@@Muttleytech You dont know that. Though if a great big sinkhole does happen and people die and get injured as result, I can only imagine how heavy the fines will be let alone the money that it will cost the agency supposed to be looking after the highways after all the families of the deceased or injured sue them. Call or email your local congressman or whoever that is representing your state/county about this and have them come and look at it. Disaster is coming and it can be avoided. It needs to be avoided. This is a Dereliction of Duty. They are tasked with maintaining the highways. so why arent they doing it?
Not really they get so many people calling in who don't know what they are talking about when most of the time it's just leaves over a drain, video says more words
Agencies listen when things are made too public for their comfort. Once media gets involved, government agencies are nervous. It might actually take several times in the news to make changes.
Just in case anyone wanted to know (simplified explanation), the foam on the water is likely natural surfactants (from decaying organic matter) changing the surface tension of the water which allows it to form bubbles. This foam seems brownish, which is an indication of a natural source (plants, animals, bugs, etc). If I was pure white and had much bigger bubbles, that could indicate a man-made source of surfactants, aka soap.
This damage to this culvert is a threat to life and property, and has been reported multiple times. Being OSHA trained myself, everyone this has been reported to, State department included, should be under investigation for ignoring a potentially serious, life threatening situation. (With special reguard to DWP, of course)
You're probably not going to get anywhere with the responsible agencies. Send this video to your local press as well as your elected representative(s) for your STATE House/Senate/Assembly district. If possible try to sit down with them too. It is shocking how quickly something can get fixed if a state senator decides to make it his pet project of the week. Oh, and back up this and related videos just in case of fraudulant takedown demands.
My entire career (now retired) I've been involved in the planning, design and construction of capital projects, primarily for local and Federal government agencies, and mostly dealing with environmental projects, as an employee of construction contractors, consulting engineers and program/project/construction managers. I've seen this type of government inaction before. The sad truth is that the drive to cut government spending often increases costs and passes the problems on to the next generation. When agencies are forced to "do more with less" they simply do less with less, and the first thing that gets cut back is routine maintenance. Contingencies aren't dealt with until they become expensive exigencies. Taxpayers want great roads and functional water, wastewater and stormwater systems but they also want low taxes. Politicians want to be re-elected and offer the moon to their constituencies but don't want their names in the "Yea" column on a vote to increase taxes. To be sure there is plenty of waste, fraud, abuse and general stupidity among government agencies, but government employees are just normal people, our neighbors, who went to the same schools as you and me, who try to do the right thing. They are often bound by regulations that might make sense when looked at individually but are very difficult to comply with when taken in total. There are questions of jurisdiction and what government agency is responsible for what. These jurisdictional questions are often dealt with by inter-agency Memorandums of Understanding or similar documents. Sorry but I'm simply offering up the possibility that while the people you dealt with might want to do the right thing and fix the drainage pipe, they can't unless things change at a much higher level or, quite literally, at street level. The sad truth is that until the ramps collapse and access to the highway is cut off, there's a good chance nothing will happen. You've gone well above and beyond what citizens would normally do, both in cleaning the grates and contacting the appropriate agencies. I can only agree with others' suggestions to now elevate your concerns. You can contact your local elected representative and perhaps even get an agenda item on your next town council meeting. You've already done all the right things and much more. :-)
This is also a result of people and corporations using tax loopholes to not pay their taxes. You don't need to raise taxes on people already paying them, you just need to close the loopholes. Unfortunately the ones not paying taxes are the ones who can afford to hire lobbyist or donate to super pacs to keep the loopholes from closing.
You know....if water and wastewater systems are being funded by taxes, something is wrong. Those should be funded by user fees aka "water bills". And the money collected from those water bills should only be used for capital and operating expenses related to the water and wastewater systems, to the point that employees of local government who work on both water/sewer work (such as repairing a broken main) and general public works tasks (such as mowing the lawn at city hall) need to have the hours they work on water/sewer work allocated to the water/sewer fund (often called an enterprise fund), and the hours they work on everything else to the general fund. If that employee's salary is paid out of the enterprise fund, then the portion of that employee's salary attributed to "other" work needs to be paid from the general fund to the enterprise fund. This is the only correct way to do it. There have actually been lawsuits about this where a city runs a water/sewer system and uses some of that money to fund their general fund...and has customers in the unincorporated area took them to court over it. And won.
