Update 5: Sanford Flood 2020 - Village - Dam Collapse Part 2

[@dcar335i]

Thank-you for your reporting! This will have historical significance... I hope Sanford and the area comes back better than ever

[@FrankEPotts]

Jordan thank you for putting the inserts in the videos. It well helps to see where you are when showing it to (me) us.

[@JordanMowbray]

Glad you like them!

[@orreng]

Jordan..we live south of Houston. After Hurricane Harvey...there were acres and acres of debris all along the Gulf Coast...from the Louisiana border down to the Rio Grande.. I kept thinking about how much energy/power was stored up in all that material. More importantly, it represents people’s lives and memories. Our hearts go out to the people of beautiful Michigan. Good on you for documenting this disaster and putting it out there for future reference.

[@JordanMowbray]

Thank you!

[@BogWraith1]

One thing that strikes me with each video you make is how beautiful an area this all took place in. It's going to be great to see it come back to its former glory in the next few years when the dams, lakes and especially the peoples way of life return to the way it was. As I said in your last video, I'd love to watch a ballgame at that beautiful site when that day comes!

[@kcrazyandie74]

Thank you so much for bringing this to light, I live in Washington state and so wish I could come help in whatever capacity I could. My heart and prayers are with everyone impacted by this devastating disaster 💔 😢

[@elizabethrowe7262]

Thanks for the update and progress of the clean up etc. Still so much to do and peoples homes now demolished, wonder if they will rebuild in the same place. Its a pity that water damaged belongings could be salvaged and reused. Thanks for the great coverage Jordan on documenting on this disaster. Only hope that this is a wake up call for all the other dams in the surrounding areas to keep their structures maintained and in good order.

[@trekOCLVone]

Thank you Jordan for your efforts. These videos are a great historic archive going forward.

[@JordanMowbray]

My pleasure!

[@brianlynch2722]

Good job Jordan. You are a blessing to those folks

[@richardh3540]

Placing an aerial view location next to the ground level is very helpful. Thank you

[@JordanMowbray]

You're welcome!

[@moosescorner]

Lots of green starting to show up on the lake bed and elsewhere. SHows that nature always wins. Glad to see progress being made, always appreciate the updates

[@JordanMowbray]

Yes it does!

[@katsiegel451]

You should be so proud of your diligence. All the best to you!

[@JordanMowbray]

Thank you! :)

[@tindoortailgator]

Jordan, Great Job - Thank You, Stay Safe, Stay Strong - God Bless

[@JordanMowbray]

Thanks, you too!

[@sue8319]

Super job Jordan. Yes the inserts are beneficial. And describing items in the debris pile....so you were a bee keeper.....do you have time for that again.......we need the bees. You do a fabulous job keeping us informed and the progress being made. Thanks

[@JordanMowbray]

The honeybees are having hard times right now. It is hard to get them to make it through the winter. I did that as a hobby for about 10 years but countless loses year after year I had to give it up until they figure something else out.

[@dietergoldschmitt9651]

It great to see that some progress is being made. Keep up the good work with the videos. Your doing a wonderful job.

[@Sam465]

Great to see some positive progress, I hope the people are feeling good about seeing the rebuild happening around them.

[@HaydensMammah]

Thank you for answering my questions from last post. What you are doing is incredible. The power of water and its effects...

[@LeaHendersonNeider]

Thank you Jordan.

[@danielunger9340]

What they do with everyone's belongings that they find in the debri n is any of the peoples belongings is salvageable n can b saved?

[@johnnyrfinley9626]

Can't imagine what it's like to experience and to live through something like that.

[@LadyJ5569]

Jordan thank you for another great update. Suggest Tuesday or Thursday if you are staying with evenings. I now have an appointment on Friday and there are lots of live chats and more folks using Premier function. I loved Sunday ♥ God bless and stay safe 🙏❤

[@JordanMowbray]

Dont worry :) I have another I just finished editing for Sunday. I have about 5 videos that I filmed yesterday. This is going to be a busy editing week.

[@raymondcoggins297]

Thanks again Jordan

[@suetompkins7053]

I love the map insert! Keep it up!

[@OutlawChevy2]

This is so surreal, I have a lot of relatives between Sanford and Midland. Leigeb's, Cole's, Finney's, Moe's, Sirrine's, Gensil's, and many more that I'm forgetting. SO SAD!

[@maried4069]

Thanks Jordan! Videos are much appreciated!

[@JordanMowbray]

Glad you like them!

