This weeks outro video: kzitem.info/news/bejne/2JpouYedboOEm44 Also have any other Dam failures you’d like me to cover let me know below!!
@RCAvhstape
Жыл бұрын
Austin Dam in Pennsylvania, failed in 1911. Now it's a park and the ruins are still up there in the middle of the woods. The park has its own website.
@SpankyK
Жыл бұрын
Great tunes, awesome editing. Give it a gander if you're reading this.
@Jawst
Жыл бұрын
Could you please tell me why you read so slowly and your video but your Outro is speeded up!? If you play the whole video at 1.25× speed... when you get to the end it's very obvious your Outro you talk a lot faster
@lelenacci1
Жыл бұрын
It may be interesting to make a documentary about the Molare dam disaster. Occurred in Italy in 1935.
@qwerty12345278
Жыл бұрын
Hey, Happy Holidays! Big fan of your channel. Your stuff is so well researched, and you have a real knack for taking technical esoteric subjects with expansive details from many specialized disciplines and making them into easy to understand entertaining videos often solely through voice over alone! I was hoping you could share a link about ww1 Italian ant-grenade nets with us. I was unable to find info about them when googled, any help you could give to finding a place I can learn about them, or even just see pictures of what they looked like and how they were used would be greatly appreciated!
@NickJohnCoop
Жыл бұрын
Dam construction is *never* something you do cheaply,but it is something that has happened time and again across cultures and time periods. The cost of fixing someone’s desire to save some money in the construction always boggles my mind.
@crimsonknight7011
Жыл бұрын
This was also in Evan Almighty
@ronaldshank7589
Жыл бұрын
Didn't the very same thing happen, in the case of the Dam Failure, and the ensuing Flood, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, back in the late 1800s? We've had a lot of Dam Failures that have occurred, throughout the annals of time, and a lot of the failures occurred for at least one of two reasons. Either the ground was faulty, or at least suspect, and was, therefore, the wrong place to build a Dam, or the materials used to build a Dam , were cheaper than what was really needed. Using any kind of trash as a filler, such as shown to us in this story, is a guarantee for failure. It simply won't hold water pressure as massive as this was! These two very corrupt men should've been thrown in Prison for the rest of their lives! Then, after they passed away, should've been buried underneath the Prison!!!
@JesseJamez55
Жыл бұрын
If I were to EVER hear "Dam" & "Cheap or Cost-Cutting" in the same sentence then I'd immediately question who they were and if they are in charge then I need to talk to their supervisor lol. Not to mention it was supposed to be a hydroelectric dam with multiple freaking towns, businesses, lives etc. on the other end. I mean what in the actual hell were these people thinking?! I don't even know the first thing about building something like this but I know common sense or what I thought would be common sense. Even by 1920's standards.
@CantHandleThisCanYa
Жыл бұрын
The capitalist mindset can infect anyone, because everyone is vulnerable to greed. Capitalism is evil.
@vinnys7514
Жыл бұрын
@@ronaldshank7589 not to mention Johnstown also had more than one massive flood casualty events after that.
@lukemehalick370
Жыл бұрын
I've built almost my entire life. When I first started I worked for a couple different crews, & one thing that was obvious early on was that every corner cut chases you right until the very end. A small cut corner in the beginning could very easily lead to a corner crumbling. It's cheaper to do it just once, the right way.
@mikepalmer2219
Жыл бұрын
So true.
@gnarthdarkanen7464
Жыл бұрын
Yup... Like we used to say all the way back to my high school technical courses (auto-tech, small engine tech, etc...) "Cry once." Most corners that get cut are done so because of some financial issue. The problem is, that innovations and inventions don't come about so simply. They come about with experimenting and testing and finding those limits BEFORE implementing them in the field. You can't just "wing it" in engineering because someone has some material that seems like what you want for a big dip in the price... AND the shareholders, investors, governments, officials, etc... are ALWAYS crying about price. You GET what you pay for... SO when you pay peanuts, don't be surprised if your work-force is 90% monkeys. If you pay for garbage, guess what we're going to deliver! Sure, the engineers said to hire expensive welders and bring in premium re-bar to make a lattice... AND it's all steel... AND they made grenade nets out of "carbon steel"... It might stand to reason (to the casual observer) that steel is steel. It's ALL just carbon added to iron, after all. 95% of all steel on the planet today is about 6% carbon or so... across the board. SO why NOT take the "surplus" grenade nets??? Maybe because the grenade nets didn't have to take the kinds of force or abuse of a dam... They were made that way to be quick, cheap, and easily "thrown away" when they were no longer serviceable or had served their purposes... Easy come and easy go. If you're going to cry over the price anyway, skip crying over the "cheap-o"... because you'll only be crying AGAIN later when it's worn down or out, and has to be EXPENSIVELY replaced... AND AGAIN when that one wears down or out and the replacement becomes a "routine of maintenance" at whatever interval... AND ALL THE TIMES you'll cry about replacing, retrofixing, and refurbishing them afterward... OR you COULD HAVE simply paid the full price for the PREMIUM re-bar, and those damnably EXPENSIVE welders to build the lattice the first time around... AND NOT watched your precious project fall all to hell in a handbasket... and then SPEND MORE MONEY on the clean up than this fantastic thing could EVER IN HELL have earned or produced. As we said in high school... "Cry ONCE." Get it over with, and you'll have something to be proud of for a while... Get cheap and you'll cry REPEATEDLY for the rest of your life, and likely pass down a legacy of crying about it to your children and grand children. The principle works just about everywhere. ;o)
@GabelhelmSogarbraten
Жыл бұрын
Cheaper and faster - semit truck mechanic and electritian here i know exactly what you mean
@steveairport
Жыл бұрын
Listen, the higher-ups said we need to keep this project under budget and on schedule. So if you have any concerns, you can raise it with them if you'd like, but in the meantime just keep filling that concrete!
