Floodwaters threaten Rapidan Dam in Blue Earth County

A build-up of debris has county officials monitoring the dam in Rapidan Township.

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  • @fu9793
    @fu97938 күн бұрын

    “Pray that it doesn’t take the dam store.” Love that name.

  • @repentorperish488
    @repentorperish4888 күн бұрын

    ESPN warned us during Minnesota Timberwolves game last month "The Dam just Broke" on a slam dunk call Ironic

  • @liberty-matrix
    @liberty-matrix8 күн бұрын

    100 year old dam, America's crumbling infrastructure.

  • @redbarchetta8782

    @redbarchetta8782

    8 күн бұрын

    In this case it has nothing to do with the dam being old, it's too much water period.

  • @michaeldavid6284

    @michaeldavid6284

    8 күн бұрын

    @@redbarchetta8782 Correct. The water did not burst through the dam, the volume was so great it went around it on the west side.

  • @ARandomDonut
    @ARandomDonut8 күн бұрын

    I'll probably go out and eat at the dam store if it survives, because these people will have to build a new house... man it just sucks

  • @jadesea562
    @jadesea5628 күн бұрын

    Well just rebuild that damn store if it does!

  • @gRosh08
    @gRosh088 күн бұрын

    Uncle Amos said...this is what 100 plus years old US infrastructure looks like... get it? So, yeah... the river water bypassed the Dam; meaning, the Dam had failed.

  • @stephenmorton8017
    @stephenmorton80178 күн бұрын

    the Blue Earth River. never heard of that one.

  • @marshamariner7897

    @marshamariner7897

    8 күн бұрын

    Bend of the river....BE river meets the MN River at Sibley park😪😪✌️😪✌️

  • @stratussol2475
    @stratussol24758 күн бұрын

    Minnesota is expected to receive even more rain tonight 6/24/24

  • @3DPDK
    @3DPDK8 күн бұрын

    $1 trillion infrastructure bill in 2021. I wonder how much of that went into maintaining and up grading this dam ... ?

  • @roger0929

    @roger0929

    8 күн бұрын

    More than 2017-2020 combined I absolutely guarantee. Took a wide-awake White House to do it.

  • @marshamariner7897
    @marshamariner78978 күн бұрын

    Lived in Mankato over 20 yrs...1975-1997....been 2 the dam...park...store many times 😪😪✌️😊

  • @BearBear1959
    @BearBear19598 күн бұрын

    Well that picture is old you can see under the house with part of the foundation gone. I feel so bad for that family.

  • @gordontaylor2815

    @gordontaylor2815

    8 күн бұрын

    I think I saw a Short on the AccuWeather channel with the house already being washed away by the river...

  • @ARandomDonut

    @ARandomDonut

    8 күн бұрын

    @@gordontaylor2815 If it looked like a big white plate, it's their shed, not their house. I thought it was the house at first too. You could be right and I missed it though.

  • @MrJigginjim
    @MrJigginjim8 күн бұрын

    Why can't the logs be pulled out by a crane?

  • @loismiller7742
    @loismiller77428 күн бұрын

    So sad

  • @LindaLight-es4qr
    @LindaLight-es4qr8 күн бұрын

    So So Sad , Pray Peace to the Family, and You have Help To Rebuild , If The house goes ..

  • @dougclem7711
    @dougclem77118 күн бұрын

    Poor planning, no reinforcement of the spill way. Is it an old structure?

  • @raymondlangella5276
    @raymondlangella52768 күн бұрын

    There is a brand new invention! It’s called a Helicopter! Try outfitting a military helicopter with something that can pick up the dead trees! Try anything! Anything is better than nothing!

  • @Vajona802
    @Vajona8028 күн бұрын

    Normal weather for this time of year. stealing money collected to maintain this dam is the reason it is failing.

  • @mirsadcehajic4313
    @mirsadcehajic43138 күн бұрын

    Why they don't clean this openings on dam and let water flow through it instead around.

  • @TrunkyDunks

    @TrunkyDunks

    8 күн бұрын

    How do you intend to get heavy machinery near a rapidly moving flooded river.....the banks are actively collapsing...

  • @ThizVonnEmpire
    @ThizVonnEmpire8 күн бұрын

    🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @robertmanella528
    @robertmanella5288 күн бұрын

    We don't need las Vegas ect.ect ect!!

  • @rosagiusti7076
    @rosagiusti70768 күн бұрын

    Call the Dutch!!! Get some help

  • @guyfawkesuThe1
    @guyfawkesuThe18 күн бұрын

    YOU LIVE NEXT TO A RIVER. YOUR FAULT. OTHERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR YOUR HOUSE!

  • @user-bb7xp8hv8y
    @user-bb7xp8hv8y8 күн бұрын

    I feel bad for the people down stream but nature should have been left alone. Everything that man thinks he can control or change ends up loosing to nature. We are supposed to live in harmony with nature not try and tame it

  • @prepper1013
    @prepper10138 күн бұрын

    1:51 Is that, Popeye The Sailorman, in the background? Asking for a friend.

  • @jasonwinters2708
    @jasonwinters27088 күн бұрын

    They absolutely could save that house if they wanted to if the county would just make the effort or the owners of the damn that have caused the catastrophe would just make the effort to save the home they could just by dumping in large rocks right there on the end of that road to keep it from eroding anymore why don't they just do that they would if the homeowner paid for it themselves but our tax dollars are not to help the people they are just to help big business that's what we pay taxes for is to give rich people more money don't you people know that that's what democracy means

  • @SongMom8

    @SongMom8

    8 күн бұрын

    I don’t think you understand the massive power of water…

  • @ARandomDonut

    @ARandomDonut

    8 күн бұрын

    Risk assessment bro. It's clearly not worth it.

  • @mikeballen
    @mikeballen8 күн бұрын

    who runs the dams it rains you drain the dam ... rain comes close the dam . we have a dam the guy , the guy die . the dam is gone . now we have floods