"Massive" Chilcotin River landslide in BC could cause flash flooding in next 24 to 48 hours

[@gravytrainoutdoors]

The Chilcotin was flowing 200m3 per second prior to the landslide. The slide is composed of fine grained low cohesive soils. It’s unlikely that it will open up in the middle or sides of the dam as those soils aren’t as susceptible to water piping. Its going to fail in a top over mode of failure and those low cohesive sediments are going to be transported downstream rapidly. If this dam doesn’t open up very soon we will be talking about cubic kilometers of water being dammed up within several weeks. There is probably several cubic kilometers of storage capacity upstream of the landslide dam before the water levels even approach the level required to over top the dam. I hope I’m wrong and that the water finds a way soon. The alternative is truly terrifying.

[@TSUNAMICali]

Burnt out 2017 fire. NDP had 7 years to start re -planting . Did nothing. Pathetic. These government officials sound like Parks Canada . Ugh

[@lostmoose9994]

Not an expert, but I agree. Just wondering what gets washed away if cubic kilometers of water floods down the valley?

[@gravytrainoutdoors]

@@lostmoose9994 it would be devastating for everything downstream to Hope and depending on how much water is released and the current river levels at that time potentially lots of area within the Fraser River flood plain. If the Chilcotin backs up for several months then we are talking about a staggering amount of water. If that happens while the Fraser is already flooding like it could be in late October or November then we are in for a world of hurt. If there are no signs of the dam opening up within a week I would think the government would be forced to start making some decisions about blasting or doing something similar.

[@shabibmahab]

Could they open it with explosives?

[@cherylm2C6671]

Who's working on this? Does Corps of Engineers under IC?

[@tippyc2]

They're preparing for the possibility of a breach? Bruh, a breach is _going to happen._ The possibility is 100%.

[@kaoskronostyche9939]

Are you an engineer? It may not breech. It could remain as a natural feature. Many dams like this from geological activity have stayed in place. But thanks for your professional evaluation.

[@tippyc2]

@@kaoskronostyche9939 i am actually an engineer, thanks for asking. Glad i could help educate.

[@TeachAManToAngle]

Never question engineers or scientists

[@jubi400]

What exactly does "Bruh" mean?? 🤔

[@tippyc2]

@@jubi400 Courtesy of urban dictionary: Bruh 1 Word you say when someone says something stupid. 2 Greeting

[@jeremymacdonald2073]

in the 1800s the fraser river had a slide by Jesmond ferry crossing at big bar . it filled for three days. then there was a pop and it started flowing again.

[@southbaychris]

How much flow does this river have compared to the Columbia. It took an estimated 6 months 500 years ago for the bridge of the gods to overflow when the same thing happened.

[@stevesmodelbuilds5473]

"... then there was a pop and it started flowing again." Nature sure is consistent... 🤣

[@corey6393]

Mother nature does whatever she wants. We just get in the way sometimes.

[@Jayred05]

Did you just assume natures gender ?!?!?

[@debc2237]

Mother Nature thinks we are a destructive species.... time to try a new one.

[@momofighter3211]

@@Jayred05 EARTH IS NON BINARY!!!!! Pronouns: Air/Fire/Earth/Water

[@DutchVai]

@@Jayred05 Mother Nature....... you've not heard of her before I suppose ?

[@deftone330]

​@@DutchVai it was a joke...

[@garywagner2466]

You mean the landscape changed on its own, without permission from the government?! Are you suggesting this has happened before (millions of times)? The nerve!

[@canadianravenbrook]

😂👏👌

[@runrau9275]

@@3ormore660 I just about choked on my Synthetic beef jerky on that one....lol

[@matclairoux]

From landscape to synthetic beef. Damn that went off fast, and the ecolo are the strange ones.

[@backpackpepelon3867]

Dumb political agenda aside, I just want to say this is one of the reason we manage to get a well preserved fossil.

[@PhilSallaway]

If it breaches..? No when it breaches

[@stevesmodelbuilds5473]

Or, like Turdsingh, it might just painfully dribble out slowly, continuing its damage for a long, long time. You know, kind of like a festering, pustular sore.

[@738polarbear]

Why cant they simply dynamite it and create a spillway.

[@archie_bunker]

that would be racist lol

[@tnbrfller]

Sigh.....

[@ferociousgustafson4040]

I don’t know. I’m sure there’s a reason, but I fear that reason may be that no one thought of it.

[@donnacabot3550]

Doesn’t fit Shaubs creative destruction narrative. But, they’ll use it to fit it the narrative somehow.

