I lost my home to this. The water rose over the roof, wrecked the inside, swept it off the blocks, destroyed all the plumbing underneath, the water shed is now gone, and so are the front steps. I'm just glad I thought to bring my cat with me when I left instead of deciding to come back by boat to feed her. I would have been SICK with grief if I had left her behind. I've never seen flooding like this before, anywhere, ever.

Ferocious power of water. Thank you Russell for the incredible imagery.

That's amazing! Nothing could escape that current at the top of the dam. Everything would be pulled to the dam for quite a distance away - fish, boats, etc. Not sure how that all works, but can just imagine that's a bad place to be for those unaware of the plan to open the flood gates.

Freakin awesome shots! The amazing power of masses of water! Amazing!

used to work there. i got to open up the spillway gates for the first time they had been opened in like 6+ years. very very fun experience

Nice footage and good flying skills.

Great footage! I shared this to my Facebook page. Thanks.

Hey Russell........GREAT Video !!!

Wow that was great , awesome video . I was afraid if they started transmitting with the WiFi tower on top of the hill it would screw with the 2.4g that my FPV drone operates on and I could lose it so I used the Phantom 1 with gopro type camera . Your P2 runs on 5.8g , no WiFi problems .You can't tell what it is looking at that far away . No FPV .

look at the older vids when it was only 3 ft open. then look at this. on the bottom exit the sides are eroded away. scary

and here it comes again

Russell this is awesome! I am a producer for WeatherNation TV. May WeatherNation TV and it's affiliates use and share this digitally with credit to you?

Necessary for the 193 remaining countries: "Spillway output was a record 5611 cubic meters per second."

that's a lot of water coming out those gates

Did the 4th gate from left collapse?

hey do you fly anything else? not sure where you live but I'm not far from Toledo bend. I build my own and was looking for someone to fly with.

the spillway on the far left what's stirring up the mud from the bottom by it? Look to be the current but I thought something worse early on in your video.

That is a LOT of water, lol. Wow.

Hi Russell, I'm putting together a short video of the flooding at American Airboat in 2016. Would you mind if I used 10-15 seconds of your video to add a little drama and color? Thanks in advance. Kendra

You almost got nails by those birds. You fly a phantom?