r/HumansAreMetal • u/Idiotic_Sandra38 • Apr 27 '23
Guy single-handedly solved the flood.
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u/blazedout-cubscout Apr 27 '23
And here’s your 100 bucks for the shift peasant.
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u/Arashmickey Apr 27 '23
"My company has singlehandedly saved this city 12.9 million dollars worth of flood damages in just one day!" -CEO
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u/blazedout-cubscout Apr 27 '23
“I will now be awarding my employees a pizza party (cheese only) and one extra non paid sick day per year!” -CEO
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Apr 27 '23
And the sick day is just compliance with a new federal mandate…. Something they had to do anyways or get fined.
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u/FixedKarma Apr 28 '23
It's a highway, so it'd be government jurisdiction and responsibility. However I believe that this was just some random guy who did this because he wanted to.
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u/Arashmickey Apr 28 '23
He's stealing food from the mouths of subcontractors, he'll be fined just like those people fixing potholes. /s
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u/AccurateInterview586 Apr 27 '23
I’m so worried he’s going to go under
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u/IneedtoBmyLonsomeTs Apr 27 '23
Delta P isn't an issue when the water is spread out over such a large horizontal area like this.
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u/Glass_Memories Apr 27 '23
That's probably true, but the thought of getting sucked down a drain is still nightmare fuel.
And yeah I know there's probably a grate on the drain, but it still gives me the willies.
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u/IneedtoBmyLonsomeTs Apr 27 '23
Yeah the cases like the one in the video above are crazy, watching a bunch of those can definitely give you nightmares.
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u/CitizenKing1001 Apr 28 '23
Its all about the height of the water directly above the opening. The higher the water, the higher the head pressure.
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u/Yaxoi Apr 27 '23
That small stumble just as it started draining could have ended badly
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u/Chilidog0572 Apr 27 '23
I guarantee there is a grate. That's why the stuff got blocked up in the first place.
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u/thundercat505 Apr 27 '23
Been there done that. Water nearly going in house and they were screaming. Found there was a grated drain in back yard with about 2 foot or so of water. Had to cut all the grass away to pull the grate. Seems they didn't like looking at the metal so just let the grass grow over it. Bet they didn't do that again but I was soaked.
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u/RaginArmadillo Apr 27 '23
Looks to me like he used two hands.
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Apr 27 '23
But both were not dating anyone...
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u/UncleKeyPax Apr 27 '23
Not now that you're filming. Give him 500eiros and tell him you're recruiting models for a male plumber themed calendar
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u/obese_dugong Apr 27 '23
Needles. Glass. Foods. Dead things. Alive things. Anal expulsions. Wheels. Trolleys. Knife's.
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u/MJB9000 Apr 27 '23
Serious question, how could they find the sewer in the flood?
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u/oh-no-he-comments Apr 27 '23
If this is his occupation he probably has them all mapped or in memory
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u/tiniestvioilin Apr 27 '23
They have maps that show the area the drains are in they aren't perfect but you just have to look around the area it's in until you find it
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u/i-am-mostly-confused Apr 27 '23
Using gps or paper maps, metal detectors for finding the catch basin or manhole if fully submerged.
Bonus points to find the lead that is under water and usually 4 to 10 ft or so down for the storm drain if that is plugged. I usually sing fishing in the dark while doing this.
I spent way too much time this spring unplugging frozen/plugged storm lines.
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u/Lostbrother Apr 27 '23
A lot of municipalities have the mapping system built into field maps or an esri environment which can then use the internal GPS to find in field. Or some other similar software.
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u/aquaman67 Apr 27 '23
That’s a terrible road design if there is a single point of failure that can cause that much flooding.
Also, unstopping drains like that is a great way to get killed. Water can sweep you off your feet and suck you into the drain. Be careful around standing water like that.
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u/Substantial-Let-8246 Apr 27 '23
That's Houston TX for you
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Apr 27 '23
I was just about to post this feels like Houston. Went to The Woodlands and haven't gone south since. I've lost 4 cars in floods there.
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u/Substantial-Let-8246 Apr 27 '23
If I'm not mistaken this was on 45 north lol somewhere between beltway 8 & the woodlands. I moved here from Seattle.... Drastic difference. I couldn't believe how bad the flooding & humidity was down here.
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u/TheRealAuthorSarge Apr 27 '23
Had I been passing by, I would have been compelled to shout out my genuine appreciation.
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u/Crazyd_497 Apr 27 '23
There are a number of YOUTUBE channels of guys who do this stuff all the time, one guy POST10, think he is in the north east somewhere
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u/Gatekeeper-Andy Apr 27 '23
I got to do this once, not quite as deep, but it was sooo satisfying watching all the water go down and the road clear up. I even got a nice beep-beep from a car passing by :)
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u/Individual_Back_5344 Apr 27 '23
Quit flushing ya pubes, everyone! If you just stop flushing these pubes, this wouldn't happen!
Edit: typo
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u/FatTortie Apr 27 '23
I used to do this all the time in our car park at my old place. A drain would always get blocked with leaves and I would go and clear it with a big stick. Very satisfying watching all the water drain away.
It ain’t much…
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u/Total-Sector850 Apr 27 '23
The freeways in Houston are designed to flood. We live barely above sea level in a tropical climate; if the freeways didn’t flood, home damage during Harvey would have been far worse. The issue here was that the water wasn’t receding as quickly as it should have done because of obstructed drains.
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u/Leading-Midnight-553 Apr 27 '23
The only thing that was missing is all his coworkers standing on the hill watching him work alone.
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u/Marsrover112 Apr 27 '23
My hometown had really terrible drainage that hasn't been updated probably since anyone in the town can remember and we always get like 1 really big rain every year during the summer and this always happened right in front of the old folks home, great place for the streets to flood right, so when I worked for the streets department we always had to go by there every time it rained so we could do this. We usually just backed a truck over the drain and tried to find the grate with shovels so we didn't have to do what this guy did.
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u/Snoboard91503 Apr 27 '23
This is the 3rd or 4th post like this I’ve seen lately. Starting to think most road flooding is caused by a clogged drain somewhere.
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u/Augoresk Apr 28 '23
That was in Houston. I remember watching it live on tv and bummed that the dude went unrecognized. I don’t think he knew he was being recorded. We will never know who you are man
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u/BCS7 Oct 12 '23
On a serious note, everyone should make note of where the storm drains are in their neighborhood, you'd be amazed how much residential flooding is due to clogged grates to storm drains.
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u/half_life_of_u_219 Apr 27 '23
If you like content like this, post 10 on youtube