[@carlingraham114]

30 meters high by 600 meters long is a lot of material to move

[@terryatpi]

Royal Canadian Air Force with bunker busting bombs ?

[@stevesmodelbuilds5473]

Nope. Same reason Sophie left: Can't get it up anymore.

[@lucasmacewan875]

That is an incredible amount of material!

[@rRobertSmith]

The Canadian Air Force now has a new target, or a few truck loads of dynamite and a days work.

[@stevesmodelbuilds5473]

For that we'd need trucks, dynamite and an air force 😐. Maybe the RCN could help? 🤣

[@robertslugg8361]

They will need that dynamite for the next beached whale.

[@stevesmodelbuilds5473]

@@robertslugg8361 Oh. But, I thought if the whale was left long enough, it would explode on its own... 😆

[@daniel-jm7lj]

Vote 🗳 the bc ndp out

[@TheCrunch4000]

Nice touch on the mention of a fire 7 years ago keep us scared

[@drwzer]

Uh oh, the media is scaring Karen again!

[@TheCrunch4000]

@@drwzer unregistered keyboard warrior?

[@drwzer]

@@TheCrunch4000Sorry didn’t mean to trigger you, quick get to your safe space, especially if you’re going to watching more news!

[@TheCrunch4000]

@@drwzer ok one sec going to the Fraser to see what's up

[@MikeyV10]

Great time to pan the dry riverbed for GOLD.

[@jimdent351]

Until the wall of soil breaks. Screw that!

[@Batmans_Pet_Goldfish]

Not sure gold is worth much in the afterlife.

[@PapiCthulu2]

Great way to win the Darwin Award for 2024 and improve the gene pool

[@rhymereason3449]

Not willing to risk a 60ft high wave of water coming at me for the low prospect of finding a few grains of gold...

[@livinginvancouverbc2247]

That would be another type of Fool's Gold.

[@MizrahiChick]

Prayers for BC .

[@archie_bunker]

oh yes keep praying lol

[@alanbiancardi2531]

That is a waste of time. Fairy tales do not care

[@lostmoose9994]

Fires, flodding, landslides... whats next on the list - avalanches or earthquakes?

[@mattmyers2624]

I guess we should look where else budget cuts or spending increases have been done to get some insights..

[@magician77-c8h]

worse than that. fire-nadoes storm massive death etc

[@umageddon]

@@magician77-c8hsays who?

[@goldminer83]

​@Jane-df7em Trudeau supporters I see!!!

[@magician77-c8h]

@@goldminer83 hahaha unfortunately i am not

[@jameshayes9779]

I totally understand the safety of the citizens, however, I believe this will not break in 24 - 48 hours as the slide is quite large. I say they have weeks, having said that, they should still listen to the professionals.

[@mnmike6884]

Make a breech now before the lake gets bigger and higher!

[@Iceyfire12]

No let nature do its thing!

[@keanzerep_8174]

Guys, on the radio, I heard a alert. It didn't have the Canada EAS alarm, But I heard, "This message is from BC Alerts" And I was scared I went upstairs. I think the alert on 94.5 Virgin Radio was from this landside. After the alert was finished and continued playing the regular 5:00 traffic jam radio on Virgin Radio. I was shocked by the alert on 94.5 Virgin Radio. The thing I heard was Fraser River. It maybe related to the landslide. I do not live near Chilcotlin River, But I live very far for it. Maybe it's for just only the affected area that the alert was sent. While radio can't be sent in seperate areas.

[@alanbiancardi2531]

Oh no. Run!!!!

[@glennstone178]

Mother nature rules, not humans. We give ourselves way to much credit and blame for everything, like there is anything anyone, anywhere, anyway, could fool mother nature. She's alive, everywhere, all the time, in more ways than we have brain cells in total. It's not nice to fool mother nature. She'll win every time.

[@westernstateswaterreplenis4612]

If they had the military drop charges on it until a new water way has formed, it could have been open again within 6 hours. Problem solved and still a lot of clean up to do. Also the military could have some live ordnance practice. I am not sure why they would let it dam up like that and put a lot of people at risk? It is a hell of a mess now, but it is only going to get a LOT worse and very fast.

[@josephnewman9175]

Alright boys get your goldpans ready lol

[@SpaceCowboy-u7j]

Right??? That could end up being a silver lining to this.

[@TheCrunch4000]

Kinda came to my mind aswell...

[@PapiCthulu2]

A little Lake Missoula

[@shanewilson8728]

I blame this landslide on climate change.

[@Chris-rr5rj]

Fires burned out the trees and disrupted the root system that's why the soil eroded

[@byrd-is-the-word]

Wela'lin [thank you] for not shutting off the comments like CBC just did .. I always give them a thumbs down when they do that as opposed to the thumbs up or a 'like' which I just gave Global for your excellent journalism ..

