Rapidan Dam FAILURE! | 2024 Minnesota Flooding! | Watch until the END!

We captured drone footage of the Rapidan Dam failing. The river took a path around the Dam and slowly eroded the bank away. Swallowing a home along the way. We captured drone footage of other area flooding as well. Make sure you watch until the END!

[@WeldinMike27]

That erosion really shows up the pre-cambrian rock.

[@donreed]

07/29/24: SUPERB choice of music. Thank you.

[@jefffrayer8238]

Nice video quickly showing all the damage done and what became of the buildings. Going to be a bit scary running the corn this fall.

[@BraamsFamilyFarm]

Fingers crossed!

[@emilyfeagin2673]

Thank you for posting

[@BraamsFamilyFarm]

You're welcome

[@ericfielding2540]

Sad to see the family lose their home and then their store. I heard that the county bought the store before they removed it. I hope the county also paid for their house and land. The dam was recommended to be removed years ago but they did not do it.

[@BalkanTimberMan]

people voted on it and over 80% said no

[@booneshine3585]

Sad but great footage

[@danburch9989]

I guess they didn't see the need for an emergency spillway so the river created one for itself.

[@jeffreyreed5299]

The dam did not fail. The spillway failed.

[@FordRangerClassics]

It doesn't make you seem any more intelligent being like he didn't die from getting shot he died from blood loss

[@WinthropWarriors]

Does it even matter? You must be real fun at parties....

[@mdbassin6267]

what spillway

[@paulbrogger655]

Maybe I'm jaded, but I automatically avoid or pause & exit any video that exhorts "watch 'til the end!"

[@BraamsFamilyFarm]

That’s no problem. The end shows the 3rd day at the dam and how everything is gone now. There you go, now you know.

[@JanetBraam-s5p]

Great Video!!

[@dhenschel4]

Where did all the silt end up? No one is talking about this, but is should be a serious result of the dam failure.

[@russellstewart5414]

By some estimates it has released 100 years worth of sediment in the river for several miles down stream. May cause issues with certain species on their spawning sites and possibly benefit other species. Mother nature has its hands full but this is the natural environment and this river will be changed forever both good and bad

[@jimw1615]

Once the music was lowered to "nearly off", it was an informative watch.

[@Flourbased]

music aint that bad, jeez

[@BraamsFamilyFarm]

Haha I even lowered the dB by 20 decibels to make sure there were no issues Have a great day

[@daleolson3506]

What’s with the music👎👎👎👎💩💩😬

[@BraamsFamilyFarm]

Non copyrighted KZbin studio music. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@m.rogers2643]

What's the deal w the jaunty music while watching devastation???

[@BraamsFamilyFarm]

The audio is KZbin audio. Categorized as Sad. Enjoy

[@elliottsmith3632]

Why did the store building get demolished?

[@vipero00]

I think I read they were going to move it but turns out it was to fragile to move so they tore it down.

[@loragunning5394]

To prevent the possibility of it falling into the river due to continued erosion of the bank, and thus creating debris that could create damage to structures downstream. I read that the original plan was to try to move the entire building but I guess that wasn't possible. You may have noticed there was another building across the road from the store building that was closer to the eroding river bank that was also torn down and removed, likely for the same reasons.

[@shakyhandpictures2185]

It’s sad to see American infrastructure crumbling, cities in decay, debt at astronomical levels while they continue to spend on the military. It’s a sad future for America.

[@cb2000a]

Contrast this to the Flat Bridge in Jaimaca after Beryl flooded the river. There is a live camera at the Flat Bridge which showed that a back hoe showed up and begin to clear the log jam at the bridge. Shortly after an excavator arrived and cleared the log jam. The whole thing took about 2.5 hours. America used to have that "can do" attitude where things got done.

[@hartmutrausch]

Das sind alte Bilder.

[@BraamsFamilyFarm]

If you do some research on this. This is not old. Happened June 24th, 2024. Read this article, and if you'd like to google for more go ahead. www.fox9.com/weather/rapidan-dam-failure-videos-photos

[@716racingchannel]

They lost there home an Store Sue For Millions They did not keep you safe