Concerns continue with Rockwall County dam

All eyes remain on a Rockwall County dam because of erosion concerns after recent heavy rains.

[@M.Campbell]

That's not "erosion", it's a land slip.

[@UnkoHoloHolo]

Yups

[@wifeswapperbg7]

Get the hell out now! Dont listen to the local authorities!

[@bitfenix90]

Sooner or later, it all goes awry. They can pull up Gulf Coast jetty-slabs, surround the lake and in another year or five, it's gonna erode and all property downstream is flooded. The developers all knew then as they were filling for State permits, and the State said, "Gimme our share of your sales and that's fine..." Property owners who think developers and the State will put THEIR interests over their own bank accounts - ?!! ha ha ha

[@rdratc633]

Who are the rockets scientist that bought million dollar homes below a damn?

[@jamesaustin1817]

Rockwall folks got more money than cents.

[@RPGreg2600]

​@@jamesaustin1817 lol, it's "more dollars than cents". maybe you were purposely pulling a Biff though.

[@stepaushi]

a damn 😂

[@greggamandabarkus4235]

Probably the kind of people that drive around the neighborhood on their golf cart waving and watching everyone polish their Teslas.

[@UnkoHoloHolo]

🤭

[@getplaning]

Only in Texas will the state allow developers to build and sell houses behind earthen dams.

[@daniadejonghe4980]

And yet they keep buying without checking and keep reelecting the tools of the big money interests. They say there’s a sucker born every minute, and I say the majority of them are in Texas.

[@anneglass8084]

Waiting for an emergency? Man, Texas is a crazy place

[@seeharvester]

"Let's take a 'Wait & See' attitude. "Don't worry." "Everything will be fine."

[@seeharvester]

For Sale: Luxury home with 'waterfall' water feature. Cash only.

[@lineset7765]

The Earthen Dam has shifted a lot since yesterday, I'd be looking for a place to stay, its not safe.

[@kingmike40]

My first thought was "Who would buy a home right next to a dam especially in east Texas where it rains buckets.

[@davidpawson9047]

Don't wait. Get out now. At the very least, remove anything of real or sentimental value to a safe place well away from the coming disaster.

[@deemisquadis9437]

Yeah, like your life. Lol

[@wakeuptoBlessings]

The homeowners also bear some responsibility. Common sense would tell someone that building that close could be a future problem.

[@paulbrancato8262]

I think that dam belongs to the HOA. At least the HOA seems to be setting the rules as to who can use the pond and what they can to with it.

[@MikeC2K10]

@@paulbrancato8262 It was constructed by the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board decades ago.

[@randaanders2378]

“We’re gonna have a problem” ?? 😳

[@davidpawson9047]

It would have been hilarious if the posts had leaned over while she was standing there.

[@kwsanders]

I was thinking... you have a problem now.

[@seeharvester]

She's gonna bust, mark my word.

[@xlightfootx]

they better start reinforcing it with giant rock and dirt on the pronto or just vacate. Water just going to start seeping thru the bottom then its gonna washout.

[@deadtreebark]

It's already seeping, probably too late

[@deemisquadis9437]

When you see this kind of evidence, run.

[@remcovanvliet3018]

They need to draw down the water level, then call in a vibratory pile driver to drive in a corrugated steel dam wall, then repair the embankment before filling the lake back up. Anything short of that, and this thing will fail catastrophically. And they better be quick about it, too. Like, start piledriving today and keep going through the night kinda quick. Good luck, homeowners. But if it was me, I'd be evacuating my valuables and staying in a hotel for a while... 👀

[@minnesotarc7964]

Sounds like the same thing to building a house in a floodway or zone. Poor choice of planning.

[@baneverything5580]

Lack of enough funding for Ukraine caused this and a few trillion is the only cure.

[@joshuaerickson2458]

The problem is clearly beavers, the beavers are responsible

[@samuraioodon]

I’d be packed and gone by now.

[@deemisquadis9437]

I am, Canada, but I moved out of civilization, nine days ago. To see nature. She is really telling lots of alarming things.

[@arailway8809]

You needed a Soils Scientist to look at that. He might have said that they used a clay called a mollisol that expands and shrinks with every wet and dry spell. When they are on a slope like that, they can do that trick.

[@daniadejonghe4980]

Dear, it's not erosion. It is subsidence. The embankment is collapsing.

[@patriciaschuster1371]

Zask Johnstown, PA about earthen dams breaking!

[@Jim-xs2fl]

Engineer or politician. Which would you rather listen to ?

[@habibifather7681]

Your mom

[@wearethelandrovers9014]

Something I was taught over sixty five years ago . . . . NEVER NEVER NEVER put a house in an area where you can have a water problem.

[@Nepcat4-qt5kz]

I would like to see an update, was the swimming hold drained? This will result in a muddy hole in a lot of backyards, possibly some property value drops.

[@johnniehouston1816]

I would love to know who approved the permit for that dam.