[@daltongalloway]

Why? These comments are only filled with bots and trolls 😂

[@byrd-is-the-word]

@@daltongalloway .. why .. well for starters .. a fine intellect like yourself would never have the opportunity with the CBC version of this video to call into question someone like myself with an opposing opinion .. (:)) .. yes .. some of the comments are full of that which makes the barnyard breeze .. but many are worth reading .. as in .. intelligent, reflective and often more interesting than the source video .. in my opinion .. an opportunity to learn what the source video omits .. and that is why ..

[@denniscrane9753]

This is really bad!

[@benl6328]

Great opportunity for a military exercise.

[@bandittelevision]

You guys dont have any new or better video footage?

[@Sigma4Life972]

They could carpet 💣 the blocked area.. But then again we need to save those for Ukraine or Israel.

[@paulcharpentier7095]

We have a Canadian Air Force that could have used ordinance to open up that slide way before it got to this point

[@Batmans_Pet_Goldfish]

Before all the people were evacuated?

[@ohsweetmystery]

But aren't we supposed to be ecologically enlightened now and stop interfering with nature?

[@neilz9182]

​@@ohsweetmysterywe have an air force?!?!

[@daltongalloway]

Seems like a silly waste of military supplies. And wildly dangerous, it takes one person dying and it’ll create a hell storm

[@WalterVetterli]

@@Batmans_Pet_Goldfish What people/ I live close by, so , don't spread bul lsht

[@keithstudly6071]

I wonder if there's much gold in the river bottom.

[@davidthompson6636]

Yeah, eventually current and volume gonna move that sediment. Water always wins

[@Bigbadwolf4]

Wow wanna see that let go😮

[@grubalaboocreosote4774]

WOOH!!! NATURE TAKES BACK HER OWN!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@drawyrral]

These slides have been happening for millions of years. This one is too big to just give way and let a torrent of water and debris downstream. It will cut a new channel and go back to what it was before the slide.

[@CoolLava]

You wouldn’t have to ask me twice to leave.

[@clintsonfrancisbabu184]

In Kerala India landslides happened and it killed more than 290 people still some are not found

[@eledatowle8767]

That is such a tragedy. Similar slides and deaths have happened in South America as well. My heart is with all the families lost. All the people here saying they want to pan for gold downstream are thinking of putting themselves into that very situation willingly, where they may never be found. I hope most of them decide against it, for the sake of their families.

[@Chris-rr5rj]

@@clintsonfrancisbabu184 and they never will be

[@dougjenks6954]

Send in the air force?

[@nonasmith2405]

Hope no one was hurt

[@duncantorrance1976]

One camper was hurt and his dog is missing

[@williamtolon6464]

Good video important information to have.its important to keep people as safe as possible.

[@umbrellacorp.]

I guess it's impossible to drain the thing in another river channel before it happen. Just asking. 🤷‍♂️

[@Komainu959]

I don't think so, it would take an incredible amount of labor to make a diversion that long and deep enough to have a positive effect and I think it would be incredibly dangerous for the crews to work in what is an already proven unstable land area. If you can evacuate people downstream you can rebuild.

[@holgerjrgensen2166]

I was expecting that authorities made a tiny canal to gradually release water pressure, even it might be challenging.

[@kelaauger5359]

Can they not dynamite a channel for the water to take so it doesn't let go all at once?

[@rinalore9416]

I'm no land expert but why isn't the mud blob blasted open but first dig different funnel tunnels away from any structures for the rushing waters to go? It's better than waiting for it to happen.

[@shawnfecke4322]

Oh, Great Mother, grant Your Children of that place peace and all that they need to be at peace with You. And for the Fish of that place to continue to sustain Your Children in their life in accord with the land wich is their survival. Great Mother grant these things to show your Greatness and purpose on these Lands wich you have given these People.

[@boblatkey7160]

This is super cool. My friends are going to monitor the dried up river upstream with walkie-talkies while me and my other friends are down about a mile or two and we are going to shovel massive amounts of gravel from the dry river bed and store it so that we can pan it at a later date.

[@PapiCthulu2]

How fast can you run?

[@boblatkey7160]

@@PapiCthulu2 we will have friends posted 2 miles up river on walkie-talkies. We're doing the math on how many feet per second the water can travel at. Super excited about getting some good gravel around large boulders at the now dry riverbed.

[@vanhouten64]

You will find millions of dollars worth of gold there. That area has never been panned before.

