Suburbs north of Detroit flooded (Royal Oak MICHIGAN)

Suburbs need help too

[@sk-sd5wl]

Every homeowner knows if they have a drain in front of their home. How hard would it be to step out once a day and rake it or unplug it?🙄

[@kiha6702]

And taking care of the leaves BEFORE the rainstorms come

[@barbrn]

One of the old guys said he got tired of doing it. I'd rather take care of it than worry about a flood. He could trade off with some of the other neighbors.

[@barbthequietwatcher7069]

They could give a neighborhood kid a few bucks to go play in the water and help it drain. 12-13 if possible.

[@TobiEstosWorld]

I guess they don't give a sh*** 😁👌

[@mconley2996]

I live in Royal Oak, it’s very easy to say that as someone who doesn’t live here. BUT as you will notice - we have restrictive drains (vs the ones with the big slats you see in the other Detroit videos) that clog very easily even in a light rain which are there due to an old drain infrastructure. My street does the same exact thing, but sometimes it clogs overnight before I wake up or during the day while I’m at work. Usually our city does go around, but it takes them awhile.

[@kiha6702]

Trees are a blessing. Homeowners or the city need to take care of the leaves. If I had a neighbor by a drain (and even worse, the ONLY drain, and not functioning🙄) that doesn't take care of their leaves, I would do it. Couple neighbors coming together- done in no time👍

[@hobouk3871]

What would be better is if the local authority had the sense to install better drains in the first place. Those small holes either side of the street are totaly useless especialy where theres alot of leaf litter about.

[@asbestosfiber]

Exactly they will work fine as long as there is almost no debris, so pretty much nowhere. @@hobouk3871

[@chrismarasco2008]

“I’ve Given Up” should be the official motto of Royal Oak. Seriously minimal effort to solve a problem, yet the homeowners of a least 20 residences that are directly affected by this have other priorities. This, to me, is more disappointing than the clogged streets of the abandoned neighborhoods of Detroit.

[@detroitdraingang5037]

exactly. especially since royal oak steets arent abandoned

[@CATAZTR0PHE]

I never paid any attention to drains. And when there was a huge puddle in the street, it never occurred to me to try to unplug the drain. I think these residents do not think of it either?

[@jmlewis435]

100%! I live in Royal Oak and my husband and I are amazed daily at how lazy our neighbors are.

[@StreakingTiger]

Haha - I was thinking the same thing. No way would I let my street get like that. If I know it's going to rain, just take a leaf blower and walk down the street for a few minutes to prevent the flood to begin with. Not only lazy, but pretty dumb too.

[@383_Manual]

Royal Oak resident here. I know exactly what I’m doing the next time we have a big storm. My house seems to be on a high point in the street, but there is often a flood to the left and right.

[@wynonarburgstiner4667]

I've noticed in the residential areas, it's the people living there who are too lazy to get rid of the leaves, they think the city should be sweeping up the leaves and they can sit on their collective assets and do nothing ,it would only take a blower to blow the leaves from the curb and onto the sidewalk, then sweep them up. It means they may have to actually work once in awhile to benefit themselves. I also noticed neither of them offered to help you.

[@SandyD2022]

In Royal Oak, they are suppose to put there leave on the street. Unless it change in the last few years. My nephew lived there and that what everyone did. You were told what day the trucks would come and you put them on the street the night before. The people in Royal Oak take pride in their town, it's a beautiful city.

[@PacoOtis]

Excellent comment!

[@shirleyanneyoung955]

@@SandyD2022Obviously that street didn’t get the notification lol

[@fcorso1313]

You should use a garden rake for this type flood. The potato rake doesn't really move many leaves.

[@Tbird1549]

I love watching the whirlpools! Great job once again! Thanks for another terrific video! Stay safe and stay healthy!

[@alexrubio62]

I used to live on the East Side of Detroit just north of Hamtrmck from 1989-1992. I was a Navy Recruiter, and I covered the Royal Oak area. This video brought back some good memories of the many people I met there during my tour of duty. Thank you for your service to the communities that you serve. Keep up the great work!!!

[@georgecaspira3637]

Sometimes scraping your feet over the drain speeds up clearing / forcing the debris through. Great video, odd such tiny holes. maybe a tree trim is in order from the City.

[@miked3168]

They would have to cut them down cause those trees are all over the side of the street

[@piddy3825]

looks like a design flaw by the city if those small drain holes are supposed to be adequate for rain water run off, but on the other hand, the homewowners on that street would be aware their street drains plug up but none of them take the initiative to rake the leaves that cause the clogging...

