House falls into river near faltering Rapidan Dam

The river carved out a new path for itself around the Rapidan Dam, and an Xcel Energy substation and a park storage building have also plunged into the waters.
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[@Kampala69]

Funny how a politician turns up to "survey the situation", for a photo opportunity, when what is needed is, probably, an engineer!

[@BH-wh2vo]

As if there haven't been engineers on-site for days at this point. You'd complain if no politician ever showed up, too.

[@jonnie2bad]

yes zero engineers are on scene analyzing the situation 24/7.

[@NYyankeeboi]

and do the right thing? God no, that might save people some money..

[@psychedeliccarrie5921]

At least he didn't flee off to Cancun at the mere thought of bad weather.

[@BrooksBabbling]

​@@NYyankeeboi do you really think there are no engineers there? Man you people are dumb.

[@jimkramer]

the power of moving water cannot be overstated.

[@mikekreen9336]

It actually can be overstated, it's just can't be understated.

[@rsuriyop]

The way that house just toppled into the rushing water is just gut wrenching. I feel so sorry for whoever lived there. 😢

[@rickybobby6605]

Partially? When only the bathroom is left, I think you can just say collapsed.

[@TheEyeBall333]

HAARP flooded this place and they’ll do the Hoover dam eventually.. TRUST me. “They” have taken out newly all our food processing plants and their plans are strong.. no one is being warned but it’s even in the art on our money.. it’s the ONLY PICTURE on the bill denominations that doesn’t have a pic or hologram that hasn’t happened. You’ll see. We’re not insane. Just the ppl not paying attention

[@urbanshadow777]

Good place to take a piss. You got the open sky, the running water and the falling boulders just incase you need a dump.

[@tvviewer4500]

In todays housing market a one bath house is still $200k

[@andywomack3414]

And the dam no longer exists as a dam.

[@hueyang5943]

Why the house so close to the dam?

[@stevenleek1254]

"Partially?" This could be the understatement of the year. Well, they still have the shed .

[@gorak9000]

They also got the part about the business wrong - the house is gone, but you can still see the business building there (for now) - typical media, can't even be bothered to do 30 seconds of research on google maps before writing their script - just make it up on the fly, who cares if it's accurate

[@adampaul4454]

News reader said house partcially fell in river i think we can say house fell into river fully 😢

[@plmn93]

Yes, on the video from last night it partially fell in but she should have seen with her own eyes the entire thing fell in overnight.

[@Blink_____]

I think its funny that everyone knew that house was gonna go and not one professional camera was there to catch it, so we get grainy zoomed in consumer footage from a poor angle

[@plmn93]

Don't ask a journalist to do actual journalism. That's a bridge too far these days.

[@gorak9000]

@@plmn93 I see what you did there...

[@dans3379]

How is it funny? You expected other people to pay a camera man to film it 24/7? I love when fools dictate how others should spend resources.

[@Blink_____]

@@dans3379 I'm not going to explain this to a simpleton

[@dans3379]

@@Blink_____ Clown, pretend you have a meaningful answer. Nothing funny about them not wanting to spend money to get a very slightly better shot of a minor event.

[@nicotti]

You can see at 1:39 the concrete wall that used to be against the sandstone "bedrock" is falling, that means the sandstone that side of the dam is anchored to is eroding away. Too much of it goes and the dam itself could still break apart.

[@paulstecker5693]

I just saw the ladies comment last night. Her and her brothers grew up in that house. It's too bad. I feel so sorry for them. I pity them they should put something in the damn so the breed don't pile up like this ever again and cause the water to cut a New path. That's what I'd be looking at. They got over 2,000 dams in the United States. They should start looking at these and see if they can do some before they fail like this one did. Thank you. May God bless to all the people there.

[@jimw1615]

The dam is still there, however. It hasn't budged and did not fail, and no water over-topped it. Debris stopped-up the water release gates, and the river found a new path around the dam and debris blocking its flow. That is what water does.

[@paulstecker5693]

@@jimw1615 My friend, don't you think they could put a concrete pole from one side of the river to the other side of the Mississippi with a steel gate? The water would flow through it and collect all these dead trees and this wouldn't happen again. This is what they should consider really in the future. I'm sure the army car engineers could come up with a plan to stop all this debris flowing and hitting in the damn and causing this. Again, I feel sorry for the people there. Maybe if all those dead trees were collected that wouldn't have happened on the side. I wish you all your people good luck there. Thank you. Too bad the house fell into the river where the lady grew up with a Brothers a long time ago. I heard they got a business next by where they bake and sell pies. I wish them good luck on that one. Thank you and God bless. Thanks for the response back.