[@removedbyutube]

​@@vanhouten64sounds like the opportunity of a life time.

[@eledatowle8767]

@@PapiCthulu2 They're estimating that the wall of water when it breaks through could be 200 feet high, so there would be nowhere to run in time. It's a plain bad idea, unless you have someone 20 miles upstream, and I'm not sure that would even provide enough time.

[@romazone101]

Why are there so many conspiracy theorists and trolls in the comment section of a landslide in the middle of nowhere?

[@dposcuro]

Because Conservatives will use any and all natural disasters as a way to blame the current, or most recent liberal Government for any and all grievances.

[@romazone101]

@@dposcuro So weird! Sad angry trolls lashing out at imaginary culprits.

[@BoshSmith]

​@@romazone101 meanwhile justin Trudeau is on vacation in TOFINO

[@romazone101]

@@BoshSmith And?

[@Komainu959]

Because the Earth is flat.

[@Hardhatmediaa]

WoW geography

[@peacenow4456]

Blast the debris out of the way!!

[@gordonedzerza5412]

This is a massive amount of material, which came down with speed and slammed against the bank of the river. Because of this, this material is really compressed, when the river spills over this dam it will take some time to erode its way through it, the lake may become a permanent feature for a while.

[@IBRAKEFORBEDROCK]

Let nature do its thing.

[@lostwithasmile485]

It's falling apart...the entire thing. And we will all act so shocked when it finally lets us know what it thinks of us.

[@joellangeman2878]

I hope Dickys ok

[@barsandrunning]

Those jets we bought from states would be handy right about now just saying blow beaver dam up ..quick

[@tmr626]

Just get people to dynamite a passage through the lesser part of the slide.

[@darkkingastos4369]

And when they are getting ready to blast and the rest of the hillside comes down on them?

[@christianbuczko1481]

I hope someone posted some cameras along the river, its going to be spectacular when it givesway.

[@Slide164]

I’m surprised they haven’t blamed it on global warming!

[@grazynazambeanie5963]

Yup . Just keep repeating the headline every 24 hrs

[@TeachAManToAngle]

This is one way lakes naturally form.

[@Rashnak66]

That man has waited YEARS to wear that 'information officer' red vest, he's living the dream.

[@kevinwilliam3722]

600 meters? Over 1800 feet. Over a 1:4 mile earthen dam. No chance of a breach at least until the water goes over the earthen dam and erodes it. It will probably be a very slow process and never really break or cause havoc down stream

[@kevinwilliam3722]

At 0:12 of the video. Look at that massive earthen dam. When the water breaches it’s going to have to wash out the down stream side for a long time before it will break.

[@rashadmohammed9025]

DAMN, Dam

[@edwardcfinklein198]

No problem, mother nature will take care of this.

[@snorfallupagus6014]

Could have been prevented by raising taxes

[@zelbole]

Usually, there's some extra water source undermining the area, but it doesn't have to be that way. It's just we see so many failures of man made dams, and reservoirs, as well as maintenance of previous constructs.

[@alanbiancardi2531]

So many failures? Wow. When, where? I will wait......

[@edweirdo2033]

oh the horror

[@jasonlucas9754]

I would be more worried about the area pased hope.

[@jolliff5902]

THE PROBLEM IS CLEAR CUTTING

[@darkkingastos4369]

landslide happen. It's natural and it happens just like tornadoes.

[@yvanhuberdeau2801]

Nature just doing it’s thing. The planet is alive, not dying!

[@Sombriage]

Keep telling yourself that.

[@joshanderson924]

​@@SombriageKeep telling himself what? He said literally nothing wrong

[@Sombriage]

@@joshanderson924 Planet is dying due to human influence.

[@joshanderson924]

@@Sombriage Nonsense. The planet has had alot more "near death experiences" in its past long before modern humans existed.

[@Sombriage]

@@joshanderson924 I said "dying" not dead or death. The "dying" state of the world is largely due to humanity.

[@paulblack9667]

I’m more worried upstream

[@bordstif84]

A conservative gvt would allow for better logging access.

[@southbaychris]

How much flow does this river have compared to the Columbia. It took an estimated 6 months 500 years ago for the bridge of the gods to overflow when the same thing happened.

[@rushgush]

12 people? 🤣🤣

[@TomCampbell-f5c]

It will be ok

[@alro11]

stay safe people! climate change is affecting you all extremely

[@joshanderson924]

Yep the climate definitely changes

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

good grief, another one.....bet you thought getting the hokeypokey as per the gmt request was safe too...

[@aaykay4060]

@@joshanderson924and it’s changed much faster than ever before in recorded history due to human activity. There, finished your sentence for you champ. We know this from studying gas trapped in ice cores.

