Sucked Into Massive Turbines - Plate Taille Dam Disaster

[@JBinthesticks]

The turbines were not "switched on". They do not create suction. A gate is opened and pressure created by gravity causes water to flow down the tunnel to then rotate the turbine to generate electricity. A big difference.

[@CarbonRobloxide]

Incorrect, the force actually creates a siphon.

[@RealDigitalReaper704]

​@@CarbonRobloxide incorrect I was just drinking from a straw that night

[@CarbonRobloxide]

@@RealDigitalReaper704 what

[@TheOriginalShakuraz]

​@@CarbonRobloxide Why is it incorrect? The turbines DO NOT create suction. The water just fall down a steep thunnel....THAT is what forces the turbines to rotate. They do not rotate to pull water down!

[@CarbonRobloxide]

@ no no, the turbines don’t create suction, my fault for wording it poorly, but the downward movement of water rushing into the pipe creates a siphon effect.

[@Juancarlos22113]

Delta P when it’s got you, it’s got you

[@miqotelover]

Poor crab

[@Adrianbudiman]

@@miqotelover i got that ref boss...

[@twintyara6330]

I feel for the crab

[@johanea]

Many times your catch phrase you don’t understand, won’t make you any harm what so ever.

[@bloodraven8020]

Dont shake hands with danger.

[@RockinfunXD]

perfect example of being certified doesn't make u an expert

[@alonzoperez2470]

Did you watch the video? The divers were aware they were getting themselves into danger. It has nothing to do with being an expert or an amateur in this scenario.

[@FeythFX]

@@alonzoperez2470 PADI courses shouldn't count as certifications. Stay away from tech diving unless you got some TDI or GUE certifications. These guys had the money, but not the brain. They were absolutely overestimating themselves.

[@robtyman4281]

​@@alonzoperez2470The blaise attitude and arrogance of these two men, was what cost them their lives.

[@suprlite]

​@@FeythFXThis has nothing to do with level of certification or what dive organization they were under. It was just lack of common sense. You simply dont dive anywhere near dam intakes. Even 99.9% of padi divers knows that.

[@filipbuskovic3373]

It seems that the brain use is not connected with certificates

[@okedoke1234]

Somehow I don't see "sucked into massive turbines" ever in my future.

[@bobby1970]

Because you have common sense (a smart person). Something those poor divers didn't have.

[@sudokuacrobatics]

You'll never see that in your life, unless if you're tremendously unlucky and somehow fall into there by accident or are thrown into there by someone else.

[@user-vc6]

Tbh these two dingos had to see it as a chance…. Like when i go to the ocean I do see a chance of being eaten by a mean shark who’s probably 43 years old. Like I’ve vowed to never plummet to my death so I avoid elevators n airplanes like the plague. I take more expensive cross country trains all the time

[@Saaaahdoood]

It can happen.

[@herrunbekannt7556]

​@@Saaaahdoood Yep, maybe not at the dam but at the airport...

[@Warnoob123]

“Hey want to go diving?” “No”

[@emjay9280]

Problem solved right there.

[@Themilkman95]

But what if you find treasure 🤑

[@SlapM3SillyTTV]

This is exactly how i feel haha 😂

[@lean_rblx]

​@@Themilkman95 money 🤑🤑

[@indadrops9492]

@@Warnoob123 Then follow it up with but it’s at a hydroelectric dam.

[@indadrops9492]

Hydroelectric dam ….. that would be enough to keep me away

[@YoutubeUser..]

Yup

[@laurarowe6128]

I’m a Fisherman and I want fish there because that hydraulic dam would probably be crushing the fish. I’m trying to catch.

[@jdmbeats]

It doesn't even have to be "electric" just a dam in general, I will never get close to while swimming. Just a phobia I have.