To answer one of your statements, watching water can be boring but YOU make this very interesting. I love your passion for this. We need more like you (and I don't even live in your country)
Great video. This is good evidence when accidents happen due to a sinkhole. Together with the video you made last summer. I enjoy your work. Hope the city council appreciate it as well. Volunteers like you are priceless.
This won't be an accident. It will be a willful act. Some sinkholes happen because of natural caves that erode the land beneath them but this is a case that can clearly be seen. It's obviously eroding and will continue to erode. They would need to close the road and install pumps to move the water from the pond to lower it so it no longer flows through the pipe. I wouldn't want to get heavy equipment directly over that area.
I really enjoy your comments and how you described so many things that i had no idea how it works. Now everytime im on the road I keep me eye on were the culvert and drains are. Thank you and keep the awesome job, please give us an update on this!❤
These last 2 vids were better than watching a suspense movie!!!! MORE MORE MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! U should turn the camera around and talk us more so we can see and relate to u better!!!
This is the „leading up to the events“ segment. Thank you for reporting this. It so so aggravating that the authorities don’t seem to care. I hope you and everyone stays well.
Post10 all the tree roots growing for years after years alunder that highway..and these wroots are very strong they can easely pushing any roads upwards..very good that you were there on the right time, to show us what happens. You have every thing done what’s nessesary...hopefully nobody,s getting hurts when the sinkholes see the daylight. Stay safe my man!!
Possibly illegal in some states. Many times if you want to record a phone conversation you must inform the other party before you do it and get their permission.
Oh, my friend, you have bumped into reality. Governments operate outside of logic. No money for maintenance or a scheduled life span. Only a crisis and then whining. There's no money because neglected things consume all the funds for the crisis. Once anything is constructed it is allowed to self destruct until failure. Then a complete replace project is required along with very high cost.
Water can move metric tons of dirt in just a matter of a few hours. It is failing at a very alarming rate. I estimate within a couple of days or less this will be beyond the point of no return from what I know.
Post I don't think you know how to make a boring video lol. I've learned a lot from you in the short time that I've found you (about a month prior to writing this). I've shown some to my sister and she is impressed also. Thanks for all you do.
Unfortunately, it may take a catastrophic event before DOT does anything. I agree to contact the press, mayor, council, county officials, etc. to see if they can expedite a fix or replacement.
Post10 facts: - Post10 has saved thousands (if not millions) in flood insurance claims/damage to insurance companies and municipal governments. - Post10 would survive a zombie apocalypse and be part of the effort to bring back humanity from the brink of extinction - Post10 walks through spider habitats and repels them with his confidence
My goodness, this is a disaster waiting to happen and the relevant authorities won’t do a thing about it till it actually fails. Keep copies of your videos safe and keep going there and recording as much as you can so it’s as well documented as possible before the failure. Maybe you’ll be right there when it actually happens!? That’ll give you huge numbers of views on here! I also agree with someone else’s comment here about door-knocking the locals near the upper lake so they can prepare for the nearly-inevitable flooding with sandbags just in case. And what if it rains more in the next day or two? That’ll be even worse. Really hope someone with the power to do something listens to you soon and puts their foot down and makes changes. Good luck! Hope everything works out somehow.
This is why we desperately need to increase infrastructure spending. How many other roads have ticking time bombs eroding underneath them? What you're doing is important, thank you.
Crazy that government agencies would rather respond to an emergency than prevent one. Here in Lake Charles, we have the I-10 bridge and it’s been in desperate need of repair/replacement for years now. They are just now starting to work on it. We joke about it collapsing but it’s actually pretty scary. I try to avoid it as much as possible.
I'd say you are lucky to have made that trek through the pipe when you did. Not only was that lucky in the sense of not dying, but you got fantastic video inspection of that pipe and right when it was needed. It sucks that the various departments weren't able to act promptly on this. I have the update from Nov. loaded in another tab. There are options for not draining the lake for replacement. In the early days of oil drilling, crews used temporary walls to build a watertight box and pump water out of an area to work. They could do something like this and they can pump excess water through a temporary pipe under the overpass to the stream. You mentioned the lake freezes solid in winter. Employing pumps until it freezes to prevent flooding they can cut the ice away and have a safe work area. I haven't watched the update yet, but those are my thoughts so far.
