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LIVE SkyFOX over Rapidan Dam in 'imminent failure condition' (Original Post) catbyte Jun 2024 OP
What a mess hermetic Jun 2024 #1
that house... "Family living on the edge of Minnesota's failing 85-foot-tall Rapidan Dam reveal the 'life-altering' mom BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 2024 #2

hermetic

(8,593 posts)
1. What a mess
Mon Jun 24, 2024, 11:44 AM
Jun 2024

Mankato, MN
Authorities say the Rapidan Dam, under intense pressure from days of torrential rain and collected debris, is in "imminent failure condition."

"There was some debris that got up against the dam, and that caused the water to find a new path around it and cut over to the west over to where The Dam Store is and the residence that's down there," said Chief Deputy Paul Barta of the Blue Earth County Sheriff's Department from the scene Monday morning. "And it basically eroded away the west side of the dam and created a new path through there. It's taken a substation for the power plant into the river."

Barta said authorities have notified residents downstream from the dam about the potential danger.

https://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/rapidan-dam-in-imminent-failure-condition/article_411123d2-3235-11ef-bb62-6bf9d2baedaa.html

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(10,066 posts)
2. that house... "Family living on the edge of Minnesota's failing 85-foot-tall Rapidan Dam reveal the 'life-altering' mom
Tue Jun 25, 2024, 01:22 AM
Jun 2024

Family living on the edge of Minnesota's failing 85-foot-tall Rapidan Dam reveal the 'life-altering' moment they feared river was going to swallow them alive as they issue chilling warning





https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13565921/Minnesota-Rapidan-Dam-store-evacuate-collapse-failure.html

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