@GabelhelmSogarbraten
Жыл бұрын
@@steveairport and piss on it never forget to add the piss
@saragrant9749
Жыл бұрын
One thing that never seems to change is this- when ordinary workers make astute observations about the safety of a project being built- they are quite often ignored. Being a boss doesn’t make an individual intelligent, that’s for darn sure.
@kensmechanicalaffair
Жыл бұрын
They're delusional, that's why they don't listen. Million dollar tip, is a million dollar tip.
@hengedraws
Жыл бұрын
That’s why unions are important, workers know their own jobs better than their bosses, and the boss should be one of their own, so they know the ins and outs of the job, like an elected foreman as well as a union representative
@russellstyles5381
Жыл бұрын
You have to complain to the press.
@saragrant9749
Жыл бұрын
@@russellstyles5381 that does work quite often, yes.
@thirdwheel1985au
Жыл бұрын
I first read that as "dam sure" instead of "darn sure" - both fit in this case.
@r.e.bieron1041
Жыл бұрын
I love your channel! I would like to suggest the 1954 Cheektowoga Union Free School Fire. The fire started "innocently" enough, (boiler/heating unit) but became a horrible tragedy due to lack of fire drills and the windows being nailed/painted shut. This relatively small local disaster impacted how fire safety was treated in schools. I remember being taught how to open certain windows in school "in case of emergency".
@PlainlyDifficult
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the suggestion
@terrycollins6392
Жыл бұрын
I worked for a company back in the 1970s who thought that “Health and Safety” was just for losers😮I wasn’t there long but long enough for a number of accidents to cause the company to go out of business Mmmmmmmm sad thing was that the company had been in existence for a good number of years BUT greed by a couple of so-called top executives caused cutting corners to take place with a result of very very poor results Mmmmmmm I was fortunate that I got another job not long before the company folded and when I was told about it😮I felt sorry for the many good lads that I’d worked with
@BlackMoonHowls
Жыл бұрын
@@terrycollins6392 Brought to you by Terry Sling "Blade" Collins. MMMmmhummmm. That's wot I coll it alright, a sling blade.
@TheEudaemonicPlague
Жыл бұрын
Probably has something to do with why the first school I went to as a kid, having a big metal tube running from the second floor to ground. Fire drill was fun! Only place I can think of that I've seen that feature. I doubt it's still there, now, but if it's still there, I'm going to photograph it come warm weather.
@sophierobinson2738
Жыл бұрын
@@TheEudaemonicPlague Sounds like Hopkinsville High, where my father and brother attended, many years apart.
@darrens3
Жыл бұрын
What always amazes me about these cost cutting disasters is how cheaper it would be to have built it properly, than face all of the compounded costs of the aftermath. Its always cheaper in the long term to build it properly.
@seeingeyegod
Жыл бұрын
but how do you know how many things that had corners badly cut managed to never fail?
@em84c
3 ай бұрын
@@seeingeyegodyea they had probably been getting away with their shoddy work for years.
@WillYouVid
Жыл бұрын
I like this new "zero-to-dumpster-fire" scale. And your synth works add just the touch. It's amazing how your style and choice of subjects have evolved since those first vids on Dyatlov or the Iron Drunkard
@Exploited89
Жыл бұрын
I’m from Bergamo, the Gleno dam is still there today (the ruins I mean 😅), its a wonderful hiking destination with an astonishing view of the valley
@nome2661
Жыл бұрын
hai completamente ragione. malgrado la sua storia la diga del gleno è davvero un bel posto da visitare
@ronaldshank7589
Жыл бұрын
I don't think I could visit there, without being brought to tears, when I think of the innocent people that died, because of the complete idiocy of the two corrupt people that ordered the building of a Dam that was so weak, that it finally gave way, killing those who were caught in the ensuing floodpath!