Doing a preventive response in a possible sinkhole: NAAAAAHHHHH!!! It's not a problem! Wasting billions of dollars and public backlash due to damages and (hopefully not) fatality due to a preventable massive sinkhole: YEEEESSSSSSS! That's the stuff!
I had a relative who was the head of maintenance for the DOT. They know damn well that those galvanized culverts all fail. They're a cheap alternative to a concrete culvert.
What is the smell of water? Damage could have resulted in relief of sewage pipes and drinking water. Can you visually state that the amount of water at the outlet is greater than at the inlet?
Odds are unless you go over their heads no department is going to listen to some nobody on a social media site where anyone can post things. You tried due process, now jump the track.
No, this is not boring. I've always been fascinated by the dynamics of moving water. Also awed by it's power. I live on a long unpaved private drive and maintenance is a never ending job. There are four driveway culverts and one large one under the drive itself. I am the only resident that cares enough to keep them all open. Only during the long dry spells can I forget them - for a while.
Here in England we would likely report it to local council and/or highways agency same sort of thing you did. I would hope they would take it seriously but my faith in human beings is not that high when it comes to this sort of thing. All i can say is it looks like your doing a great job and they should be thanking you. keep it up mate, and fingers crossed some bright spark listens before its too late.
It is absolutely as serious as you think. But not necessarily as urgent. The volume of ground that can come out there is huge. And we do not know the geology of that. There is even a chance that the street will never collapse. Note that there never dropped a lump of ground inside that it build a dam inside the cavern. But even if that happens: Dams can break, and a dam breaking inside that does not sound like a good thing.
I would think sooner or later the convert will get plugged and there will be a water issue on the other side that they will have to addressed. Keep up the good work buddy!
This is a perfect example of our infrastructure falling apart. I have made similar calls to agencies. No action. That is why vote for less government. We can do better than a bloated beaurocracy. It sickens me that we pay HUGE regressive taxes yet get very little of what govt is meant to do. This is a major safety issue. File a suit for non compliance. The water looks concrete colored.
What I really don't get is why they use metal pipes in the first place. Here in Germany, we use concrete pipes and I've rarely ever heard about them getting eroded 🤔
Who would have thought unbelievable I was watching the first video and searched straight away for a update a and found this its like a drug addictive. . Keep it up fella
Corrugated metal culverts should be laid within inches of gravel before dirt backfill. I'm not an engineer and I don't know the exact geology there, so I can't even try to ballpark numbers, but I believe a gravel layer could prevent this and I didn't see any in the gaping holes from the walkthrough [*while typing 11:20 Not boring at all!], it looked like plain soil. Ideally, encased in concrete, but if funding is limited, a truck or two of gravel in an undoubtedly large project could make a difference. I wonder if future products could be made with a layer of plastic - pvc, abs, etc - let the experts figure it out, but something that provides soil/water impervision but sticking with the traditional, cheap, mass-produced, metal culvert for rigidity, a two layer design to solve multiple problems. Could also perforate the plastic to allow water seepage from above/around, and encase in a woven mesh sock to prevent soil foiling.
Most DPWs have a sewer camera. It’s a RC vehicle with a camera that they can put into a pipe and check it’s condition. No idea why they couldn’t have used that to check it.
There will be a lot of sand in the exit pool. Use a picture of that to prove the culvert has collapsed. And do not go in again. Over here we have a municipality service to keep the grids clean and inspect every culvert every year. Because we monitor water levels constantly they know where problems occur. You should be paid by the local municipality for your services.
I am reminded of a quote from Doctor Who: “Water is patient. Water just waits. Wears down the cliff tops, the mountains. The whole of the world. Water always wins”
I’m a Civil Engineer and you seriously need to go to school and study Civil Engineering. You have a passion for it already so it seems like it would be perfect for you
This is an example of what happens when people want to live in a modern industrial society, but don't want to pay to maintain it. This is what taxes are for, infrastructure. Everyone benefits from roads, bridges, power grid, etc., but no one wants cover the expense. I'm a grandfather and don't have kids in school, but I don't mind paying taxes for good schools. I rarely use a public library, but I'll gladly pay taxes to keep them open. It benefits everyone.
