Footage of vanished Michigan lake after dam failure

When the Edenville Dam embankment failed on Tuesday, March 19, 2020, it quickly drained Wixom Lake. This footage captured on May 20 shows the drained lake.
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[@levismith7444]

Imagine spending money on a new dock and boat lift only to have the lake disappear a week later.

[@canadajointops]

Lol

[@ClinttheGreat]

You can see the home values dropping like the water in the lake.

[@leelajapheth4051]

Very funny to be concerned about such trivial matters compared to the disaster of ecology

[@ericcarabetta1161]

Sounds about how most people’s 2020 is going.

[@theonlyone8630]

Imagine dumping a car with a body to cover up a murder only to have this happen in a week. Lol jk

[@wormhole331]

I drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry.

[@joshualee5236]

I love dj nujabes

[@LovelyMe33]

😂😂😂

[@brianlivengood3884]

And the fish were singing this will be the day that I die

[@brianlivengood3884]

And all the fish were singing this will be the day that I die..got 2 find a laugh sorry 4 everyone's loss

[@flipcrippin22]

This will be the day that I die 🎶🎶🎶😂😂😂

[@tomservo5007]

time to bring out the cadaver dogs and close a few cold cases

[@ggaffgaff3072]

I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one to have this thought

[@cesarcueto1995]

Yeah I thought it too.

[@bloodstriper3649]

You ain't right, lol.

[@aarongreenfield9038]

Probably a few hundred million discarded firearms out there too.

[@hellooffroad]

You wouldn’t find anything. The water was rushing so fast it washed everything away in its path.

[@bgdeal9646]

What a absolutely insane year this has been so far.

[@marshalldavid2640]

Boy are you not kidding.

[@paintballer7171986]

So far.....

[@Amburmist]

Scared for the rest, thats for sure.

[@kellyjelly4169]

Just wait its going to get worse!

[@RuizR.87]

Y what happened?

[@Tom-wq2mz]

The lake was manmade. The river just wanted it's water back.

[@MacNifty]

You got that exactly right, man made chaos.

[@MacNifty]

It's not even the Nile. Hahah. And the Nile had the name of chaos. That man made fake lake is idiocracy. Lol. I wonder if they hoped that when the dam broke they thought when looking on a map that looking down on a map is Lake rain falling down on the Earth and everything goes from the top to the bottom on a map and maybe they thought by releasing that water it would make its way to Lansing. But they never looked at the elevation map. However I still have concern about the chemical plant du pont and what they were producing in manufacturing and that could have passably now gotten into the water tables of the whole state perhaps that is the heart of the state of all the underland water ways.

[@abibnoor]

Manmade? What about all the women who...

[@0xsergy]

@@abibnoor given most engineers and construction workers are men i'm still gonna say manmade, lol, especially since it was made 60 years ago so DEFINITELY all dudes.

[@lour_g-dot8827]

@@abibnoor 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Mr.Stroke0331]

Shoulda used flex seal 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@bobby1701]

=))

[@dewayneearley7298]

Lol slap it while it was running out

[@Clauderoberts29]

Dewayne Earley you crazy🤣🤣🤣

[@Clauderoberts29]

Dewayne Earley I can’t stop laughing, I’m in tear.

[@GiantFlyingFoxes]

IT EVEN WORKS UNDERWATER!

[@agentorange8530]

Now it's back to what it originally was, a river. You can see the original river carve out.

[@mcearl8073]

Craig G My friend the Beavis the Beaver disagrees

[@jerryeastman170]

@@mcearl8073 he disagrees that the river used to be a river? Maybe he needs his head looked at

[@jamvan2k]

Moral of the story, don’t buy property on a “lake” held in place by a dam.

[@mba2ceo]

Don't elect idiots ?

[@theduckslayer327]

That rules out an incredibly large amount of "lakes". I would say that the actual moral of the story is to take the Army Corps of Engineers seriously.

