Discuss Dam Reinforcement and Spillway Redesign

dam the power of water something we really have to think about on a farm is just the power and strength of water water can destroy anything you have it can take away our pond here it can take away our Fields cause erosion guys controlling water on a farm is super duper important we've got to figure out a solution for this problem so that it doesn't happen again I'm kind of frustrated right now let me take you over here and show you where the actual Spillway should be for overflow it makes more sense so right here is where the spillway should be guys there should be a slow cascading of water over a spot that's more permanent the dam is this way and there is no Dam back this way so the issue is the spillway for overflow should be here if if it was right there I would not be worried but I'm very very concerned that all the money we put in this Pond is going to go right down the hill so guys right now I'm standing at the limit of my boots this is how far I can go in with my boots and I'm not even to where the old Shoreline was this is very disappointing very concerning but there's not any thing in the world that I can do about it besides maybe go rent a huge pump and pump water out I think in about an hour if it doesn't pour down rain anymore this water will subside and everything's going to be okay we've lost about 6 fet of our dam maybe 8 ft now in the next few weeks we've got to rethink our pond dam we've got to put some more dirt on that thing to keep it from washing away and hopefully get the Overflow up here where it should be as long as we don't get any more torrential downpours we should be just fine but I wanted to take you guys along on the Vlog today and show you what's going on on the farm in a big rainstorm here in North Carolina it's been raining for two days and we've got one more day of rain expected so I expect this Pond to continue to overflow hopefully cross my fingers everything's okay you guys say a prayer for me I I really hope everything holds up fine it's a real bummer but it's the way it goes sometimes so guys thanks for coming along with me on the Vlog today wanted to show you a little bit about what's going on on the farm with this huge rainstorm that came in don't forget to click the like button subscribe to the channel tell other people about me we'll have some more good informative videos out for you here pretty soon so once again guys thanks for watching I appreciate you okay all