@Exploited89
Жыл бұрын
@@ronaldshank7589 IMHO it's the total opposite, we should visit and cherish places like this to keep their history alive! Believe me, aerial photos don't give the slightest idea of the sheer size of the old basin... the amount of water that was there and released all at once is astonishing when you get close to the remaining walls and their height
@Exploited89
Жыл бұрын
@@nome2661 Peccato solo non ci sia un museo od una esposizione permanente come nel Vajont... ci sono solo dei pannelli qui e là durante l'escursione
@ronaldshank7589
Жыл бұрын
@@Exploited89 Respectfully, I see your point, but let me ask you a question. Have you ever been there, and have taken a moment to think of the people who were killed, because of these two corrupt people? If you haven't, you need to...and I say that, with all due respect.....
@martarossiuk
Жыл бұрын
My grandmother’s family was wiped out by this tragedy, she was only a little girl but had vivid memories of this day and the aftermaths for ever. Thanks for the accurate summary - appreciate the insightful quotes at 3’23’’ + 3’39’’ , probably almost verbatim what was said.
@PlainlyDifficult
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I can imagine it must have left it’s mark.
@martarossiuk
Жыл бұрын
@@PlainlyDifficult absolutely! And she would have wanted for this event not to be forgotten, so I was glad to find this video today 🙏🏻
@denisemcdougal6445
7 ай бұрын
Deepest condolences
@nabagaca
Жыл бұрын
Its nice to see that at least some justice was served, but disappointing that it wasn't enough to prevent future dam disasters. Great video, as always!
@PatricioGarcia1973
Жыл бұрын
2 years and no monetary compensation…. Joke justice. But that is the way it happened and still happens in Italy and Latin Countries, money and political connections will get you a scapegoat to take the blame…
@suckdickman6316
Жыл бұрын
What justice, their greed led to horrible destruction and there was barely any punishment
@NoJusticeNoPeace
Жыл бұрын
Until Mussolini established the modern form of fascism, defined as rule by the union of State and industry, in which individual worth is judged solely by the person's value to business and government. In the US, this is more usually stated as, "What's good for General Motors is good for America." This form of thinking is what's given us everything from Thalidomide to Bhopal.
@ronaldshank7589
Жыл бұрын
Agreed! It wasn't nearly enough! The "justice" was far too lenient. These two got away with this, almost Scot-free! Makes me think that they had friends behind the scenes, that helped them get off the hook. Meanwhile, thousands upon thousands of innocenct victims suffered because of their corruption, some with their very lives! These two were horrible people....
@AccomplishmentMissed
Жыл бұрын
@@PatricioGarcia1973 while in the United States no one ever gets so much as charged for anything like this, let alone serve a single day. Did you know that?
@toocutepuppies6535
Жыл бұрын
Exactly why we NEED to protect whistleblowers. They can save lives if we listen to them.
@Brommear
Жыл бұрын
Agree! Free Asange!
@jimdavis8391
Жыл бұрын
That's not going to happen in a politically correct environment...
@MrJohndoakes
3 ай бұрын
@@jimdavis8391 This was year one of Italian Fascism, they were not going to listen to anybody.
@jimdavis8391
3 ай бұрын
@@MrJohndoakes Precisely. Though I'm not sure you've interpreted my comment fully.
@simonamos5426
Жыл бұрын
I wonder how much the Gleno disaster would influence the construction of Vajont dam. Vajont is still standing after all surviving a huge avalanche & mega tsunami. Good video, it's hard to find much information on Gleno in English.
@PlainlyDifficult
Жыл бұрын
Awesome thank you
@qdaniele97
Жыл бұрын
It's true, the Vajont dam was very well designed and very well built in a very wrong place.
@Moggster23
Жыл бұрын
If you're looking for suggestions for incidents to cover, I'd like to suggest the little known (unless you're local) 1965 level crossing collision at Roundstone, West Sussex. My mother was a school girl at the time, she ran for and missed the bus which was involved in the collision and caught the bus behind. She also knew the signalman involved who was widely blamed by the local community.
@JackFresia
Жыл бұрын
"La Gatta Frettolosa Fa I Gattini Ciechi" (The hasty cat, makes blind kittens) is so on point, in this context! That, and so much more proves the quality of those videos. As Italian I was happily surprised at this fine touch ;-)
@abrunosON
Жыл бұрын
Workers being afraid of losing their jobs and withholding critical information is called the spiral of silence.
@ronaldshank7589
Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Someone once said:"To sin by silence, when we should speak up, makes cowards of us all"!