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

Property value probably dropped like a rock

[@DEADIKATED]

@@mba2ceo Don't Rely On Elections @All

[@Eric-469]

How is that the moral of the story?

[@rodneyclements6190]

Must be a good neighborhood...I didn't see any dumped cars out there 😂 Lakefront property for sale: beautiful 5 bedroom home with dock and boathouse. Lake not included 🤣🤣

[@subhadramahanta452]

To be frank, it feels nice to see the water flow in the natural way.

[@Eddievargas1]

We should all go back to nature and stop whining about little thing. Let natural selection take back over and weed out the weak

[@domesticatedwolverine4152]

Nature has a cold way of reclaiming what is hers.

[@jupitersmoon3033]

As it should

[@joek511]

Best thing to do, give the land to the owners. No more damns / lakes. Farm it, plant trees and move on. 5 years from now it will be a lush beautiful river

[@Xponential911]

Wow. They must blow rainbows up everyone's ass in your neck of the woods.

[@walsh9354]

I was thinking mine the sand/dirt within the lake some how Ppl pay lots of money for that kinda soil It least it make it deeper too Maybe make a natural lake

[@HorribleSonofa]

Dylan Walsh how does someone *make* a *natural* lake?

[@jackhawez10]

@@Xponential911 so what, rebuild a functionless dam? It make no economic sense to rebuild something that will eventually need more money and maintenance before it will fail again. Nature will always revert to its natural state asshole

[@mikebetts2046]

@@jackhawez10 the dam was not function-less. Generated electrical power. Reduced seasonal flooding downstream. Created new water habitat. Increased recreational opportunities. Yes, some negatives as well. But they did last for 100 years and simple improvements would have made them last much longer.

[@sstills951]

Somebody has to go down there with a metal detector.

[@reallyhappenings5597]

some "interesting" finds yeah

[@angryfish401]

Everyone with a boat: Heck. Me with ATV and dirt bike: Heck ya.

[@hydrolito]

Would be mud bike now if you go there.

[@johnmarston2527]

@@hydrolito Seeing people walk there says otherwise.

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

honey....isnt this about where we were fishing when you dropped your wedding ring?.......

[@thomthumbe]

Not entirely unusual. My father lost a hunting knife many years ago. During a later drought and low water cycle, he found it. It had been under about 50 feet of water. But he lost it again some years later when his canoe tipped over when fishing once again. I think it was supposed to stay lost!

[@irenedavo3768]

charlotte quillen please watch videos of Jim Nduruchi 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

[@0xsergy]

@Sandman619 go to sleep.

[@shirleycaughorn9525]

"Now do you see why that ring drained the life right out of me" 🤣😂

[@Kjack2023]

Probably tons of fishing tackle stuck on those once submerged stumps.

[@dcdanger6151]

I was thinking the used fishing lure market just got saturated

[@skeletor_4780]

dude I would be having a field day finding stuff

[@fishyz1500]

Hahaha i was thinkin the same thing..if i was close id have a much bigger tackle collection

[@discoonelove]

All them homes lost half the price they wher selling for YIKES

[@Vdonald09]

Suckers

[@mikebetts2046]

Hopefully some reduction in taxes coming soon.

[@vinesauceobscurities]

Funny thing is, when dam engineers proposed to lower lake levels so repairs and maintenance could be done, some lakeside residents rejected it because they wanted to keep their lakefront view. Well, now their lakefront view will be gone for at least a few years whether they like it or not.

[@seanriley1603]

I can’t imagine what it does to property values. Will the lakeside, now riverside houses get lower tax rates? Did they gain more property to the river bank? How far did their property line go out into the lake when it was there?

[@dowen1511]

@@seanriley1603 Deed says water front property id say right to the edge of the river now. Lol

[@lesterdrugs]

Damn failure ... more like government failure

[@jameschristopherstarnessta6003]

Actually the two dams were privately owned and were cited by the Federal Government for safety violations and the owner was fighting them on paying for improvements.