As big as that hill is you don't want to be standing below when it all gives way. It might only collapse inward but it could very well act as a massive mudslide and rapidly move downstream several hundred feet, taking you with it. I just realized this vid is 5 months old. What has happened since?
Watching the tide lines on the water pipe is fascinating, you can actually see the flow of water decreasing as it gets more blocked. Hopefully that healthcare center downriver doesnt suffer any effects from the increased water flow.
Next up: post 10 reporting LIVE from a giant sinkhole in the ground.
@@darinp5612 I thought live streams was what he was doing?
@@albertojaramillo9664 livestream would be like watching a live car chase
Just set up a camera streaming a giant sinkhole forming in the middle of the highway.
@@albertojaramillo9664 I see what you did there. Lol
@@gpcoasters7824 FINALLY!!
Call local press & elected officials.
Agencies listen to those in power.
This! - I was about to say the very same thing. This is a ticking time bomb
The press will blow this way out of proportion and still not a thing will be done. Our tax dollars at work!
@@Muttleytech You dont know that. Though if a great big sinkhole does happen and people die and get injured as result, I can only imagine how heavy the fines will be let alone the money that it will cost the agency supposed to be looking after the highways after all the families of the deceased or injured sue them.
Call or email your local congressman or whoever that is representing your state/county about this and have them come and look at it.
Disaster is coming and it can be avoided. It needs to be avoided.
This is a Dereliction of Duty. They are tasked with maintaining the highways. so why arent they doing it?
Not really they get so many people calling in who don't know what they are talking about when most of the time it's just leaves over a drain, video says more words
Agencies listen when things are made too public for their comfort. Once media gets involved, government agencies are nervous. It might actually take several times in the news to make changes.
“I didn’t know filming drains was a thing.” Sweetie, it wasn’t until you came along.❤️
"I know this video is probably super boring unless you just like watching water flowing..."
48,000+ people and counting beg to differ!
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it is super boring but this guy are so honestly invested in this that i cant help caring. i hope he never change!
151k and counting
I literally just got off a 10hr graveyard shift and need to go to bed and yet... Man I can't stop watching your videos. Keep it up!
Are u a water plant operator?
When draining your local culvert become action packed with drama!
This culvert is actually an hour away from his location
Just in case anyone wanted to know (simplified explanation), the foam on the water is likely natural surfactants (from decaying organic matter) changing the surface tension of the water which allows it to form bubbles. This foam seems brownish, which is an indication of a natural source (plants, animals, bugs, etc). If I was pure white and had much bigger bubbles, that could indicate a man-made source of surfactants, aka soap.
This damage to this culvert is a threat to life and property, and has been reported multiple times. Being OSHA trained myself, everyone this has been reported to, State department included, should be under investigation for ignoring a potentially serious, life threatening situation. (With special reguard to DWP, of course)
Keep us updated on this.
^^^This^^^
Yes please do. I'm going to miss seeing you clear this drain until they fix this.
Update?
Update?
Any updates??
You're probably not going to get anywhere with the responsible agencies. Send this video to your local press as well as your elected representative(s) for your STATE House/Senate/Assembly district. If possible try to sit down with them too. It is shocking how quickly something can get fixed if a state senator decides to make it his pet project of the week.
Oh, and back up this and related videos just in case of fraudulant takedown demands.