[@noneya526]

Instead of spending the time they have pointing fingers, shouldn't they be doing something to make sure the people and homes are safe??!! I didn't see any type of barricades, oversized sand bags or anything else that could help stop/redirect the water if the levee does go.

[@mrblock1318]

The water isn't no were near the top of the line. It is a land slip due to the soil inside and around the dam itself. Nothing to do with the little amounts of water behind it.

[@alandugan9310]

“Failure of government”. Fat chance on holding politicians accountable.

[@steven4315]

Maybe buying a house with a dam in the back yard is a 'failure of judgement'?

[@Deletedcommentfactory]

Would have already evacuated if I were living there. That doesn’t look safe and I wouldn’t believe otherwise. Why are they not draining it?!

[@Dominus_Umbrae]

Has to be safe downstream to drain The problem is downstream has already had a lot of rain

[@user-sw3qs7rq4x]

If I lived there RUN LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER RUN BEFORE 😮😮😮😮😮

[@classicalroach]

Oh dam

[@genesispuredeaf2390]

There is a lot of ignorance involved here. An earthen dam that was designed and constructed properly would not have this issue. It was likely a combination of failures. The fix will require allowing all the water to be drained, and a new dam must be constructed. Now they know it must a keyway at least 6 feet deeper than the lowest part of the reservoir made out of material that will be compacted in lifts to prevent seepage. On the water side, the material must also be a type that seals that gets tracked in benched lifts and then carved with dozer to proper slope grade. Existing soil can only be utilized on the outside of the dam for topsoil and get wasted beyond the dam to facilitate less grade. Managing the freeboard and offering a proper drain and overflow is essential. This is 100% on the developer and if already legally released from their liability, then the collective property owners get to own it. The blame being placed on government is heard but the water conservation and soil conservation agencies are about protecting the water sources downstream that the larger population uses. I seriously doubt that their published guidelines are defective and that when the mud clears, what will be obvious is that these guidelines were not followed.

[@remcovanvliet3018]

There's only one solution, here. Drain down the lake, bring in a vibratory pile driver to drive in a corrugated steel dam wall, repair the embankment and refill the lake. Honestly, if you want it done right, call in a civil engineering contractor from the Netherlands. That would be your best bet, here. About half of our country owes its very existence to the fact we're good at this stuff.

[@loricrane5315]

I was curious about this. It's been a couple weeks. But nothing. Not one update on the web.

[@vernondavis3409]

Looks like it has shifted some more.

[@RDC_Autosports]

when you see grass that green at the bottom that’s a leak feeding the grass and you need a secant wall

[@28704joe]

I bet the lots downstream from the dam were a bargain.

[@josephastier7421]

They plan to tarp the dam if it stars raining? Do these people wait until it starts raining to fix a roof leak?

[@budlistar5312]

So everybody is trying to find out who to blame.

[@MW-xm1rc]

Government employee, the dam could fail tomorrow. Different departments will talk about this in the coming months. WHAT???

[@liberatedwoman]

Wow, the utilities and infrastructure in Texas are in constant jeopardy. Erosion doesn’t happen that fast.

[@savageCI]

Erosion can happen insanely quick but this is not erosion this is a landslide basically after tremendous amounts of rainfall the topsoil got saturated and then slid off the top of what most likely is clay underneath

[@charleswieand4445]

Abbott and Costello I mean Cruise tickets for Cancun are available at cut rates right now

[@skmdabdullah7116]

yo my professor on the news !

[@barrybeyer765]

Just start letting the water out!

[@elakay4397]

Rules for considering buying a home...not near a river, (flooding) not in a forest (fires) .

[@tuvelat7302]

When those stakes in the middle start moving, it's going to be time or past time to get out with all possible speed.

[@ws775]

This is in Rockwall? How ironic.

[@draege626]

Mark nailed it.

[@charleswieand4445]

It is a good thing that stand tall , stand alone, stand proud republicans won’t be begging federal government for handouts to fix a cheapskate problem

[@johnwilliams7922]

It's a flood control dam and some idiots allowed people to build in the flood plain. Idiots that bought the properties, too.

[@daveleslie4396]

Whose idea was this dam?

[@redleo380]

I thought people in Texas had an southern accent? These people sound like they are from the west coast

[@danhammond8406]

We are being invaded by westerners

[@TheTexasDuke]

By far the worst soil in the entire metroplex

[@user-zh6lg6uf4j]

Is anyone going to DO something, Before it breaks through ? I would think it will cost less, than waiting till houses are ruined and the town is Sued. 6/19/2024

[@deadtreebark]

Why dont they backfill it?

[@mrparts]

Because it’s a major engineering operation that cannot be done on a whim. The hill is unstable right now and they have to understand the balance of forces to avoid triggering a landslide if they move machinery in.

[@charleswieand4445]

Maybe they should pray for a ice storm and tickets to Cancun

[@DerekWhite-yx2ce]

@@charleswieand4445 all your comments are weird...

[@charleswieand4445]

Send in the Uvalde police force they help evacuate

[@timdrain4027]

Houses below a dam?