[@brianpatrick8787]

@@jameschristopherstarnessta6003 I am sure the towns around that lake were fighting to prevent the state from forcing the company to open the gates and draw the lake down to a safe level. That would have left there lake frontage exposed. We had a unsafe dam here in Ohio and the state did the right thing for the people down stream. Left the towns docks dry for two years until repairs were made.

[@sheeznutz2254]

@@tele-scope they'll just blame Trump

[@reflexionesdelabiblia6711]

lester or a dam government failure. Pun intended.

[@reflexionesdelabiblia6711]

ps you spelled dam wrong or did you spell it right, hmmmm🤔

[@flipjenl9616]

Well, man made lake, so this is nature reclaiming her water back.

[@benjamindavidson632]

People forget the displaced families in order to flood these areas for their water needs.

[@LOADUP01]

@@jeffgraham436 so you saying mother nature is mental concept... All hurricanes earthquakes floods tornados etc.

[@armitage1950]

0:35 That’s an old turn of the century steam shovel! Most of those were scrapped for the war drive. You’d be surprised how far some folks are willing to go to restore those!

[@billz4795]

and WHY was the dam needed - the river seems just fine

[@JabezGill]

“Lake” you mean “part of the river that was way above its natural level because of dams so people treated it like a lake”

[@mikebetts2046]

Um, lots of lakes all around the country created in this way. And we still call them lakes.

[@unkulwilly]

aka, a place for rich old people to buy property on a pretty lake even though they will never swim or fish in it but look on in disgust whenever anyone else uses "their lake"

[@nathaniellarson8]

A man-made LAKE, yes.

[@oldmanzone6465]

@@unkulwilly Okay Karen. Good thing you'll never be rich or get old.

[@0xsergy]

@@unkulwilly aka the power plant for the local city

[@freshfade28]

Can we show a moment of appreciation to the inventor of drones?

[@dalestickel3906]

Lake front property just became river front properties. Taxes should be half.

[@scootertrasher1369]

Actually, back lots to riverfront property, the Dam owner owns the lake bottom land!

[@imbwildrd3693]

taxes should be doubled! they just gained a crapload of backyard acreage!

[@imbwildrd3693]

@@scootertrasher1369 what lake?

[@FUDSTAMPS]

Taxes should be zero, goose egg, nata! Taxation is theft.

[@oats9036]

@@geocam2 its a privately owned dam bud.

[@LiLi-or2gm]

"Guess we won't be summering at the lake this year."

[@chasstiles7611]

Time to trade in the boat for a dune buggy

[@KMT65]

If it wasn’t the flood, it would be our Governor ‘ordering’ us not to gather. Welcome to socialism folks.

[@RogerWittekind]

@@KMT65 I read that the people watching those dams were declared non-essential so that means Whitmer locked those people up.

[@kendalllaughon9664]

Li Li Trust! God is working Good into our lives even when we do not understand! Be Victorious! Blind Faith! (For without faith, it is impossible to please God)

[@MichaelKCason]

Li Li You can come summer with me 😘😘😘

[@jutau]

Nature decided it didn't need a lake there anymore and got back its river.

[@blakethomas6946]

Will I'm pretty sure the lake was man made

[@scottisnotfromhere6553]

Ya im sure "nature" can just do something when it wants like it is alive or something. Ridiculous

[@Republic3D]

@@blakethomas6946 Yes but it still has an inlet and outlet. So it becomes a natural river again.

[@jutau]

@@blakethomas6946 Exactly why nature returned it back into a river.

[@jutau]

@@scottisnotfromhere6553 Well nature does what it wants.

[@madtv719]

Metal Detector 📡

[@lissaklopf9337]

that was my first thought,lol

[@mvrtjnpvz387]

Now I know where to built a house

[@TvConfusionn]

yup

[@peterpowers4851]

Building dams should be left to the Beavers.

[@jwarmstrong]

Girls can do that??

