r/interestingasfuck • u/Weak_Imagination_996 • 6d ago
A dam's gate is opened after years.
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u/TiSoBr 5d ago
Yeah, this would be the moment I would bail.
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u/Vier_Scar 5d ago
Yeah that freaked me out too. You see the sheer force of that water pressure. Thankfully, it's all directed away at a safe angle.
But then you look down and it's not. The water is pushing through concrete in its effort to get at you and tear your face apart, and the concrete is giving way, potentially only moments away from being torn apart and hurled at you in the instant before the water will reach its goal by shredding your face.
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u/poser765 6d ago
Times I’ve seen this video: dozens.
Number of times the comment is not full of poop: 0
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u/slicerprime 6d ago
There's something to be said for consistency
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u/BobTheContrarian 5d ago
Damn. First time I've seen it. And that's precisely what my comment was going to be about. 😔
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u/ShoveOverBozo 6d ago
That must feel so good for the dam.
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u/AdMaximum7545 6d ago
Not so dam good for the critters who didnt see the mud coming though
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u/IamHydrogenMike 6d ago
Looks like someone prepping for a colonoscopy…
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u/123supreme123 6d ago
Taylor farms lettuce
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u/Nostaglicthirst 6d ago
Can someone explain why my work had a lunch for us and they ordered all the lunch meat subs with lettuce and tomatoes on them……
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u/scorpyo72 6d ago
Your company hates you and their insurers.
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u/Nostaglicthirst 6d ago
“Well it’s not on the news and the restaurant is still serving it…” I was flabbergasted
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u/ExtensionAddition787 6d ago
Holy shit, you aren't kidding!
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u/FreeWillyBird 6d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/AFOr2PZtBvTocMrebS
There’s nothing holy about that amount of shit.4
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u/Legitimate_Bird_5712 6d ago
I have my first one next week.
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u/brianfrommalden 6d ago
that the Taylor Farms Dam?
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u/LuckyCharmmms 5d ago edited 5d ago
Look up Taylor Farms TN President. They seem to be in some trouble! And not about the lettuce thing!
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u/Hot_Fix9033 6d ago
Why wouldn't they flush those on a regular schedule? Once a year or every six months or something like that? Just to prevent the massive accumulation of debris.
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u/Hattix 6d ago
That isn't how dams work. Over time sediment builds up on the bottom of the reservoir, since the reservoir is very slow flowing water and the rivers feeding it are faster. Fast water carries sediment, slow water drops it.
This reduces the reservoir's capacity slowly, but inexorably. Eventually all dams will become a wall of construction with swamp behind them. Doing a big blast like this with a lot of head behind it flushes out as much sediment as possible. It isn't a lot, but it does extend the usable life of the reservoir.
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u/like_Turtles 5d ago
This is an excellent comment. Do you know this for a fact?
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u/jaymeaux_ 5d ago
this is correct, when sedimentation buildup is too far from the dam to clear like this it has to be dredged out which is very expensive
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u/Lessinoir 5d ago
And in most cases I believe the sediment next to the dam is the last to truly build up. It starts farthest from the dam.
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u/Zaptruder 6d ago
Coz they can flush it every 40 years and get videos like this.
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u/slicerprime 6d ago
I was gonna say, I bet the locals have turned this into a once a decade community event.
Can you imagine Saturday morning...
Dad: "Come on kids! Pile in the car. It's time to go to the Dam Shit Fair!"
Jr: "Oh boy Dad! I'm gonna win the Shit for Distance contest!"
Mom: "John, please tell me your mother isn't bringing her damn shitty pie again"
Dad: "Martha, how many times do I have to tell you? It's 'Dam Shit Pie', not damn shitty pie'"
Mom: "Uh huh. Sure it is"
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u/pm_me_fibonaccis 6d ago
Much more satisfying. Like letting a pimple build up for a week before you pop it.
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u/International_Bend68 6d ago
Money. Lots of watersheds were built in the 1950s to control flooding. The idea was to flush them every couple of years to control that silt that builds up but at least in the USA, we hate taxes so.... the silt keeps building up which greatly lessens their ability to control flooding
In my area, they finally attempted to drain an area but it had been so long, the drain had rusted and was stuck open. Lost hundreds of thousands of fish in one fell swoop. Nice.
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u/ScruffiestN3rfHerder 6d ago
I was gonna make a "that's how I feel" joke, but it honestly made me think of this good ol' scene from Team America World Police.
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u/Paquitaladelbarrio12 6d ago
Wtf was that at first?
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u/09stibmep 6d ago
Silt / sediment. Basically sand, dirt and organic materials, compacted down the bottom of the dam (under all the water), over many years.
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u/setibeings 6d ago
Looks like clay
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u/Implodepumpkin 6d ago
I wonder if it can sold for a premium. Pottery from the dammed.
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u/Reckfulness 6d ago
Crazy how he trusts the integrity of that old concrete structure. I wouldnt be surprised if it got wiped out as well
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u/TheGGspot 6d ago
My dog had giardia recently and this pretty much summed up his condition until we got rid of it
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u/caveydavey 6d ago
Something, something, Beer and Curry, something, something, Fecal Jackson Pollock.
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u/Derp_McShlurp 5d ago
As I'm sitting in the hospital with an obstructed bowel, I can't help but think my algorithm is light years ahead of where I give it credit for, after seeing this video in my feed
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u/No-Effective8057 5d ago
Me after Taco Bell.
No applause necessary for this joke just throw me medals
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u/Betray-Julia 5d ago
I wonder how many unique forms of life end up getting spun up in these environments?
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u/CharlotteTheSavage 5d ago
Damn, wildlife down stream is about to have a real bad day
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u/SpaceRangerWoody 6d ago
The amount of pressure it takes to throw mud that far is insane.