[@cherylm2C6671]

A water source was required for development. Wimping Wolf about the evil government- by proxy isn't fixing it. Perhaps someone can ask for help, rent a pump or put in some diversion sooooon

[@Sunset4Semaphores]

Anyone remember the Grand Teton Dam disaster in the 1970s? *HINT!*

[@Christy-js8nh]

Most people don't remember something from 55 years ago lol

[@berniebernstein]

Looks like mansions of several million dollars. Flood insurance? Buy now.

[@deadtreebark]

They are probably 1-2 million dollar homes, I live closeby

[@steven4315]

Flood insurance has a 30 day waiting period.

[@eligebrown8998]

Id move befor the next big rain

[@rebootninja8036]

I feel like people really shouldn’t be walking all over it currently…

[@Amanwalksn2abar]

It will all be fine, they are going to put a tarp over it! 🙄

[@jeffdunnell6693]

Damn

[@maxinerowe2925]

Scary

[@gamingnerdgirlz]

Government no maintenance. 😢

[@TNitroH]

Why are the people concerned about this? What a stupid question

[@masterspin7796]

Maybe they should drain it...DUA!

[@maxinerowe2925]

Terrified

[@user-ni1ig7un1e]

The developer's need to be sued.

[@MrKnotWright]

Love how he said "the Government" who does he think elected this "Government" If you don't like the people in office STOP voting em in. Clean House from local to Washington DC, let's start fresh.

[@curtbrockhaus6131]

Texas has a local income tax issue and maybe a citizen blaming government worker not working for peanuts issue.

[@dw3403]

And maybe adopt some codes.

[@patrick247two]

Looks like it has already failed.

[@mnsu4820]

A tarp.

[@UnkoHoloHolo]

Just because of one night if rain? 🤭

[@billl1127]

Karma for giving your town two names

[@Christy-js8nh]

Lol, because it's two separate towns. You're very intelligent, I can tell all the way from here

[@billl1127]

@@Christy-js8nh it won't be when the damn breaks.

[@FoOtFoOt542]

🍿

[@marialaurel6440]

Personally I would never have purchased property near a dam. Too much money and no brains…..

[@artstrology]

According to the Texas State Department of Education, all you have to do is pray to Jesus. That fixes everything.

[@habibifather7681]

Pray to a Mexican guy who cuts grass?

[@artstrology]

@@habibifather7681 Travel much ?

[@czarcastic1458]

You are very immature

[@artstrology]

@@czarcastic1458 Forgive me.

[@sport07-o2l]

You were just sitting there thinking about how much people praying really affected you and thought you’d share this or you’re angry with the department of education and you just reached a breaking point?

[@melaniecosmetics]

There’s a clear problem, get out!!!!

[@lukebogacik2793]

Fixed with a tarp,,, 🙈

[@sport07-o2l]

Maybe some duct tape

[@bobbyshafer5208]

There all rich im sure they all have insurance. The bliuder should be sued

[@metadegen]

When you dont pay income tax YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY TO FIX YOUR STATE😅😅😅😅

[@bobbykaralfa]

putting a tarp my gosh get some ppl with brains. slippage for one. water soaked dirt that will get more soaked by the lake. puttin a tarp on the ground dumb idea. when obviously the water is from the backside

[@rl9808]

Drain it.

[@LovingMontanatoDeath]

The govmint done it! The govmint done it! Sheesh.

[@josephastier7421]

Dam beavers

[@AE-sy1pn]

Time to move

[@Gn777-rk5kg]

The government is responsible please give me a break. My car just broke down. Is the government fault. My wife just left is the government fault. My kids don’t listen to me is the government fault. 😂😂😂😂😂 let’s be real for a change.

[@dw3403]

The government built it. Didn't repair it when problems started.

[@daleclark9121]

The problem is under the water at the toe of that earth dam where the slide is exspozingthe movement on the surface

[@stevefisher2553]

Wheels is sitting on MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

[@billmadison2032]

it will fail sooner than later

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[@mweskamppp]

It helps to have sheep on the dam to keep the grass short and trample the ground to a solid state.

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[@EattheApple666]

Blame the Beavers? Sorry, Beavers know what they are doing. LOL

[@hereticpariah6_66]

Well, it's *_TEXAS!_* What do you _expect?!_ It's not being run by the Smartest people you can find! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@barryking5993]

Get out of town now because Greg Abbott doesn’t care One wit for your safety

[@recycledsoldier]

Do you live in Rockwall County?

[@johnmack6995]

Do you hate the handicapped sir?

[@Lt-Dan]

It's Joe Biden's fault

[@barryking5993]

@@johnmack6995 no because I’m handicapped I have two bad ankles and have to use a cane. The tarsal on my right ankle is dead and I have chip bones in my left ankle. Greg Abbott does not care about the people of Texas. He only cares about his power.

[@mrparts]

@@johnmack6995Abbott is the governor, he is responsible.

[@effervescentrelief]

32.847272 -96.393437 is the location of the dam where the reporter is standing. Not sure what would possess someone to buy or build a house right on a dam.