[@kevinroberts4559]

Ugh harry vaginas shouldn't build dams

[@alextran8188]

Maybe we can hire some beavers to rebuild the dam loo

[@frostywasp1743]

@@alextran8188 just catch and release. They'll take it from there lol

[@shiniquejames8877]

@@kevinroberts4559 😂

[@Foxtucky]

Same thing happened by me at lake Delton in wisconsin it will fill up before you know it. take the time to clean all that garbage out the lake

[@michiwonderoutdoors2282]

The dams are destroyed. The Edenville Dam was private,who's gonna pay to rebuild?

[@firstamendmenttshirt4768]

@@michiwonderoutdoors2282 you do not need the government to take over the lake or dnr they are all fraud.

[@djdrives]

Uh....not without a dam it won't.

[@Burn269]

That’s Funny.

[@johncuervo3019]

@E. Lewis Basher worthless? Their yards just got 100 times bigger and on a river Buy a quad to tow your jet boat to the river

[@1100xxcbr]

I wonder how many unsolved mysteries that were at the bottom suddenly got washed away with all of the water loss..

[@jerryeastman170]

Still remain mysteries

[@ChakatNightspark]

ah good. its now a river/ stream. I say Keep it this way.

[@KevinReillySV]

Yeah I like it, like a new Minecraft biome

[@jackhawez10]

Its just nature returning to its natural state. Its unfortunate for the lakefront property owners but the ecosystem will be much healthier this way, and no dam will break if there isnt one!

[@itshukokay]

Realistically, I don’t think it’ll ever fill back up. The reasonable thing to do is to extend the lakefront properties out. These folk get an additional half acre to their backyards. Bring in some good soil and grass, maybe plant some trees. It’ll heal eventually but never the same as it was.

[@MrRichinil]

Ya you didnt buy any property along this lake easy for you to say .

[@donaldstrubhar4697]

Just like the Ocean front property in Arizona,

[@Breezio69]

Looks like they should excavate that lake out while they have a chance. Was that "lake" 4 feet deep? From the video and the heights of people's docks/yards it looks like the lake was a large puddle.

[@spencerwilton5831]

bret thompson There are probably millions of tons of sediment there, how much would that cost? And to what benefit? They will hardly rebuild a redundant dam just so a few property owners can get back in their boats.

[@justadbeer]

It's an impoundment, so technically it wasn't carved out by glaciers as most lakes, but rather just a small river that was dammed to create what was/is known as Wixom lake

[@johnderekmitchell1510]

@@spencerwilton5831 depends on how much $$$$ they stick in which Politicians pockets.

[@mikebetts2046]

@@spencerwilton5831 hardly rebuild for a few property owners? I think you are under counting those owners severely. If it were not for the red tape, those dams could be easily rebuilt and I'm guessing they will be.

[@mikebetts2046]

Those lakes were a lot deeper than four feet. You are being hyperbolic. Yes, some shallow areas. And then others quite a bit deeper.

[@oneg1970]

Be awhile before the fish are biting again in that spot. Jussayin

[@TigerTT]

You mean a century lmfao.

[@guidingmule5745]

I guess there's no lake monster after all.

[@GreatNorthWeb]

the lake was the monster

[@creneemugo94]

The lake monster is in Erie. Not this one. 😁

[@demonprinces17]

He's down stream

[@sunofshangoihate45thihated85]

He got deported with his family back to Ireland they traveled via the river

[@truthteller9154]

He escaped down river!

[@leadslinger49]

The river is reborn and free. There was a time when it was probably beautiful.

[@jwarmstrong]

I think a cow fell into the ditch and blocked then the farmer covered the cow with dirt - Lake Cow was formed - later change name to stinky water lake..

[@leadslinger49]

@@jwarmstrong I wonder how many feet of sediment covered the lake bottom.

[@charismatic1516]

Patagonia is happy! :-)

[@BeefGold]

I'm very curious if they're considering moving the ruined towns uphill a bit. Water is small and very heavy and Michigan seems to be having a rough go finding competent folk to care for such things.