[@andrewready1137]

Great video. That sputtering sound was great. DOUBLE SWIRL!!!!!

[@jillmadigan9841]

Those dudes were blaming the trees? What about their rakes?

[@donnahall7014]

great whirlpool action! nice new rake!

[@Conflictinator]

I've never seen street drains like that before. Man, they suck. Because they don't suck enough.

[@gorak9000]

That's where you need a steel bar to just pop the lid off and let it drain, then come back with a plasma cutter and open up some more holes in those lids. I mean if the city won't do it, gotta take measures into your own hands. Really crap design!

[@ronaldshank7589]

@@gorak9000 Agreed! These "Drainage areas" are waaaaaaaayyyyy too small for a Street of this size! Who put in such a small drainage system...were they high on something, when they did this? I'll tell you what:If the clowns that put in such an inadequate system are the ones responsible for this small system, they ought to be fired!

[@karencrawford4068]

I lived in Royal Oak for 30 years. My street was Marywood and I was in the Block south of Catalpa. The drain was in front of the 4th house from the end of the block. Every time we had a hard rain, it flooded, Badly. I was the 2nd house from the end of the block and the water rose over my curb and up into my front yard. It did that half way down the block from me, too. There was a drain kitty corner across the street from the one on my side, too. But, the problem always seemed to be the drain on my side. I would take a garden rake and climb in and go to work. I found that rake to be the best tool that I could use. It was wide, strong, straight and grabbed the leaves and things and brought them up and out of the street. You should check that block out the next time it rains hard and heavy. By the way, there is a big new house where mine used to be. Bet they hate the flooded front lawns.

[@Guitarzan8]

Good work gang! Just passing through to see if this is still the hand held camera,wrong rake, 1 hand on the rake and stare at the whirlpool vids. Yup. See ya maybe next time.

[@stephaniewilson3955]

Why people do not gather up the leaves and put them to compost on their gardens is beyond me. You are doing a service to your neighbours and your gardens will bloom.

[@rickb3078]

That!

[@judithfairchild8620]

The city needs to address the problems and encourage the neighborhood to clean up their leaves.

[@miked3168]

People feel entitled and don't do squat. They are lazy also. Like packing your own groceries also

[@michaelgagne1911]

Nice looks like a nice area trees 🌳 are great it only takes a bit as a neibore to do what your doing great job 👍

[@she9896]

“Thanks…we do appreciate it” Well get your rake out and help the guy then 🙄

[@nightdweller6446]

Wow, that's seriously inadequate drainage

[@lesliemergenthal75]

Those drain holes are laughable. How would the city approve them as a proper street drain? Good video.

[@jimmymarquez108]

A pool skimmer would've been real satisfying to see as well. Get all the tiny leaves out of the way. Also a gopro on a headstrap so you can use both hands to work and still get great footage. Thank you for the awesome videos

[@831BeachBum]

You can do an overhead map view on phone then go into "street view" on most streets. I think you could see where drain grates are. Easier to find.

[@Jo_Nell]

You make my heart happy 😊 Great work DDG 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@jol1958]

Had our first major torrential downpour this morning in my desert town here in Arizona. Storm sewer grates are a 1/2-mile away in four directions. So glad I'm one of the highest houses in my area. I'd hate to be one of those living just down a few streets, especially where the system is under construction. Gotta leave home soon. It'll be interesting. Keep up the good work.

[@TheGramophoneGirl]

Noooo, you stopped the video too soon. I want to see the street totally drained.

[@tgeh448]

That air burst at beginning was awesome. Great work and thanks for posting

[@paulr.andries390]

The entire street was flooded, with about 12 homes directly affected and no one said, let me clear the drain. Your house, your yard, your street, make it easy for yourself and clear it.

[@marguaritetherese3156]

I've never been in this situation (I luckily live in a small city that is pretty good about responding to issues), but I'd have to think if my street got like this every time it rained I would figure out how to make it better. Yes, a resident would probably have to clear the drain several times after a good rain, but who is in a better position than them to do it, since it just takes a few minutes and they're already at their house. Also, go to a city council meeting and find out what it would cost to put in bigger drains...it would probably be worth it.

[@joseeduardo4327]

Man those are weird drainage systems. Not efficient with leaf litter haha

[@faridajohnson3373]

Some people feel that it’s the city job. While there basement floods!

