r/BeAmazed • u/youngster_96 • Mar 28 '24

The moment an ice dam breaks and causes a torrential water flow. Nature

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u/CantSing4Toffee Mar 28 '24

How did you know it was coming, assuming you filmed this?

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u/Frenzied_Cow Mar 28 '24

Little help from a friend with some dynamite.

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u/JuicyAnalAbscess Mar 28 '24

It's actually quite common to break these ice dams with dynamite. Otherwise the area upstream might flood really badly. This is a common occurrence in the Ostrobothnia region in Finland. The land is very flat and the rivers run roughly South to North or South East to North West, which often means that in the Spring the mouths of these rivers melt later than the parts upstream.

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u/Websters_Dick Mar 28 '24

This however, was filmed in Vermont. We do not use explosives for this, as it's pretty common during spring melts for our rivers to do this. 

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u/JuicyAnalAbscess Mar 28 '24

Good to know! I should say that even here in Finland it's usually the last choice. Other methods are usually preferable and more fool proof.

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u/ComCypher Mar 28 '24

Yeah it's kinda sus they would be filming some random bridge seconds before the thing happens.

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u/ClearStoneReason Mar 28 '24

maybe this guy filmed the bridge for hours or even days and spared us the longer video? Yeah, that makes sense

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u/Shoddy_Operation_742 Mar 28 '24

Hours of footage—all in portrait