Barges hit Oklahoma dam on Arkansas River

This video shows the impact.

[@trumpingtonfanhurst694]

No stupid music = 1 like

[@parabina]

Trumpington Fanhurst I legit thought i was going deaf for a second.

[@reynaldooreindain3738]

Or the robot mono tone voice

[@andrewc0128]

They filmed in landscape mode = 10 likes

[@Dindu556]

liquid snake I hope everyone you love gets leukemia

[@gucciraccoon1612]

Trumpington Fanhurst true

[@MRJK87.]

I hate to barge in here like this but frankly, I don't give a dam.

[@memyself1868]

🤣🤣

[@windlockatc]

Congratulations! You win the internet.

[@brinstarmedia1411]

Insert slow clap here 👏

[@dog336735]

You saw the chance...and you took it....much respect

[@ignatiusnoirant8174]

Ha. 😂

[@michaelbarron6073]

That's the biggest harmonica I've ever seen.

[@rock3tcatU233]

You should see the one I stuck up my ass.

[@victoriaalbastra6325]

I saw harmonicas too :)

[@EshwenAudanal]

Is that the original Memphis blues harmonica?

[@chado3000]

Here come people barging in with the dam jokes...

[@kirsch1616]

Chado nailed it

[@LexiLunarpaw]

...

[@fryncyaryorvjink2140]

And the award for best pun goes to... Chado!🏆

[@perryrhodan1364]

Perfect

[@sc0tte1-416]

You even had to involve the dam barge, didn't you

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

The power of water is amazing.

[@parismccoy20]

That's the exact same thing I was thinking!!

[@Monuments_to_Good_Intentions]

Just imagine how much more damaging it can be on a planet twice the size!

[@t-bone7782]

Looks more like chocolate milk. Sorry, got a craving.

[@chado3000]

Yes. The giver of life, the taker of life.

[@BajaSurf]

...as strong as THE POWER OF NEGLIGENCE !!🤣🤣

[@ridered7262]

I think someone upstream maybe looking for a new job.

[@konradfitzgerald]

I herd there was one downstream

[@2012truth1776]

Ride Red 😂 I think you might be rite !!! 😂😂😂

[@bigdaddy5757]

Ride Red , or in this day and age of idiocracy someone is getting promoted 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@lucashenry9734]

If I had a dollar for every time I let a couple of those things block the entire Mississippi I would have $2

[@SpinnyShots]

@@lucashenry9734 you mean 1$

[@davidhoffman1278]

A good example of why it is strongly recommended to not get too close to a dam when fishing or boating.

[@danielberry1133]

This is why you should keep your barges on a leash.

[@thebargainbin6020]

Barges be triflin

[@blueline15]

Keep your barges on a *dam* leash

[@mhenhawke5093]

Yes , there's a charge for a loose barge.

[@MrDavidelliottjr]

We should throw more stuff down there. That looked cool

[@rolldeep23]

What kind da stuff we thinking ? Football ? Chair? Dumper truck? Oh AIRPLANE!!

[@jacobgeary9811]

Yeah lets pollute the water even worst than it already is

[@TheHandleOnYoutube]

Lol i'm thinking something with explosives burning with oil and nitroglycerin.

[@jacobgeary9811]

@@TheHandleOnKZbin lol I'm thinking you're an emo bum ass loser

[@rolldeep23]

@@TheHandleOnKZbin YES!!! A ROCKET!!!

[@SeanKosari]

It’s amazing how strong that water pressure is

[@mm13x17]

I used to work on barges like these, never saw one go down thankfully. Had no idea they could fail so quickly

[@joshuagarner1654]

The shear volume of water hitting the swept them under

[@BradUSMCVETrider]

Was anyone else hoping they would just slip on through?

[@BeezyKing99]

I was too.... if it had been a tad more straighter... it would have made it through.

[@darkfangulas]

It did ahaha

[@BradUSMCVETrider]

@I'm Super Fat weird flex bro.

[@jotrutch]

Your ex girlfriend loves the hiv

[@BradUSMCVETrider]

@@jotrutch cool story bro

[@sucapizda]

Any beavers out there watching would be very impressed.