[@ricks7432]

Especially in the government !

[@beckywatt5048]

This was revenge for the armed protest at the Capitol building , nothing more , nothing less , Now for the indictment of the four Democratic governors that sent infected patients into nursing homes to kill off old folks .

[@cmoore9354]

Well folks always said Land is the one thing God aint making no more off

[@vv.1918]

So... islands being created daily....naturally... ???

[@danieldineen8791]

@@vv.1918 no takes a long time for a volcano to rise from ocean floor to above sea level

[@TommenIBaratheon]

@@danieldineen8791 Not really. lmao You must not watch NatGeo much.

[@Crusader_Jones]

2020’s been a bad year for humans but a great year for nature. Pollutions down and now a river restored itself

[@speedysteve9121]

for a 100 year-old lake, I'm surprised at the number of tree stumps.

[@jwarmstrong]

The stumps came free w/ the lake -

[@drinkthekoolaidkids]

Stumps and logs can last a very long time under water , as long as they stay submerged.

[@Gumardee_coins_and_banknotes]

This is how fossils get formed.

[@logicalatheist1065]

@@Gumardee_coins_and_banknotes yay science

[@mikeskidmore6754]

@@Banjoandguns You can see many Tree Stubs from where the Trees were growing in 1925 ..

[@gailhowes9398]

When were the dams inspected last and was any maintenance done in the last couple of years? Any reinforcements?

[@Ohh853]

Just don’t mess with nature or the way it mess back will be very cruel

[@DragonOfTheSkies]

It’s a dam shame

[@ronaldbuck9153]

Dam it!

[@gb3k4l]

your dam right

[@yurivic]

Unbelievable. Criminal oversight.

[@mikebetts2046]

Maybe not like you think. The owner of the dam knew they had problems and had kept a lower water level. The state sued the owner, forcing him to raise the level. Federal government would not grant permits for the needed upgrades.

[@normhiscock352]

Speaking of empty lakes does anyone know if they refilled morrow lake in kalamazoo back up?

[@stivjoz476]

This is all because the residents on the lakes shore caught against draining the lake for dam repairs !!!

[@mikebetts2046]

Also the state DEQ sued for higher water levels.

[@01maggie]

Now the repairs can get done!!

[@nonewherelistens1906]

@@01maggie Leave it as it is. Rivers clamor to be free.

[@davidjensen7880]

@@nonewherelistens1906 they will fix it now

[@01maggie]

@@nonewherelistens1906 Good point! I thought this as well but I do not know how it will effect flooding with next big storm. Will the water do the same thing flooding all over again?

[@scottcarriere8931]

Has anyone heard how the mussels are doing? That's why they had the lake so high. They were concerned about the mussels in the lake. How are they doing now?

[@mpg65]

They all died

[@Xponential911]

Mike Gloria That was... climactic.

[@torchandhammer]

No tears for the property owners who insisted on higher lake level so they could use their docks?

[@katherinekeon7034]

My heart is breaking. My home state. Totally heartbreaking.

[@Ramcharger]

Why?

[@Maayraa111]

2 dams breaking, seems awkward. Maybe 1 but 2? Michigan was protesting the stay at home orders....any connections. Seems like this man made lake was planned a long time ago.

[@jordandorsey1873]

What do you mean why ? It destroyed people’s houses and lives, and least no one died though

[@Maayraa111]

@@tele-scope Yes, I think this was planned. Think about it, Michigan has intelligent , more middle class people and awake to the fraud in governments, some with guns? Compare that to a city like Miami, where 88% Hispanic from central america, and still worried that they don't have their immigration papers. Compliant and dumb to politics. They know this from long time ago, this was a man made lake....obvious now. WOW! This is pure evil.

[@searlearnold2867]

A fine example of modern infrastructure that needed to be shored up and government chose to put it off until later . There are thousands of examples of dams, roads, bridges, buildings that need upgrading and/or replacement. They don't last forever and they don't fix themselves.

[@caodesignworks2407]

They were privately owned dams.