@tncorgi92
Жыл бұрын
It happens in every line of work, too.
@marifromky
Жыл бұрын
@@tncorgi92 i started to say no. but then i sat here a bit ...
@wisconsinfarmer4742
Жыл бұрын
like the grain mill explosion in Cambria WI. The owners harassed anyone who tried to follow osha guidelines..Killing 5
@WindTurbineSyndrome
Жыл бұрын
Very common in communist countries with top down hierarchical power.
@cvtt3194
Жыл бұрын
How many poorly built dams around the world are still yet to collapse, only holding together by sheer luck? Scary to think about. Great video, as always.
@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb
Жыл бұрын
To overcome potential shoddy work, poor materials, etc, engineers over-design and include factors of safety - the more risky the project, the higher the factor of safety is used. Usually takes a series of blunders/gross negligence to see something fail.
@theairstig9164
Жыл бұрын
Answer: all of them. Some will fail unpredictably and some will be demolished in a controlled manner. Surveillance and correct operation are key
@wisconsinfarmer4742
Жыл бұрын
at last count, only 43
@MoonLitChild
Жыл бұрын
We almost had a casade of three separate dams going at once in my county in New Jersey after Super Storm Sandy. It's going to happen in my lifetime, because nothing's been reinforced/repaired since then-- I'm looking forward to seeing John cover it when it does happen since his coverage of stuff in the states has always been impecably researched.
@juliusejudo
Жыл бұрын
I still cannot believe it's been 6 years. Thank you John!
@Kremithefrog1
Жыл бұрын
It's been nearly 100 years.
@SimonTekConley
Жыл бұрын
@@Kremithefrog1 6 years of plainly production videos
@maxski6093
Жыл бұрын
Your video’s are masterfully detailed and your work rivals anything that Iv watched on the tv growing up describing disasters of man’s stupidity. Hats off and I hope you receive your true worth from the universe!
@eji74
Жыл бұрын
"Corners Cut to Save Money" could almost be the new name for this channel, because of how many of these disasters are the direct result of it.
@ronaldshank7589
Жыл бұрын
Sadly, too many people suffer because of cutting corners. I mourn for the victims...and I hold the corrupt in the highest contempt that I possibly can!
@Br3ttM
Жыл бұрын
There's also a lot of industrial and laboratory accidents caused by people disabling/skipping safety procedures to save a little time, many caused by a variety of communication failures and lack of accurate labelling, and a few due to ego or overconfidence.
@JoshuaTootell
Жыл бұрын
Sounds more like the channel should be called "Plainly Simple".
@Treblaine
Жыл бұрын
There's two main types of Plainly Difficult documentaries: - radiation accidents where fewer than 4 people die - dam accidents where hundreds of people die
@PlainlyDifficult
Жыл бұрын
😬
@JohnnyTiscali
Жыл бұрын
Curse those dam accidents!
@nuttynatsu2354
Жыл бұрын
I was just thinking do we have a video where amazingly no one died and I don't think we do. Maybe covering Boscastle's 2004 flash flooding could be the first, something I remember very clearly, as I was enjoying my holiday a few miles away on the beach as it happened.
@QT5656
Жыл бұрын
The mining accidents don't always involve flooding and could form a third category 🔥
@hanzzel6086
2 ай бұрын
@@nuttynatsu2354There is the one about that salt mine that got flooded where no one died.
@Telewaifus
Жыл бұрын
Thank you from Italy for covered this story, almost forgotten by the history except in my region (Lombardy)
@Telewaifus
Жыл бұрын
Another forgotten dam disaster in Italy was the Molare Dam, in 1935
@moschettiflavio3635
Жыл бұрын
@@Telewaifus Già, nessuno parla mai di questi disastri. Almeno quello di molare però, oltre che per povera costruzione della diga secondaria di Sella Zerbino, è da imputarsi alle più che eccezionali piogge di quel giorno: in certi punti della valle 500mm in meno di un giorno! Mezzo metro! Il lago talmente pieno che tracimava più di due metri sopra il ciglio della diga! Il Gleno invece pessima, pessimissima (oltre l'immaginazione) costruzione. Ho letto di quelle storie agghiaccianti in proposito. Ne sono talmente rimasto colpito che un paio di anni fa ho fatto 27km a piedi per andarla a rivedere dalla Valtellina. Disastro dai contorni impressionanti
@sabrekai8706
Жыл бұрын
Gotta hand it to you sir, you do some really interesting (and amusing in the way they are done) videos. Keep em coming, i'm sure there are plenty more to be made.