[@martinmarsola6477]

A nice unclogging. Thanks for your help.

[@cleanwillie1307]

Lived in two different places in Grosse Pointe Woods and had similar drainage problems, primarily in the autumn when the leaves were dropping. I always went out a cleared the grates to drain the street. Always found it kind of satisfying.

[@sk-sd5wl]

I want to turn that rake and poke those holes clear with the handle😂

[@hannahmaxi5004]

Here in philippines we have this rule "tapat mo linis mo" w/c means clean your front area especially those who lives along the road

[@williammorris4327]

Homeowner " all these dam trees" Common cense " all these not takeing five minutes, with a rack. And clearing the drains." Homeower " I only have time to boitch."

[@hobouk3871]

It certainly isn't the trees at fault here, its the stupid authorities that thought that those two little holes either side of the road/street would be enough to drain it. Nice job by the way :)

[@rebeccaocker4506]

If u find one then across should be another because of the pipes the best thing to do is get ur state to have the street sweeper to clean the leaves when spring so that when the spring rains come the leaves will be gone get on the city to run the sweeper after the street is drained check an see we’re the drains are

[@GenuinelyJodi]

A rake with smaller tines might allow you to get the leaves out. I’m sure the neighbors love your help!!

[@fidnielsen]

One of those kids fishing nets or butterfly nets would be handy for catching the leaves.

[@michaeloliverossantos8780]

I really like what you're doing sir. Salute to you! 👍👍👍

[@detroitdraingang5037]

thank u

[@detroitdraingang5037]

thank u

[@Dax893]

Johnny Bystander is on the case! 'Get rid of the trees!' Man, that's exactly why Johnny moved into the neighborhood -- the tree-lined avenues.

[@marcushaynes843]

I live in Detroit, but I can't believe this is happening in Royal Oak. In the D, I see a lot of flooding in the streets. It will good VERY slowly.

[@detroitdraingang5037]

next time hit me up when u see a flood. [e-mail]

[@paulwetter3262]

Better to curse the leaves and drive through a flooded street than to use a rake to keep a drain clear

[@James-fr9sq]

Can't you just pull the whole lid off it to let it drain faster?

[@shawnbarczak1766]

Thanks for doing this...a wider view as it dropped would've been cool.

[@jenniferjohnson7955]

Such good work and good deeds.

[@faridajohnson3373]

Please tell me why don’t the homeowner come out and rake the drain?

[@woswasdenni1914]

just FYI, twirling it wont create a wirlpool. wirlpools are created by air pressing upwards and water pressing into the airgap by gravitation. but it cant overcome the pressure difference of air so it get pushed to the side by the air while still beeing sucked by gravity. this creates that circle

[@pauldurkee4764]

It made me laugh listening to that gentleman complaining about 'these damn trees dropping leaves'. The trees dropping leaves is not the issue, complain to the city its their lack of action. Or maybe, since most of the people there have gardens, sweep up the leaves and use them for compost. 👍

[@rjb6327]

If I lived there, I would pull up both gratings and wait for the city to do something about it.

[@rickthelian2215]

Residents need to clean their leaves more often, problem wouldn’t be as bad if they did. Yes council should have better drainage.

[@cobro2]

So manhole covers with those two holes to open it are used as a drain :)

[@Boodieman72]

How can people that live on that street let it get so bad?

[@barbrn]

Complacency.

[@Diana-ij4wd]

Get yourself a hi- vis jacket it works wonders .keep safe x

[@barbrn]

I think the engineer who designed that stupid system was at the bottom of his class! I've never seen a street drain like that. Great video as always!

[@LoxyLox_]

Nothing about "design". It's a manhole cover with holes in it, just need to replace the manhole cover with a grate and all problems will disappear.

[@barbrn]

@@LoxyLox_ But the tubes are so narrow and there were only 2 of those 'drains' for a large number of houses.

[@mconley2996]

I live in this Royal Oak; it’s definitely not a design flaw…some streets have 2 holes and others have 4. The old drain infrastructure cannot support the influx of rain water without overflowing into the sewers and backing up into the basements of residents. It’s definitely an issue, but not an easy or cheap fix so that’s why the drains are the way they are. 👍

[@RAM4elightbars]

@@mconley2996 this is actually a stormwater management strategy and areas with combined sewers and poorly sized pipes. On street temporary storage of stormwater accomplished by flow restriction at the greats or inside the catch basin at the outlet pipe is an intentional design. Does it make for an annoyingly flooded street? Yes it does. But what's the alternative? It is usually backing up a combined sewer into homeowner's basements or causing a combined sewer overflow to function outside of the acceptable limits.