[@AhJodie]

As a geologist, I am loving a chance to see the layers of material exposed! I hope this family has insurance to cover this! Thank you for the update!

[@jsnsk101]

the county wanted the dam gone and by lack of maintenance and letting this happen they got it done at no cost

[@DavidLittle-y3e]

Sad,house 🏡🏡 gave a good fight

[@ByGraceIGo]

I feel very sorry for the homeowners and I hope that they were able to get some of their things out of there before the place collapsed. That being said I would never live next to a river like that because of the chance of the river flooding like this. God bless the family.❤

[@poempadgett4664]

Why isn’t the state and county mentioned ANYWHERE on this channel, including on the “about” section??

[@fishinguy7536]

Hi there, I'm a resident of this county. It's in southern MN, and it's Blue Earth County, the same as the name of the river. Should also note that the store...their livelihood, as it was referred to, is still standing...for now. The owners' childhood home between the cafe and the river is what we see collapsing into the raging water. Not to downplay the seriousness of that event, at all, but luckily, they had time to get many of their belongings and keepsakes out of the house. Hopefully they will not lose their business as well. It's a much-beloved local icon for people in the region to go for a Great burger, tasty sandwiches, and awesome pie, all served with a big helping of that famous "MN Nice" that you hear so much about. :)

[@jimw1615]

And the dam is still there. It hasn't moved one inch. But all that silt that is behind the dam is finding its way downstream now.

[@gorak9000]

I heard the dam hasn't been producing any power for a long time now because of disrepair and lack of maintenance, so mother nature is just cleaning house - don't use it, you lose it! Them's the rules... also when there's a clear design flaw with no spillway capable of taking worst case flows... what else would you expect to happen?

[@dilldoe4397]

That’s sad. Can’t imagine coming home from work to find your house gone.

[@Moonchild-bb5dr]

That family deserves a government grant to rebuild a home. And by the looks of how close the eroded edge is to the Dam Store sadly that will probably be taken by the river too

[@kebo57]

I would not be surprised if the Dam store never opens back up again. Once again mother nature proved that she still rules the elements of the earth, and we are at her mercy.

[@user-spreadingtruth]

@@kebo57 God creation.

[@tonycook2347]

why didn't they start unblocking the rubbish from the dam?

[@mikeprice4103]

How?

[@gavingiwer855]

Still way too dangerous right now.

[@vinquinn]

All they needed was a big long crane with one of those grapples. They could stay on shore and clear it all out. They certainly had lots of time.

[@jasontimothywells9895]

Bloody L 😂

[@jasontimothywells9895]

@@vinquinn yep , that's what we do up in Northern California mountains , we the people took care of our own mountains.

[@mikewyatt8789]

Please keep an eye on the highway bridge…lots of turbulence around the pier. Debris on the pier? A change in alignment at the pier? Also, the stream bottom may erode and drop as the water subsides. Glad to know that the bridge is closed. Be safe.

[@1tonyboat]

So why are they not trying to clear all those tree`s from the dam ?????

[@DeaconMike]

They can't because of the massive pressure from the current flowing into the dam.

[@BigKandRtv]

Do you install smoke detectors after your house is on fire? What good would that do?

[@hadrianwall9157]

​@BigKandRtv it would let water flow freely through the racks,for one...

[@mikeprice4103]

@@hadrianwall9157 You sir are a genius, LOL!

[@NYyankeeboi]

How do you expect them to do that?

[@bryanjohnson8162]

It might be a dumb thought and make damns more expensive but why not build dams big enough to support one to three cranes across them with claws for reaching down and grabbing debris in front of the dam when things like this occur???

[@gindling1054]

because it was built 114 years ago

[@bryanjohnson8162]

@@gindling1054 I don't know if you could tell but my comment was more like a question/suggestion 🥴

[@IamME-h5w]

_"I love our house. It's right on the river with a great view of the dam. And if the dam ever fails? We're up high and above any potential problem."_ Minutes later...... *HOUSEBOAT FOR SALE*

[@don7680]

So when your house falls into the river because of the erosion, does insurance cover it or is it flood related damage and you're SOL?

