Breaking News Reports of dam(s) breaking in central Michigan.

[Bacle]

This is bad. The is a DOW chem plant below this dam.

 

[Hlaalu Agent]

That is horrible. I hope it gets fixed soon and no one gets hurt, and of course there isn't any environmental damage

 

[Tzeentchean Perspective]

Media firefighters rush to the site of the tragedy ready to provide all the details about this disaster...
Or not.



Why? Because the infrastructure problem this is emblematic of is a distraction from the pandemic lmao.

 

[Isem]

Feds revoked Edenville Dam license over fears it could not survive major flood

FERC notified the dam's owner in 1999 that it must increase capacity of its spillways to prevent a significant flood from overcoming the structure

eu.detroitnews.com

Bit of information about the dam, the federal government has been worried about it since 1999 and revoked it's liscense to generate electricity in 2018. To borrow a highlights list from elsewhere:

"Numerous violations and longstanding concerns that the Edenville Dam could not withstand a significant flood led the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to revoke its license for power generation in September 2018."...
"In January 2019, FERC sent a two-page letter to Boyce Hydro, noting that it had canceled its scheduled October 2018 "functional exercise" at the Sanford, Second and Smallwood dams. Functional exercises simulate an emergency to test preparedness."...
"That action came after years of citations issued by FERC against the owners of the Edenville dam. They included violations for making unauthorized repairs, unauthorized earth moving, failure to file proper safety plans, failure to provide recreational areas and public access, failure to secure necessary property rights and failure to comply with water quality orders."...
""Michigan DEQ has extensive dam safety regulations, including enforcement mechanisms such as the ability to commence a civil action for appropriate relief for violations," commissioners found."
"For over 14 years, the commission has gone to great lengths to compel compliance with the license requirements and Boyce Hydro has delayed, disregarded its responsibility, and claimed that it was not financially capable of meeting such requirements. Meanwhile, Boyce Hydro continued to benefit from the revenues generated by the project."

 

[Tzeentchean Perspective]

Didn't Whitmer promise to clean up the state's infrastructure? Oh well, at least people voted blue no matter who.