[@318871rs]

Fly your drone up to the open windows in each of the power houses so that we can see the generators,and also so we can see what kind of damage occured inside them.

[@JordanMowbray]

I do not think you can see through the windows. On the Edenville dam you could because the windows were broken.

[@Ropecharud]

Another great video, Jordan!👍🏻

[@JordanMowbray]

Thanks again!

[@nancymills8172]

Keep up the good work Jordan. I think it's wonderful you are recording this

[@JordanMowbray]

Thank you, I will

[@ryanwalker3453]

Thanks for all the updates!

[@JordanMowbray]

You bet!

[@roblachman8919]

Thanks Jordan...another great in depth report. Do you know how many houses and businesses were destroyed in Sanford and how many businesses will rebuild. It is amazing how everything becomes churned up and destroyed in flood waters. Even road paving and concrete becomes buoyant and is swept along. Stay safe.🇦🇺

[@JordanMowbray]

Those numbers are still up in the air and more houses are demolished by the day.

[@johnje4285]

The area looks beautiful and I love all the bird song. Personally I wouldnt feel comfortable rebuilding there whilst there are still dams. I am so sad for the residents

[@widowmakerjj]

Great job with the videos, my relatives that live on smallwood lake have mention that some of their neighbors on the lake with shallow water wells for their cabins, no longer have water due to lakes being lowered. I'm guessing that lowered the water table underground. Maybe the next time you head back up to secord, you can swing by the smallwood dam for pictures, I know that dam overflowed on the east end and their was heavy erosion on west side of turbine during the flood.

[@JordanMowbray]

I will be posting the video on Smallwood lake next week.

[@redbuds69]

Another good video as always buddy. Like the commentating of the reptiles & wildlife. They too suffered hell obviously not on a human sentimentality value but everything suffers at times like that. Also, on the front door of Lanny's restaurant, the window film was peeling and some what took the shape of a demon figure. Kinda ironic and eerie considering the area had hell put to them. Keep up the good work.

[@JordanMowbray]

Thank you!

[@davidschonhardt4958]

Thank you so much for keeping us updated. Why hasn't the insurance people started paying the client's so they can rebuild?

[@ronmaxwell2408]

I grew up on the Tittabawasse River right in Freeland. I see all the devastation you've shown so far and I have to wonder, how did the river side forests fare along in Freeland?

[@JordanMowbray]

Check out the video that I shot while freeland was flooding as well as the update after.

[@richardstoc]

How about finding out why they don't drain that pool of water that doesn't seem very good to have standing water in a pool before that building ?

[@xelleventures]

I'd love to see the spray park.. what's left of the beach/rec area?

[@matthewclark9652]

Lanny's Restaurant used to be Donna's Village Grill in the early 70's till mid 1973!!

[@skim4me]

Wow, total devistation. I'm glad everyone got out alive.

[@stewartthompson72]

Great as always Jordan, keep up the good work.

[@JordanMowbray]

Thanks again!

[@suzylarry1]

you are doing a great job documenting this flood . It looks like a tornado went down the main street . Hope Government and Fema get going on rebuild , time running short , fall will be here soon and then winter. great job.

[@JordanMowbray]

Thank you!

[@terrifish5981]

Jordan, I have watched all of the Sanford videos. I'm interested because the rail trail is our vacation place. We were so shocked when this happened. Can you inform me as to where Saginaw Rd and the rail trail are closed. We're planning to come up next week. Thank you. Keep up the good work.

[@JordanMowbray]

It is closed right at center st to the other side of the bridge on 7 mile. To get to the west side of the river you must take us10.

[@bryancrites1317]

Does anybody have any video of the flooding while it was happening in town or anywhere as the water was rushing across the road right outside of town or in town I would like to see that

[@JordanMowbray]

No. Everyone was evacuated by that time. That is the reason no one died.

[@bryancrites1317]

@@JordanMowbray the business has had cameras that may have caught the flood or any cameras that were on the damn when it breached appreciate what you doing you doing a good job

[@JordanMowbray]

@@bryancrites1317 Thanks! Yes Ive been looking for these as well but have not found any yet.

[@edradtke287]

good work.keep it up.

[@JordanMowbray]

Thank you!

[@ccccarriemchardy9216]

Its sad, that it still looks like a forgotten town.

[@RomeKG471]

Whats the progress if any with the Otis steam shovel?

[@JordanMowbray]

I will cover this in my next Edenville Update. Permits are progressing.