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

I sail at a large hydro dam. Safety precautions are extremely strict. With a buoyed off area of about 200 yards around the wall and rescue boats whenever anyone is sailing. Recreational diving and swimming aren't allowed. Not that you'd want to swim in northern.England except on the very hottest days

[@jonathanhinkel8813]

As I've grown older, the terrifying nature of water is ever more apparent. One could only hope that stories like this one, motivate people to practice their hobbies safely.

[@darkbrother339]

I dont even like swimming in the pools anymore let alone an open space hell nah

[@bobby1970]

Same here, I'm deadly afraid of an open body of water that's any higher than my shoulders. I don't even know how to swim at all, and I don't know how to float.

[@1yoan3]

Safe hobbies aren't as fun though.

[@jonathanhinkel8813]

@@1yoan3 Well, in the same regard, the dangerous hobbies are only fun because you survive. Still, your comment made me chortle because I understand where you're coming from.

[@magigooter2096]

Water is definitely terrifying. You are submerged in a mass that can move violently for any number of reasons and will take you with it no matter what you do. You are at its whim all of the time. Diving is not on my list of things to do.

[@chrishartley4553]

Picking a time to dive near a hydroelectric dam at the end of the day when everyone is going home to cook, watch TV, surf the net; doing those energy intensive things that create additional demands on the electricity grid meaning said hydroelectric dam is likely to come online to meet the additional demand. Gotcha.

[@TheInfamousMrFox]

IKR? Pair of first class geniuses, clearly.

[@jackcollis7258]

@@TheInfamousMrFox **Diving near a hydroelectric dam**, there fixed it for you... not sure what these geniuses were expecting.

[@jacibagel5687]

When i was a child, my dad brought me on a fishing trip to a dam. We got on a boat and traveled to these really tall tunnels. Inside those tunnels was extremely turbulent water, i asked my dad why the water was so violent, and he told me it was turbines.. at the time, i didn't know what a turbine was, or even what a hydroelectric dam was for that matter. But we got really close to those turbines, enough for the boat to start swaying from the turbulence. I started to get scared, so i asked my dad what would happen if i fell in, and he said I'd get sucked and chopped up. I thought i was having a come to Jesus meeting that night. Later, we moved spots to another portion of the dam, and my dad shined his light in the water, and i saw a fish. It was long, like an eel.. but it wasn't an eel. I asked my dad what it was, and he said it was an alligator gar, a nasty looking fish with sharp teeth. After i witnessed that fish, i stood up to reposition my seating, and the boat rocked, making me partially lose my balance. Heart attack? No. Adrenaline rush? Maybe. I obtained the grip strength of 5 gorillas and an angry momma bear after i flopped back on my seat, and only let go after 10 miles out of the 7 mile trip back to our house. Needless to say, a deep-seated fear was born in me that day

[@DoctorSess]

If your dad isn’t casually endangering your life then he’s not doing his job…

[@onurekici7302]

Main villain is your dad bro

[@drakesmith471]

Hate to say it mate I don’t blame you, and I agree with the others here. Goddamn.

[@Simpin4Thots]

I saw the movie Jaws as a little kid, and it left an impression on me. I'm a grown man now, and I stay the f*ck out of the water.

[@TheCharlieSmithChannel]

I don't have many fears, but this is by far my biggest one. I'm so scared of dam intakes that my ears ring when I see one in the video. Weird!

[@alexhafko5667]

Submechanophobia. Its a thing. This freaks me the hell out. I also dont like boat propellers in the water at all. Especially like giant ship propellers.

[@TheCharlieSmithChannel]

@@alexhafko5667 Yeah that's what I've got. I hate propellers too

[@grahambrown1980]

Remember at 0:10 ‼️

[@grahambrown1980]

@@TheCharlieSmithChannel0:10 Says it all.

[@itventures]

Pretty crazy you can even dive near there! Tragic mistake.