[@TheRick2130]

lake has never disappears, it return to normal... remember this is a man made dam which raised the water level

[@nathaniellarson8]

Yes, so the lake we made disappeared.

[@oldmanzone6465]

Okay Karen. Thanks for the reminder as I had already forgotten by the time I got to your post.

[@johnmarston2527]

@@oldmanzone6465 Didn't have to be the asshole that comments did you?

[@Tiberius291]

I don't want to know what else 2020 has in store for us, let's be careful out there. ⚰ ✝ ☠

[@LegendKiller246]

A cat 5 hurricane is overdue this year.

[@thatman4853]

2021😐

[@phoenixphyre1063]

World war 3 is just down the road China Vs everyone else.

[@dewfall56]

Locusts, famine, disease, and martial law.

[@dewfall56]

Locusts, famine, disease, and martial law.

[@8180634]

Looking forward; has anyone discussed fixing the dam and allowing the reservoir to fill back up, or are they going to leave it as a river?

[@patchescessna7348]

Whats max altitude restriction on drones?

[@curly27784]

ALL water projects in the US are controlled by the federal gov't, not the state. The state only follows regs set by the fed. There is nothing wrong with the damn, the levees failed. The Army Corp of Engineers will rebuild the levees., close the damn and the lake (reservoir) will fill up again. I found this out when I became a Riparian (a waterfront property owner) 25 yrs. ago when I bought a house on Pontiac Lake.

[@TheGor54]

Heard the feds pulled out of one of those dams in 2018 and left it to the state for the fact of disrepair, unsafe. Pulled the permit to generate power.

[@robertshaver4432]

Is what I'm seeing here the usual gallon per hour flow of this river? Just curious.

[@wdtaut5650]

The rivers are still running pretty high, not as high as a week ago, but plenty of water coming downstream.

[@Pointman-yf6or]

Robert Shaver, trucking company I drove for had a terminal in midland back in the 70/80/90s. One of the topics of conversation back in those days was the army Corp of engineers CONDEMED all four of those earthen dams and as usual the government of Michigan ignored them.

[@mikeskidmore6754]

There were major Floods in Midland in 1986 & 2017 with no Dam failures.. The Spillways were difinatly too small at Wixom Lake

[@hedhtr4]

What is the estimated time it would take to refill the lake once the dam is rebuilt?

[@dimasbeltran866]

God bless you all !!!

[@nomorewar4189]

How many dams and bridges and roads are going to go down while all the money is being spent overseas on the military industrial complex?

[@-Nick-T]

hire some local beavers to do it right instead of those china beavers

[@drinkthekoolaidkids]

Alot , not to mention highway infrastructure

[@evankeal]

None, the money you are talking about is 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% of the US expenditures [more or less], nice try. Your mind would be blown on how much money there is and what its actually spent on. The complex is nothing. You didn't seem to have this issue before that complex apparently since you tied them together as a direct relationship. I hope you are not older than 7 because I would be worried for you if you are and you make such stupid statements.

[@tinap4646]

Most. Do you have any clue how many bridges failed inspection in pittsburgh alone? Dont worry Rockefellers will keep getting rich off the blood of americans or the other side since they finance both unfortunately...😔

[@kentuckycowboy7660]

Michigan white privileged goof governor(who’s husband doesn’t have to follow the rules) help the state loose $1-3 billion for 2020 and $1-4 billion for 2021 in tax revenue. Why ? Because this MSM flu hysteria was going to kill all 320 million Americans if you list to their narratives. And you should be ashamed of yourselves for venturing out this weekend too.

[@thejman3489]

Anyone know the damage down stream? Houses flooded? Roads flooded? Towns evacuated? Anything?

[@dgronzega8073]

thats what i was wondering

[@clarkclarke]

There are tons of videos ..the town was/is under water .. literally.... school....church ...houses ...

[@growmiegreenthumb8025]

I live on the titt river. Downstream nothing compared to Midland. Town of shields was hit bad also but the Saginaw river which the titt flows into flooding was minimal. The dams were garbage.

