Smallwood Lake Dam Overflows After Edenville Dam Failure 

Where is Casey Neistat when we need him this most.

You'd be surprised how a landslide sounds... That sh!t is even scarier!

JKB I live in Sanford it really bad I cryed.....

Well said and i stay on the ISLE OF SKYE even here we have heard about how appaling your american infrastructure is...lol

@@kolloduke3341 Oh just look at those UK flood maps! ;-)

well to be fair there are some much older dams than 100 years, but maintenance is one thing that is required. You would think they would have funding for that at least. But then again stuff sometimes just happens, not necessarily because of neglegt.

@@Lilliz91 there is more than enough funding, but the US government spends it all on bombing the shit out of the Middle East. Biden just increased the military Budget even more than Trump did. If the US cut military spending by 1/3, it would still be spending more than the next 8 highest spending countries combined, which are almost all allies of the US. Then the gov would be able to fund infrastructure upgrades across the country. Most major infrastructure in the US was built back in the 1950’s, and US politicians have been to busy catering to hedge fund managers and multinational corporations since then. If they invested in a major infrastructure overhaul they could spur the economy, create jobs, and overall increase quality of life across the whole country. Instead they are cutting taxes for the rich, and lying to average voters about giving any kind of stimulus during COVID

Bingo!! Govt says “keep paying your taxes…we’ll decide on where to spend it”.

Phil Swift is an American Hero

You got a fuckin idea!!!

No shit, they don't build or fix anything like they used to. Flexseal. Hahahaha. 👍😂😂😅

LOL! A dam overflow is a serious matter but your comment made me chuckle!

loll

He's got BALLS and piling driven deep in the ground behind him.

The guy who's really in danger is the one who's backed himself into a corner with heavy equipment operating a few feet away.

@@bobjames6284 the bulldozer isn't going to spontaneously turn left and slowly crush the man to death so.....

@@jacobt1045 - Never assume that your co-workers know what they're doing. Never letting yourself get backed into a corner is a basic rule for working around heavy equipment, whether it's a bulldozer, forklift, or tank. This guy's probably an office pogue and doesn't know any better.

Put a moving boulder in a moving torrent and it will only help to pulverize and dislodge stationary material.

@@cechk01 you aren't too bright are you

Patrick Barry umm have you ever seen a waterfall? Those things are LOUD!

@@cechk01 - If it is, they did a good job. I live in an area known for flash floods, and that's exactly what it sounds like.

Perhaps its a directional microphone - It only picks up sound directly in front of the microphone. Maybe, not sure. Patrick is right that you should hear at least something of the propellors.

Sounds like my PS4 Pro 😊 but I love it

Try getting up close to one.

Keep America Great!

It's a bit more then that.

I know right? In Louisiana we have levees that make these things look like ant hills.

@@yeeturmcbeetur8197 You are also below sea level. Midland is roughly 600 ft above sea level. This isn't a pissing match.

So happy the state took the dam Owner to court to have the lake leveled raised in an effort to save these mussels.

We were already 90% water, now the only thing left above sea level is Mackinac Island

@Silvio Nunez ironic considering Flint

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Contaminated water

What is that little load of rocks going to do?

This video is from the 19th, Smallwood was the first dam to fail and is upstream from the other two. I saw this footage ON the 19th. Same exact footage.

@@recoveringsoul755 regardless of the date, that's like ants trying to fix a mountain. I watch the drama unfold over at Oroville when they were having their problems, and man was that somethingI was amazed that they were actually able to save that one without Oroville being washed off the map.

@gothicman03 two little two late*

@@timbaldwin6283 too little too late. ( two = #2 . )

@@MrDmadness Their both idiots...

Are you a hydrologist or something?

you are correct; the emergency spillway did it's job, and that old dam survived.

@@Moose803 no i am not yet i have studied earth dam failures quite a bit and followed the Oroville disaster and learned more about preventative engineering and structures.

@@raybankes7668 Engineering? Structures? A bus full of Dutch kids could have prevented this, lol!

This was the worst case scenario the engineers designed it for. Unfortunately what they assumed to be a worst case scenario is looking like it’s gunna start to be a regular occurrence. US really needs to increase their infrastructure funding the same way they always increase their military budget

All that erosion is going to undermine the damn

Oroville dam 'springs' to mind

@@SiegePerilousEsauMaltomite I was thinking the same thing. I wonder how long this can last at that rate.