[@borntobe4419]

Clever

[@JankyMctango1997]

Hahaha beaver porn

[@mhenhawke5093]

That's no/way to talk about our Canadian women.

[@kimmorris6001]

No problem. Chip and Joann can have that reno done in 5 weeks for $85,000.

[@jakehager1041]

Omg you would say this

[@jakehager1041]

Mo Garcia Mo, thank you for the info on Theodore. I hope he receives the help he needs. You are a true hero for speaking wisdom.🦅

[@alexanderx33]

"Oh, you're approaching me?" That engineer must be so happy right now.

[@jmanthegreat1681]

alexanderx33 he was almost really sad

[@fattony123082]

The recovery crew might be working some overtime today?

[@johnathandavis9098]

Big money. 🤑

[@vegasfordguy]

People have often argued with me regarding just how power flowing water can be. This video says it all! Destroyed those massive barges like a toy.

[@OfTehMedia]

That’s some Dam good engineering.

[@keithgoodman7966]

I agree not a scratch on the Dam thing!

[@TheLuminousOne]

no it's not - it's standard dam engineering!

[@richardchantelau7189]

Haahhaah

[@13ECHO20]

Good one

[@DanielAtHome1]

Dam straight

[@metazare]

That water looks absolutely pristine. 👌

[@Fknheck]

Metazare fucking best comment so far😂 and I’ve been reading all of them

[@Fknheck]

Joseph Trutch damn you ruined a funny comment with an unfunny comment smh

[@maplemanz]

Looks like my toilet bowl after consuming Taco Bell.

[@carlsaganlives6086]

Compared to the Ganges, it is.

[@WarInHD]

It was flood water, damn near took out Fort Gibson so it was pretty dirty. That’s also how the barges broke loose and floated down the river

[@samrobertson7336]

How, or was the remaining piece of barge removed?

[@MikeBrown-ex9nh]

I'm no expert, but shouldn't someone have kept that from happening? Like the person who is looking for new employment.

[@jakegully4614]

It was due to extreme flooding in the area, it broke off its mooring lines.

[@tufftraveller4784]

Unlikely, this was due to heavy flooding which caused these barges coming lose from there moorings.

[@jotrutch]

Trump did this by building that dumb river wall

[@alexbedel6320]

@@jotrutch what.

[@jotrutch]

@@alexbedel6320 what what in the butt

[@frontxxrunner]

I felt certain the dam would be fine. I did not see coming that they would get pulled under like that

[@SchiwiM]

A few more of these, stretched over the whole length of the dam could maybe push the dam away

[@jotrutch]

The dam is built to block all the water if it feels like it.. An old slave barge ain't nothin

[@Moosenukkels]

That thing fit in there at first like tetris piece. Then the power of water showed it what it could do.

[@w.s.soapcompany94]

"You should have secured the barges better so they wouldn't float off and hit the damn." -Captain Hindsight

[@Happyheftig]

good one

[@TheDanno210]

W.S. Soap Company ^ damn dam.

[@williambrandondavis6897]

Its called a flood dumb ass.

[@RGK147]

@@williambrandondavis6897 it's called sarcasm you dumbass. Do you think captain hindsight is a real person??? Maybe him and captain hook are friends 🤔😂

[@mikehd3904]

Famous last words by Captain Obvious

[@jspec1398]

Oh dam

[@andresouza2314]

Dam, I laughed.

[@benc7826]

That's a perfect reaction. That gave me a good laugh.

[@logpost2950]

Oh barrage

[@cosmiccharlie8294]

They should close the gates where the barges are to protect the dam foundation from scour.

[@mubashirkhan3803]

Does it comes out on the other side shredded?