Our town when they get a call then police FD and EMS and dot come
My entire career (now retired) I've been involved in the planning, design and construction of capital projects, primarily for local and Federal government agencies, and mostly dealing with environmental projects, as an employee of construction contractors, consulting engineers and program/project/construction managers. I've seen this type of government inaction before. The sad truth is that the drive to cut government spending often increases costs and passes the problems on to the next generation. When agencies are forced to "do more with less" they simply do less with less, and the first thing that gets cut back is routine maintenance. Contingencies aren't dealt with until they become expensive exigencies. Taxpayers want great roads and functional water, wastewater and stormwater systems but they also want low taxes. Politicians want to be re-elected and offer the moon to their constituencies but don't want their names in the "Yea" column on a vote to increase taxes. To be sure there is plenty of waste, fraud, abuse and general stupidity among government agencies, but government employees are just normal people, our neighbors, who went to the same schools as you and me, who try to do the right thing. They are often bound by regulations that might make sense when looked at individually but are very difficult to comply with when taken in total. There are questions of jurisdiction and what government agency is responsible for what. These jurisdictional questions are often dealt with by inter-agency Memorandums of Understanding or similar documents.
Sorry but I'm simply offering up the possibility that while the people you dealt with might want to do the right thing and fix the drainage pipe, they can't unless things change at a much higher level or, quite literally, at street level. The sad truth is that until the ramps collapse and access to the highway is cut off, there's a good chance nothing will happen. You've gone well above and beyond what citizens would normally do, both in cleaning the grates and contacting the appropriate agencies. I can only agree with others' suggestions to now elevate your concerns. You can contact your local elected representative and perhaps even get an agenda item on your next town council meeting. You've already done all the right things and much more. :-)
This is also a result of people and corporations using tax loopholes to not pay their taxes. You don't need to raise taxes on people already paying them, you just need to close the loopholes. Unfortunately the ones not paying taxes are the ones who can afford to hire lobbyist or donate to super pacs to keep the loopholes from closing.
Very well put.
You know....if water and wastewater systems are being funded by taxes, something is wrong. Those should be funded by user fees aka "water bills". And the money collected from those water bills should only be used for capital and operating expenses related to the water and wastewater systems, to the point that employees of local government who work on both water/sewer work (such as repairing a broken main) and general public works tasks (such as mowing the lawn at city hall) need to have the hours they work on water/sewer work allocated to the water/sewer fund (often called an enterprise fund), and the hours they work on everything else to the general fund. If that employee's salary is paid out of the enterprise fund, then the portion of that employee's salary attributed to "other" work needs to be paid from the general fund to the enterprise fund.
This is the only correct way to do it. There have actually been lawsuits about this where a city runs a water/sewer system and uses some of that money to fund their general fund...and has customers in the unincorporated area took them to court over it. And won.
@@lingcod91 They do molest a lot of children. So there's that.
Every time them do gooders get into office eh
To answer one of your statements, watching water can be boring but YOU make this very interesting. I love your passion for this. We need more like you (and I don't even live in your country)
Your videos are always pretty interesting and you give out plenty of knowledge on how these drains and pipes work
“I know this video is probably super boring” bro I’m on the edge of my seat fuming at the DOT
You can sell your vids to personal injury lawyers if worst happens to a driver.
Great video. This is good evidence when accidents happen due to a sinkhole. Together with the video you made last summer. I enjoy your work. Hope the city council appreciate it as well. Volunteers like you are priceless.
This won't be an accident. It will be a willful act. Some sinkholes happen because of natural caves that erode the land beneath them but this is a case that can clearly be seen. It's obviously eroding and will continue to erode. They would need to close the road and install pumps to move the water from the pond to lower it so it no longer flows through the pipe. I wouldn't want to get heavy equipment directly over that area.
I really enjoy your comments and how you described so many things that i had no idea how it works. Now everytime im on the road I keep me eye on were the culvert and drains are. Thank you and keep the awesome job, please give us an update on this!❤
I love the intensity of the overview analysis of the whole diagnosis!!
These last 2 vids were better than watching a suspense movie!!!! MORE MORE MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! U should turn the camera around and talk us more so we can see and relate to u better!!!
Heroes prefer to hide their identity lol.
Your weird
Not boring at all. I LOVE watching this stuff, and your commentary and enthusiasm, passion for this, makes it even better.
This is the „leading up to the events“ segment.
Thank you for reporting this. It so so aggravating that the authorities don’t seem to care.
I hope you and everyone stays well.
Post10 all the tree roots growing for years after years alunder that highway..and these wroots are very strong they can easely pushing any roads upwards..very good that you were there on the right time, to show us what happens.
