Side of Minnesota's Rapidan Dam eroded by raging floodwaters 

Uh, the dam has failed. Once the scouring took place the breach began. There's no power house. If it were my decision, I'd leave the remaining dam structure to help protect the left side of the embankment from being washed away. The house and business is a loss, no stopping water, mother nature always wins. I've watched this same clip a 100 times on other channels. I hope they were insured.

Looks like black water to me.

River realignment?

A hiccup?

I had the same thought lol. Apparently the river redirecting itself around the dam is normal operations.

If the flooding continues to supply water, that erosion will eventually unearth the foundation of the dam and it will eventually start to break apart from the pressure of the water. That would result in the dam itself failing and allowing the full flow of water downstream. The diversion has relieved some stress on the dam, but the flow is still pushing on the dam. It's just a matter of time before the erosion finishes it off.

I wonder if they sell any dam bait!?

It was built in 1908! It’s a hollow concrete dam which they do t use anymore

​@@chrishaddad5362Pretty sure it still powers around 500 to 600 houses or so. Not so sure about at the current point in time, but it is/was in operation.

@@caddyguy5369 Somebody yesterday said that power generation ended several years ago. I believe it had something to do with a prior flood ruining the generators.

@@randallmarsh1187 Ahh. My bad.

@@randallmarsh1187 I knew it was damaged in previous flooding, but didn't realize it took out the generation. I know it was known to need serious work or removal since the 70s but got patchwork instead.

@@matthewmoore7447 Yeah, yeah. Wherever the force of gravity and the local ground contours and soil consistency, etc, makes it go. Or I should say, this all results in the water flowing somewhere. "Makes" implies a decision. And yup, gravity is always a downer. :)

The abutment failed. The failed abutment actually prevented the dam from collapsing.

Its no diff with part dam!

@@rtqii if a dam doesn't do what it was built for, then it has failed. Regardless as to whether the structure itself is intact.

Except for that one guy. He knows who he is.

Dam right.

far more common to go over the top, then to cut through the side.

If it went over the top, it would not need then to go around the side. Nonetheless, over the centuries, the water will erode the softer shoreline, rather than the harder concrete. Over the millenia, it will even erode the concrete.

Where is all of this winding up ? What a horrible thing to happen.

IF they have flood insurance they might be ok.

FWIW: "In Minnesota, sandstone and other sedimentary rocks were deposited during the early Paleozoic Era, about 500 million years ago. At that time, Minnesota was near the equator, and shallow seas covered most of the state. Sediment eroded from upland areas was transported to the seashore, and the coarser-grained sediment eventually formed the sandstones seen today in southern Minnesota. Some of these sandstones are so poorly cemented that the grains can be rubbed off with your finger. As the sandstone is eroded, piles of clean quartz sand are formed."

@@caddyguy5369 I a picture did I downloaded from the internet apparently someone took a picture out of a geology book. See what I'm trying to determine the coal deposits in the United States were formed during the Carboniferous period where are the United States was centered over the equator. The Hadley cell circulation Collide over this latitude where the barometric pressure is very low and that's where tropical rainforests are formed by large amounts of precipitation. I probably should ask this in a Facebook geology discussion page. By the way of this flood how many inches in a 24-hour period has come down in this region are you aware that the polar jet stream add the subtropical jet stream are starting to break up or started to break up about 15 years ago they're no longer a continuous ribbon of air and as a result is causing atmospheric blocks there's a lot of strange dangerous events that are occurring with these atmospheric blocks. What is the Omega wrap heat wrap Heatwave. Apparently they're causing more brutal dangerous heat waves that caused the temperature to Skyrocket. One occurred over Fort McMurray Alberta. And that caused the temperature to Skyrocket to 91 degrees Fahrenheit the very dangerous aspect of these very high temperatures over at Forest canopy with low humidity less than 30% humidity it causes the moisture to evaporate out of the tree and the branches very similar to the Christmas tree effect where you don't water the tree for a full month and it becomes a volatile flaming Calderon with flames between 1/2 entire length of the tree. Did that happen to during the April 2016 fire in Fort McMurray. And the reason why these heat waves are occurring more often is because the polar ice sheets are shrinking is causing the polar temperature to increase to the three times. From my understanding is the temperature gradient difference between the Arctic and the equator are shrinking in other words the temperature is coming more in line with each other and that slows down the air exchange the atmospheric air circulation between the Equator and the Arctic. This causes the polar jet stream to slow and it causes really big temperature differences. It's called the temperature departures were the departures are becoming much more extreme than what they should be in the past. So the surface of the Earth is not heating or cooling more evenly but it's becoming more extreme overtime

you are correct, and even if the ground is stable enough, that road will be closed for construction vehichles access to do repairs or reconstruction which will take 4-8 years or more. So business is finished in any scenario.

hmmm, lawsuit from one home/land owner or several thousand suits from home/land owners down stream of the now blown up dam. tough choice for sure.

Store will be gone in a week

Yeah, the top edge is dangerous and once the river calms, grading and sloping will require cutting it back several hundred feet.

It was fully opened, but because of the heavy rain debris clogged the gates

The dame gate was clogged, and the contractor who was hired and was supposed to come in and unclog it backed out because it was too dangerous. Three days later, this happened.

Ok, you're hired!

My stars, youre darn right😂

Haha spot on!

1910

Somalians

3+ billion dollar budget surplus

Literally vanish into water. The property left the chat forever.

That's the Dam Park. I was curious about the building there. In the one drone footage it almost looks like flat charred remains, but I didn't look too in depth.

So beavers should not be allowed to build their dams either?

We should have remained as we did for millions of years.

Metals that make devices to watch RU-vid should stay in the ground, where they've been for 'million years'.

Ukraine looks great...have you seen their cities lately? Gorgeous and new. I"m not kidding.

You have a death wish do you?

The house left ... so you would need to be Aquaman, bro.

Yes you would.. A house can be re-built but you cant be replaced by those left behind

It’s just a pile of wood and drywall who cares.

not really, the local gov didn't want to kick in the 20% of the bill to repair or replace, feds pay 80% which was granted in the new infrastructure bill, Local gov, republican, dragged their feet and did nothing to save $

That dam was built in 1908 and completed in 1910.

Everything?? Minnesotas now history? Pretty sure life will go on here.

@@davidtaurian9006 wise man, I did not mean that? I meant that whatever the thing comes in the way of the water is being washed away like strong dams and Rocky buildings. Criticism is every man's right, it's just life now. No one can help it!