Urgent cry for help from Portland homeowners as homes sink into Jobs Pond
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- čas přidán 22. 04. 2024
- Pond side residents in Portland are calling on government officials to bail them out before it's too late as their homes are sinking.
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I don't think homes are sinking... I believe the pond water is raising. You might want to get the "facts" correct.
but than they would have to admit climate change is real and the nazi right would cry about it
Its both. The ground beneath the homes will deteriorate as the water raises.
@@2ftchopsticks yeah, but it wouldn't if the water was not rising to where it is.
If you watched the video and didnt jump to conclusions based on the title you'd know they explained exactly whats happening. Stop preying on correction its unhealthy
If you live on the water anywhere it's highly likely that the water will eventually drop in for a visit.
Exactly and the reverse can be very true as well the water could just split.
True.that close to water sooner or later your going to get water in your basement.
I spent a lot of time checking fema flood zones before i bought my house. Thankfully the worst my part of the country gets is a rare tornado warning, blizzard or ice storm.
That’s a lake, not a pond.
Lakes have a stream or river feeding and emptying. Ponds are holes filed with water.
@@michman2 So the water in my toilet is a lake. Ok .
Yea😊@@yettimannettii2039
The name of the water body is Jobs Pond.
@@stephenjones8928 Not to mention that Connecticut is inconsistent with how it names ponds and lakes.
I can't believe that it never had any way to shed excess water.
It will eventually.
It may take another massive water level rise to do it though.
A hundred foot rise or so?
@@blaydCA or, the landslide effect,
blame the developers
@@drblais5193
NOPE!
Buyer is responsible for doing their Due Diligence.
They live in a place with no way for excess water to drain away? If that's the case, it's just a matter of when your house will be flooded.
Looks more like flooding than sinking.
@@loligagger85 water coming in no where to go the water is rising and the houses arent sinking......
@@AniClips699 try harder smooth brain troll
THE LITERAL DEFINITION
sink1
/siNGk/
verb
gerund or present participle: sinking
1.
go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged.
"he saw the coffin sink below the surface of the waves"
Government claims to own all the water.
Charge them for storage.😁
good luck getting that check,
@@cardboardboxification I wouldn't expect a check either.
But, if enough humans do send them a bill, or confront the draconian overlords,,, lol,,, they may start backing off.
If nothing is done, pretty soon, we will all be required to have a filter on our ass, AND be charged for the privilege.
More like "Theft of water" fines.
Best comment award 🏆
where does it say the government owns all water?
See there , kids?
Don't let your teachers tell you ditch diggers aren't important.
Those are some real geniuses living there, pumping water back into the lake that's flooding their houses 😂
There's nowhere else to pump it. The level will go down after the rains and melting ice stops. They just want to keep the water level from soaking their wood structure above the foundations.
Not really "up" on how watersheds work eh kid?
@@dougtheslug6435if they have sewer you can hook your sump up to the sewer line and not play the circle jerk with water..if he’s on septic he’s fucked 😂
The OP is absolutely correct. The basements are below the water level and obviously the water table. Hydrology dictates that fluids want to fill voids first. So... lots of water outside and a big void area under your house means your base will flood. Pumping the water back into the lake is futile. They need to direct the water to a lower area, downhill, or into a stream or other waterway. The sad thing is, if this is being caused by glacier melt, the water table may drop for a very long time. They very well might end up with a larger lake. We'll, that's how watersheds form.
@@patrickstrange6558 You can keep basements from filling if your pumps displace more water out then is coming in.....just like every boat ever built, eventually they leak and have a constant stream of water being pumped out stopping it from sinking. Foundations aren't built to leak, it just happens over time as waterproofing breaks down.
It’s a good excuse to leave . What a blessing. Next their insurance company won’t pay.
and WHY SHOULD the insurance companies pay THEY DIDNT BUILD A HOUSE IN A FLOOD PLAIN
@@unknownuserbutnotabuser Houses OVER 50 years old were NOT built in a floodplain!
The government will “fine” them.
@@unknownuserbutnotabuserif you have insurance thats what its for.
Whew
@@howlinwulf Most homeowner's insurance doesn't cover flooding. They better hope they had flood insurance.