[@ezone913]

Oh my Lord, I don't know what's worse, the flood or this gals reporting. Holy crap that's bad, and the flooding, Wow!

[@LJ-gn2un]

My thoughts and prayers for these folks. No doubt this is devastating. 🙏🙏

[@Moonchild-bb5dr]

The way the river is curving around like that the land will keep eroding. Its so close to the business building now. So sad

[@Renville80]

faltering dam? The way I see it, the dam is still standing, it's just the saturated earth around the abutment that gave way... I really don't see how this could have been prevented, short of paving everything within ten furlongs!

[@charleswilliams8248]

A lot of this land in Minnesota was wrongly taken from the original Native Americans. There Sacred land was violated, I believe this is the result of it.😢

[@evilborg]

That's a real bummer.....

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

Rubbish from logging...or just trees from riverbanks torn out and blocking the water flow through the dam gates?

[@SavageBrewer]

Upstream trees that had weak root systems. Has nothing to do with logging.

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

@@SavageBrewer In other countries logging slash does exactly this not only to dams but also to bridges and power pylons...

[@henrymorgan3982]

I make my livin' off the evenin' news Just give me somethin', somethin' I can use People love it when you lose They love dirty laundry

[@ALLforROME]

thaaaat waaaas AWESOME!! 🎉

[@AB-bm2ip]

Toto, I don't think we are in Minnesota anymore.

[@longfellow5276]

Riverside homes are really nice right up till they arent.

[@user-spreadingtruth]

Its happening all over the USA. Praying.

[@Gd-Supe]

You praying to the one that is doing it. And if you ain't a child of Yahsharahla, who the world ignorantly calls Israel, who is definitely not those bastards calling themselves Israelis, and if you ain't keeping his commandments, honoring the Sabbath day, not eating pork, believing in his son Hamashyach Yahawashi, then he ain't hearing your prayer. Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. - Psalms 66:5

[@urbanurchin5930]

@user-ob8ts2n ...... funny - it's not happening where I am ...... you sound like a fool ......

[@user-spreadingtruth]

@@Gd-Supe yes God is in control but people are not being obedient to his word love God love your neighbor. Hate is not of God but of the evil one Satan. You should get a Bible and read it. ‭2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV‬ [14] if my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Prayers for you to find the truth.

[@Gd-Supe]

@@user-spreadingtruth What is the truth? Psalms 119:142 - Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth Found it, through the spirit. The law is the truth Psalms 139:22 - I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. David hated, and this is what the Most High had to say about David Acts 13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. David, who hated, was a man after the Most High's own heart Malachi 1:3-4 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever. The Most High hates. And if you're a caucasian, who are the descendants of Esau, called the Edomites, the Most High hates you too

[@turbo-brian]

Imagine if they had worked to clear the debris and allow the dam to overflow flood waters... I know it's more complicated than that sentence, but still.

[@LeeB5]

Lazy reporting, poor journalism.🤦🏼‍♀️

[@stevenwilson8718]

It sure tried hanging on for a long time!

[@my-yt-inputs2580]

Ummmmm....that's not the home. That's the store behind the home.

[@mikegilmer9990]

If you’re gonna report on a story do a little research reporter the house is totally gone the building you’re showing is their store up the street.

[@lindaadelwerth8042]

@my-yt-inputs2580 Yes it was part of the house that fell in. Store is a little further up

[@Fox1nDen]

respect for nature. live and learn

[@jong9486]

Get someone who knows what they're talking about! The house fell in the river, the building still there is the family store/restaurant!

[@James-oj8kq]

such is life!

[@timjones3423]

What do you mean half, the whole house fell in the river?

[@MNcreampied]

Trump would have stopped that house from falling in. I guarantee it. Literally.

[@PeterDudek1]

So sad! 😞

[@AzNP_1987]

Oh no!!!! 😮😮😮

[@Mash333]

House is not an “entire livelihood “. And the collapse, leaving a toilet, was far more than “partial”

[@overtoke]

isn't it standard procedure to clear debris during an emergency to prevent this sort of thing? why were the extra spillways not opened? it seems the person with responsibility took zero action.

[@mnsu4820]

They need to blow that dam and get the water moving straight again before it makes an entirely new path.