[@joshanderson924]

@@aaykay4060 C02 in ice cores doesn't prove humans are driving global warming. 500 million years ago there was 10 times the amount of c02 in the atmosphere and the earth was full of life and temperatures were not much different than they are today... "champ"

[@MohamedArtimA]

Cant compare that DayBurNer inEarth

[@kitt2000car]

Eventually the water is going to be high enough to run over the newly created dam. I wonder how many fish have died off?? Due to the lack of water.

[@28704joe]

The fish go down river with the receding water, they aren't stupid.

[@alanbiancardi2531]

LMAO. Poor wittle fishies

[@aaykay4060]

@@28704joefish also get stranded in low water champ

[@rustneversleeps01]

Can't use explosives to open a channel through the debris field ?

[@ranger5705]

Why can't they blast the dam with dynamite to stop the flooding?

[@Batmans_Pet_Goldfish]

That would cause flooding.

[@EA_customersupport]

That would cause more landslides nearby the region

[@daltongalloway]

Did you not see how big the blockage is? You’d need to set up a lot of dynamite to get it moving. Plus it’s all still rather loose debris. They predict it might go by itself in the next day or two. No one in their right mind would walk across it

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

The hwy 1 and hwy 5 winter road crews have cannons they use for avalanche control; they could use those.

[@PamelaPhillips-ed9sl]

Grumpy Grandpa here. Why not take the extra flood water. And drop it off somewhere else. I'd lay money we have the tools to do it. So let's get to work. 😊👍

[@pl8316]

I heard it happened at the same time as the earthquake offshore but not sure

[@julienrockingham-ip4co]

Woah😮

[@cherylsibson2529]

Don't let Post 10 hear about it, he'd want to go and unplug it the water wants to move let it! Wake up and see the light things are real!

[@OfficialStone]

I came from the amber alert to see whats going on in social media

[@rachelbrinkley3240]

Why not make this landslide area into a Hydro Electric power dam site as BC will need to more power with all the electric cars on the road

[@EthanLomas]

Why does God hate AB and BC? 🤔

[@kellyprice1024]

Child tra ff icki ng

[@kellyprice1024]

Tunnels

[@AAC2446]

BC & AB are just for practice. Next stop Ontario.

[@joshanderson924]

The beauty of this province is formed by frequent and massive cataclysmic events. Prairies get some wind but they're ugly 😂

[@EthanLomas]

@@joshanderson924 💯 true 😆

[@ferociousfil5747]

Well…Dam!

[@shaun8256]

Oh boy! Let the fun begin, this just might cause issues in yellow stone.

[@DKSorg]

Natural Process

[@dougjenks6954]

Hopefully people get away it's gonna happen!

[@TR-nw8hz]

You Canadians are so dang cute

[@peacenow4456]

Seven years to replant it... what happened? LEARN from this huge mistake...

[@NeoRipshaft]

holy crap, 2017 fire! The burnt out trees still look like that after that many years... you kind of think of fires burning everything down and fresh growth growing from the remains but I guess it can take a heck of a long time before trees are able to regrow since the burnt trees wont fall over for awhile =/

[@Iceman8723]

You clearly don't understand how long it takes a tree to grow. Not sure what you expected or why you're surprised.

[@bluesteel8376]

That is totally normal. Burned trees will hang around for decades before they all fall over.

[@dposcuro]

It is a dry, semi-arid desert in the interior. It takes a long time for trees to re-grow. It takes a very long time for trees to rot until they collapse.

[@aaykay4060]

And the fire caused dead trees which mean no roots holding the soil in place. Then massive amount of rain. It’s the perfect recipe for a slide.

[@aNYCdj]

Jamie Davis trucking is in Hope......highway thru hell

[@MurielFarrer]

So happy that my grand daughter does not live there anymore

[@EthanLomas]

Is she dead? 🤗

[@Jameson1776]

@@EthanLomasdon’t be a loser.

[@EthanLomas]

@@Jameson1776 😱 that is SO rude!

[@booishoois309]

Does this mean we can't all buy electric vehicles now?

[@marquefan1]

Indigenous chiefs are already stating that this landslide will be bad for their 'mental health' for generations to come and they will be looking for compensation.

[@sarahminer6014]

cool

[@DebCnbfre]

Isaiah 40:3-5

[@Rocks.geology]

i was driving car here last year winter 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@davidchristensen6908]

I hope all the humans pay attention. It’s just like humans to here you should leave and the human says naw I’ll be ok. It’s never flooded before. Set up your cameras this will be something to see

[@mohebalikalani2115]

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