Basement wall collapses in Cranford, NJ home
2021 ж. 2 Қыр.
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CAUGHT ON CAM: Dramatic video shows a person walking through ankle-deep floodwater in their family’s basement in Cranford, New Jersey when the entire wall caves in as water crashes into the space.
The very definition of when things go from bad to worse.
during a flood, the basement is usually not the best place to be.
*bad to the most worsterest
When it rains, it pours…
20 plus years in the Navy and I never witnessed a compartment flood that fast. Truly terrifying.
Do people survive seeing that kind of flood on a ship ?
Well, ships are built out of steel, Americans build their houses out of wood.
@@motodude23 There is a well done scene of the real thing. The movie "The Last Voyage" was filmed aboard a junk ship, so they were allowed to really flood the thing.
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Being in the Navy I'd expect you'd know all about compartments getting flooded with seamen 😂
If there was that much water on the other side of the wall, isn't it common sense to simply not enter the building in the first place.
Dude thinks he's in a water park.
Stupid can't be fixed!
It's new Jersey.
Please take a moment and explain to us all here just exactly what device a typical citizen should use to measure the hydrologic pressure on the exterior side of a subterranean wall? Thanks!
@@NorthernChev That might be a subterranean wall, but it does not look exterior at all.
Not just that wall, but the wall by the camera was getting ready to cave in. Which means the entire ceiling and structure was about to fall. Scary stuff.
That was just a regular sheetrock wall not an outside wall cinder block wall.
@@ricardomolina4605The one on the right is sheetrock, but the furniture was hitting the beam and also the wall that you can’t see he is behind with another beam. Not good in any way. Plus, he may even have people above him. If those beams come down, so will everything above him. Pure terror whether it does, or doesn’t. I can’t imagine! 😳 poor man!
I’m guessing you’re not a structural engineer.
the entire house isn't supported by the walls, the structure has load bearing points which would be very difficult to knock over with water.
@@enochianwolf We definitely design to resist the expected environmental stresses. The question is “How much water?”. It can go bad pretty quickly if you have enough wind or water.
Besides the IRS, mother nature terrifies me the most.
Water is terrifying.
This weather is powerful. No matter how well anything is built, nature treats EVERYTHING like it's made of toothpicks or tin foil.
Yep everytime we try to compete with nature ,it tells us in the words of Lavar ball “neva lose”
Scary did they survive.
These homes in United States for the most part aren't well built. Pretty but cheap
And they are american homes lol
GOD is powerful! The weather doesn't move without his green light.
FYI: he was screaming for his mother because she was down there with him, and the water filled so quickly that it swept them off their feet and pushed them to the ceiling. He was trying to save her from drowning.
She also doesn't know how to swim.
dont need **
Do you know if they both survived?
@@maryann7941 yes both the mother and son survived
Who from drowning?
Losing property like that is no joke. It hurts seeing all the hours invested in a house going in a drain.
I think a drain is what they wish they had
@@razorTsax 💀
That's terrifying. Mom was picked up to the ceiling by the water and she can't swim. She grabbed onto pipes and had only 4 inches of space to breathe. The son called his Dad and said Dad we're gonna die. He came and rescued them. Wow was that scary.
Thanks for the information...glad they all survived! Dad is a hero❤
How do you know this?
Where the fuck do you see the "mom"
@@itsjustme9691 Ever heard of an article?
@@TheLordOfNothing GIVE A DAMN LINK!
Building walls are designed for vertical loads, not horizontal loads. That may have even been a concrete wall. The water pressure on the wall is immense. The best thing to do to protect the building structure is to let the water in and equalize in level with the outside level and then clean up the mess afterwards. Most likely this house was a total loss due to the structural damage.
Walls are absolutely engineered for lateral loads. What a ridiculous claim to make. Have you ever heard of wind??? I'm pretty certain that's a lateral load... Other lateral loads are earthquakes, earth pressure (earth against a foundation), and snow. The water exceeded the engineered lateral load of that wall...
@@billymacktexasdetective5827 Wind loads, even in hurricane regions are less than a PSI. A residential building in Miami has design wind loads of around 1/2 PSI. More than one foot of water and you've exceeded that.
@@straightpipediesel And?
@@billymacktexasdetective5827 Wind loads are not comparable to water loads. Therefore, you're wrong.
@@billymacktexasdetective5827 and you got TOLD
The fact that they both survived that is very shocking and extremely relieving.
