Linda's view of the dam breaking

I'm the guy on the point opposite the excavator, to see lake now, look at my Lake Video from April 2015
My Channel is pfletch99

[@pfletch99]

This was in Hall county TX. We built a large dam downstream. This was the temp dam we had built to hold back the water during construction. Lake is now full and 30' deep at new dam

[@juicebox4759]

the only thing missing is me and a skimboard hanging on the bucket riding the flow

[@brandonjuber3576]

You could have saved paying for heavy equipment had you just hired the guys that build the Teton dam

[@markbrinton6790]

+Brandon Juber the Teton dam failed because of porous rock, not engineering.

[@brandonjuber3576]

Do you not consider the material choice to be part of an engineer's responsibility?

[@markbrinton6790]

Fair enough. I was simply saying the structure itself was fine.

[@UKAlanR]

The wave effect in the donor pool is amazing

[@pfletch99]

Please go look at the video of what the lake looks like "today...May 15, 2016". That will give you an idea of what I was trying to achieve. The dam that "we broke" was a coffer dam holding back the creek water while we build the larger main dam.

[@joeshmoe4450]

what about the trout migration to their spawning grounds?won't the Damm stop them from reaching their goal? sounds like environmental destruction for profit and to allow humans to become fat, dumb and lazy.

[@Saltee323]

Joe Shmoe Yet you drive on freeways. Live in houses. Shop at Walmart or whatever your favorite super store is. Pollut the air with your carbon footprint. Basically causing all kinds of environmental and animal destruction and you have the nerve to lecture this dude about a few fish. Typical hypocrite pointing the fingers at others while committing worse destruction yourself. You sound like the usual liberal social justice warrior screaming at everyone else yet doing nothing yourself to make a difference.

[@RRRIBEYE]

I kept getting a feeling in my gut that the edge where that excavator was going to give way, taking him with it!

[@arifhafizamhamzah32]

That was far..little bit closer then it would be excited see water burst out

[@pfletch99]

If you are curious about what the lake looks like now, look at my latest video of the lake in April 2015. Actually since then it's came up another 2' or so

[@MrNumber1984]

Paul Fletcher

[@hildea.e3319]

What aare the couple of lines, around 2- 2.10 ? The Tim for so fast. Could look like some very long ropes maybe, lifted fast in one end, in the middle of the water basin. Probably just a sand " hill", falling on the bottom of the dam. Cool to see, from far away. 🌷🇳🇴

[@SpecificationR]

my favorite part was the wind noise

[@JohnSmith-yy8gk]

i wish you would have recorded longer. it is fascinating to watch.

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

Filmed in glorious 240p with the POTATOCAM 2000.

[@wills.5762]

If I had a dollar for every pixel in this video, I might be able to buy myself a loaf of bread

[@jerryorder9084]

Not anymore but maybe 4 years ago lol

[@ralphllivrah9551]

I think this used to be call the la tigra. It feeds all the major rivers in northern Mexico, and south central Brazil.

[@ScoutCrafter]

That was Awesome! Thanks for sharing... 😃👍

[@colechapman6976]

Everybody asks what is Linda's view, but nobody asks HOW is Linda's view

[@roberthuttle]

That's a dam shame. The difference between a garbanzo bean And a Chick pea. I never had to pay to have a garbanzo bean on my chest.

[@subramaniamkmathvan3661]

Its' more like a bird' eye view from a tree....🤣

[@StamfordBridge]

Nice video, but why did he have to keep digging for so long. It made me nervous to watch that excavator so close to the edge. After the wall is breached, couldn't they just let erosion do the rest of the work?

[@nickhuffman4295]

No it would take to long

[@nickhuffman4295]

I'm an expert dam builder my dam broke we had a flood to where we couldn't get out it was as tall as are door

[@TulsRetspmud]

Nick Huffman I guess you're not really an expert huh?

[@pfletch99]

***** We actually took out the entire "Temp" dam after this. So we wanted to remove as much dirt as possible. By the time we were finished, all the dirt you see behind and under the excavator was removed.

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

***** I agree 100% with StamfordBridge. The excavator was pressing his luck, left to its own the water would have finished the job.

[@o.w.dobbins6927]

That person in the escavator's taking a chance on that loose dirt washing out.

[@Kratax]

Sherry Lee Maybe he is the guy who built the dam in the first place.

[@CloserExamination]

Strat Playing Guy yes, I was thinking the same thing.

[@toddgreen2074]

+Kratax So what? Still a bad decision on his part.

[@Kratax]

+Todd Green No, if he knows what he is doing. Water current isn't magical super power which erases everything just by flowing a bit near by. See? There is plenty of ground to the left of the excavator.

[@Elthenar]

+Kratax He still should have gotten out of there. Once those first two scoops were out, that hole was going to expand just fine on it's own.

