment!

Mike for PRESIDENT!

This effort will pay off in respect from neighbors. Prayers for you and your family to survive the flooding.

I admire your approach to engineering: way too much is just enough. My dad called it belt AND suspenders. Those who envy your success don't get the point. You're an example to be emulated, not an object of envy. By will and wit and gallons of sweat you have earned everything you own. Children take note! PS: My dad was Chief Industrial Engineer at Lithonia Lighting in the late '60s. Before there were Federally mandated standards, he saw to it that Lithonia's effluent met the standards for input to drinking water treatment plants. I see that same ethic in you and applaud it.

mike patey: the craziest guy in the best possible way. can't imagine someone i could respect _more_ than this guy.

Glad you survived the worst of the flooding, preparations being the key. Thanks for sharing Mike.

by far the best channel on youtube 👌👍

I think a lot of people underestimate the power of water. I really hate to see the destruction that happened in your area. Lots of repairs needed and won't be easy to do. Glad to see the water level is going down.

Every community needs a person like Mike he is genuinely great guy all around or his a dam good actor

“Engineer of the year”, … hell of the decade in my opinion 👏 You just single handedly made “Over engineered” cool again. Next time a Project Manager tells me I’ve ‘over engineered’ or ‘over designed’ something, my reply will be … “give Mike Patey a call then come back and see me and oh yeah, have a look at his RU-vid channel before you make that call” 😉 Very happy things worked out for you and your family Mike 👍👍

I was born/raised and lived on a boat. I am 68 now. What i learned! Never underestimate the water! In our country where we need every inch of land for people to give them housing its calculated to be save. Outside these area s parts of land are designed to take up excces water till the level drops. We are a flat country that can easily be overflooded but found out how to prevent it.

My last job was a consultant on river and lake erosion before retirement. Your looking at installing a combination of deep rooted native plants along with plants that have a heavy fibrous root mat near the surface. They deep rooted plants will anchor the soil but the fibrous shallow rooted plants accomplish the soil retaining and protect the deeper rooted plants by absorbing the impact or the rain and interlock with the soil to help the heavy river stages. Next is the variety of plants that like water, can handle water and those that need dry feet. As I am not from your area my knowledge of native plants is limited that follow the giude lines for erosion control. Hope that your planting works out, best of luck Sir.

Slept at night. Mike u barely sleep normally! Glad u and Mark made it thru. Thanks for sharing.

You could put in an alarm if second pump comes on. Good to know if first pump fails so you know to replace it.

On one of our visits back to our dad's hometown in the SE Colorado prairie, Granddad took us to see the Arkansas River in flood, where it poured over one of the low dams used to direct the water into the irrigation canals. There was a tree trunk being lifted up, and flipped end over end in one spot over and over like it was a Tinkertoy! One of Dad's first summer jobs was on a work crew installing "jacks" to stabilize the banks of the river. There was a reason they were paid $2 an hour-- a generous wage in 1950. As far as I know, those jacks are still there, holding the banks together. Rivers demand respect!

The wise man builds his house upon the rock. I'm sorry for your neighbors. I have vague memories of our apartment flooding when I was 5. Lost all my duplos, but i got legos out of it.

Mike, thank you for the update on the river flooding situation. I'm glad you escaped the flood - sorry to hear some of your neighbours were not so fortunate. Your generosity is a great example to your community. You definitely live in a beautiful part of God's creation.

You've esenssialy built a commercial grade building in a residential area. Anything worth doing, is worth overdoing. 👌 Very nice!

Here in New Zealand at the top of the North Island we had major flooding exaberated by slash (cut down trees etc left over from logging operations)blocking drains and just like your road bridge major flooding through properties, orchards, vineyards, farms and towns around the Greater Auckland area, East Coast of the North Island where stop banks breached. Its heart breaking seeing peoples homes, livelyhoods wiped out. And there were a few deaths which was horrible. And this wasn't snow melt nor Winter! Just heavy rain like 3.5 inches an hour as they got hit by Cyclone Gabrielle. Hope you get through this ok Mike especially after all the hard work put into it by you and your neighbours etc.

thank you for explaining many technical details. As an engineer - I love that and taking notes

Team RamRod tree removal!!! You missed the super trooper clip. I guess saving the neighborhood form flood damage carries some editing sacrifice. Keep up the good work!!!