[@nadinolarichards6825]

Hold on someone explain where is the lake gone please.

[@TheGamer-ux2lr]

How are those freshwater mussels? How the state of Michigan got to the point where environmental issues trumped public safety is beyond my comprehension,

[@Xponential911]

Because it's some damn good eatin, chuck.

[@conradwilliams8302]

Hippies.. that's how...

[@conradwilliams8302]

@Diana Hulstine lol yeah it's Trump's fault...

[@MikeNeri1]

If you don't (or can't) rebuild the dam, it would make a great location for a park with a small river. Just a thought

[@spatrompete2601]

How do you fix a big hole 🕳 like that ?

[@connieo3618]

Is this a stupid question? If the dam is repaired, and the damage is fixed, can the lake refill over time?

[@josephhapp9]

Man made lake unmade by Mother Nature. Are there any photos of the original river/creek before the Humans built the dams?

[@devandevan1403]

Dallmyd’s job just got a whole lot easier (He’s the guy that finds things on the bottom of lakes and rivers)

[@georgeeharrison4293]

Was any the water from this lake, us for drinking?

[@jwarmstrong]

It tasted OK if you held your nose - then brushed your teeth before letting go..

[@bdaquatics7584]

As a fisherman this breaks my heart💔 what a sad sight. I feel for all the anglers around there geez

[@charlesbronson2806]

My dad had a cabin there. Luckily he sold it about two years ago. I'm. Guessing most of the fish followed the current. I dont see a lot of dead fish.

[@donmiller358]

Mother Nature added another payback notch on the board. Dam me, no, damn you.

[@Leescreativeart]

I would extend my property IMMEDIATELY.... just gained like 4000 -10000 sq ft. BOOM!

[@kevinstenger4334]

Lee Hugh one little problem with that, the whole bottomland area belongs to the “four lakes task force” aka Midland and Gladwin counties. The Midland county sheriffs department put out a notice the other day that they were going to start arresting people they catch walking or riding atv’s on the bottom lands. Funny how it was legal to walk on it when it was under water but now that it’s dry it’s suddenly illegal.

[@wormhole331]

@@kevinstenger4334 what harm is that going to do to the bottom? And it's their tax money they're going to use to fix it

[@mcqueenx75]

what kind of sunken ship or thing is that?

[@turnoffmainstream]

So what is the back story on this dam dam? Reading some comments that has made me start wondering why these dams failed. Thanks for the awesome videos. I share them on my fb..

[@devandevan1403]

That’s a lot of free broken phones and wedding rings

[@billjoe2080]

Was expecting a few cars to be found or something

[@Burn269]

I’m curious to know how the new property lines will be determined along the riverfront.

[@mikebetts2046]

It will not likely be the existing homeowners. I think a four-county agency owns the lake bed. I'm guessing they will not relinquish it.

[@ronaldbuck9153]

Me: Brings home shitty report card... Mom: I didn't raise you to be a dam failure.

[@anthonydaguanno579]

It looks like the Levi failed and not the dam

[@sevroaubarca5209]

It was an earthen dam and yes it indeed failed, just not the mechanical part.

[@beachgirl9304]

Levy. Levi is a male name.

[@Johnis2nd]

Levee I think. Somebody go google it.

[@BUBS_HD]

@@beachgirl9304 it's levee smart one 👍

[@jeffallen7923]

Levee

[@swampcrawlerls1267]

Note to self: do not buy real estate that will be destroyed if a man made river barrier fails.

[@fritzreimer7933]

Waterfront properties have become longer, more walking to the waters edge, or will they be robbed of some property?

[@mariacarter6954]

Has anyone footage of what it was like here before the dame was built and why it was ?

[@alialrikabi5546]

Hmm I wonder how much the lake front house prices now.

[@thalleshoward3962]

Lol

[@phillipsmom6252]

When the dam is fixed the lake will fill back up, knucklehead.