[@karencrawford4068]

Note, Royal Oak sewers drain to the Red Run. From there it flows to the Clinton River and then Lake St Clair. The Red Run actually starts in Royal Oak but it is now buried into sewer crocks under ground.

[@julierobertson148]

Nice people. The video runs for 10:39 total. You'd think they could organize a neighbor storm water watch to do the little work required to keep the two drains clear after a rain.

[@magnusE7]

Is there only like one drain per street?

[@MarkSutphin]

Well done, those tiny leaves are certainly difficult to deal with, a shame so many are just sitting in the street, to create yet another clog next time

[@rickski3769]

Drain grates...supposedly, like the man said, too much water entering system causes flooding and overloading. So, purpose is to try to "hinder" volume of water entering "pipes" as not to cause complete overload, backups "down stream" in the system.....I believe everything flows towards the rouge river system and maybe from Royal Oak, possible to river....Last summer's episodes were good examples of what happens "downstream". My system here in Westland, "downstream", had stopped accepting water, causing hydraulic backup into my basement.....:(...really sucks !!

[@tonisyarif9856]

Amazing 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@sylviahocherl9665]

Hello, one question: why don't you take the cover off? The result would be that the leaves would also run in and these are not harmful to the environment. Then the road would be drained very quickly.

[@chriswillard930]

Because if you take the cover off the basements will flood. It's the reason they restricted the plates to begin with. They won't fix the sewer system because of cost and they were less concerned with the streets being flooded than the basements.

[@andrewstoll4548]

I'm curious what street that is. Looks like the north side.

[@karenerickson6078]

Use a decent garden rake and work it. A potato digger isn't going to work fast.

[@tinlizzie]

No wonder the holes plug up so quick! Way too small!

[@detroitdraingang5037]

it surprised me that the holea were that small

[@colinlove5062]

The double swirl is called the fujiwara effect, hurricanes do that one eats the other eventually apparently. Those damn locust trees man you rip up your lawn raking the little leaves. The American Elm was everywhere back in the day my dad says every street was like a tunnel cuz they’d weep over a little like a willow. It was the city’s tree someone brought a flower from Netherlands in the 60’s and Dutch Elm blight killed all the trees in the 70’s. They spray some to keep ‘em alive like on Grand River in Redford and Farmington to 8 Mile & at Greenfield Village. The Chinese Elm doesn’t get it but it’s a scraggly looking tree. I bet Royal Oak did that stupid little two hole thing cuz the sewer can’t handle the water. There’s one going south to the treatment plant for all of Royal Oak, Birmingham, Sterling Heights, Warren, Hazel Park, Madison Heights, Ferndale, Eastside of Detroit and basically along Woodward. My mom worked in Warren when everything flooded they had to do water rescues at Buddys and Home Depot. She was stranded but she got a room before they all filled up cuz no one was getting out. All the GM workers, the Army & the company that builds tanks are all there so there was a mad rush for rooms. I swear though I grew up in Farmington the Rouge flooded everything for a quarter mile the year before I was born. They took 13 year but took an old dump no one could build on dug it out and let it fill up. They have these rocks that only let a just enough water out when it got full. We had those monster drains with the overflow in the back too in 20 years it’s never flooded out the city again. They leave like 14 and Halstead a swamp and just shut a gate & let it flood leaves all us dry. I’ve said this 4 times but with open lots anyone could do that if not the city someone could buy a couple land bank lots. Get friends to come out with a jackhammer or something break the sidewalk dip it down and let overflow go into a deep pond. You could get fancy use bricks and plywood to cast new cement walkway over it. Build an arch im sure it’s not legal but if no one is gonna fix it and you don’t have a natural place to let the water go build one. Kids could learn masonry skills, find a welder to make new drain covers like im trying to think how to turn a profit to pay for itself. Maybe someone would need to start a recycling company that buy and sell scrap & get together with a welder.

