Rapidan Dam in "imminent failure condition"

[odanny]

All that debris is blocking the flood gates, so the water bypassed the dam. Hopefully it can hold until the water levels drop. More rain on the way for Minnesota tonight, too.

Rapidan Dam in Minnesota is in 'imminent failure condition,' officials warn

Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office said that the river has cut around the sides of the dam and that debris has been accumulating in the water.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

All that debris is blocking the flood gates, so the water bypassed the dam. Hopefully it can hold until the water levels drop. More rain on the way for Minnesota tonight, too.

Rapidan Dam in Minnesota is in 'imminent failure condition,' officials warn

Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office said that the river has cut around the sides of the dam and that debris has been accumulating in the water.

www.nbcnews.com

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Thanks.

My part of the Midwest has missed most of the worst damage, but yeah, parts of Iowa and Minnesota are devastated.

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[1srelluc]

Whoo, thanks goodness it's in MN......We have a Rapidan River in my extended AO but for the life of me I could not remember any substantial dams on it.

The Rapidan River was the scene of severe fighting in the American Civil War, and historic sites such as Ely's Ford, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Kelly's Ford, and the Battle of the Wilderness are nearby.

Rapidan River - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[odanny]

Minnesota and Wisconsin have been getting hammered by storms (along with Iowa) and they are also hitting Chicago. Another one inbound overnight.

 

[rightwinger]

Whoo, thanks goodness it's in MN......We have a Rapidan River in my extended AO but for the life of me I could not remember any substantial dams on it.

The Rapidan River was the scene of severe fighting in the American Civil War, and historic sites such as Ely's Ford, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Kelly's Ford, and the Battle of the Wilderness are nearby.

Rapidan River - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

That was the river I thought he was talking about

 

[lennypartiv]

Engineers design dams to hold water back and in some cases to provide hydroelectric power. Very few if any design safety features for the people living down stream.

 

[Thinker101]

Not to worry, Bribem will send out an engineer...once he finds one that meets DEI qualifications.

 

[odanny]

It's gotten much worse.

 

[progressive hunter]

It's gotten much worse.

actually thats the best case scenario,,

the dam isnt just failing rapidly, with the slow erosion of the side channel allows the water level to drop slowly and that may just save everyone down stream from major flooding

 

[petro]

Last year was a long drought, and now this year, all rivers are overflowing.

Strange useless fact.
Minnesota in the northern part of state has a rare triple divide. Water in the north and west flow northward towards Hudson Bay. Near Duluth, that part of state flows east through the Great Lakes towards the Atlantic, central and the south part of state are the Mississippi flowage to the Gulf.

 

[progressive hunter]

Last year was a long drought, and now this year, all rivers are overflowing.

Strange useless fact.
Minnesota in the northern part of state has a rare triple divide. Water in the north and west flow northward towards Hudson Bay. Near Duluth, that part of state flows east through the Great Lakes towards the Atlantic, central and the south part of state are the Mississippi flowage to the Gulf.

thanks for that,,
my wife was asking about the continental divide the other night and I was trying to explain it and got confused seeing some of Minnesotas rivers flowing north and even followed this river on google maps north and east to meet the mississippi,,

I had no idea about this triple divide,,

 

[petro]

thanks for that,,
my wife was asking about the continental divide the other night and I was trying to explain it and got confused seeing some of Minnesotas rivers flowing north and even followed this river on google maps north and east to meet the mississippi,,

I had no idea about this triple divide,,

There is a marker west of Duluth on a hill, that says a drop of water at that point could travel one of three directions.

Hill of Three Waters or the Triple Divide Historical Marker

A triple point, or triple divide, is the place where two continental divides intersect and water drains into three different watersheds. (A historical marker located near Hibbing in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.)

www.hmdb.org

I have literally pissed all over the entire continent.

 

[Foxfyre]

Prayers up for those downstream. Disasters happen and while always tragic, they are rarely intentional. I'm sure they are releasing as much water as possible and my prayer is that the dam will hold until the water level is no longer potentially catastrophic.

 

[martybegan]

That was the river I thought he was talking about

The Rapidan Dam is on the Blue Earth River.

And most people recognize the Rapidan river in Virginia from all the Civil War battles that happened around it.