You have every thing done what’s nessesary...hopefully nobody,s getting hurts when the sinkholes see the daylight. Stay safe my man!!
On a serious note you need to record your phone calls to the different agencies its easy to do on your mobile phone. Andy England 🇬🇧
Possibly illegal in some states. Many times if you want to record a phone conversation you must inform the other party before you do it and get their permission.
@@stevepettersen3283 maybe it would get their backsides in gear and do something about it
Oh, my friend, you have bumped into reality. Governments operate outside of logic. No money for maintenance or a scheduled life span. Only a crisis and then whining. There's no money because neglected things consume all the funds for the crisis. Once anything is constructed it is allowed to self destruct until failure. Then a complete replace project is required along with very high cost.
so true
Water can move metric tons of dirt in just a matter of a few hours. It is failing at a very alarming rate. I estimate within a couple of days or less this will be beyond the point of no return from what I know.
There is nothing boring about this video at all, I would sit and watch more if it was available, this is a big story!
Post I don't think you know how to make a boring video lol. I've learned a lot from you in the short time that I've found you (about a month prior to writing this). I've shown some to my sister and she is impressed also. Thanks for all you do.
Wonder how many more drains there are around like this. Ever thought about speaking to your local politician/senator about it?
Nope never boring! Your expertise and passion is awesome to see and hear! Love catching up on your older videos!
We need more people like you in the U.K. Good work yet again.
He needs to come to the USA the government laughs at the idea of "maintenance" and "regulation"
He’s in the northeast USA.
The foam and colour looks like dirty road chippings to me, 35years in the job, It will go with in 3 weeks mark my words.
Legofan4ever88 next big rain they get it’s going down
@@Legofan4ever88 The good thing is it will make it on the news and this video will be shown and people will get fired.
I'll mark calendar
Man I am new to your channel but I need to say I respect everything you do. More people need to see these videos
Unfortunately, it may take a catastrophic event before DOT does anything. I agree to contact the press, mayor, council, county officials, etc. to see if they can expedite a fix or replacement.
Post10 facts:
- Post10 has saved thousands (if not millions) in flood insurance claims/damage to insurance companies and municipal governments.
- Post10 would survive a zombie apocalypse and be part of the effort to bring back humanity from the brink of extinction
- Post10 walks through spider habitats and repels them with his confidence
My goodness, this is a disaster waiting to happen and the relevant authorities won’t do a thing about it till it actually fails.
Keep copies of your videos safe and keep going there and recording as much as you can so it’s as well documented as possible before the failure.
Maybe you’ll be right there when it actually happens!? That’ll give you huge numbers of views on here!
I also agree with someone else’s comment here about door-knocking the locals near the upper lake so they can prepare for the nearly-inevitable flooding with sandbags just in case. And what if it rains more in the next day or two? That’ll be even worse.
Really hope someone with the power to do something listens to you soon and puts their foot down and makes changes.
Good luck! Hope everything works out somehow.
You should contact your local television stations, they will be able to light a fire under somebody's derriere.
All those departments are "reactive" and not "proactive". They will do nothing until it is a HUGE deal.
At least you tried, which is more than most.
This man should be a council drainage consultant.
One man can make a difference...keep up the good fight post10.
This is why we desperately need to increase infrastructure spending. How many other roads have ticking time bombs eroding underneath them? What you're doing is important, thank you.
Not all superheroes wear capes !!
Should have a trail camera on both sides to document this more while you cannot be on site
Keep us updated .....I do hope those highway people listen to your advice and DO SOMETHING! Keep up the good work.
The suspense is killin me
This is NOT boring.... KEEP US UPDATED!!
Crazy that government agencies would rather respond to an emergency than prevent one.
Here in Lake Charles, we have the I-10 bridge and it’s been in desperate need of repair/replacement for years now. They are just now starting to work on it. We joke about it collapsing but it’s actually pretty scary. I try to avoid it as much as possible.
I'd say you are lucky to have made that trek through the pipe when you did. Not only was that lucky in the sense of not dying, but you got fantastic video inspection of that pipe and right when it was needed. It sucks that the various departments weren't able to act promptly on this. I have the update from Nov. loaded in another tab.