[@asianpersuasion4901]

I’m a bit confused. Can someone explain? What was the trying to be conveyed

[@James-zv2yt]

Me at 2am: KZbin Recommendations: ugh lets recommend him this why not Me: ah sheet here we go again

[@ripdangerdolanunsubbedbutn8902]

Ikr snap 🤣🤣

[@alexhutchins6161]

Ha 2 PM I'm normal.......... oh no.... I'm normal!😨😨😨😱

[@timmygunz7103]

Ahh he doesn't give a DAM

[@Wallacesnow]

Some relationships a trainwreck, dam these two just brarged in.

[@jotrutch]

brarges are the worst

[@wolfmanrebel874]

About a month ago I read about a construction barge out in Knoxville came free from it's dock in the middle of the night as it was barreling towards Henry St bridge a guy on a tug boat and a random fisherman rushed out and actually caught the thing..that's awesome if only OK had volunteers

[@Browns4life]

Ap do these just stay there on the bottom?

[@I.Odnamra]

Barge uses Ram It's not very effective

[@charleyzimmer2505]

Dam uses Water Pressure it's Super Effective

[@nothingforgrantedPS23]

Dam Wins!

[@FlyLikeRedBull]

Here we see a dam in the wild hunting it's natural prey. Baby barges. Poor guys got swallowed up

[@jackpotg-larz7445]

Dams are highly territorial. I would advise staying out of the water if you see one.

[@TheNefastor]

Damn dam.

[@beaup8312]

0:36 - Find a girl at bar, approach to flirt 1:13 - 😞

[@markkurtis8637]

So... what was the outcome? Are those barge hulls still there?

[@davidbruin4381]

So, did they get them out of there, and how did they do it??

[@toothless01]

Before we get started with the dam tour does anyone have any dam questions?

[@romanticdonkey468]

Where can I get some dam bait?

[@18wheels1966]

Uh, yeah. Is this a Good Dam ?

[@threebulls6064]

Where’d the dam boat go?

[@toothless01]

@@18wheels1966 Beavis and butt-head rule. 🤘🤣🤣🤣

[@18wheels1966]

Man, I really did intend to quote Beavis. I swear to good. See, free kin auto correct won't let me say "good" . What the heal , are you an atheist ? Free kin Ewe Toob. Child of the devil won't let me say "Good" Ah, fork it! I give up! That's what you want isn't it Santana. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@rogermayne1072]

I watched this video a week ago now KZbin is suggesting I watch every dam video on the internet.

[@MRJK87.]

There's no call for that kind of language 😏

[@chado3000]

Ya, I looked up how to fix a sunroof 2 months ago, and I still get those.

[@lgpatterson6259]

That made me laugh!! Lol!

[@acmevishal]

Bad of KZbin and some time forcefuuly suggesting few videos

[@dorapete4536]

What was in the containers?

[@cantho11]

what does the barge say when it hit a wall?

[@Fknheck]

that’s about a thousand metric fucktonns of water per second in that river

[@notlihvic]

I was waiting for a fighter jet to blow it up before hitting the dam :)

[@joemomma506]

I was honestly thinking something similar, but more like a helicopter launching a rocket attack. Would have been less stress on the dam and some good target practice for our troops.

[@SteveL11]

Both of you guys need to either A. Lowering yours expectations B. Stop watching Michael Bay movies

[@joemomma506]

@@SteveL11 I was honestly thinking about helping to maintain the structural integrity of the dam. But I can't lie, I do like watching shit get blown up. ;)

[@SteveL11]

@@joemomma506 Not gonna lie, it would have been glorious.

[@lese39]

How do you take those things out?

[@mikek39]

I don't get what those were and what was their purpose? Were the unmanned, or did people die?

[@theego2897]

All the damn dam jokes are taken

[@IzackN]

as unfortunate as the incident is, it's incredibly satisfying to watch the barges crumple

[@richardmyhan8755]

What were they carrying?

[@leglesslex9738]

So the massive doors to close the floodgates dont work or what ?