@stefanschneider3681
Жыл бұрын
Just had some days of vacation in the italian part of our lovely Switzerland. We stayed near the Verzasca dam and I jogged over it several times with our dog early in the morning. An extremely elegant arch dam built 1961 to 65 and thankfully still stands tall, well visible from the other side of Lago Maggiore. Looking up I couldn‘t help but think of some of your videos and how important good design, construction and maintaining is!
@willluftenegger9407
Жыл бұрын
Love your videos man . As a Canadian I remember reading about the hogs back dam when they where constructing the rideau canal system in the early to mid 1800s in Ottawa ontario . Not sure how much may be out there for information but an odd point I remember which your video jogged my memory. Keep up the great videos man!.
@lanedexter6303
Жыл бұрын
Interesting. Retired Hydro Op here, 45 years operating dams and powerhouses. Concrete dam failures are rare, and usually (see Malpasset and St, Francis) due to oversights in geology and/or foundation research & design. This one appears due primarily to bad materials instead of bad design.
@aquachonk
Жыл бұрын
Love the new Disaster Scale images. I flatter myself that you took my suggestions to heart and improved upon them. Well done, sir.
@MoonLitChild
Жыл бұрын
I love how you've added your own music over time, it's such a wonderful touch-- also the new rating scale and long bleep in the middle of the video had me laughing out loud. I'm loving the new format.
@disruptivegarage
Жыл бұрын
cutting corners and dam seem to be a special kind of cursed when put together, in multiple ways
@RussiaAddict1
Жыл бұрын
Another vid, another dam, another reason for us all to be disappointed in humanity. Wonderfully put together. I'd love to see you cover the Malpasset dam disaster of 1959 that destroyed the city of Fréjus, France. My best friend's mom grew up in the area and studied the event extensively, but there's a language barrier between her and I. There are still remains of the dam and informational podiums on a very pretty hiking trail that she took us up to.
@Zodroo_Tint
Жыл бұрын
Did humanity built the Gleno dam?
@RussiaAddict1
Жыл бұрын
@@Zodroo_Tint I don't understand? Humans built it. Human error destroyed it. Humans failed other humans.
@williamlloyd3769
Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the failure of the St. Francis dam in Los Angeles county. It catastrophically failed in 1928 due to design flaws and soil foundation failure. The flood that on the Santa Clara river claimed the lives of at least 431 people.
@damiensadventure
Жыл бұрын
😂 I lost my sh[beeeeeep]it laughing at the bleep moment. Also W00T! It's sunny there this week! (It's icy here in Portland, OR, US)
@theshenpartei
Жыл бұрын
A video before Christmas nice
@jamesdiciano5319
Жыл бұрын
Yes another video your the man man merry Christmas by the way
@johnw3379
Жыл бұрын
I love your rating scales! Thank you for the Amazing content you bring to us!
@DanknDerpyGamer
Жыл бұрын
Informative, detailed, and oddly mesmerizing as always. 😁
@ingvarhallstrom2306
Жыл бұрын
There are at least three reasons to this disaster: 1. Corruption 2. Corruption 3. Corruption
@nome2661
Жыл бұрын
welcome to italy
@Br3ttM
Жыл бұрын
You forgot bureaucracy.
@ingvarhallstrom2306
Жыл бұрын
@@Br3ttM Bureaucracy is often not a problem in itself. Corrupt bureaucrats are. Because they have access where normal people don't have and they are making deals using money that don't belong to them, they are both vulnerable for taking bribes without being personally responsible for the outcome.
@peteacher52
Жыл бұрын
1923 - "Shut your face or go walk." 2022 - "Take this (experimental subcutaneous infusion) or go walk." Human greed knows no limitation of era or borders.
@bobyoung1698
Ай бұрын
It's a good thing we learned from these earlier mistakes. No one ever cuts corners any more.
@patrickjordan2233
Жыл бұрын
Happy holidays, John and fellow Viewers!
@sambas9257
Жыл бұрын
Here in Italy things like this still continue to happen (Morandi Bridge in 2018, Caprigliola bridge in 2020). We have one of the most corrupted white collars and political classes of the world and our only luck (luck for the whole globe) is that we don't have nuclear plants...
@HankScorpio64
Жыл бұрын
I don't doubt it. Construction Fraud is a huge thing for the mob here in the US. Wonder if its the same for Italy too? Though they'd stay away from large infrastructure projects like this, Most of the fraud the mob did here in the US was in smaller office buildings or housing or in road construction. Stuff that wasn't under as big of a scruntiy and inspectors could be paid off to look the other way. Also want to say I am not perpetuating a stereotype about Italians at all. Italians did it, Russians did it. No organized crime was above doing this here in the US.
@WindTurbineSyndrome
Жыл бұрын
Corruption , stubbornness, greed, and incompetence (esp in face of a boring job with cutting of safety inspections or safety protocol). Almost all the stories in this channel have critical human failure as prime cause of event.