[@RomeKG471]

@@JordanMowbray Ok Thank you Jordan, very good coverage by the way of this whole disaster.

[@JordanMowbray]

@@RomeKG471 Thank you!

[@danielunger9340]

They have any plans of fixing up the lake banks and the river banks ?

[@Hanzyscure]

Their are plans that have to go through all the red tape and jumping though hoops held by our slow moving government bureaucracy. Look up Four Lakes Task Force.

[@buckman840]

With tornados many times they get mapped on the path they took. Has there been anything done to map out how wide spread the flooding was?

[@JordanMowbray]

I have not saw anything. There are probably map of the flood plains that would show about where the water was.

[@buckman840]

@@JordanMowbray Yeah seeing how far some of the damage seems to be, its would be well outside of a standard flood plain.

[@shellygenter8585]

Did you ever find out if that was a trailer on top of the pile?

[@JordanMowbray]

No I could not climb up there. Next update I can fly my drone and see closer.

[@Chris.Davies]

Foundations are very seldom damaged in floods. Try using the word "walls", because that's what was damaged.

[@magnum8264]

Oh sure they can!It lifted up the concrete and asphalt road!

[@magnum8264]

Thanks Jordan!I hope you have nail impenetrable shoes!

[@shadowlord5574]

Awesome job you are doing on these videos. Has anything been said if the dam owners can or will be facing charges ?

[@JordanMowbray]

There are many lawsuits against them

[@nashguy207]

Jordan will they rebuild all the dams that were damaged in this flood?

[@JordanMowbray]

That is the plan currently.

[@matthewclark9652]

Also Ellis Party Store & Marathon Gas used to be Gulf in the late 60's & early 70's. Then it became Total Gas in the 80's & early 90's!! Sanford Pizza used to be Bigelow Drugs in the 70's & early 80's which changed the name to Sanford Family Pharmacy which moved in mid 90's across from former IGA grocery store. The bait sport shop next door used to be Pizza King in the 80's & 90's. The former ice cream place used to be Olson's Party Store in the 70's & 80's & my brother Mike work there from 1980 - 1986. Next door to Olson's was Dancer's department store which had clothing & shirts!! There was also a Marathon gas station on the West River Road exit across from Maynard Road in the 70's till 1989.

[@JordanMowbray]

That is a very interesting part of history. Thanks for sharing.

[@JeffRemasPhotography]

A decent portion of Sanford, Michigan is in the special flood hazard area and those areas must be rebuilt under the FEMA, NFIP rules and regulations based on base flood elevation (BFE) which is not where the water was but the 1% or 100 year flood level. Are the local officials enforcing the FEMA rules or is there just a rush to get things back to normal that they are ignoring the federal rules? In some areas, they may have to raise the height of the buildings and foundations must be flood-proofed which may include flood vents.

[@JordanMowbray]

I believe this is much of the reason many people are not coming back to building their houses that were demolished.

[@Africanfrogs]

Amazing the “lack” of work truly being done, the state is lacking. Massive washouts happen like that around where I live quite often due to flash floods and they are fixed within a few days max. Maybe more too it but seems the state is lacking big time in response

[@imchris5000]

they are too busy trying to defund the police

[@Hanzyscure]

The State has been shut down for months. All communication is on a new toll free number that connects you a multiple choice robot. Most of the Private Contractors who handle most of our State Agencies have laid off so many employees. There is about a 6 month backlog for services.

[@MrCpgallagher]

Whitmer is more interested in killing the state so Trump gets blamed than helping her people.

[@wdtaut5650]

Gov. Witless has declared racism a public health crisis in Michigan. That has priority over petty things like houses, business, roads, sidewalks, debris piles, recreation, families, personal memories, etc.

[@cmoreson4281]

Hi Jordan, I have been watching all your videos and they are so good and informative. I have a question for you if they rebuilt the lake I hope they would build a new dam with about 8 or 10 spill gates instead of 3. I don’t believe the saying it a 100 year flood in today’s world it could happen again next year. I really hope They rebuilt that lake . I have never seen it in person but it look like a very nice place to live. Thank for your videos

[@JordanMowbray]

If the dam is rebuilt it will be a lot stronger than this one.

[@1chrisandangie]

no shortage of firewood

[@JordanMowbray]

You are correct. It is every where.

[@ertyderty7]

1:10 Receptacle cover.

