Must See UPDATE Michigan Dams fail Edenville, Michigan 2 Breached Dams 500 Year Flood Part 1-3 4K

Michigan Dams failure Edenville, Michigan 2 Breached Dams #2020 Jan. 9 2021 update: https://youtu.be/OmKll3tW-zY 500 Year Flood Part 1 - 3 4K Drone Footage Footage taken Thursday Morning of May 21, 2020 Part 1 Edenville Dam: https://youtu.be/9n2awaUWOtk Part 2 Sanford Dam: https://youtu.be/UvLX5ALge1M Part 3 Midland. MI: https://youtu.be/_v1Jad9_-_0 Dam failure On May 19, 2020, 5:46 p.m., due to flooding on the Tittabawassee River, the eastern side of the dam collapsed, prompting immediate evacuations in the town of Edenville and the city of Midland. The Sanford Dam, about 10 miles (16 km) downstream of the Edenville Dam and six miles (9.7 km) upstream of the city of Midland, subsequently overflowed.Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency.Governor Whitmer maintained that an investigation will be made into the operators of the dams, as they may face legal actions Before 9 a.m on May 20, the Tittabawassee River had reached 34.72 feet (10.58 m) and rising. Governor Whitmer reported projections that by that evening, downtown Midland, a city of 42,000, could be 9 feet (2.7 m) under water. Toxic contamination from the Dow Chemical facility could also be discharged due to the flooding.In central Michigan, about 10,000 residents had to be evacuated and were cautioned to put on protective gear and maintain social distancing, as the state was still under emergency measures to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.[33][34] As of the morning of May 20, no casualties were recorded as a result of the flooding, the city’s spokeswoman Selina Tisdale added. We would love your feedback. Post a review to our profile. The dam: was built in 1924 by Frank Isaac Wixom, after whom the reservoir formed by the dam is named. Wixom used to own a circus before he built the dam. The dam was privately owned and operated by Boyce Hydro Power, a company based in Edenville, which also owned three other hydroelectric facilities on the Tittabawassee: the Secord, Smallwood, and Sanford Dams. In a rarely used federal power, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) terminated Boyce Hydro Power's license in 2018, because of its "inability to pass the Probable Maximum Flood (PMF)", as well as seven other failures.[9] The federal government was concerned that "the dam may not have the ability to pass enough water, if a severe flood were to hit, among other issues and violations." Following the federal government's 2018 license revocation, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) took oversight of the dam.EGLE determined that the dam was structurally sound.Edenville and the other former Boyce dams were taken over in 2019 by the Four Lakes Task Force, a county delegated authority,[13][14][15] with title to transfer in early 2022.[16] The State of Michigan appropriated $5 million for the purchase.[17][18] The Four Lakes Task Force operates under the Four Lakes Assessment District in the State of Michigan,[15] created in May 2019 by Judge Stephen Carras. In 2019, Michigan's 42nd Circuit Court was involved in determining if only the lakefront owners or all area residents would pay tax to the Four Lakes Assessment District.[19] In October 2018, and again in mid-November 2019, the dam's operator lowered the water level, in what it called "a safety move." It said it had requested a permit to lower the level from Michigan's EGLE, a permit that was not issued. The operator said it acted “due to concern for the safety of its operators and the downstream community,” and went on to sue EGLE in federal court, alleging "its safety concerns were paramount."[20][21] In December 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a permit to investigate expanding the hydropower plant with a second powerhouse containing one 1.2 MW turbine-generator unit for a total of 6 MW.[22] In April 2020, Michigan's EGLE sued Boyce, alleging it had lowered the water level without permission in 2018 and 2019, killing thousands of freshwater mussels.[23][24][25] https://g.page/TimelessAerialPhotography/review?gm ↓↓Check out the Drones we use ↓↓ Equipment used: Drone - DJI Mavic 2 Zoom: https://amzn.to/2G5iBGl - DJI Phantom 4 Pro V 2.0: https://amzn.to/2R8hNqz Camera - Canon 5D Mark 4: https://amzn.to/379LlK6 Tablet Used - https://amzn.to/2sD0BzZ Micro SD Card Used - https://amzn.to/374rsUF Website: www.timelessaerialphotography.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimelessAerialPhotography/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timelessaerialphotography/