@bobgnarley1
Жыл бұрын
Would like to see one on the "Great Sheffield Flood" of 1864 leaving over 240 dead and many homes destroyed. Thanks man, keep up the good work!
@ratheonhudson3311
Жыл бұрын
I'm always terrified when water that's held back in larger volume than a village can handle is suddenly released and it pushes debris towards and through civilian areas. What a horrible way to go
@Sniperboy5551
Жыл бұрын
The Johnstown flood is another great example of just how terrifyingly destructive a dam failure can be. It was brilliantly depicted by a history show that I forget the name of, maybe The Men Who Built America? It was definitely a history channel show, that clip is worth a watch!
@autobotjazz1972
Жыл бұрын
I would like to suggest you cover the 1944 Hartford Circus fire.
@MrShobar
Жыл бұрын
The day the clowns cried.
@PlainlyDifficult
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the suggestion!
@autobotjazz1972
Жыл бұрын
@@PlainlyDifficult No problem.
@djscottdog1
Жыл бұрын
i think the dam looks very skinny , you see that alot with disasters like the old tay bridge that fell down looks properly spindly and under built
@moschettiflavio3635
Жыл бұрын
Not the dimension, but the quality of work is the problem here. Poor quality mortar for the foundations, (someone said you can broke some with bare hands just a year after) total lack of joint between the lower gravity part to the upper multiple-arch part, lack of concrete in the castings, lack of curing time before filling the reseirvor (some worker said thei cannot even finish disassembly the wooden panels that the water is already there) too much gravel in the cast to reduce concrete cost, lack of properly cutted rock for better grip on the foundations.
@lucazilio2270
Жыл бұрын
Ohhh so hyped for the Vajont dam disaster video. If you are indeed gonna release it I deeeeeeply suggest you take a look at Nova Lectio coverege of the topic (I hope subtitles are available cause the video is in italian and I don't know if you can understand it). On a side note, despite the dark subject, I really enjoyed the italian mocked dialogues, preatty hilarious especially cause they are spot on, which helps with immersion
@PlainlyDifficult
Жыл бұрын
I've already covered it here's the link! kzitem.info/news/bejne/2qeLr5qpnmlziqQ
@ludekosicka6540
Жыл бұрын
Dam good video! 😄
@thejudgmentalcat
Жыл бұрын
Italy's corrupt government has put people in danger for decades. The Venice flood gates is a project I assume will fail in the future due to so many involved just siphoning money for themselves. Pity, Venice is beautiful and should be protected. Happy holidays to you and yours John! ❤️
@liammhodonohue
Жыл бұрын
@thejudgementalcat I didn't hear any mention of the m word. Use my crappy concrete or else.... What a nice dam project, it would be a great shame if something should happen to it.... Surely the engineers knew it wouldn't last long. If they were in on the scam, this dam needed to last long enough for them to run away. Then what?
@SupremeRuleroftheWorld
Жыл бұрын
what is it with italians and dams failing?
@bryrusmi4001
Жыл бұрын
🤷
@MontyPython12
Жыл бұрын
Corruption.
@moschettiflavio3635
Жыл бұрын
Gleno dam: lack of structural strenght due to cost cutting techniques (poor quality of the local mortar, lack of concrete in the castings, lack of curing time, lack of steel rebars and poor dimensioning of the rebars, lack of grip and rebars inthe foundations of the multyple-arch dam over the gravity dam part, etc) Vajont dam: lack of sufficient studies of the paleo landslide identified on the left bank and lack of control of the landslide movement itself with various fillings and emptyings of the basin (while the well-built dam resisted a mountain of rocks that ended up in the lake, with forces estimated ten times greater than the design) Molare Dam: exceptional rains (560/600mm of rain pe square meter in less than 24 hours), partial lack of structural strenght of the secondary dam of Sella Zerbino (the major dam is still intact) but experienced 3 meter of water more than the project who felt over the dam foundations eroding tons of foundations material, clog of discharging bottom valve caused by debris caused by severe rainfall
@MultiMightyQuinn
Жыл бұрын
Great video as always, John! I look forward to these every week. Thank you very much for all the hard work, and I am going to check out your music. Hope your chosen holiday is a good one!
@Internutt2023
Жыл бұрын
I have had the chance to visit many a dam site, and impoundment lake in the US. One of them is the Wolf Creek Dam, which impounds Lake Cumberland in Kentucky., the largest impoundment lake east of the Mississippi river, and in the 1960's, it was found that seepage was in danger of undercutting the dam, and it was listed at one time as one of the "top 5 dams likely to fail" in the US. .In the mid 2000's, the lake level was lowered 40+ feet to relieve pressure on the dam while a new reinforcement wall was constructed on its low side, drilling vertical shafts at least 75 feet deeper than its original footing and filling with a suitable concrete to seal the base and construct a continuous wall. The work was completed in 2013, and so far it seems to have held up well. It still amazes me how these structures hold back the waters they do, and I have also seen a few with the spillway gates wide open during flooding events, and its truly remarkable.
