The Edenville Dam in Midland, MI (world HQ of DOW Chemical) collapses forcing thousands to evacuate

pharmakos · May 20, 2020

Thousands evacuate area in Michigan after two dams fail and governor warns one city could see 9 feet of water | CNN

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency for one county after two dams failed in the area -- following heavy rains and flash floods across the state.

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Really close to home for me

iannis · May 20, 2020

Well that's shitty I guess.

Glad that ain't my governor. Are those counties in like a state of emergency squared?

Araysar · May 20, 2020

whats that? about half an inch of water? HOAX FLOOD

pharmakos · May 20, 2020

Downtown Midland is going to be under 9 feet of water soon. Fucking nuts.

Midland is the local rich yuppie city in the middle of several hundred square miles of what is otherwise hick country. Where your annoying cousin with the nice haircut that got that degree doing computers something something moves to when you guys grow up, if you live around here.

Qhue · May 20, 2020

This is why private control of large scale infrastructure is a bad idea. Boyce Hydro bought the dam (and three others) when it was already in bad shape and in need of massive repairs, but instead of doing that they just pulled what revenue they could out of the system while playing lawyer-tag to dodge compliance until they could unload the property onto someone else.

It seems that they finally agreed to sell the dams to a public consortium that was gearing up to perform the necessary fixes, but not fast enough.

Furry · May 20, 2020

Reading some articles about this. "Government reminds people masks are mandatory in shelters" "President's visit on thursday to michigan is a violation of orders" are some of the things I'm seeing in news articles.

Lol, if only this flood of water could hit the governor.