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Originally Posted by vash

effen unbelievable!!

i need to read up more, but it isnt a big reach to think this is not what they needed right now, or ever.

I was just on the phone with a guy telling me about this today. He lives up there, but is not affected.

Originally Posted by KC911

^^^^ Indeed! I saw that early this morning on the news...a strange bridge with three legs that met in the middle.

It's ark week here too...

Stay safe!

Apparently the call that the "tridge" or "three spoke bridge". Google images worked when I searched for "tridge" It's a foot bridge.

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

When living in MI, I had 2 houses on the Tittabawassee River that would've been impacted by this. Had family evacuate last night. What's surprising is that the dam didn't fail years earlier. It was a well-known disaster waiting to happen. 90+ years old. Numerous structural defects. Did not meet Michigan dam safety standards. Was shut down by the Feds and license of owner pulled a few years back after a 15-year battle. Wixom Lake (man-made lake/reservoir impounded by the dam) was emptied a couple of years ago due to concerns. A group of property owners recently bought the dam (and 3 others on the same river) because they were tired of looking at an empty lake in front of their vacation homes. A $20 million dam repair plan was drawn up.

But here's the amazing part: the repair plan was scheduled to start in 2023, including $5 million from the State and the rest to be assessed to property owners. Sounds good so far. But then somehow, they get permission from the State to fill the lake back up last year with a completely unrepaired, structurally defective dam impounding the water Who approved this??

Feds had classified this as a High Hazard Dam due to the looming disaster for the City of Midland and Dow Chemical downstream. Wonder if anyone will be held accountable?

Wow, I assume the person that asked for permission will try to play dumb and the person that authorized the request will be thrown under the bus as the bus performs a 3000 point turn.