@drowningnixis
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for another great video!
@evenmoor
Жыл бұрын
The Italian text makes for some fun bilingual bonuses!
@MrChopsticktech
Жыл бұрын
Happy Christmas to you and Mrs. Plainly!!!
@sheraleegould2578
Жыл бұрын
Love this channel, thank you John
@jimtalbott9535
Жыл бұрын
You started listing out dates, and I was almost shocked that they seem to have kept building going during WW1. But I’ve heard of “interesting” items being tossed into wet concrete before - but not on something like this! Taki g a tour of Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State, they Guide will ask the group “How many bodies do you think are entombed in the cement?” Most participants will guess some largish number - but of course, the answer is ZERO - can’t leave a weak spot like that.
@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044
Жыл бұрын
The Kariba dam has four men entombed 14 others fell in and were suffocated but bodies retrieved
@Truckngirl
Жыл бұрын
Hi John! Merry Christmas (Boxing Day?) to you and your family! How about the 2006 Ka Loko dam break on the island of Kauai in Hawaii, that killed 7? It's a place you might not think of for dam catastrophe, being it's the filming location of many of the first Jurassic Park film exterior shots. Especially since the rich guy who was found responsible has a KZitem presence insisting on his innocence! As always, your music fills me with lovely feels....
@pablo-eg9rj
Жыл бұрын
Nice video!
@debbiekerr3989
Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed your video, and I hope you and your family have a healthy Happy New Year. Could I ask you something, are you going to bring back the strange places videos? I miss seeing them.
@graemebrown1191
Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed that Jon, happy Christmas
@jasonhaman4670
Жыл бұрын
"John's Skips"... flames licking out of it... love it. Your drawings/animations are brilliant.
@marenagbg
Жыл бұрын
The dam only had a power generating capacity of 3MW? That seems a little off?
@tookitogo
Жыл бұрын
Why? It doesn’t look like it was holding back a huge river. 3.7MW seems eminently reasonable.
@justthereed5593
Жыл бұрын
i am so glad your videos do as well as they do!
@PlainlyDifficult
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@esthermedina6080
Жыл бұрын
Great video. Happy holidays to you and yours from frozen Wisconsin USA
@ljenk5
Жыл бұрын
Thank you John! 🎄
@barryallenflash1
Жыл бұрын
Dumpster fire! That's new. Every time I hear stories of dams I think of "Vegas Vacation". Tour guide-"...are there any DAM questions?" Cousin Eddie-"yeah, where can I get some DAM bait?!"...as he's holding his fishing pole.
@BrilliantDesignOnline
Жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas, John.
@The_Modeling_Underdog
Жыл бұрын
Great video, mate. Loved the outro song. It was a pretty dam, indeed. So sad they built it so cheaply. Typical Italian. Utter high end or absolute rubbish. The set of Italian screwdrivers from the 1910s I had till some twenty years ago was otherworldly in quality. Unbelievable tempered tips. You could unscrew the world out of its axis with them. And the you haveeffups like this one. I believe it's not as remembered as the Vajont dam due to the time it was built in. Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to you, mate. Cheers.
@Dirtzoo
Жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas John thanks for all your stuff this year
@SparklRebel
Жыл бұрын
The ‘were politely told to piss off’ gets me every time
@theredrevolver4875
Жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas to all!
@alusias3183
Жыл бұрын
merry christmas!! I can’t believe it’s been 6 years, goodness
@rationalbacon5872
Жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas, thanks for all your vids this year. 🎄🙏
@simonamos5426
Жыл бұрын
Not sure if it counts for a plainly difficult video or if you have already covered it, but you could do the Glen canyon dam lake Powell 1980 an interesting near miss.
@markr.devereux3385
Жыл бұрын
Gives new meaning to the phrase "Behind the BEAUTY cracks appear"
@moonwolfv671
Жыл бұрын
Reminds me a lot of your video on Ronan Point where they just shoved any old garbage into gaps in the construction. Both seem like they could've been built by Cletus on the Simpsons.
@randyhavener1851
Жыл бұрын
Thank you John! Merry Christmas!!
@Eshcole
Жыл бұрын
The fact that the people responsible only got 3yrs is crazy!
@crimsonknight7011
Жыл бұрын
Seems kinda excessive to me.
@crimsonknight7011
Жыл бұрын
No doubt they payed someone off to get out of it
@ronaldshank7589
Жыл бұрын
...and they were even let out of the hoosegow (Prison), early! Even their fines were dismissed! What gives?!?!?!?