[@wadewilson-xi1zs]

You are used to logical American laws not crazy European ones 😂

[@itventures]

@@wadewilson-xi1zs yes, I am very surprised lol

[@DustinKillyact]

As an American I'm not surprised at all 😂😂😂

[@frankcastle10]

​@@wadewilson-xi1zsEurope is not 1 country it's a continent. This is specifically for Belgium. Anyways pretty ironic saying that as an American 😂

[@Petitmoi74]

@@wadewilson-xi1zs I don't know what you mean. You can go swimming in American reservoirs too, even if it's illegal, if nobody or nothing is holding you back. They've ignored the rules, that's all.

[@dafloatingpanda]

Best part is there is absolutely nothing to see or discover at the bottom of a man made dam. A sunken bus and helicopter? Even children would know better than to dive near hydroelectric dam turbines, just wtf were they thinking, we will never know. A stupid and pointless tragedy indeed.

[@thedoge9590]

Sometimes we dive in artificial lakes just to practice techniques and stuff but you always check maps and learn to stay away from any kind of delta p situation

[@ats-3693]

As long as you stay well away from the dam wall and hydro intakes it can be interesting diving hydro dams, there is often remains of whatever was left in valley before it was flooded, trees, houses, roads etc.

[@SpadezMedia]

Yeah, lets go near a massive powered bladed turbine underwater. What could possibly go wrong

[@Gonken88]

The son was optimistic because they were great swimmers? He must have been even more optimist about their ability to hold their breaths.

[@Alex-os4pn]

Damn I feel bad for that crab

[@negatywny.2005]

Yeah. Wanted to write the same.

[@wickeywaanzla3015]

It practically faced a black hole.

[@BG-qk6ek]

Money money money

[@Officialmorpheus]

I haven't seen this event documentary anywhere else on the internet. Great work, Neo.

[@OfficiaIneo]

Thank you, Morpheus.

[@NaNa-B00]

😂

[@ArchangelExile]

I believe.

[@innexum]

Experience divers huh. Swimming near hydro dam? With all due respect, they were either incredibly ignorant or had a death wish. This story is similar to those of two Italian divers who died at Dudu cave in Dominican Republic.

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

has nothing to do with expertise, the grates were removed

[@innexum]

@cagneybillingsley2165 of there were grates, they would have died anyway.

[@Tuberuser187]

It's mind boggling that they did this, it's almost like an elaborate suicide pact for an accidental death for insurance purposes. They had to have just made a mistake, got lost or something.

[@innexum]

@Tuberuser187 maybe, but getting lost near intakes at night?!

[@Tuberuser187]

@@innexum Yeah totally mind boggling, you would think experienced divers would not go anywhere near a Dam at night. They just had to have either underestimated how far they could go on the water scooters or had some other motive to be near the Dam, maybe they thought something had been dumped into the water from the Dam and wanted to retrieve it, maybe elaborate suicide. Or for a final explanation they where rich dudes who did enough to pass some tests, got some expensive flashy gear but didn't really know what they were doing and it got them killed.

[@Jjonathanhart]

Just like that scene from A VIEW TO A KILL, when 007 had taken off his oxygen tanks then letting them go to be sucked into the vacuum. Cool scene and very clever.

[@jameshall915]

do you like the song by Duran Duran?

[@Paladin.Brandis]

⁠@@jameshall915Fuck no bud. I’m more of a Justin Bieber kinda lad mate.

[@fortitudevalance8424]

4:54 OOOFTH!!! That crab had a brutal death too.

[@jaanu2222]

i bet they'll not repeat that mistake next time

[@confirmhandle]

😮

[@cellman1829]

What were they thinking 😢😮🙄🧐🤔🤔 all I can think is with all their certs and experience they unfortunately were complacent!! IMO which happens to a lot of people. Unfortunately , when getting comfortable with doing something over and over

[@beckyf2845]

Exactly

[@nathanielovaughn2145]

They weren't, unfortunately

[@JohnDoesItAll]

Divers + giant blender = giblets and gravy

[@Tuberuser187]

Chunky Salsa

[@DavidSmith-ze2wi]

Coffee tastes a bit off today.😮.