From my previous comment I forgot to mention that the pond is feed by an underground springs. I gave an underground spring on my farm and these things move. Over the years the spring has moved 400 feet. The output ebbs and flows overtime. There is absolutely no way to change this. People need to understand that water flows under ground much like a river. It will change course and the output change as the water table changes.
The rising water is due to geological conditions around the pond. And the fact that more precipitation has fallen in the area than for quite a while. Water collects in low spots. If you live in one, sooner or later your feet are going to get wet. You might even have to swim a bit. It’s the way it goes. Unless they bring in a lot of big pumps, each with a 1/2 mile of big hoses or pipes to reach the river, they are just going to have to let nature run its course. Because it’s quite clear the local government is not going to do anything about it except to just say they are and try to absolve themselves of any responsibility or cost to do anything.
By the way, the technology exists and equipment is available to dewater the pond. But the local services just choose not to do it.
If the residents banded together and rented an industrial pump or two with enough hose to remove it from the bowl they live in.
Cheaper than running their silly pumps full time to accomplish zero.
So this pond/lake has had no outflow this whole time? seems like they are just discovering this issue,
not really the government's fault imo.
You can see many such ponds and lakes in the area, none have inflows or outflows. They simply cut the water table. Water seeps in or out to match the water table.
when a person looks at this pond from Google Earth I wouldn’t wanna live there ,even a blind man could see the high water mark.
Agreed.
is there a river near by that might be lower they can dig a trench to and dump some water?
@@UncleDavesKitchen Yes. The Connecticut River is 3/4 mile to the south. The ditch would be 130 feet deep in places along the way and mostly around 100 feet deep. The water would drop 60 feet along the way and it might generate a tiny bit of micro-hydro power.
@@thomasmaughan4798 great information you have on the area. If it's not residential or business, roads etc I'm betting they would consider it
@@UncleDavesKitchen Apparently it is an uncommon but recurring problem. A more workable solution is a pumping station to get the water up that first hill, 189 or so feet elevation, then a ditch or pipeline to the Connecticut river. It would have to be used only on unusually wet years.
No outlet? You built a house in a bad place. Poor choices, nobody's fault but the ones that built there. Never build on a flood plane.
you only build their to sell
with NO DRAINAGE!!!
It probably was a very good place until right now lol
They were told not to build there 20 years ago and the ignored the data. I do not feel sorry for them
Who told you that?
@@Voltomess Just about every scientist on the planet.
20 years ago?
😂
The town has been around since the 1690's.
That one lady said her family has been there for 5 generations so what you're saying seems incorrect.
@@mhx26I think this person is trying to bring a political issue into the discussion.
Just cut it out. These people have been living on waterfront property for years. Now they want the taxpayer to bail them out literally. Your choice your risk. I'm tired of funding other people's retirement plans.
Id rather the government send funds here than Ukraine
That woman made me laugh out loud when she said "We shouldnt have to deal with this. Its not our fault".
@@user-ti7yt9vj2fis rather the government use money to govern. Not to bail Everton out who already got money... And these are republicans "pull yourself up by your boot straps"... Now they begging
@@evonne315Yeah that was a bit annoying. Not your fault? You're living on the water front property. It's 100% your fault for your situation.
Your tax dollars fund EVERY Politicians' retirement fund. But you want to complain about the people in this video?
Sounds like someone did not plan this out very well.
plain?
Homes are not sinking. The pond is rising.
Is it really that hard to figure that you need to drain the pond?
Draining the pond is simple and cheap. The problem is homeowners don't want to do the work or pay for it. They want the government to do it.
Draining the pond might just flood out the next guy too. The water will always have to go somewhere.
This is what happens when you wait for the government to help you.
This is what happens when you ignore mother nature.
And if they were all bought out by the government, you'd complain about socialism, bailouts, and how weak they are for not having the means to move, and the deficit.
some good ol boy with a backhoe and dozer would have cut an overflow by now if they wouldn't be swimming in government fines afterwards.
lol who do you think put those people into office....its America's fault things are this bad The people in this Country are the root of the corruption
Socialism 👎
Here is an idea. pump the water someplace else other than back into a pond where it onlqy goes back into your basement.
Agree why don't they pump it in the woods?
If you live next to a lake and the water level rises, I guess I don’t see what the problem is. You choose to live there.
"this isnt our fault" well yes it is. you bought the property next to a pond. what did you expect?
and no outflow??? you ALL knew it and liked that constant water level ,huh.