[@sid2112]

I've been hanging pictures for my wife all morning. So I'm honestly surprised you didn't ask him to move the pile a little to the left.

[@billeh3511]

I would have started scratching in front of the whole front of the damn reaching out and as it got a thinner wall the whole thing would have let go

[@FutureReverberations]

Proudly brought to you by... Potato Vision! (Patent pending)

[@christopherort2889]

Cool video

[@user-fs5lc2dl7t]

that is a deliberate breach....NOT a break...what dam...where????

[@SuperSaltydog77]

The dam didn't break, it was a controlled opening. clickbait

[@rogercrook1639]

What was the reason that the lake was dammed?.

[@obnoxiousvodka]

is this on ur private property? if so, how much did it cost to make ur own lake

[@pfletch99]

Yes. You can't see the large dam in this video, but if you look at some of the other dam views and you can see it, but the project cost about $100,000

[@tarefoot]

+Paul Fletcher At the 2:42 mark it shows the new dam.....

[@drServitis]

+Paul Fletcher How did you make your money? 100.000 for a lake?

[@tertessa]

that's a good backhoe operator👍👍

[@fredgrove4220]

That is not a backhoe, it is an excavator.

[@entropybentwhistle]

@@fredgrove4220 It’s an excahoe near Mexico.

[@markduncan6690]

If I were that machine operator I would head for dry Ground!

[@mohammadsabqul2547]

Interesting . Why you didn't come close ?

[@snckrfreaks3908]

Because it's really dangerous she probably wasn't allowed

[@sdaymer]

The ripples in the water is a trip when they first breach the dam and then again when they scoop out dirt the 2nd time.

[@ijulesy]

240p? really?? in 2014???

[@kenhagans]

+Cameron Bell And comes second in severity only to vertical filming ;)

[@mandu9520]

Great job Linda.

[@dj2ndhand]

This footage pleased me. I approve. Thank you.

[@SkyWardDude]

the only thing missing is a dam breaking

[@joemusic2882]

Click bait

[@joepoe8616]

cool video⛵

[@frontagulus]

Judging by how dry it is all there, could have put in some pumps and irrigated the surrounding area to green it up a bit : )

[@lalbahaduryadav163]

Good very nice

[@jddr.jkindle9708]

240p resolution in '2015? Time to upgrade your camera. I was at Burning Man '2015 and recorded everything in 2160p. Videos to be uploaded soon.

[@scottp9995]

What a dumb ass Excavator operator! He should have dug out the far side first instead of digging in the middle and then he can't reach across.Must be a rooky just learning!

[@1ProJunk]

Why did they break it open?

[@MauriatOttolink]

Shouldn't waste time emptying his bucket.. Let the sluice have it so he can widen the gap more quickly and then hightail it pretty damned pronto!

[@swimbait1]

Might have helped if you had explained why is was done.

[@davidharrison4881]

What a time for my prescription to go bad!

[@b_uppy]

YAY THAT YOU HAVE A SECOND DAM, YOU NEED THIS TO RECHARGE THE WATER TABLE, NOT JUST FOR SURFACE USE.

[@Michael-vo2bs]

Nice Video, but the next Time, zoom more in please

[@louismalinak5563]

Every comment seems to be from experts on excavation, never realized there were so many out there

[@benebutterbean2737]

Yep, there are about 75 of us on earth, and we all just watched this video.

[@007tallguy]

i didn't see any dam "breaking", all i saw was one being dug out!

[@davidwilliambarker]

Well, that just ruins the whole video, now doesn't it? Jesus.

[@flashgordon3715]

Where is this?

[@pfletch99]

Hall County, TX. Near Tell Tx

[@flashgordon3715]

Ok, because I searched Dayton, NV, but ended up in TX

[@gracegonzales9208]

the dam didn't break. man opened it.

[@adrianwells769]

not really breaking is it?

[@catdieselpower193]

Sweet vid boys!

[@lucky-rowe2623]

That bucket guy has never watched a damn breaking..was he got the water going..the water will dig the rest of the breach of the damn..he was lucky it didn't suck him into the water.

[@abark]

Suck him into the water? It's not a vacuum cleaner.

[@regan44017]

Bahahahahaha what drugs are you smoking?!

[@loppux]

Big deal - so how come she didn't film closer???

[@savannahabbottvlogs8570]

The dam dam😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@johnm.evangelis693]

That is an awesome video Linda, I enjoy watching these kind of video's and the best part you have a steady hand, some people they shake so much or they move the camera so fast you get dizzy. What state was this in? keep up the good work or should I say videos.

[@seikibrian8641]

+John M. Evangelis Texas.

[@MadSceintist]

Anyone else thinking the excavator operators a tad bit under experienced? Lucky he didn't get washed out from underneath

[@davidbottomley2926]

All it takes is a small breach and - voila!

