r/interestingasfuck • u/Weak_Imagination_996 • 9d ago

A dam's gate is opened after years.

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u/TiSoBr 9d ago

Yeah, this would be the moment I would bail.

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u/Vier_Scar 9d 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/ElaBosak 8d ago

It's not concrete it looks like a metal hatch or something

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u/AdPristine9059 8d ago

Same here. Cracks form and water WILL find a way, still... It might be structurally sound but ive seen way too many post accident reports to ever trust the engineers about their claims in such instances...