Negative on the maneuver ghost rider!

Yea

Probably trying to stop the water spraying out of the gatehouse from washing out the berm and weakening it further

Sandbags.

Ced8897 maybe they should try paper or scissors 😂

Hahaha 😂😂😂👍 you were so right. Useless

Dwayne Seidl 😂😂😂

@@marionette5968 Many people voted for Trump thinking he was going to make some kind of change in their community ...sadly it never happened. I think it's fair to be disappointed in many.

@@sweetonyxakararegem692 I still remember Trump talking about our infrastructure and how in his travels he saw great infrastructure in other countries. Then before he's even installed in office he's fighting off every Democrat in Congress. Remember Flint's bad water with lead in it? That city is in Michigan too. Democratic city in a Democratic state. Democrats, where the taxes never reach infrastructure jobs. I guess the Dems see dams as walls.

@@lindacloudobserver9717 - Why don't you ask Rick Snyder about Flint, since it happened on his watch? Or about these dams, since he was in office for 8 years and did nothing, despite knowing that they were set to fail. Oh, he's a republican. 🙄 As for these dams, they are privately owned and the owners have been receiving fines for neglecting upkeep for years. Keep telling yourself how much better and more efficient the private sector is, though. Lastly, Trump had majorities in both the House and Senate for the first 2 years he was in office, yet I didn't see an infrastructure bill. I did see a 1.5T tax cut for the rich, though. Funny, that.

@@sweetonyxakararegem692 lier how is a Michigan problem Trump's problems

He would have lost a lot of money even if the dams were in great shape. Even sorry CMS can't make money at .20 cents per KWh. They are so sorry they have to buy 25 percent of their megawatts. Every one was looking for a free lunch

Smallwood is above Edenville , my sister lives on Wixom lake , been up there helping everyday since it flooded.

I don’t think so - I believe the sound was from a land mic & mixed into the drone footage later.

It's not safe with me

@Amor Fati sorry brother diddnt mean any harm

The US Tyranny and Michigan Tyranny to send their gun and badge thugs to cage the videographer for suspicion of causing the collapse and for disseminating state secrets of the damn collapse in 3..2..

saw this exact footage on the night of the 19th. Smallwood dam failed FIRST, then water flowed into Edenville and that one failed, then Sanford. The channel I was watching reported on Smallwood within minutes of it failing, as obvious with the dump truck of rocks and bulldozer. The next day on the 20th the media was only reporting 2 dam failures. THIS video is from the 19th because that is when I watched it. Saw it first on a FB link someone sent in. Watch Inventor Lee Wheelbarger channel and you will see this video clip, from the 19th. This is not AFTER edenville, but BEFORE and a contributing factor in the other two dam failures.

Recovering Soul Mother Nature is unstoppable. Beautiful but dangerous at the same time

"Dam, that's crazy" ...I see what you've done there :·p

Not so much a basement, that's a powerhouse, where the hydroelectric turbines are. The head pressure is so great that the water breached the seam between the concrete and brick of the powerhouse

@@85bbenjaminfan Does that mean whole generator's room is flooded?

@@schooldb3556 not necessarily, underneath the turbine room lies tunnels, one for each turbine. They're designed to be a narrow space so the water during normal conditions pressurized and spins the turbines with great force, producing optimal efficiency for generating electricity. Chances are the pressure built up so much that a stress fracture in the concrete opened up to allow the water to escape. Whether the fracture was intentionally placed there or not is up for debate, typically this is why dams have floodgates. These are supposed to open to relieve the pressure behind the dam when the water crests during flood season. Clearly they didn't do their job this time, but from what I understand, these dams along this stretch of the river were old and in bad need of maintenance anyways, so chances are their failure was destined to happen

Dam right

Is this dam down river of the dam that failed? If so, there is not much you can do when you have a whole lake worth of water coming your way.

@@kattypatty8581 - Nope. This one is upstream.

@@kattypatty8581 wrong there was 3 weeks notice

@@dknowles60 from reading more about these dams, seems like they were very poorly managed......like criminally managed.

Our ranch earth dam gets Engineer clearance in BC Canada every three years, PLUS a govt. Eng. still comes, with his/her "list" and that's a dam for irrigation that's less than twenty years old, and shallow.

Lol..probably they were high on something 😂

The Expendables?

That wacky fascist governor has them social distancing at 600 yards.