With Mike’s engineering of course everything turned out great 👍

Tell the truth! You don't sleep at all! LOL Glad your preparations held up well. You inspire me to get back to work.

Glad your preparations are paying off. 🙏🏻 Draco? A snippet? Been a loooong time

Mike, just put a hold on your house and fix the whole world real quick. 😆😆 Thank you for being smart and awesome and for constantly giving back to your community and others around.

Wow, that's some crazy stuff. Your engineering is amazing sir. Thanks for the update Mike.

I'm glad that you made it through the deluge!

Glad you're OK Mike, back to work!

From Canada, very glad your planning and prep worked out with little need for modification

Man, all that beautiful driftwood firewood. 😊

Brutal. Glad it's receding. God bless you all. We're battling countless fires up here, so weird season.

this could be a commercial for engineering. Well done!

Despite the devastation of the situation, Mike still maintains a big smile and that is just too wholesome. The world needs a lot more Mike Pateys. Thank God there's 2 of you so far ❤ BACK TO WORK.

Might want to look into coconut fibre mats as well for covering that river bank. Stabilizes against erosion and allows for quick vegetation growth. Used some at work a year ago on a very steep slope, it is green and tied down by roots now. Brilliant stuff, believe it wasn't that pricey either.

A triumph of over-engineering, seriously. You include huge safety margins in everything you do, and this is a perfect example of an unpredicted challenge that still fell within those safety margins in your build. Well played, sir. And look, you can't tell in advance which crazy safety margins are going to be necessary and which ones aren't. But even on a simple dollars-to-dollars comparison, I reckon this flood would have cost you more than all the money you've spent on over-engineering in a decade.

Fun with sump pumps! Not anything like what you're dealing with but I remember when Hurricane Opal came through over Atlanta years ago (have to look up the date). Walked out my patio door to go to work and stepped into 2" of water! Now the patio floor is about 4' below the level of the back yard and water was coming OVER the brick wall into the patio (which is covered BTW). The back yard was saturated! I was afraid it was going to hydraulic the wall (Engineer here) so I braced it to the house with a bunch of 2x4s I had handy and ran to Sears. Got a sump pump and a self-priming centrifugal and spent the rest of the day pushing water to the sump pump sitting on the floor with a push broom, which pumped out to a low spot in the yard THEN I ran the centrif to pump THAT over to the driveway so it could run down to the street (I live on a ridge). Glad I had power!

It's interesting to see that situations like this can be managed with the right approach and a can do attitude. What usually happens is that people use sandbags, and then wait to see what happens and fix the damage afterwards. I very strongly suspect that if just some of the money that goes on post flood repairs - that's money from local authorities to fix infrastructure and property insurance claims - was spent before the event to prevent the worst damage occurring in the first place, it would cost a lot less and save a lot of heartache. Thank goodness there are people like Mike for whom potential disasters are just another challenge to be overcome with 'physics and engineering' and that can do attitude I mentioned.

GLAD EVERYTHING TURNED OUT OK FOR YOU. I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOUR YOUR CHANNNEL FOR YEARS NOW AWESOME GETTET DONE LOL

You are an amazing person Mike. Extremely smart and very creative and follow through and don't talk about what ur going to do (like many ytubers), you get it done brother.

Mike Patey, engineer extraordinaire! Thanks for all you do for your community as well as your fans!

Awesome your work and effort paid off! I know a lot of us was worried for you and so glad everything worked out! Proof that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!

I'm always fascinated by people who build close to water. And the effort in which they go about trying to undo what it's always done.

So glad ur preventative flood measures worked out :)

so glad uyou made it. love the way you think!

Within all the risks given by uncontrollable water masses its great to see Mike engaged full trottel. Must be fantastic knowing a guy like him as neighbour and part of a community.

So glad to hear the update that everything worked out for your house. Been wondering since the last video update. Back to work (for other projects) now!

I am so happy you and your brother made it through the flooding situation and knowing the character of you fellows. I know you will do what ever you can to help your neighbours who did fair as well as you. it looks like the community you live in is there to help them too. NOW BACK TO WORK

Last night I was making dinner and suddenly I thought; "what the hell is happening with Mike's house in this flood surge"? Like magic this video appears. Thanks.