There are options for not draining the lake for replacement. In the early days of oil drilling, crews used temporary walls to build a watertight box and pump water out of an area to work. They could do something like this and they can pump excess water through a temporary pipe under the overpass to the stream. You mentioned the lake freezes solid in winter. Employing pumps until it freezes to prevent flooding they can cut the ice away and have a safe work area.
I haven't watched the update yet, but those are my thoughts so far.
We need more peoples like you in this world 🌎!!
Doing a preventive response in a possible sinkhole: NAAAAAHHHHH!!! It's not a problem!
Wasting billions of dollars and public backlash due to damages and (hopefully not) fatality due to a preventable massive sinkhole: YEEEESSSSSSS! That's the stuff!
It's not boring, it's fascinating, especially with your commentary.
I had a relative who was the head of maintenance for the DOT. They know damn well that those galvanized culverts all fail. They're a cheap alternative to a concrete culvert.
Not boring at all! I can't stop watching it!
something similar took out a family of 5 awhile back after a bridge collapsed in my area
Seems like a matter of time until someone gets hurt. I am in agreement with your hypothesis.
Sorry Post 10 but this isn't negligence. This is government as usual.
Its not government its where the the city dose not spend there money... On the sewer pipes...lol.
@@andrewdubs8643 Yeah city government is government
Not in my country. I am Dutch and we do a lot of preventative maintenance. Your country could learn a lot from Europe.
@@Peter_Scheen We left for a reason.
@@kinte1870 You left where for what reason?
What is the smell of water? Damage could have resulted in relief of sewage pipes and drinking water. Can you visually state that the amount of water at the outlet is greater than at the inlet?
I enjoyed the video. I hope the DOT came out and I would like to hear what they had to say.
If you watch the previous video, he talks about what different departments had to say about the situation.
@@083purplecola I have caught up now. Thanks for letting me know. Have a nice day.
lidsman22 they all said we need more MONEY
Odds are unless you go over their heads no department is going to listen to some nobody on a social media site where anyone can post things. You tried due process, now jump the track.
No, this is not boring. I've always been fascinated by the dynamics of moving water. Also awed by it's power. I live on a long unpaved private drive and maintenance is a never ending job. There are four driveway culverts and one large one under the drive itself. I am the only resident that cares enough to keep them all open. Only during the long dry spells can I forget them - for a while.
Post 10 you have a good soul, you care. Stay safe 😊
As long as water is flowing it will just keeping washing more out until there is a huge void in the hill.
POST 10 NONE OF YOUR VIDEOS ARE BORING.. !! LOVE THEM. YOU MAKE THEM INTERESTING.. VERY INTELLIGENT AND YOU BRING IT TO THE WORLD... WE APPRECIATE YOU
Keep me posted bro. This is no joke. Thank you for caring. Stay safe.
Since your in Mass Email Senator Elizabeth Warren and you local State house and Senate rep. Also call the local News they love stories like this
We need to hire this gentleman to maintain our infrastructure.
Will you be able to film it if it collapses, or is it too late/dark over there for that?
Here in England we would likely report it to local council and/or highways agency same sort of thing you did. I would hope they would take it seriously but my faith in human beings is not that high when it comes to this sort of thing. All i can say is it looks like your doing a great job and they should be thanking you. keep it up mate, and fingers crossed some bright spark listens before its too late.
Man I love this channel! I have to know what your actual job is! Keep up the great content!
Thanks to you now I know how sinkholes are formed.
“I’m still here,” Post 10 said defiantly.
Great Job , God Bless you for Caring enough about people.
It is absolutely as serious as you think. But not necessarily as urgent. The volume of ground that can come out there is huge. And we do not know the geology of that. There is even a chance that the street will never collapse. Note that there never dropped a lump of ground inside that it build a dam inside the cavern. But even if that happens: Dams can break, and a dam breaking inside that does not sound like a good thing.
I would think sooner or later the convert will get plugged and there will be a water issue on the other side that they will have to addressed. Keep up the good work buddy!
I truly enjoy watching your videos
This is a perfect example of our infrastructure falling apart. I have made similar calls to agencies. No action. That is why vote for less government. We can do better than a bloated beaurocracy. It sickens me that we pay HUGE regressive taxes yet get very little of what govt is meant to do. This is a major safety issue. File a suit for non compliance. The water looks concrete colored.