Why were they in a flooded basement with live electrical and water above the basement windows outside?
Theyre renting the basement. So many basement dwellers actually died during this flood
@@killerdessert That doesn't explain why they were still in there in those conditions. If you're living in a car and it catches on fire do you stay in the car?
@@RT-qd8yl most people would never expect a basement to collapse like that
@@killerdessert Why wouldn't you? A reasonable person should be able to look at the water level outside, see the water in the house, and know it's not a safe place to be in. It doesn't take an engineering degree to understand that the void spaces inside that wall were already full of water and breaking it down/weakening it, not to mention the electrical and biological hazards EVERYWHERE. It's basic science and common sense, we were all taught this stuff in school. At least we should have been. 🤔
@@RT-qd8yl You'd be shocked how many people aren't aware of what they should do in this type of situation, and even if you do in a situation like this full of panic you might not behave the way you would otherwise if you were in your right state of mind.
My heart goes out to the family. Very sad but thankfully everyone is safe ❤️
Their pets didn't make it bruh
@@everythingpony Oh no! That is so sad...
You don’t know that smooth brain
Call me crazy but WTF was the mom still doing down there once it started flooding? A little common sense should've told them to evacuate or get to higher ground.
@@airraverstazshe was actually trying to wash some very important laundry
Omg him screaming 😢 hope he's ok
He’s ok He was screaming for his mom
@@friendofgreen2The place literally filled woth water and floods cause debris to break limbs
@@friendofgreen2 What a baby
@@HurricanePatrickit’s a misunderstanding, his mom was down there and he was trying to protect her, fyi she’s old and can’t swim so she would’ve easily died
i thought that was a cat
Wow! It’s a blessing that the wall caved in AFTER he made it to the other side😲
His mother and his brother were on the left side trapped, but luckily made it out alive.
it would of been more of a blessing if the walls didnt collapse
@@JoeDirtisawsome why not just take it even further and say it would be more of a blessing if nothing bad happened ever in life? Having only good things happen in your life is never promised. But when something life threatening happens, and you survive, yes, it is a blessing
@@evanhughes1510 and death will come for all of us sooner or later
blessing if i didnt have to read these nonsense emotional comments
A lot of people died like this renting NY basements as a home.
This exact thing happened to my neighbors. We had massive rainfall. Went through garage on lower level into fully furnished nice basement. Ruined brand new truck he bought week before. Also ruined classic garage kept mustang in perfect condition. Water was at ceiling with furniture floating all around. We are not in a flood zone. Only time this ever happened. They bought house two years before. Told wasn't flood zone and not to get flood insurance. Regular home insurance covers water but not massive flood. Cost them over $20k to fix lower level. They leveled entire yard to make sure it never happened again. When it happened water was rushing by like a river over 6ft tall fences in our neighborhood. Was crazy to see. Thankfully our flooding wasn't severe. We have tile downstairs and soaked up quick then did huge dehumidifier. Most of water downstairs was just near door.
O wow. Very dangerous. Hope everyone was okay
Just crazy
Power stayed on a lot longer than I thought it would.
I want to know what I'm looking at. So is the wall facing the water above ground? I'm pretty sure basement walls are built of concrete block, does this mean any above ground sections are not? Since the house sits on the basement, I would have expected it all to be concrete. It appears the house was falling apart before the wall gave way (falling pieces visible through the windows).
It looks like it's a walk out basement.
@@Anne--Marieis that a basement that’s only partially below ground?
@@user-nv8nt6gm2d yes. It's probably built into the side of a hill.
@@user-nv8nt6gm2d I would hope so, being the windows wouldn't be very useful in that application if it wasn't.
@@user-nv8nt6gm2d Yes, my house has one. Our house sits on a hill and the house was basically built into the hill with the hill being the basement. In our backyard (our house is completely made of red brick) the back facing wall of the basement is entirely exposed with a locked door that goes into the basement.
This is the result of flooding caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida, in Cranford, New Jersey, when the home's wall suddenly collapsed under the force of the floodwaters, which trapped a teen and his mom inside the basement of their home. Other family members heard the commotion and were able to rescue the two.
i live / work one town over and there is certainly a lot of properties near ponds/streams etc that were affected by that storm . cars were just abandoned all over the roads one got washed into a creek across st from my shop blasted right through chain link fence
Poor people 💔
My home town. Had 1 summer years ago with flooding, but nothing like this. I pray for everyone's recovery in hurricane and flood damaged areas.