This has to be the best built home in the world.

Good job at saving your home, as well as helping to save your neighbors homes. Truly a magnificent engineer. Keep up the excellent work as always Mike. Safe skies 🇺🇸🛩️

You are a role model for neighbors... add me to those who thank you for being so caring for aviation and communities!!! Now, back to work!

It great that all your preparation has worked out well. And that was only part of your life.

From my little vantage point way out on Catalina Island, I think I'm safe, thanks Mike...! Looking forward to seeing many of you at this very special upcoming Reno Air Race! T-6 Pit...

It's amazing everyone is so coordinated

Glad it wasn't worse. With the preparation you and your neighbors did, you avoided disaster. Outstanding.

Sure looks like you did a great job along with the City....... Hope all is well in the end......Thanks for the update, we have you in our thoughts.😊

Good thinking on the redundant circuits on your pumps and having spares readily at hand. Should facilitate changing out pumps without loss of drainage. They needed you at Fukushima.

6:00 It's a good thing that those three trees got stopped at your house before the Hwy 115 bridge.

1996 we had huge floods in Oregon and southwest Washington. One of the most disheartening things was many homes and businesses got flooded because the floor drains weren't block - thus when the river rose, it allowed water to flow backwards into building. The worst of the bunch, Oregon city Tavern. They put their pool tables on blocks so that the tops were about 12" above the ceiling. Then sealed the doors with silicone. Problem was they didn't block the floor drains. When they cut the doors open, river water drained out. Totally sucks, they worked so hard to prevent that very catastrophe. The worst part of that is the water line was 6" from the ceiling.... so even the pool tables were junk after... much empathy to those suffering now, being flooded sucks (it got my family's welding shop too - thankfully, it didn't really damage anything important other then the offices - and we all know those people don't do anything anyway...)

The amount of forward thinking you do never fails to amaze me mike. The decision to just look back at floods from history to make a decision on foundation height sounds so basic but I would never have thought to do it (I don’t build houses and I’m not an engineer lol) but this is in everything you do, from planes to houses to business and it always impresses me.

Glad it worked and you're OK Mike. I absolutely love that you engineered the hell out of the house, dug extra deep, made the bottom into a big french drain, etc. That's exactly what I would want to do if I was building my own house!

You’re a good neighbor Mike!

So glad you didn't get flooded. I lost everything I owned in the hurricane Harvey flood here in Houston back 6 years ago. Flooding is not fun!!!

We see this in the Pacific northwest every year. When it hits the bridge at 30OR we call it the firewood filter..lol

Your amazing Mike. You do a great job on any thing you make or fix. Your the man

I'm living in a hotel till June 13th as my cottage is repaired from the flood in Ft Lauderdale on April 12 . Large pain in the yup . Stay safe Mike 🙏🏻

Nicely done. Great update. Now back to work.

As a home builder, you have really gone above and beyond on water control around that house. The only thing i would add is a backup generator for those sump pumps. Maybe you do have them, I haven’t had time to watch all the episodes, but if not, a simple power outage and it all could be for nothing. Great work, though! Its awesome to see what is possible when the engineer has a true passion for the actual mechanics behind his work!

That's so great. You're a most impressive fellow!

We lived in Coal Creek Canyon in Colorado and in 2013 the creek flooded. It is a seasonal creek half the size of this creek and when it flooded it took out 9 miles of road and bridges . We had lived there for 29 years before this happened and would often comment on the signs saying go to high ground when water is present . We were fortunate since we lived at the beginning of the creek but yet there was enough water that we had water come out of the ground for weeks like a spring creek . Water is very powerful so be careful where you build . Thanks for sharing and showing us the precautions you took while building, money well spent .

good to see it all stayed dry :)

Do some research on the Chicago incident back in the 90's, when a pile driver crew cracked the ceiling of the Deep Tunnel Project, which resulted in flooding a huge area of Chicago lower level (there are 2 underground levels!). Many buildings found their basements under water. Fascinating story!

Glad you’re home and most of the others missed a lot of the water Mike. Hopefully that’s all you’ll ever have to see. Love your engineering and how your mind works.