[@williamstamper442]

Partially collapsing into the water? WTF would be a full collapse?

[@tracyharrington6976]

Yes its sad the house, the play ground is gone but how much worse would it be if the whole dam went.. No one was hurt there and houses can be re-built lives cant.. Engineers need to acknowledge the power of water and not just dam that can be blocked in a flood but leave an easement where water can pass without damage to property..

[@sharon94503]

A type of 'closure' for the homeowners, as they recognized that it would eventually go. Such a shame.

[@Bitterrootbackroads]

Wow, “look at that big Con cave”.

[@jasonpenn3694]

It was a bad day for the Homeowner, and now they will have to pay an Environmental illegal dumping fine.

[@marpsr]

I see there was a sale at Men’s Wearhouse 😮

[@OneLiterPeter]

Daym

[@fortniteburgercayden]

NOT THE STORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mct8888]

How are we so helpless that we let a bunch of logs and sticks cause millions in damage?

[@volkerengels5298]

Live meme creation: **partially** get's us all.

[@glennschlorf1285]

Sad

[@SongMom8]

Sad… but maybe this is a lesson not to live too close to a dam.

[@randy7928]

That river is permanently rerouted. Not only is the home a total loss, but the land is a riverbed. They should dynamite what remains of the dam to at least put the river back in its channel

[@mnight207]

Thats avulsion not erosion

[@plmn93]

"you can see that giant concave". We may has well have AI reporting at this point.

[@BigKandRtv]

Bingo.

[@mariafernandez6439]

SAD..........................................................!

[@phil8742]

Cameraman is confused.

[@single-handed3673]

Oh No! Such a shame !

[@nobody687]

Thats the store, the home is gone, unbelievable she got that wrong

[@billm2078]

Um no! You can see the store in the video when the female reporter is talking in the morning.

[@ZenDreaming60]

Do you see the outdoor icebox by the door of the store? First clue!! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@ryanwall1780]

Yea every news report I see is misrepresenting this house as the business. I was under the impression it was the home where the father and son live. The building still standing is the store.

[@1motomanic]

That house allegedly fell in.

[@marumiyuhime]

thats the store house long gone.

[@Лето-в7т]

Надеюсь никто не пострадал.

[@joedude4822]

Playground can become a water park😂

[@gregorythompson6969]

Umm that's a full collapse!!!

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Sad !!!

[@quantumcat7673]

OMG! a life of savings completely disappearing in the river.

[@ricdale7813]

How very saddening. Those people lost their entire livelihood. Dam's for rivers works in most cases but Mother nature can come along and completely obliterate them with overwhelming volumes of water and land erosion.

[@rona4960]

Stop being a drama queen for once in your life. They lost the house. Livelihood? wth.

[@ricdale7813]

@@rona4960 Dear Rona. A persons home is their Livelihood....... Moron.

[@manwingchi9156]

To save face, all media keep saying the dam is more than 100 years, it suppose to happen. 😂😂😂😂

[@Gd-Supe]

Ecclesiasticus 39:28-31 38 There be spirits that are created for vengeance, which in their fury lay on sore strokes; in the time of destruction they pour out their force, and appease the wrath of him that made them. 29 Fire, and hail, and famine, and death, all these were created for vengeance; 30 Teeth of wild beasts, and scorpions, serpents, and the sword punishing the wicked to destruction. 31 They shall rejoice in his commandment, and they shall be ready upon earth, when need is; and when their time is come, they shall not transgress his word. All praises to YAHAWAH, in the name of his son, Hamashyach Yahawashi. The power of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob. Come and see the works of YAHAWAH: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. - Psalms 66:5 He did this. All praises to the Most High.

[@kristofftaylovoski60]

I we sit around and wonder why our collective house insurance rates are skyrocketing....You subsidize poor construction decisions like this.... nice view of the river I will admit.

[@Reutzel507]

It wasn’t dramatic.

[@helenjones568]

i hope the store can stay. The way nature made a waterfall, it is beautiful. Eventually, they will see what is safe at those new edges. WOW!

[@grumpyleavemealoneoldman]

hey lets build a house next to a dam

[@jonnie2bad]

on the emergency spillway no less

[@jasontimothywells9895]

Keep you Dam opinions to your Dam self😂

[@PeterGriswald]

That reporter must have studied at the Kamala Harris School for speech!