[@Rethanos]

@@phillipsmom6252 why would they fix it after the devastation that caused.....

[@diannemc4840]

Hope they had flood ins🙏🏻

[@lostwombat6356]

Cheaper than lakefront property in arizona

[@louannad1]

So sad

[@craigs.546]

I was hoping you would show us close ups of that steam shovel or whatever it is, but thanks for what you did show. You did good!

[@agentorange8530]

Was the lake like 3 feet tall or something?

[@bradleyhannah8713]

Ok now ya got more land and a big river whats wrong with that?

[@mikebetts2046]

While they just now had a big flood downstream, without the dams there will be more frequent seasonal flooding. Reservoirs serve as a buffer for such events. Of course, some benefits with the dams gone.

[@indyslimshady]

Poor title, I almost thought that Lake Michigan drained!

[@JoshJorg44]

How many missing people did they find?

[@Chevy4x4dawg]

What's the story on the steam shovel???

[@bennychang3211]

I’m feel sorry to America I don’t know anything bad come to America we pray for Americans people

[@livefreeordie893]

Oh please 🤮 really??? I smell propaganda! 🐽🐽🐽

[@keyworksales6241]

@@livefreeordie893 what the hell is wrong with you, boy?

[@r.marian6277]

Thank you! We need all the prayers and well-wishes we can get.

[@MacNifty]

No sense in praying to the guy that you call satan it's deception to the highest order. Keep following the fake God who has the serpent and control. Who smelled it dealt it. The problem with you people saying let's say prayers as you're afraid to pick up the sword you're afraid to pick up the shield and actually go to battle with the vigilance of the Lord at your back.

[@MacNifty]

I feel sorry for America I feel sorry for everybody that allows this crapp continue has been going on before I was born. One man passes on the problems to the next man into the next man it's still happening and we aren't doing anything about it. Everybody likes their fat food in there nice ride and their fake grass people love to live pretend to because ignorance is Bliss and they don't want to believe the lie that they live and that's why the lie they believe in their mind is truth but a lie is always a lie.

[@thediamondstuddeddoll9254]

The water seems to be flowing like was supposed to be...

[@ToothlesstheNightFury510]

Theres good and bad things that come from dams.

[@calypsodream8059]

So are there plans to re-dam the lake?

[@billcoley8520]

How many bodies did they find

[@1940limited]

Can the dam be restored and the lake brought back? Possibly clean up all the debris on the lake bed first.

[@xcalibertrekker6693]

Not with whitmer at the helm. She would rather be pleasure boating while people are dying and losing there jobs. ;-(

[@jwarmstrong]

Many years in the future a lake may reappear since EPA & Corps of engineers need to milk this cow - unless a one eyed pink snail lives here -

[@alialrikabi5546]

Best time to be metal scraper.

[@will4real58]

I don't think anyone ever wants to scrape metal.. Lol 😜

[@walsh9354]

Will4Real here in Scranton Pa alone there’s lines of like 5-20 trucks daily since covid that go out onto the main roads just waiting for the scrap yards to open

[@gage5484]

Description needs to be corrected, dam failed on may 19th not march 19th.

[@pjmoran42]

How are those clams doing now?

[@mikebetts2046]

Aha, finally someone else that knows about the DEQ phuckup.

[@ryanthompson4135]

Too all my people outvthere, locals to the lake it's the perfect time to gold pan, there's ground that has not been seen in years and I can almost promise you there is a fortion out there

[@jackhawez10]

Whats a fortion? Is it valuable?

[@jeffallen7923]

Fortune

[@danielsterling4918]

4june

[@spencerwilton5831]

Let nature restore itself. Much of the sediment will flush downstream, where it would have originally made it were it not for the dam. Plant the rest with native species, this place could be beautiful once again.

[@tammyjohnson8161]

I’m so very sorry for all Michigan is going through. My prayers are with you!!

[@rogerdalemckinney2889]

So where is the best place to fish downtown