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NEWS – in Comments
– Mich. flooding, dam breaks sending DOW chemical pollution downriver
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If the big Michigan DOW Chemical plant, Midland MI goes, all of those poisonous chemicals will wash down south in the floodwaters.
Edenville Dam breaks causing evacuations in mid-Michigan.
Excerpt:
Officials also were watching the Sanford Dam south of Edenville. The city of Midland, which includes the main plant of Dow Chemical,…
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/edenville-dam-breaks-causing-evacuations-in-mid-michigan
Watch “2 Dams Burst In Michigan, Forcing Thousands to Evacuate” on YouTube.
from 2011 (the lead up to the dams bursting) –
Michigan Governor to Cut Taxes for Corporations While Cutting Services for the Poor and Middle Class
https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/03/15/michigan-governor-to-cut-taxes-for-corporations-while-cutting-services-for-the-poor-and-middle-class/amp/
Watch “Edenville Dam at Flood Stage 5-19-2020 Drone View” on You Tube.
This from an e-mail list – – –
Last night the Edenville Dam on the Tittabawassee River in Midland County was breached after huge amounts of rainfall fell in a short period of time. Evacuations are underway, and the damage already seems to be massive. It is expected that downtown Midland will see 9 feet of water today and as one friend explained:
“The waters are inundating the Dow holding ponds, the company’s wastewater plant and the City of Midland wastewater plant, sending a horrid mix down the Tittabawassee. I don’t know how much more fear and anxiety people can take.”
This disaster highlights several ongoing issues in our state: climate change contributing to huge precipitation events; deteriorating dams/infrastructure that despite years of clear identification of the problems have not been fixed (see Bridge article below); and the new, likely massive contamination of the waters flowing through this flood, adding to the enormous amount of contamination historically in the Tittabawassee River and depositing toxics on floodplains as well as carrying them downstream, ultimately to Saginaw Bay.
I am just raising these because these part of the huge challenge we in Michigan face in stopping and reversing the undermining of environmental protection, compounded by the devastation of the pandemic and related economic challenges.
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/mid-michigan-dam-failed-was-cited-years-safety-violations?utm_source=Bridge+Magazine&utm_campaign=5b51b50920-Bridge+Newsletter+05%2F20%2F2020&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c64a28dd5a-5b51b50920-73953261
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useful – Tittabawassee River Watch site –
http://www.trwnews.net/
DOW’s dioxin contaminated the river ….
Mid-Michigan dam that failed was cited for years for safety violations
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/mid-michigan-dam-failed-was-cited-years-safety-violations
” . . . The dam’s failure following heavy rains prompted a massive evacuation of thousands in mid-Michigan that was ongoing Tuesday night, and torrents of water threatened another dam and triggered the immediate evacuation in and around Midland.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced plans to declare a state of emergency after rising water from heavy rains punched a huge hole in the Edenville dam which holds back Wixom Lake from the Tittabawassee River.”
Failed dam owner fought with state over Wixom Lake levels before flood.
Excerpt: In April, Boyce[dam owner] and the state sued each other in state and federal court over the company’s attempts to lower Wixom Lake, an impoundment reservoir that the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) says is home to endangered freshwater mussels that were killed by drawdowns in 2018 and 2019.
https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/05/owner-of-failed-dam-state-fought-over-wixom-lake-levels-before-flood.html
Dow Michigan HQ Threatened With “Nine Feet Of Water” Flood After Two Dams Break
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/dow-michigan-hq-threatened-nine-feet-water-flood-after-two-dams-break
Do you know if Mittens is in danger’s way or ok?
ok — but looking around at damage …. very near her neck of the woods. The river is already very polluted with dioxin etc. from the chemical plant.
Watch “Lake vanishes after Michigan dam fails during record flooding” on YouTube.
also –
I asked him to fly around DOW Chemical to survey the grounds. There are people down stream that would like to know the plants conditions.
Watch “Sanford and Wixom Flood 2020 – Drone – Dam Collapse” on YouTube.
thanks for your tips 😉
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