[@jakec9441]

Watch the boil just past the damn when the second barge is pinned and as it is destroyed the boil surges around the unimpeded flows and cycles in towards where the flow is impeded. As the barge breaks apart, the boil surges in where the flow is still impeded and reduces where the flow was impeded but is now visibly unobstructed. Then as the camera zooms in and you see the workers on the walkway where the 2nd barge is pinned and breaking apart, for a moment you see a red mass in the water in the 1st quadrant (center of top right of screen) which is presumably part of the 1st barge coming to the top of the boil. It is likely being ground to small bits and is being cycled from the bottom to the top compliments of hydraulic flow rather than buoyancy, as the boil of a damn reduces the buoyancy of objects due to more oxygen in the water. Damns are awesome mechanisms for displaying the power of flowing water. Dangerous, but awesome.

[@DennyHamlinMasterChokeArtist]

The barge didn't break up, they're still pushing on the dam. The only thing the broke up was the plastic covers

[@rscottrogers22]

@@DennyHamlinMasterChokeArtist wrong

[@DennyHamlinMasterChokeArtist]

@@rscottrogers22 how? Barges are made of solid steel water wouldn't just break them up

[@rscottrogers22]

@@DennyHamlinMasterChokeArtist it's no longer a barge. Just a bent up piece of steel.

[@GrumpyPenguin1]

@@DennyHamlinMasterChokeArtist Moving water is the most destructive force in nature

[@Ruluaman]

As my Geology professor once said, "Water always wins".

[@jotrutch]

That's why we water board the foreigners

[@trentcoyle9393]

Water they going to do now?

[@SpaceTomato]

Anybody know what these were carrying?

[@SgtAndrewC]

Now that's a lot of damage!

[@Ranger_k16]

mother nature ALWAYS wins

[@c4ooo]

Not 100% sure but I think the dam was built by humans

[@jotrutch]

The dam was built by ancients with advanced technology

[@chefgiovanni]

Was there any damage to the dam ?

[@johno4521]

No dam damage

[@1puppetbike]

For sale. Two barges. Buyer must remove from property asap.

[@PlehctiM]

How exactly do you fix something like that?

[@rondeichman]

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[@dougmaus4468]

Can't those barges read the dam sign? No Boating In This Area!

[@riccello]

Doug Maus how dare they barge in like that... dam

[@Fc-vh3ug]

Me - Hey FEDEX, where is my package. FEDEX - What package??

[@Berthagertrude]

Were they carrying anything?

[@liam6345]

*white barge* 0:00 - "I just love being this close to you!" *red barge* 0:36 - "fuck this shit I'm out!!"

[@machineman7806]

Not what I was expecting. Tore them up

[@wallochdm1]

Dam: 2. Barges: Zero

[@xxxxxx1154]

What barges ?

[@pamczech5984]

Do you know they have water saws they actually can cut

[@tylerw.uffelman3626]

Can we get the Titanic theme song in the background?

[@imnotfeelingit207]

that water just broke that shit down with ease crazy i was expecting it to just sit there

[@HolTukIj]

Yeah, it was crazy to see how that red one just went down instantly.

[@hephaestus511]

Indra Verhoeven The red one was punctured in impact which flooded the inside and caused it to sink instantly.

[@pspblows99]

How deep is it by the day?

[@ralphsinamon5222]

How the HELL do these barges get removed?

[@mogarcia9755]

A couple of beavers could have stopped those barges...

[@lwsevo9]

Now the barges are a dam problem.

[@blouslighter663]

R1 3:16 not gonna lie that joke was pretty dam stupid

[@erikb8877]

Each barge is 200’ long, 35’ wide and weighs 1600 tons loaded. They might as well been a small pontoon

[@johno4521]

The river was flooding at the time, and three times the usual amount of water had to be allowed through the dam to alleviate problems upstream.

[@robertsturkey7656]

Yea okay dude

[@claudiafahey1353]

DAMN that one went down in a hurry 😱

[@dsb77]

Those barges are huge I've been next to them, they are made of some thick steel. I'm probably not fishing below the dam in a boat anymore.

[@austinmuir544]

Below ain’t the problem. It’s the current up top that’s the problem. Under normal conditions the flow under the dam ain’t bad.

[@volksrod6926]

@@austinmuir544 the flow after is the worst part.

[@pgc4sean]

Is the water there always that brown?