Nice work Mike! Engineers are very impressed with you design and execution 😊

There is a rectangular wire cage filled with rocks called a gabion. In the upstream catchment area if gabions were placed to form leaky dams they would slow down the water a little allowing more to be absorbed into the soil up there and would filter out some of the debris preventing it to be washed down.

Thank you for taking the time to document your projects / endeavors. I really enjoy the content.

another great update, back to work!

13:00 My city in Christchurch, New Zealand, was built basically upon an old swamp. We have very high water table (in some areas, above ground in winter) and are affected by numerous rivers and tributaries. We are also coastal with many homes only 1m to 2m above mean sea level. The centre of the CBD is only about 10m above mean sea level. Christchurch was developed as a British colony and in the early days the "Christchurch Drainage Board" was formed. The street kerbing and side channelling ("gutters") here and under-channel pipes and stormwater drainage that serves streets and infrastructure is generally only designed for the 10yr storm event. When we have high intensity rainfall or longer duration rainfall our stormwater systems get easily overwhelmed - especially in autumn/fall when leaves gather and block street sumps / entry points. This leads to ponding / puddles on the streets which eventually overtop the kerb and start extending into overland flowpaths based on flat (albeit with local humps/hollows) terrain onto private land and under houses. Presumably your own city only designs streetworks and public infrastructure to a much lower return period (due to sheer costs and budgets) too which leads to exactly what has happened...

Wow, very impressive Mike. That foundation is genius.

Great job. And a great thought rooting the bank. Maybe, with the attention to detail you show us everywhere, think of putting the right plants on the bank, shrubs etc, to help biodiversity, not just colourfull flowers. also maybe recreating the bank to provide shelter for baby fish or 'amfibious' animals or some launching places for kingfishers etc. Don't know nature around your place, but if you are going to spend money, maybe help nature a hand (this can be possible without spending extra mony) Back to (the good) work, i would say

Another AWESOME Mike Patey video. Your video's just keep AMAZING me. Keep them coming please.

Amazing foresight and genius Mike.

We are pulling for you and your neighbors.

Bless you sir! Happy fishing!

You should say “back to sleep”. There’s nothing like planning, engineering and hydraulics to get things done. If those trees had gotten jammed in the bridge that could have been really bad. Living in coastal Long Island we know about rising water. Good job, Mike!

The amount of time and resources that you dedicate to community and neighbors need to be highly commended. Great job as always.

Thanks fro the update. Many of us were concerned and hoping you would give us an update. Glad it worked out well. Now you can get back to work.

Mike, I’m an engineer and have had some experience dealing with flood prevention and repairs of a large property. I’m guessing you’ve considered this, but don’t underestimate water coming from front of house where you least expect it. It’s really sneaky and quietly can come up roads or somewhere else way up/dn stream.

I don't know if you ever missed thinking of all the risks and possible failures that could happen in anything you had part in designing , but , just seeing the erosion of your neighborhoods areas that you didn't help w/ really gives me a sense of just how big a flood must have been to create all the canyons in the Grand Canyon Park. The amount of water and the power of the movement to create Monument Park. And how large the volume must have been to move the sediments all the way down to the delta of the Colorado as far as Baja Mexico. Great video Mike and thanks for your generous consideration and sharing , documenting the real life and times of real America !! Sincerely .................... God bless !!

Maybe your kids can start a business doing rafting down the Patey River! Glad your safe.

Mike & Mark, Mark & Scott: tied for my second favorite twins! Second to my Mom Marilyn and beloved Aunt Marjory! Love your videos, and your commitment to your, our, community! ❤️

I Absolutely Love this series of video Mike❤ As well as ALL of your videos Brother

Seems the best way to permanently solve the problem is to have a way to divert or pump the water into a runoff reservoir, bonus for keeping extra water through the dry cycle. I'd thought, during a dry cycle years ago, while hanging around mendo. lake north CA., that they should take advantage of the low levels in the lake to take earth movers in and remove the accumulated runoff dirt for extra storage during the otherwise flooding cycle. I don't think anyone has yet made it a regular thing to do.

I like how thorough you are with things...some would say overboard...I say practical and cautious! I've been watching episodes for about 6 months now. Love your channel!