Trying to keep the brick power house from being undercut

@@AndyFromBeaverton cult 45: please inject disinfectants into your bodies to fight coronavirus.

Especially where he was moving it to .😊

They were trying to save the building not block the water.

This was to try and stop the powerhouse outlet from eroding the dam. At least they tried. What did you do?.....

What did you learn from this?

@@overthehills_faraway8320 that water flows

Go pro drone. It's a thing.

@@nukacola3795 audio seemed too clear to be on a drone, and it was not really tied to the shots all the time.

When *I saw this video clip on the night of the 19th* , because Smallwood dam failed FIRST and is upstream from the other two and a contributing factor to the other two dams failing, the FULL video clip ended with the drone flying back to the people who were operating it. Someone posted a link to a FB post where I watched this video clip. Not sure who the original owner of the footage is. But this fake news channel wants money and is reporting fake news. This was the first dam to fail, as reported by Inventor Lee Wheelbarger channel on the night of the 19th when he was streaming LIVE for 5 hours.

Nuka Cola Does gopro have a silent drone? Have you been around a drone before?

@@recoveringsoul755 It didn't fail. The left abutment was designed to wash out during high floods. That's why the sheet pile wasn't extended into the left abutment.

@Martin H I can't beleive it's still up, if it was built today it wouldn't be standing anymore

Tony Alston hey why are you pressed like do you need to talk about it

Martin owes Tony a sensuous back massage from a previous bet. And Martin is not holding his end of the bargain.

Its a water turbine power plant.

Some things can only be prepared for by "reacting". You can prepare for a tornado by building underground bunkers and earthquakes with shock absorbing structures. Floods on the other hand take everything out. Fleeing is the only answer.

@@buixrule i can agree with that to a point. You have 5 mins or less to grab your stuff and leave. You can prepare by having stuff already packed like bug out bags or a tote with emergency supplies. Gear/food you would need to live for a few days outside your home

You are way too pretty to be that funny.

There is a news report about it happening somewhere in Virginia. 2020 is kicking butt and taking names.

Yea the Dutch ain't moving. They are moving the sea though. ;-) You go 'believe'? We will build real walls.

The lake was actually emptied early this month and then they got fined for dropping it too low which killed a bunch of animals so they were ordered to fill it up again which was completed on the 10th I think

two*

@@AustinMichael I suppose it hell if you do hell if you don't

😂. Pointless. Idiots need to get away from danger.

@@letswalkinthewoods1462 holy s..t; there's no need for that guy standing right next to the bldg. and in front of the dozer. if that thing goes, it's gonna goooooooooo

@@dwightstjohn6927 strong like bull... Smart like dump truck..

In other words, the overflow of this dam caused Edenville to fail.

It won't.

It's gone forever. Mi don't have 2 billion dollars

Privately owned and operated. Try again.

@@jasonvanwormer7642 Actually, this is the Smallwood Lake Dam. This dam is upstream from the Edenville Dam. The Edenville dam was the 1st dam to breach and caused the Sanford Dam to breach. The Federal government revoked the 2018 license of the Edenville Dam. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) took oversight of the dam. April 2020 EGLE sued Boyce (owner of the dam) alleging it had lowered water level in 2018 and 2019 killing thousands of freshwater mussels.

Says a dude convinced by the imagery that the operator was convinced he was stopping every drop of water, not just trying to protect the foundation of the building.

God, this is the climatic weapon of Russia ..

One word....Wuflu

Force to raise lake by court order

www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/michigan-regulators-moved-fast-dangerous-dam-protect-mussels

The dam upstream failed and sent an oceans worth of water rushing downstream. It's still standing..

Phil Swift drove by in his "sawed in half" boat lol

LMAO

Wrong fool. It was state of Michigan missmanagement

Whitmer is the Governor so probably not President Trump will easily handle the problem

@@lobowolf9406 if that's the case where is the promised $trillion investment on rebuilding American infrastructure?

@@lobowolf9406 - Snyder was in office for 8 years before Whitmer, what did he do to fix these dams? Nothing. Never mind that these dams are privately owned, so all Trump has done in 3 1/2 years is give the owners a nice tax break, which may have covered the fines they have been racking up for years due to failing inspections.

This is a smaller, upstream dam. The bigger one in Edgewood did fail, and another is overtopped, preventing inspection of the damage.

soooo it was designed to fail?? sanford is my home and it was destroyed by this. i don’t understand how you find a dam failure ‘impressive’.