[@alextuck5613]

At least they work and do drain water! Yes, back in the days when people could take care of their properties is when leaf raking was a thing. Yet i also wonder, are there Street Cleaners there? I don't think the drains are really a flaw, i think it's so the pipe system underneath doesn't get overwhelmed. Also with this system, how often do they have to repave the road? Some of the ones by me, they get clogged easily and sometimes drain more than just leaves, so perhaps with just the small holes, it helps to mainly get water, and tiny debri, without the hassle of the big stuff, like Garbage and recycling and other junk. One other thing, i have noticed in some places... The City doesn't allot money towards roads, and it's up to the residents/business' to care for the drains/ gutters. Otherwise, nice video.

[@kiha6702]

🤣🤣it was blowing a raspberry for you

[@barbrn]

I like those!

[@ronaldshank7589]

I wanted to make sure I heard you right... did you say that there were only four little holes (Drainage areas), on that whole area, where it was flooded? Man, that's pathetic, on the part of the people that installed such a weak drainage area, on a street that long!

[@dillydalie11]

wow so there 2 other guys that live there, and they know it is a problem, but can not come out and keep the drain clear?????????

[@judithvigorito4548]

Why watch your whirlpool instead of quickly going to the next drain?

[@russellhltn1396]

Looks like a manhole cover. You could probably pop it open with a long handle and get super fast draining.

[@barneykennett9282]

Nice...👍.

[@dubldee5364]

If they drain down in the submerged freeway, they’re probably undersized to prevent overwhelming the drains there.?.?

[@lavernebacak8682]

Enjoy your chsnnel. We have no rain in Texas

[@fishyking003]

Post 10 fan here!

[@detroitdraingang5037]

Thanks for watching

[@johnwaddell3882]

No pry bar?

[@kekosunny6202]

it's Michigan what do you expect clean your'e drains in front of your'e house or at the end of the street so the water can flow in sewer instead of your'e basement

[@dennyfensterer9931]

Would it be asking too much for the city to run their street sweeper up and down this stretch of roadway..

[@timbriere2325]

Royal Oak has it’s resident rake all their leaves to the curb and they are vaccuumed by the city in the fall. Heavy rain or freeze makes it hard for the city to pick up, so the leaves pile up.

[@drawkcabgnivird]

I can't understand 😒 why people don't rake / clear drain openings .... At the least run a mower down the curbside and mow the leaves to make them smaller to go down and less likely to clog . 😄😄

[@astateato]

good stuff

[@thesoupdragon112]

1:50 sounded like a wet fart lol

[@d22matt]

Just pull the grate off and watch with a smile, it's so much fun, the whirlpools are often epic... BUT! stay with it and put the grate back after.

[@shivamgandhi5779]

What a weird drain

[@paulwatkins2601]

A suggestion for you why not get a magnet like they use for magnet fishing and pull that on a piece of cord it will stick to the metal of the grate?

[@christinestill7303]

Detroit residents love to complain and blame but they won’t do the simplest task of raking up their own leaves. They say it is the city’s fault, it is a design flaw, etc. Get a d-n rake out of your garage and clear the drains of the leaves. Seriously, it would take five minutes a week. Stop being lazy and blaming everyone else!

[@reginabillotti]

You know that Royal Oak is a separate city, right?

[@christinestill7303]

@@reginabillotti yes, a bedroom community to Detroit. The creator of these videos shows Detroit and several surrounding areas. It doesn’t change the message, though.

[@teresakhaddouma5907]

Leaf rake seems to work best for removing the debris and leaves that are clogging the drain. Seriously though, the neighbors need to rake up the leaves from their trees instead of allowing them to clog the drains. Lazy neighbors.

[@faridajohnson3373]

Home owners got opinion but no work!

[@catfishcave379]

Hmmmmm… if every home owner raked their own leaves…

[@TheSoloAsylum]

Notice there are no leaves on the lawns, because they all blow them into the street instead of picking them up.

[@tjschnooberger2427]

There is a nickaloiden show based in this town called the loud house

[@markbrezarich16371]

You need to get a broom rake or a rake you’re dealing with leaves that potato rake is no good

[@limetime6917]

Noice

[@1234cheerful]

a bit slower when panning around the street, it's dizzying when you turn so fast.

[@Dignityclouds]

It’s about darned time they put you on the payroll

[@MrL4t3]

1:50 -> diarrhea drain fart 😂 Damn that's a lot of water on the street.

[@magnusE7]

It's not all the trees! It is the city that does not clean up the streets often! And the layout of only one drain per street... We have drains like every five meters on bigger streets.

[@tamtheman2099]

if all the residents of the street come out and sweep those leaves before their street is underwater in the next rain storm through all the leaves clogging the 4 holes