[@thefrase7884]

Oh!!!!! The humanity !!!!!

[@elenthora442]

are those tsunamis?

[@fermild3954]

Get close.. Get close

[@kiheirc3195]

Very interesting

[@2001cavador]

Illegal water Storage?

[@pfletch99]

Welcome to Texas. Right to capture state!

[@markyoungblood7405]

Where's environment when ya need then?

[@robertkerr3059]

and I thought it was only guys who were able to just watch and marvel at such stuff,... a true tomboy then perhaps,

[@ijulesy]

looks like the middle of Australia or something! (although i know it is in Texas)

[@gcbigfoothunter9687]

Cameron Bell to me it looks like central California.

[@lunch6360]

Tornado season?

[@rtesimpson]

would have been a lot better if you got closer...

[@toddgreen2074]

Not a dam breaking. Intentional breach.

[@davidwilliambarker]

breach: Middle English: from Old French breche, ultimately of Germanic origin; related to break

[@davidwilliambarker]

as in they are breaking the dam, not that the dam is breaking on its own.

[@Squarerig]

Boys,of whatever age,just delight in playing with and in the water!

[@wasiks2011]

У всех экскаваторщиков какой-то перфекционизм, профессиональная болезнь - они что-то там постоянно глядят, ковыряются по пол часа, когда через 1 минуту, как на этом видео, можно уже было уезжать. Там вода и так бы все размыла, без его дальнейшего ковыряния и глаженья грунта ))

[@rdavis7350]

WOW, Inane commentary.

[@beachside1]

The dam thing didnt break

[@mahatmapech6288]

please correct the title of one of your Videos, that is speedup so the Refill is only 2min Long.

[@Namchild]

run fo the hills Betsie

[@johnjmur]

It took too long, to break that dam

[@SuperScratch1]

I would like some background information ??

[@bear1134]

Dam breaking? How about dam opening?

[@kerryward6896]

alright, alright, alright, fellow texans ! beautiful country yall ! looks like a place i would would love explore and do some fishing !

[@captainmikehagen459]

Going to be hard after all the damage they did to the environment there

[@davidurban6813]

I'd say use dynamite. Would be alot quicker and alot more interesting to watch. Just a thought. Have a great day everyone.

[@rhetta9826]

I assume this is legal??

[@someotherdude]

Only if you pay the nearest democrat

[@missluera86]

you would think with this kind of work being done, there would be more men or more workers there. kinda looks like it was just for fun!

[@peterpelly5756]

Does not look like the proper way to remove a damn, hopefully no hatches going on. Suffocate everything down stream.

[@fantail7214]

Should've had a rubber tyre, a wet suit and a camera!

[@2layz2p57]

Got a little titanium in them gonads!

[@mychoclabwinston]

Why is the excavator actually turn to dump? That makes 0 sense,

[@barryrhodes9068]

Alan Jackson

[@RetreatfarmFarmvilleVirginia]

I Hope you didn't lose too many Fish.

[@kevinlopez9949]

that's plenty of water

[@1_fishin_magician153]

an this is how you make a new lake......... the end....

[@2200Z]

Click bait. This was intended. And, shot in 240?

[@markogrba1]

These 240p videos.... Really?!?

[@ReneSchickbauer]

Filmed in Potatovision

[@samuelanselmo4707]

that's not a dam that's a levy

[@a.mathis9454]

It's not a levee, it's a dam. A levee controls flood water in channels to keep it from flooding low laying ground.

[@a.mathis9454]

+Aaron Mathis Like New Orleans Louisiana

[@samuelanselmo4707]

Aaron Mathis you got that backwards.

[@joemusic2882]

I didn’t see the dam break.

[@carlosubirajaradasilvabass8150]

Gostei

[@jigsaw3334]

Even when by themselves women feel the need to talk...

[@cillyhoney1892]

Yes that's because women use both sides of their brains to process language instead of one side only like males. It means we have more processing ability and so can voice our thoughts instead of just grunting and hooting. Sorry if that irks you.

[@jigsaw3334]

Cilly Honey yeah, you've got two lobes and one mouth. It could use some downtime..

[@geoff3610]

Lets take this video about breaking a dam and turn it into a gender war. That's right, a legitimate argument about the sexes on this video. Makes sense to me.

[@jigsaw3334]

geoff3610 this video started out with gender... The title. Basically.

[@geoff3610]

Tsar Kasm i would combat that but ive just read your name so im good night babe

[@geoff3610]

thanks linda

[@jsmcguireIII]

Damn! You really broke it!

[@Fireonthemountaintop]

So they took out a cofferdam, wow.

[@user-tb2jy9lu3d]

.... *DAM!*

[@littleblitz8239]

The comments ruined my question. lol

[@dannyd9821]

Dam