I haven't subscribed to a channel for at least a year. You are ther exception. Well done videos
this is seriously so sad that this can not only happen without anyone knowing, but be ignored when they are told about it
You are very right Post 10 this is a very dangerous situation they need to get this fixed immediately before the whole highway collapses
You need to do wall to wall coverage my friend, I'm hooked :)
Great video post 10! Call your local news agency. Maybe they will listen and use your footage in their report. You're the best!
I'm half way deaf, and I could hear it! Suspense!! Great video post! 😘 Please keep yourself safe!
What I really don't get is why they use metal pipes in the first place. Here in Germany, we use concrete pipes and I've rarely ever heard about them getting eroded 🤔
Make sure you get the names of the people you talk to. So when shit hits the fan, you have people to blame.
Right as you mention the current moving, it moves!
Who would have thought unbelievable I was watching the first video and searched straight away for a update a and found this its like a drug addictive. . Keep it up fella
Corrugated metal culverts should be laid within inches of gravel before dirt backfill. I'm not an engineer and I don't know the exact geology there, so I can't even try to ballpark numbers, but I believe a gravel layer could prevent this and I didn't see any in the gaping holes from the walkthrough [*while typing 11:20 Not boring at all!], it looked like plain soil. Ideally, encased in concrete, but if funding is limited, a truck or two of gravel in an undoubtedly large project could make a difference.
I wonder if future products could be made with a layer of plastic - pvc, abs, etc - let the experts figure it out, but something that provides soil/water impervision but sticking with the traditional, cheap, mass-produced, metal culvert for rigidity, a two layer design to solve multiple problems. Could also perforate the plastic to allow water seepage from above/around, and encase in a woven mesh sock to prevent soil foiling.
11:18 "I know this video is probably super boring unless you like watching water, just water flowing"
I very much like watching water flowing.
Most DPWs have a sewer camera. It’s a RC vehicle with a camera that they can put into a pipe and check it’s condition. No idea why they couldn’t have used that to check it.
There will be a lot of sand in the exit pool.
Use a picture of that to prove the culvert has collapsed.
And do not go in again.
Over here we have a municipality service to keep the grids clean and inspect every culvert every year. Because we monitor water levels constantly they know where problems occur.
You should be paid by the local municipality for your services.
When it does open up, and the calls you made are known to the public somehow, heads will role.
😱 I’m now wondering what’s happened since you filmed 🧐
Hi, when the services concerned don't move, all you have to do is send the videos to the TV channels and also to all the media in the region.
There is a video of the news clip somewhere on post's main channel.
I am reminded of a quote from Doctor Who: “Water is patient. Water just waits. Wears down the cliff tops, the mountains. The whole of the world. Water always wins”
I just have a feeling someone will have to get hurt or killed , and then of course any lawsuit will be paid for by taxpayers. Absolutely inexcusable.
That needs to be fixed badly. Keep us updated on that.
I’m a Civil Engineer and you seriously need to go to school and study Civil Engineering. You have a passion for it already so it seems like it would be perfect for you
This is an example of what happens when people want to live in a modern industrial society, but don't want to pay to maintain it. This is what taxes are for, infrastructure. Everyone benefits from roads, bridges, power grid, etc., but no one wants cover the expense. I'm a grandfather and don't have kids in school, but I don't mind paying taxes for good schools. I rarely use a public library, but I'll gladly pay taxes to keep them open. It benefits everyone.
Please keep us informed as to the progress of this erosion.
Post 10 call the Governor's office keep us updated on this please
As big as that hill is you don't want to be standing below when it all gives way. It might only collapse inward but it could very well act as a massive mudslide and rapidly move downstream several hundred feet, taking you with it.
I just realized this vid is 5 months old. What has happened since?
I have a video of it replaced, Type "Lake Drain Culvert" In the UA-cam Serch engine
Watching the tide lines on the water pipe is fascinating, you can actually see the flow of water decreasing as it gets more blocked. Hopefully that healthcare center downriver doesnt suffer any effects from the increased water flow.