Mine too!! People have all their soaked basement furniture & belongings out on the curb. All destroyed.
So so very very cheap constrution...
Nah, it's up to code so long as you don't use your house as a pool wall.
@@Sidicas "It's code so long as it don't rain"
Dame I really hope that person made it out safe the way that water was flowing was super fast filling it up in a matter of seconds
The news said that he was fine, luckily.
What happened to this guy?? Anybody knows???
Most important post! Does anyone have any idea?
Why doesn't the news at least say that 😑
NBC News: The son seen in the shocking camera footage made it to the basements steps safely and escaped the flooding without injury. He and the rest of his family had already been trying to empty the basement of the minor flooding before the situation became unimaginable. "Thank god he made it to the stairs because the wall caved in and the water came in and would have crushed him," the Cranford mother said.
@@CK_415 Thank you!
@@CK_415 THANK YOU!
Luck was definitely on his side, but his mom and brother were trapped in that basement, thank God 🙏 they were rescued.
Typical Theist. Zero understanding of anything. If your God created everything, then your God created that flood and caused that wall to collapse. Thanking that same God is pointless. This is a perfect example of how religion literally creates stupid. You're so out of touch with reality you can't even comprehend your OWN BELIEF SYSTEM. You can't go around claiming this God created all and is in control of all then not blame this God when shit happens. If you're driving a car and you steer into another car, do you blame the people sitting in a restaurant 3 cities to the North? No, you don't because YOU were in control, YOU made the choice to drive into someone and therefore it's YOU who is to blame. Religion creates stupid
Oh my gosh! 😳 Hearing him scream for his Mom! 🥺 How terrifying. Praying for the family 🙏
mom and son both made it out alive
@@MarlieMooMoo Oh, dear.
Hopefully the region fares well with current rains. Prayers as we live during interesting times😮
Thanks for praying, you fixed everything
His pet bobcat sounded very shook up at the end.
Lmao thats the correct animal noise😂
Mother and brother found themselves with only inches between the water and the ceiling. I'm claustrophobic, I'd have trouble in that situation too.
Morons will joke about anything. 🙄
@@jrstf I always wonder about the electrical risk with high water like this going up over outlets and power strips.
This is one of the reasons why you build walls out of bricks or stone..
That technology hasn't reached the US yet. Give it another few hundred years.
@@ArtByAusup says the people still cutting down old growth forests
Concrete and rebar.
They don't use those materials to build in areas prone to earthquakes.
Floods screw up brick and concrete walls too.
What a disaster. I used to work in Cranford, and back in 2022 there was one rain storm that was really bad. Well from this video, you can see that the load bearing pillars remained intact so then the house survived.
I guess he didn't notice that giant ocean of water on the other side? It's impressive the wall lasted that long.
Omg / thank goodness no serious injuries
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If water flooded the basement I’d be getting out of there. That means the storm drains and suer drains have flooded enough to backup into the basement. That’s your sign to get out.
Counterflooding the basement could have prevented that collapse
That’s like burning your house down first before the forest fire gets it.
And I quote "Mom! Mom, the wall!" How did he not yell "oh shit!"?
American houses are made from thin planks of wood and plaster. No wonder they can’t withstand a flood. My granny’s house in Tewkesbury in England was built in 1720 and has yard-thick stone walls! It has flooded twice but remains structurally completely unscathed.
It's a finished basement. Basements are done in stone, block or concrete. Footer or down spout drains either were installed or failed.
Basements are done in stone and concrete. But nice try.
the brits always trying to one up someone. our houses rarely ever do this
yeah, everything that wasnt made to that standard was washed away in the last 300 years 😆
The UK imports 70-80% of its stone each year. Only stone you guys have left is Stonehenge.
How did it flood anyways?
That happened to our home in 1971
I hope the person is ok
Who's fricking screaming like that.
Legende says they're still screaming the wall to this day!
Home owners insurance would replace the home correct? I have never dealt with that before so just wondering what the next steps are. I’m glad everyone is ok.
Recent news reports say that the entire family is alive all ends well
HOLY SHIT, HOW IS HE GONNA GET OUT
The basement wall was not concrete. Wow.
Dang it I was in Cranford, we got at least one and a half feet of water
Im glad he kept reminding us what fell down
DAMNNNNNN, what happened after that?