[@jeremy144713]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

[@kenmatthews4937]

Exactly

[@Db33-MGIE]

Yep!

[@michaellostracco7651]

Right from mother mouth

[@Aldjrbsuxjfka]

What a deep thought

[@DarthCat-n3v]

Bet they won't do that again

[@storm3698]

RIP. Very sad. At least they had a quick death compared to if there were covers and got stuck to them leading to a slower death.

[@hanhanlon4441]

The more I see of catastrophes like this and the Nutty Putty caving death, the more I feel like experience is the enemy. All of these guys were experienced and should've known better, but it made them overconfident in their abilities and led to disaster. Their sense of curiosity overrode their sense of fear and respect for the deadly forces of nature and the laws that were in place to protect them.

[@kiko7247]

Why would you let people dive/swim in a dam. That's mind-blowing, and not in a positive way. We don't know what exactly happened underwater, and we don't know what the divers actually wanted to do with the gear they brought, those expressed in the video are assumptions. My deepest condolences to their firends and families. The animations and narration of this channel are always top quality.

[@evolburd5768]

They dont thats the point. They werent supposed to be there.

[@Shock_Treatment]

If you're far enough away, they're perfectly safe. That's why they have designated areas in those reservoirs.

[@SailorxD]

I'm very relieved to say, this would/will never happen to me. Natural selection wont get me easy like that.

[@qui-gonsgin8747]

A lot of things can happen at anytime

[@Kasslim11]

The moment you upload a new video my gf and I always snuggle up in bed and watch it. We really enjoy you videos :)

[@Storified1]

That's so sweet! Thank you both for watching and supporting :)

[@HDB112]

Not the most snuggly video though to watch before sleeping...

[@gaberabe6138]

Keep up the great videos man!

[@Storified1]

Will do!

[@Mmmznznnxnxnnx]

Yes mon , great rasfamarion videos Mon’

[@bazzmcfury9550]

Knew the area very well, but ended up like this? Me thinks they figured the rules applied to everyone else. It's the emergency services I feel for, very unpleasant task.

[@RedAppleApe]

Fascinating. I had been living a few months at this like some years ago. Pretty nice place.

[@Aspire-23]

We had a airline gentleman go through an airplane engine here in SAT. It was a bloody mess. People on plane was shaken up.

[@TrevorBrass]

RIP, definitely a new fear gained. Gotta respect water and massive amounts of it flowing through powerful systems.

[@Latte-dq1tb]

The most brutal one I’ve heard 😬 great job covering their story

[@Wuskies]

You had me at sucked gruesomely

[@QuackDilly]

what is that supposed to mean 🤨

[@bobby1970]

It's a suck zone.

[@kaptkrunchfpv]

The blades in the turbine go nom nom nom, nom nom nom.

[@montanaplease]

The gynecologist told the woman he was going to have to numb her… num num num num

[@PapaJoJ]

"Im gay"

[@patriot1303]

Although being sucked into a dam is a major phobia for me the reality of it happening is next to nil since I don’t scuba dive and wont swim near dams because of the phobia

[@Walkingdeadman104]

8:33 “Rescue teams found no other signs of Gauder and Pochet in the reservoir that day..” Spitting bars like Dr. Suess lol

[@Storified1]

🤣

[@MrGepard]

This is my worst fear and why I have anxiety about swimming in man made lakes/reservoir's.

[@stoniebro-nies]

It’s really hard to feel sorry for anyone that pushes their luck this far. Like what did they expect, a little swim in the kiddy pool.

[@tay7875]

Excellent storytelling of a tragic event. Great content yet again! Best channel. ♡

[@Storified1]

Thank you! means a lot 💙

[@victorraphael7234]

About time you posted been waiting for over 3 weeks! Impressive as always ❤️

[@DarkFilmDirector]

Okay, what the hell Belgium? Let's put a dive school right next to a dam?!

