r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/LunaTuna823 • 1d ago

Video Explosion captured by live weather radar

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u/69_Big_Biscuit_69 1d ago

It’s the result of a constructed reservoir. Dam a river to make a “lake.” There are many impounded rivers that have this similar shape. Lake of the Ozarks in MO (USA) is another dragon-like reservoir.

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u/lo-key-glass 1d ago

We have one just like this in Michigan as well. There's a trail that goes around it literally called The Dragon Trail.

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u/Corpus_Juris_13 1d ago

Yep, I’m from Nashville. That’s Old Hickory Lake! It’s the dammed up portion of The Cumberland River

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u/sudogaeshi 1d ago

There a ton in TN and all over the southeast, mostly all TVA projects. Lived near Tim's Ford Lake for a while, same thing

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u/Whiteums 1d ago

Also Lake Nacimiento in California

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u/c5load 1d ago

Ironically a tattoo on my right upper arm. Shape makes it look awesome
Spent every summer there as a kid.

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u/drfeelsgoood 1d ago

That translates to Lake Birth lmao

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u/Vox___Rationis 1d ago

so same like the famous "Blue Dragon" Odeleite River reservoir in Portugal.

When I opened this video I first that that I was looking at Odeleite and only then noticed that "Wait, those are not Portuguese city names"

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u/TankerRed1 1d ago

I was waiting to see if someone would say my home lake. We used to call it a dragon lake sometimes because it looked like it because of the damming

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u/plum_tree_rede 1d ago

Where can I get some dam bait?

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u/jacobhix 13h ago

first you need to decide what kind of core you want for the dam and get that then you need your concrete...

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u/Princess_Slagathor 1d ago

Made the Snell family real crotchety about it too.

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u/One-Earth9294 1d ago

I lived in a small town in Alabama (Wedowee) that was exactly that and the lake incredibly dragon-like.

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u/Fraktal55 1d ago

It took me a second to realize that this was NOT loto. Lots of the towns around are actually similarly named. (Missouri is not good at original town names)

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u/lithicgirl 16h ago

Lol I literally came here to comment that OP should check out Lake of the Ozarks! Aka Magic Dragon Lake to the locals 🤟🏻