[@judycharvey5790]

This was flood waters, it's typically clearer

[@eluherrahaz1165]

What was loaded?

[@judycharvey5790]

Sand

[@uchihaitachi989686]

Skyler: Barge: "I am the one who dams!"

[@maeleekelder3894]

Tom Buck breaking bad

[@vincenthao6686]

This footage belongs on, "YOU THINK YOU'RE HAVING A BAD DAY AT WORK?" lmfaoo

[@matrox]

How many dead bodies were on those barges?

[@Angryginger2421]

I'm glad nobody or no animal was on the two barges I really hope the dam doesn't fall apart that would be bad super bad i'm praying for everyone and every living animal that is getting affected by the flooding in Oklahoma. Prayers from Indiana

[@vanncarter6391]

Don’t forget the people too. All of Webbers Falls is gone. Thank you for the prayers though!

[@popsoldboats3406]

Fertilizer will kill trillions of Aquatic animals and possibly cause the extinction of several crustations that are only know to the Arkansas river.

[@Angryginger2421]

@@popsoldboats3406 Oh crap I forgot about that I really hope they get it out somehow same with the steel as it can rust which will cause hard the aquatic animals.

[@vanncarter6391]

Pops oldways you have to think about up river too, there is no possible way that some sunken barges down river will cause the extinction of a whole species. And you have to think, a billion seconds is about 30 years, so trillions is a WAYYY bigger number. It is also impossible for the fertilizer to kill TRILLION of aquatic animals.

[@treeclimbing7798]

Water Always wins.

[@bigmeknurgle]

Can't be compressed, make's its own path, eat shit solids and gasses

[@51-FS]

Last time the barges took out the dam....

[@JohnBoyDeere]

Lucy, you got some splain-en to do...

[@eligebrown8998]

🤣🤣🤣

[@SJM6791]

What were those barges carrying?

[@ricksouthernrebelatheart5138]

Saint Michael Fertilizer not good at all

[@dezrat]

Red phosphorus

[@imortalosd3182]

Que isso que bateu na barragem ?

[@izom]

ups- power of the water just scary!!

[@hyphymikey3351]

Izom yes it’s beyond scary how powerful water is

[@martijnvv8031]

yes, 1 cubic meter of water weighs 1000 Kilo / 1 ton , now imagine that about 100 million times and you'll understand why those barges are so easily crumbled ;-)

[@rickygarcia7400]

Well that's what happens whin you barge in

[@mikemac8971]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@felixfischer312]

Why were they not tied up. I don't see any tug boats in area? And what was in them ?

[@squadupadventures4670]

Is there any white bass or striped bass at this dam?

[@dezrat]

Black and striper

[@G1Bryce]

Right. Someone go get the big stick and poke the debris free

[@theego2897]

It does look like debris clogging a street gutter.

[@calvinthedestroyer]

Is there a video that shows how the heck they cleaned that up?

[@andrewk8636]

I want to see it

[@karinoshea3330]

Unfortunately, they haven't been able to yet. The lakes and rivers are still well above flood stages even after a month. They won't be able to start recovery until they can close the flood gates of the upriver dam. And that won't happen u til it stops raining in NE Oklahoma and SE Kansas.........😟

[@No-nk4lm]

Were there any survivors?????

[@2discoveredm788]

Thanks for the video 👍

[@bradleypoppe8928]

Holy dam

[@bradleypoppe8928]

@Thunder Struck that is gonna cause more problems down the road

[@ahk8464]

Dam said damn

[@dfd277]

How did that Imagination Land Episode work out? Did that Dam blow open killing millions?

[@tjcollins242]

Spool are they still there????

[@Benglator1]

As much as we as a people think we can harness and control water and fire, things happen to show that we are indeed wrong in that thinking.

[@michaelsaenz]

So thats where El DeBarge's music career went.......

[@javayacunningham2702]

Lmfao😭😭😭

[@lgpatterson6259]

Bada boom!!

[@douglasmayc]

What is a "Barge"?

[@emilydill9357]

What were they carrying

[@judycharvey5790]

Sand