[@syllysayanami5032]

Having dived at the dive site a lot, I can tell that if you stay within the bounderies shown in the video, you are in no danger of being sucked in. These guys were diving where they shouldn't at a time they shouldn't.

[@th.burggraf7814]

Scary thought, to end up as a happy meal for the local fish population...

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

I was always taught to keep well clear of dams, locks and any water with sluice gates. Locks used to be a big accident hazard in Britain wirh rhe number of old canals. You fall in and get sucked under and minced through a 1ft square paddle gate! 😬

[@myke5696]

Grids over the intakes probably wouldn't have helped. They would just have got pinned to them by the suction and died a slower death

[@davidhoortash7425]

Possibly. If the flow of water gets closed/opened that would have been an opportunity to get out, but at the same time a fence would give them a chance to pull them slightly upwards. Could easily couple it with some gate sensors that detect if anyone is near (heat signature, camera) etc. and a bit of AI recognition. This was in 2024 Main issue seems to be maintenance of the fence?

[@JazZy-pn4ms]

Very tragic event caused by unnecessary mistakes. Both of them maybe too comfortable with what they doing, given that they have the title of an expert...resulting in fatal mistake. Irony.

[@pcdispatch]

In my country there are some (deathly) accidents with gliders once in a while. They only happen with experts in strange locations or bad weather. I would not call them expert. They are overconfident.

[@MicrogramHeathen]

Natural selection

[@D23178]

So does the dam have fences installed or more precautions? Usually happens after someone ruins the fun for the rest of us. Rest in pieces.

[@GymCob]

4 weeks between last upload we starving for these fire vids bro!💯

[@nakamotolikesyou]

PADI open water and gas mix/technical diving does not guarantee that you can't come up with absolutely braindead ideas such as exploring near a dam. It's so stupid and common sense. My guess is that they gotover confident with their CCR gear and scooters and thought they could explore wherever and solve any problems they may encounter since you could basically be undrwater for 6 hours with CCR.

[@mrdan2898]

What should be installed is a large metal cage in front of the inlet pipe. This would limit the max pressure on any diver that would venture too close, thus allowing them to escape. As others here have stated, the turbines were not switched on, but the flood gates were opened allowing water to flow through the turbines.

[@KJForshort]

The goat uploaded another video ❤

[@Storified1]

you're the goat for being here!

[@WTF-sh4is]

Crazy that the dam sucked them up, churned them, and spit them out without even skipping a beat!

[@MicrogramHeathen]

We weak, natural selection stronk

[@YuoRiee]

Can you make most painful death history? Love this video from Philippines❤❤❤

[@AmericanBadger87]

I don’t think a story about Hisashi Ouchi would suit the video style.

[@joãoAlberto-k9x]

❤❤❤

[@Antoine-gx4yl]

Painful ! Rhat's specific lol

[@AJ-hm9im]

Comment for the algorithm. This channel isn’t nearly as popular as it deserves to be 👍

[@Storified1]

Thank you so much!

[@tweezy7O6]

Love you & fatal breakdown arguably my fav channels

[@Storified1]

Thank you!

[@francishermans758]

Congratulation, this is a very accurate and correct story.

[@Storified1]

Thank you!