Such geniuses you two are. It hadn’t done this in 50 years, yes a unique year could happen, but since it didn’t happen in over 5 generations you would have really even thought about it? I truly doubt it. Keyboard warriors with all the hindsight in the world to come up with these comments. Truly look at the greater picture. Your great great grand parents could have lived there and it was never a problem from then on until today. Yep you sure would have been prepared,,, 😂😂😂.
Yes it's risky living next to water
Installing a temporary siphon 3500 feet to the Connecticut River should be simple enough. Too bad it couldn't be built quick enough to help these folks.
Jobs pond next to Work River and Occupation Ocean.
Right on 😂
We keep Building Homes along lakes, ponds, rivers, creeks and the ocean.
And somehow were shocked when they get flooded.
Every so often Mother Nature reminds us that we are not as smart as we think we are!👍
This is going to happen to everyone who owns a home near a pond or beach nobody can stop it
They aren't doing anything. That's a fact!
Call Nestle, they'll drain it in notime!
Why don't news stations fail to put what state they're in? There's a Portland in Oregon, and one in Maine. Sorry for your loss, where ever you are.
This isn't Portland, Oregon.
Dude it's a Connecticut news station and it literally says "PORTLAND, CT" behind the first selectman at 2:04. Congratulations on being upset and wrong twice.
Why are you so dumb?
its on the reporters jacket also at the end he says fox ct news station.
Portland Connecticut, it’s in the news station and it’s on the wall of the mayor (or whoever he was). A little critical thought would help you answer your own question.
Move! And unless your an illegal these days in America your on your own!
There are lots of ways the city and state could help but they just won't
Siri says Jobs Pond is in Connecticut.
hmmm if only the government they voted for would bail them out
Paper towels could help!!
You think these old idiots voted Democrat you absolute numb skull?
Good luck dealing with the government 😩
Portland is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut
Guessing it's intentional. Been there forever and now there just happens to be a poblem ? Plus usual foot draginng we're here to help. Who got paid off to flood them out ?
Or who's waiting for the prices to bottom out, will buy cheap, use tax money to fix the problem and then sell at an extremely high profit.
You are wise.
@@user-ni3me9dg3gYou are very wise.
The government always has their hands in it. Blue state communism.
Probably the same guy who burned Maui to the ground.......
This whole time I thought it was a sinking home in Portland Oregon where it was really flooding in Connecticut..
Everyone needs water. Find a way to move water.
In real estate it's always been "Location,Location,and finally LOCATION "
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Is this in Maine? Say where you are located.
That doesn't look like Oregon.
This is a Wendy's
Stop pumping that water back in the pond. It's just an endless cycle!
It's sad that people are losing their homes. If you want waterfront you better be prepared for the water to be in your front room.
Why are these people pumping water right back into the pond?
It is called the hydrologic cycle. Water in, water out!
@thomasmaughan4798 NOPE.
@@thomasmaughan4798Do you drain a pool by pumping water from one end to the other end?
@@joeaarsen0 "Do you drain a pool by pumping water from one end to the other end?"
No.
@thomasmaughan4798 So you understand, pumping water out of your flooded house into the over full pond that is causing the flooding. Then you are just being a moron. It's not even close to a hydrological cycle.
Based on the terrain around your homes on the backside and on the front side this will not be the first time water has risen high and actually based on what I'm looking on the one row of houses that's got a boat out in the front yard it's still not done going higher. I mean it's going to go really high if if it's what I think the houses are on a new partner or on an old part of where water used to be and the beach is higher up on the edges of those rises on either side, no it wasn't recently that it was that high but sometime in the past it was a lot higher than what you're seeing right now. I see this all the time in flood areas, it's higher and lower in others, in history or at some time in history the water has been a lot higher in many areas, just because it looks dry when you move into the area doesn't mean that it can't have water deep around with heavy rains, or higher amounts of water entering through a local spring.
I see many similar ponds in the area without inlets or outlets. These ponds cut the water table. If the water table rises, so do the ponds.
Guessing groundwater table has risen. Since the pond has no culvert/spillway, water starts trespassing onto people's property
Which PORTLAND ......MAINE......OR. PORTLAND OREGON ....?????
They should have been built a holding area for this clean Drinking water so the people don't suffer they knew what was going on
Very nice pond living!!