[@jeffdunnell508]

Progress is happening

[@lynneperg6853]

I hate commercials but watch everyone on this channel in the hope that you get a few cents from them. Living on very limited income means I can't support you on patreon but I also share you videos. Stay safe.

[@JordanMowbray]

Thank you!

[@josephbrooks6453]

Jordan great videos. Has any of the business reopened yet??

[@JordanMowbray]

Some are getting very close. I did an interview this week with Hometown Pizza that plans on opening by August/September.

[@redwingprincess]

Looking forward to hearing what FEMA will be able to do. Has the guy from Florida been up to help with the cleanup? I know you said he was coming back a few videos ago. And I remember there was another dam that had been mentioned when this all happened.. Smallbrook? I might be wrong but I think that was it. How is that one doing? Thank you for these videos.

[@JordanMowbray]

Yes he came back right away and has been helping the entire time get boats off the lake bed and remove trees. I actually just filmed yesterday at Smallwood and Secord dam and will provide that video on Sunday and the other later this week.

[@redwingprincess]

@@JordanMowbray Oh awesome! I'm so glad he came back and is able to help out. Smallwood! That's what it was! Look forward to seeing those updates.

[@JordanMowbray]

@@redwingprincess Yes! Smallwood is the smallest of the four dams and the second one on the river.

[@davidglaum2538]

What is going on with the people that owned the dam any legal action against them?

[@Hanzyscure]

Efforts are being made to condemn all of the properties involved with the current dam ownership. Then the FLTF can initiate Eminent Domain and turn over the dams ownership to Gladwin and Midland Counties.

[@davidglaum2538]

Hanzy Scure Are the owners of the dams being held accountable in any way?

[@Hanzyscure]

@@davidglaum2538 Yes there are lawsuits filed from FERC, EGLE, FLTF and lake owners associations.

[@JordanMowbray]

Hanzy is correct but it is very hard to sue someone who does not have any money.

[@themerrigans2734]

Were is everyone? No people around, strange.

[@joemcmillan2089]

Great video and narrative. All of this could have been avoided if the State of Michigan had done their job.

[@jonathan427]

That house is on nothing 😳 in canada with frost we could never do that. Salvageable with patience and effort

[@dknowles60]

mi has a 8ft frost line

[@jonathan427]

@@dknowles60 same here I'm familiar with construction so I have a poured foundation with proper footings and close to a 9 foot ceiling height down there. Houses built in 82 made out of real wood and copper

[@Hanzyscure]

@@jonathan427 A lot of those homes were built on "floating slabs" with a shallow " rat wall" perimeter footing maybe 12"-16" deep. Some had wire mesh most didn't have any. The building codes were quite lenient until the mid 70s. Then foundations were required to be below the frostline.

[@MrCpgallagher]

You might want to contact Juan Brown on the blancolirio channel. He documented the disaster of the Oroville, Ca., spillway failure and rebuild. He may give you some tips. He also does plane crashes as he is a commercial pilot.

[@JordanMowbray]

I have. We are going to do a collaboration when he returns from vacation.

[@MrCpgallagher]

@@JordanMowbray I think Juan's back now. I really like what you're doing.

[@JordanMowbray]

@@MrCpgallagher I will have to send him an email. What would you like me to change to make my videos better? I can take constructive criticism. :)

[@MrCpgallagher]

@@JordanMowbray They are good. I have no problem with them. I realize that you will be viewed as "just a kid" and Juan isn't, but I think that he can elevate you to the next level and launch your next (first?) career. You could make a career of following through with disasters that disappear from the news cycle. Get FAA 107 drone certified.

[@JordanMowbray]

@@MrCpgallagher I am 27 but I do realize a lot of people think I am young. I know the one thing I could brush up on is my technical dam terms. I actually have a full time job working as a chemist since graduating 3 years ago.

[@MrDrewthat]

Have you heard when they will demo the dam?

[@JordanMowbray]

There has not been any talk of demoing the dam.

[@kirbyjohnson5487]

The American government needs to keep American dollars at home where they belong we've proven numerous times that when something goes wrong in America we don't know what the hell to do what we're trying to run the world.

[@rayapplegate2081]

Americans need to help Americans

[@Clearanceman2]

At the rate this is going, should be all finished by 2025.

[@JordanMowbray]

That is the estimate for the rebuilding of the dams.

[@rayapplegate2081]

If people want to give money to this guy or people that live there where this devastation that's happening to all those people on America don't give to a country half way around the world that started the virus killing thousands of Americans please