[@francishermans758]

@@Storified1 This wasn’t a commercial diving accident, but delta p is still the diver’s worst ennemy. Since 1975 it has killed no less (and certainly much more) than 146 commercial divers. The last being the 4 divers that died in a pipeline in Trinidad & Tobago in 2022. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nF61o4Wfot10hqc

[@rediop4309]

Thanks for the video. Absolutely not sad for people going voluntarily into danger zones. There is a dam, if the gate opens, then with pressure of water, turbines start to rotate, you are doomed. How can you go near a dam? Rather you are stupid or willing to die. It is sad, but sorry, I have no sad feeling for those two. There are rules. There is a dam. It can start at ANY moment. If the gate opens, the force of the current is so high, you cannot escape it. Even with a grid, you would be stucked, without possibility to move due to the huge force of the water. So it is either you are cut in many peaces by the turbine or if there is a grid, stucked on it and you drown. Those two chose to put the rules on the side and go deep and close to the dam, maybe even to examine it. They die stupidly. It is your life. You choose to do something stupid and highly dangerous. You jeopardize your life for a dive with a dam that can start at any moment and suck you through. Your choice.

[@robtyman4281]

Suicidal maniacs who played 'roulette' with their lives, and lost. Sorry to sound brutal, but not much more to say really. Everything they did was wrong. Disobeying signs and safety instructions, diving after dark, diving in the winter months when the water is at its coldest. They broke every single rule, because they arrogantly thought they were too experienced to bother having to follow them. Safety signs exist for a reason! They're not put up to stop people having fun, but to ensure their safety, and (hopefully) prevent deaths.

[@williamwalker8107]

The turbines being switched on probably means that a valve or gate that lets the water flow from the water in the dam out through the turbines was activated and the area around the intake now had a high flow rate in to it. The divers in that area, at night, didn't know how close they were to the intake. When flow into the turbines started it was unexpected. They should not have been there.

[@omicron0mega]

When it's got ya, it's got ya.

[@rockstarlala100]

So a lake with a hydroelectric dam.... and the two sites for diving were super close to it... why build it so close when there is the rest of the bloody lake!?!??!?!?

[@MCLuviin]

In switzerland the closest 1/3 of a hydroelectric dam is forbidden for exactly this reason 😂

[@smurfmeplease]

“Sucked gruesomely” got me excited till I heard the rest of the sentence

[@NaNa-B00]

0:30 this image is very cool and ominous in a way, like that one submarine mission in MW3.

[@DarylSolis]

I blended a smoothie while watching this...

[@chillwave8809]

I love these videos, I want more 😫

[@arthurvarady7258]

My father always told us guys my brothers and I when we were young never ever take Foolish chances in life and this was coming from a guy that was a sergeant in Korea and he went through hell and back, just never take your life for granted because the odds are always against you no matter how skilled you are at your craft.

[@NaNa-B00]

Hush now everyone, Storified has posted!

[@Storified1]

@@NaNa-B00 💙

[@Aviation129]

I don’t know if it’s just me, but besides being in the ocean, I’d stay away from dark deep water, especially any kind of concrete structure. It freaks me out what could be below the surface of that water and what could happen.

[@cyrusngenoh2616]

Always waiting for you to post🥂🥂❤️💖

[@xjsvg]

WHEN IT’S GOT YA, IT’S GOTCHA!!! 🦀🦀🦀

[@caducoloco]

what a beautiful place for a night dive! What could go wrong?

[@itshagrid2770]

I still can't believe we went on a trip there yust 2 days before this terrifying accident happened.

[@harrisonsel34566]

I’m confused why did the dam turn on did it turn on automatically or did someone turn it on?

[@PhenixExecutor]

It's controlled from afar, so if there is demand for additional electricity the turbine is switched on. No bad intentions.

[@andethidialbubabibub3261]

​@@PhenixExecutorthe turbine is what produces the energy, it's not switched.. It has no motor! The "on" is letting water flow in, that's it

[@PhenixExecutor]

@@andethidialbubabibub3261 glad you know your stuff 😁

[@benedekhalda-kiss9737]

​@andethidialbubabibub3261 technically it has a motor which is always generating electricity and never spinning it but that's me being extremely pedantic

[@finddeniro]

Heathly Fears. .Standards..Pray for Blessings. Treat the Dame properly. Sing to Em..