Same as people who build on a cliff and then expect the taxpayer to fix everything after a landslide.. build a house on sketchy terrain and you need to eat the risk yourself.
Is it just me or is that reporter’s hair absolutely perfect?
I bet scientists can calibrate their instruments on it!
So open the over flow? If there is one or make one
My lot on lake in mn had 150 foot set back
It’s an amazing thing to figure out that you vote for your government, pay your government by paying taxes, then your government officials say they are doing everything they can, yet they haven’t done anything except line their pockets with cash and ask for pay raises
I couldn't figure out why I had never heard of Jobs Pond. I live in Portland, Oregon.
Portland Connecticut 😑
This is what happens with progress. First the factories are there to employ and use water. Then they close and leave trouble behind. This all started when the Tampax manufacturer closed down that location a few years back.
It's a private pond with a beach that wasn't open for public use. Now they want public funds to fix it.
First pretty obvious rule in life, never have your primary home next to water. It could flood or it could dry up. If you must have waterfront property, make it a second home. Or a boat.
Sue ur county my old friend u have rights
Time to interview the fish and crawdads to get their opinion of this "disaster" !
When levels change this much. One should check the changes environment and man made of the path of the water. Barriers, removed or in place, new drainage, ground level changes etc
This is why i will never live next to water. Pumping is dumb, it's just going back into it. It needs an outflow
That's the risk of building close to bodies of water. You can enjoy a private beach, but the water endangers your house.
Civil Engineering: overflow, retention, runoff collection, and drainage.
This is not Portland, Oregon
who said it was?
All the pumps should be pumping out the pond. All they are doing is putting the water back in. Useless.
These houses are done for? Surely the foundations and structure are damaged?
What a worthless report. What has caused the flooding?
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock."
Do people know math nowadays? 70 inches of water is about 6 feet….that doesn’t look like 6 feet….also flooding doesn’t constitute “sinking”.
It's kind of a good advertisement for people to have a good reason why they do not want to live near water.
how far is the nearest river? i think some kiddie pools and trash pumps can fix this issue if a river is less than a couple miles away.
They wanted to live on the water
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Sometimes when you don't pray God causes you to pray
ffs, the number of commenters here who only know how to take a word literally is ludicrous.
The story is clear about the water rising. The title is nothing more than a headline, which for you children, is clickbait before there was clickbait. Grow up. Do better.
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Mandatory flood insurance, right when moving in 🤔
Someday people will be investing in ocean- front property in Las Vegas if the oceans keep rising.
An explanation would have been nice. Is there no outlet for water? If not, then why would the public be bailing out fools that built around a spring fed body of water with no ability to regulate a stable waterline?
There's a reason why you got that property for such a deal.
Even if they drain away the water, all that water has to go somewhere. Drain it into a local river?
Chances are it will raise that river and if the river breaks it's banks more homes would be effected.
Moving large quantities of water is no small task. Blame Portland if that makes you feel better but in the face of nature, government is just a word.
California needs the water
Gov only acts fast when you owe taxes!
Guaranteed that the government would not care. If a high ranking politician lived there then they would have the military there working day and night.
This is ridiculous. It should have never got that high. The blind leading the blind here.
Ten good ol boys would have that draining in a day.
How many more roads , shopping malls,housing developments ,industrial parks have been built up stream covering land that used to absorb that water into aquifers not sending it downstream that is the larger issue.
They are pumping all the water back to the source..more like circulating than dewatering. It’s maybe a $30M problem which is short money for the federal government ?
I guess that's the risk you take for a living next to water. Mother nature can do whatever she wants and you have to just take it.
Mother Nature is reclaiming its own unfortunately.
Bad luck. I’ve had situations like this and just had to deal with it.
All properties will be condemned, rich people will buy then the city will fix the problem
Remember all those discovery channel shows we watched as kids that always talked about what the world would look like if we didn't start caring about climate change... Yeah that time is now
Every pond should have an outlet. Spomeone should have thought about the future.
No no no no no. The state wants this water they own this water Sue them.
The scary part is when they say they are doing all they can. How many times has a person heard that line,
Time to build a houseboat!😊
Where’s the dude that does a spinning motion and makes it all go away?
Get off there assess and fix the problem for them state and Federal funding you can back a whole country that you came back your own country United States of America