Issue is that it sounds like normal year to year maintenance was lacking recently which is dangerous with an old earthen dam like that. They also own the Sanford Dam and its the same situation there.
River expected to crest at 38' which is 4' over 500 year flood and 4.1' over the all time record. Whitmer in her press conference earlier this hour said they are expecting downtown Midland to be under 9' of water in 12-15 hours. This is historic and will go down as one of the worst disasters ever in state history.
Here is a video of the Sanford Dam failing, 17 mins in the concrete pilings give way and then everything goes over. Trees, pontoon boats, docks, you name it
Absolutely catastrophic event ongoing along the Tittabawassee River, if the Sanford Dam fails it will inundate the city of Midland which is being evacuated, Freeland which is also being evacuated and most of Saginaw.
Yep, though there are some on the right, Dewine, Hogan, and Baker who have done well in governing their state of OH, MD, and MA. But there is definitely a slant by party overall.