Wow !! Just......WOW !!!! I really feel bad for these folks.
That escalated quickly!
Holy shit! Glad they were ok!!
That much water on other side? wow. what was he doing down there?
how did this happen?
This is why they don’t recommend walking around in a flooded basement unless you absolutely have to. Hopefully lessons were learned.
I just watched the full video. This is not a house with a walkout basement. I thought the basement/foundations were made out of concrete?
Why, WHY would you ever be inside ANY STRUCTURE that has that much water pressure on the outside of it.? I understand that they were flooded, but a huge part of flooding is evacuation. They are lucky to be alive- just in general.
did they at least survive?
A case of water seepage.
Quality modern construction!
GUYS, HIS FAMILY SAID HE'S OKAY. He only got a scrape on his leg. (You can stop asking around now).✌️
🤦🏾♂️
@@83wasagoodyear Ikr?🙃
What a crazy way to lose your home.
Those load bearing poles were like, Welp, guess it's time we step up.
Also those concrete blocks looked hollow like the builder forgot to pour cement inside the block wall.
That's it! I am NEVER going into the basement of my house again! They're basement tried to murder them on camera!
This is what happens when a home's footer drain system fails. Water builds up on basement walls, and this can happen. The water in the basement may seem bad. But there is far more water on the outside. A basement waterproofing company should be contacted as soon as you have ANY water getting in your basement. Groundworks is one we have used. They have locations in many cities nationwide.
Was that the alarm sound
This happened in late August 2021 after Tropical Storm Ida passed through and caused a lot of flooding.
Thank you for the info, I was wondering why there was so much water in this area of NJ.
@@zombieapocalypse3837 You're welcome
Him screaming makes this scary
A 12ft column of fresh water exerts a pressure of 7.5psi. That’s a big wall, say 30 x 12ft. Assume water at top of wall. 360 x 144 x 7.5 / 2 = 194,400lbs.
was any one hurt
So the lights are on and he feels the need to walk thru water? Crazy before the wall collapses.
When you place a concrete walled tub 10 feet in the ground and you get a lot of rain the water pressure trying to get in and fill the space is immense. Most houses built in the last 50 years will have a perimeter drain just under the floor that diverts the ground water to a sump with an electric pump to constantly pump the water up and out, relieving the water pressure that would collapse the wall as it did. When it’s raining like hell and you get a little water in your basement, there’s much more to come!
shouldnt of been that much water on the other side of that wall wtf
@@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews Might've been a half exposed basement like mine but I don't think the US has ever had 10 feet of precipitation. Maybe it was melted snow.
That must have been the flood alarm going off.
Seemed a very flimsy construction. Hope everyone was ok.
No vertical rebar in that wall?
Is that a thing people do? I've never seen it.
I’ve seen some crazy things in my life, but that was awesome!
Oh my God what a terrifying reality. Awful sorry somebody had experienced this. °~•.❤️🩹.•~°
why was there that much water on the other side of that wall
the screams bro💀💀
Wow indeed!
I was expecting blocks and bricks and mortar and concrete to come tumbling down.
What the hell was that constant noise?
holy shit I hope that guy is okay
I think someone didn’t think through the drainage aspect??
the man got trapped on the other side of the basement, he was buried alive by debris those screams is him dying
September 3rd, 2022; RMS Housetanic, hit wall of water, lower deck flooded with all cargo presumably lost.
A WOW! WOW! WOW! Moment…
Was that a bobcat screaming?
this is one of my best friends:( he was on call with me when it happened.
Was everyone ok?
Damn… very sorry for the home owner.
why was there that much water on the other side of that wall
I’m in shock !
I always wanted a walkout basement!
That was a garage converted into a extra room and a garage door sealed with drywall from the inside. I’ve seen quite a few of them. They have no support drywall is weak.
Dude that was 100% a basment , I'm from central Jersey and just got the first chance to rest right now Monday labor day from when the storm ended and we started pumping out basements and homes Thursday morning. Been doing this job almost 20 years and been there few major hurricane events and many Nor'easter storms and never seen it this bad .
And that is how a break away wall work.
Reminds me of my flooded home due to hurricane Harvey! :/
That’s horrible. I hope he was ok!!
He died
@@TheSharker Good joke.
Geez!!
DID HE MAKE IT OUT ALIVE ⁉️
He did, according to the ABC newscast that we saw.
@@Anne--Marie thanks
I’ve heard water is kind of heavy.