@WindTurbineSyndrome
Жыл бұрын
Many responsible in videos he covers of disaster get away with zero punishment.
@moschettiflavio3635
Жыл бұрын
But there is more: the commissioner of the dam, one of those Vigano Brothers died few years after. He immediately knew something was wrong that morning, when other people were confused, he was on the ground bounching his head on cobblestones.
@sandyworkman3025
Жыл бұрын
Never live downhill from a new dam...
@robertpierce1981
Жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas Mega John
@JimmysSpeedShop
Жыл бұрын
Outstanding as usual John! Happy Holidays!
@aggromando7323
Жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas to you and yours John. 🌲
@PlainlyDifficult
Жыл бұрын
Happy holidays! Same to you!
@GodDamnitTwitch
Жыл бұрын
much love from a VERY warm and sunny 80° F Southern California desert
@PlainlyDifficult
Жыл бұрын
Thank you and to you!
@raptormaster666
Жыл бұрын
Sadly, I don't know where that is on a map. :P In all seriousness, thank you for a full year's worth of content. Have a very Merry Xmas and a satisfying New Year.
@Damien.D
Жыл бұрын
5:28 : the only thing that was sturdy enough were the bolts holding down the generators ^^' The powerhouse as a whole was washed away and the machinery still stands.
@moschettiflavio3635
Жыл бұрын
They even sold the machinery after because partially intact, instead, the Bueggio power plant, few km upper stream, was erased: the machinery completely crunched and destroyed, never found again!
@WardenWolf
Жыл бұрын
Mad respect for the king for coming himself. Nowadays it's common for the US President to fly over at a relatively low altitude and survey major disasters from the air, but a king? In person? Back then? That was unheard of. That's the difference between a ruler and a leader.
@Failure_Is_An_Option
8 ай бұрын
Spoken like a true ameritard.
@zetectic7968
Жыл бұрын
Without proper management & supervision there are too many workers that will throw anything into a hole to dispose of it rather than make the effort to walk the distance and put it in a receptacle.
@matt55346
Жыл бұрын
As an Italian, my congratulations in your accurate research of Italian curses! Merry Christmas
@charlesachurch7265
Жыл бұрын
Your informative presentations are very interesting. Thanks xxx.
@tjsogmc
Жыл бұрын
I wonder how many workers were in the concrete along with the cigarette butts and other construction debris.
@SupersuMC
Жыл бұрын
Woah. Morbid.
@tjsogmc
Жыл бұрын
@@SupersuMC It's not uncommon on these large concrete projects.
@MrShobar
Жыл бұрын
@@tjsogmc Yes it is.
@moschettiflavio3635
Жыл бұрын
Ahahaha, i can assure you it was a mafia legend. But they found a concrete sack still intact in the castings
@Mognemind
Жыл бұрын
The ruins of Gleno Dam still stand (46°00′59.87″N 10°04′31.98″E). I visited this place some time ago, I was camping with some friend, the first time I saw the dam I was shocked. You see the two sections of the dam with a huge section missing in between, the remaining section are dangerous, as the dam is crumbling and there are falling debris. In fact, a fence prevents anyone to get too close, nor can you climb up. If you can forget the tragedy that occurred, you can enjoy this location as it is not difficult to reach, and the bottom of the artificial lake has now become a nice camping/picnic area. The view of the valley below is breathtaking.
@fritz1143
Жыл бұрын
i've been there...not an easy experience, at all. it leaves that heavy chills inside you, like in cemeteries.
@qaphqa
Жыл бұрын
Happy Christmas John and all!!!
@stuartcash7090
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great video
@hubertmantz1516
Жыл бұрын
Great video!!👍🏽 thanks ☺️
@krissteel4074
Жыл бұрын
Its a really spectacular looking part of the world, very high up for a dam and not that it has anything to do with shitcrete mixing and massive casualties. but it seems a real shame it didn't work.
@barneyrubble4293
Жыл бұрын
Italy loves building dams and brushing off dire warnings of experts and then getting predictable results.
@MrT743
Жыл бұрын
My favorite Master of Disaster!
@aliksanderj9729
Жыл бұрын
Another fantastic one. Merry Christmas John, from a snowy/rainy corner of British Columbia Canada
@JasonFlorida
Жыл бұрын
Only on Plainly Difficult it's interesting to watch a full on dumpster fire!
@PlainlyDifficult
Жыл бұрын
:D
@andrewkelley9405
Жыл бұрын
This might sound terrible, but I’m glad the USA isn’t the only country with a history of incompetent public works
@Br3ttM
Жыл бұрын
It's just the nature of bureaucracy and government.
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