[@MagicFoe88]

I used to live by a dam. There was a beach about 200m away upstream. I dared not go anywhere I couldn't touch the bottom for the fear of being pulled in. Silly, I know, but safer than sorry

[@LaikenBailey]

I don’t care how professional you are.. and you know the turbines are switched off… that’s beyond insane to even think about going down there. That’s extremely careless

[@jdmbeats]

Scary stuff, Dams always scare me. My buddy almost tipped our boat once near a reservoir dam, he was doing donuts near the "waterfall" water was flowing downward under the concrete barrier. Alcohol and boats don't mix 😂

[@alexojideagu]

This is my nightmare. This happens in the Bond movie A View To a Kill as well.

[@judgeprime3730]

The divers were certified in FAFO

[@joãoAlberto-k9x]

We ❤ this KZbin channel. 🎉.

[@Storified1]

Thank you!

[@Outlaw_270]

So if you want to know what it is like to be in a life sized smoothie blender... Now you know.

[@DaskaiserreichNet78]

A wise man once said. The great thing about diving in dangerous places is that you never actually have to do it.

[@GhostPepper233]

The damn not only provides power, it is a cure for stupidity.

[@012egis]

were those divers even instructed on how the dam worked?

[@jwhite0398]

They may have been good swimmers, but there was no way of escaping those turbines; I fail to understand how that man's son could remain optimistic after seeing the damaged equipment.

[@MicrogramHeathen]

They were overconfident fools, 😂

[@Mars-td7pb]

Jeeeeesssuuuusss what a way to go 😮‍💨😰

[@kingbb7102]

Those Delta P’s man! some scary shit. I first learned about it on the coverage of the tube disaster in Trinidad and Tobago. So I immediately knew what he was going to say.

[@bradlevantis913]

Raise your hand if your in Search & Rescue and can’t count the number of times you’ve had to go after someone who was “Very Experienced” It’s always those ones that cause the most headaches 😂

[@OngoGablogian185]

Getting delta P'd is no death for man nor crab. Watch out. it'll getcha.

[@Uzheral]

Sooo. No caving and also no diving for me

[@kaipirinha8871]

When it's got ya, it's GOT YA

[@grus.clausen]

Turbines aren't switched on. They're spun by moving water.

[@aaronhalverson2600]

In the end run how much of a tragedy is it when the divers broke the law by going deeper than 20 meters. No pun intended but sucks to be them

[@05DonnieB]

Sorry but these two are nothing but Darwin award nominees 😂

[@laurateaho-white9654]

Not replacing the grates on the intake tunnels was dumb, just as dumb as the decision made by the two men to dive near the intake tunnels.

[@jpcabingan]

They are dumb. Stop pointing fingers. Nobody will be sucked in if there are no divers

[@pieterveenders9793]

As mentioned, grates on the intakes wouldn't have made any difference. The inflow is so insanely strong that they would have been sucked up against the grates completely unable to move, and would have remained in place till they drowned, only to be released once the dam shuts off.

[@theastuteangler]

gates needed to be replaced every two months. that's stupid and dangerous. the longer you play chicken, the sooner you will lose.

[@babadagaa8352]

@@pieterveenders9793not the case. If there had been a grate he could have crawled off the side and once you are out of the funnel you can get away if you keep your surface area small. Grate maintenance is a constant issue though if there is debris In the water. Would not need replacing every two months.

[@KevinATJumpWorks]

Idk if there is a term for it, but I have this irrational fear of anything that sucks too hard. Turbine inlets, black holes, my ex. Terrifying.

[@pimmelschilz9728]

The Turbine does not generate electricity. It powers the Generator, which generates electricity.

[@TMJ32]

Having recreational dive areas in the immediate area of a hydro generating station intake is probably the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

[@FuckemUpTommy42069]

well it isn't Belgium

[@VapidSlug]

'Safety' grids don't matter much anyway. You just get pressed to the grid with the entire weight of the lake until you drown.