[@tomthx5804]

Thanks for the extremely annoying music that makes it impossible to watch the video

[@jonnie2bad]

i somehow managed to watch it just fine🙄

[@ajett5081]

Everybody is just standing around and doing nothing. What losers we have become. The USA has become total whimps.

[@11679MRT]

This dam story just keeps getting worse.

[@waker1776]

they could have blown the top of the dam to save the house

[@jonnie2bad]

I can tell you aren't an engineer.

[@waker1776]

@@jonnie2bad it's joke knuckle head

[@hangten1904]

That homeowner can sue if the damages is not from an act of god

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

What is heavy rain/flooding, if not an "act of god". Sue the weatherman?

[@desertlandscapecreations577]

That dam rapid dam dam sure is a dam dam.

[@tedjones-ho2zk]

Silly people want to live near the water, now they are in the water...

[@drumtwo4seven]

A REAL DOOZY

[@lynncollver6067]

Lord Jesus Christ please bring the family Your help in every way as they go through this difficult time . Amen

[@BrianSchultz-m8m]

I can't believe they don't take a helicopter and a claw and remove some of the blockage in the middle of the dam.... "Let's just stand around and watch..." Same thing when I almost died from a fever, just stand there... No, do something, "get ice". Same thing, DO SOMETHING, ANYTHING, you're not going to do anymore damage, you're PREVENTING more damage, send it where it's supposed to go. ZERO common sense with the people in charge......

[@robocowone464]

No effort to stop the damage!!! WOW!!! That's what happens in DEMOCRAT run areas, Extreme mismanagement!!!

[@jonnie2bad]

bro there's nothing they can do.

[@rona4960]

Ok braniac. tell us how you would have fixed this.

[@robocowone464]

@@jonnie2bad Not now, because they waited too long to do anything!!! All they have do is watch it happen and video record it happening!!! Oh I hope it doesn't get any worse, while they watch it get worse!!!

[@robocowone464]

@@rona4960 When it first started rerouting around the dam, they could have brought in large sand/earth bags and stopped it while an excavator grabbed and move the debris from the upstream side of the dam to the downstream side allowing the water to run through the gates like it was meant to. I have seen this done many times on levees along rivers and water ways down here. Stop the erosion by any means available!!!

[@rona4960]

@@robocowone464 😆🤣🤣Sure. Large sandbags would have just slowed all that down

[@BozoBlu]

First

[@patmcdonald766]

Walz FAILED the house is gone HA HA

[@kdittrich3001]

What the actual hell is wrong with you? A family lost their legacy, have some empathy you psychopath

[@5thGenNativeTexan]

Are you five years old???

[@patmcdonald766]

@@5thGenNativeTexan I am a retired VETERAN and have lost my retirement 30 % Inflation to the democrats. SO FJB and you

[@kdittrich3001]

@@patmcdonald766 oooo imagine that, a republican whiner mad because he backed the wrong party and they didn't protect him boo hoo ya jerk

[@MaryClareVideos]

That’s sad. I was hoping it wouldn’t fall in. 🥲

[@tomstenzel4271]

The home and store are 2 different structures. Home Gone, store still there. Please report the facts !

[@ritaking8827]

I feel so sorry for this family’s loss. This is just heartbreaking. I was hoping and hoping, that it would not fall and something could have been done to save it. God Bless this family. I hope their business is safe.

[@VassilkaMorrison-pd7ip]

So sad. Too bad our government does not take care of damns etc.

[@SuperS05]

The house was boarded up. I don't think it was occupied.

[@nicotti]

@@SuperS05 The lady said in her interview that her dad and brother still lived there.

[@plmn93]

@@VassilkaMorrison-pd7ip This dam was maintained and recently passed inspection. There were plans to either upgrade or remove it after damage from flooding 5 years ago but even if those had been started on they would not have been complete yet.

[@nicotti]

OP, their business is the building shown at 1:00, I hate to say it, but it looks like water may still cut the bank back far enough to take it too. :(

[@danor6812]

The reason for the water level going down is the breach got so large. More water was able to move past the damn.

[@Royale_with_Cheeze]

Dam

[@xximortalghostxx]

Dam that’s crazy

[@_Fake_Rolex]

@@xximortalghostxx I see what you did there 😉

[@CajunKracka]

Thank you captain obvious 😂