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u/Realistic-Action8195 1d ago
the people going past couldn't slow down?
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u/PygmeePony 1d ago
Have you been to New York?
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u/Penguinkeith 1d ago
Hey! I’m
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u/the_last_carfighter 1d ago
Nono, you had it right both ways. If you didn't want to get hit by a car in NYC, maybe you shoulda stayed off the sidewalk pal
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u/Level_Hour6480 1d ago
Because New York is the only place in America where you're better off not driving, we have a selection-bias that makes all of our drivers assholes.
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u/Squidwina 1d ago
The drivers in Manhattan are assholes unless you’re the one driving. Then the pedestrians are assholes.
Einstein’s theory of relativity in action!
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u/Madaghmire 17h ago
Tbf a lot of pedestrians here are assholes. I shake my head at how often ill stop at a crosswalk which has the dont walk sign up and the person next to me will walk out in front of a car that is making a turn across traffic becauss they foolishly thought pedestrians wouldnt walk regardless of what some silly sign tells them
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u/Mammoth_Tusk90 1d ago
I live on a street like this, they always splash me when I clear the drain when it’s like this. I stare them down at least because they hit a light directly after.
There are businesses across the street and they don’t clear their drains so their side backs up into the street. The side with houses is always clear. Really frustrating. Even when it is clogged, they don’t fix it, residents have to.
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u/CowgirlSpacer 1d ago
residents have to.
Shouldn't the city be the ones fixing it and clearing the drains in the first place?
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u/BULL3TP4RK 13h ago
Yes. But 'the city' isn't omniscient, either. They can't send people to fix a problem that they are unaware of. Sometimes all it takes is a call.
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u/SEA_griffondeur 12h ago
I mean you could start throwing rocks at those who do, it's not like they can see in their mirrors with that splash, just claim it must be the wind
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u/robi_750 1d ago
It's unbelievable! he is trying to help when he is not obligated. Where is the civic sense in these drivers? They could at least slow down.
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u/Kriscolvin55 1d ago edited 23h ago
Don’t get me wrong, People should 100% slow down if anybody is that close to their car for any reason. But in regards to him helping when he doesn't need to; from their perspective, this was just a dude standing in the water with a broom. How would they know he’s trying to clear the storm drain?
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u/Far_Possibility_8497 1d ago
They don't need to know that he's there to clear the drain. Even if the guy was just there for no reason, there was no need for the drivers to be assholes
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u/Kriscolvin55 23h ago
Yes. That is what my first sentence is about.
The comment I was replying to was mostly focused on the fact that the guy in the video is helping when he doesn't have to. So I was mostly addressing the fact that most people probably have no idea what he's trying to do. But even still, I included the caveat that people should be going slower.
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u/se7entythree 1d ago
No wake zone!
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u/PipsqueakPilot 1d ago
I live in Charleston at the moment, and there are legitimately No Wake Zone street signs.
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u/MurtaghInfin8 1d ago
If I'm driving through that much standing water, I'm not sacrificing my momentum to avoid splashing someone.
I also don't drive through that much standing water.
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u/derpiederpslikederp 1d ago
Post10 would be proud
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u/tempoguyx 1d ago
I am OOTL.
Who/What is post10?
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u/WaywardPrimrose 1d ago
It’s a YouTube channel of a guy going around and unclogging drains like this. It’s very satisfying to watch lol
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u/PPVSteve 1d ago
Its just one of his past times really. Its so funny to see his videos on his turtles = 340 views. Unclogging a drain 5 million.
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u/fotogod 1d ago
Seems there are so many post10 copycats nowadays. I don’t remember this ever being a thing until he popularized it.
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u/derpiederpslikederp 1d ago
Mans a treasure, no wonder they want to copy haha
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u/thatass6_9 1d ago
I wouldnt say copy,
I would say it brought awareness to citizen involved actions that provide community benefit in very localized areas.
Now I see a clogged drain and I mentally make note of it when I see flash flood warnings in my area
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u/fightmydemonswithme 22h ago
As a kid, after a flooding event, I gathered some of my friends up and we bagged up all the leaves and branches in the gutters. We ended up getting paid by various people which was nice, but I hadn't even thought of it. I just knew we couldn't afford a new car or house if ours floods.
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u/borkborkbork99 1d ago
I enjoy several YouTube channels like Post 10’s, like SB Mowing and The Boring Channel. Guys who just go out in their communities and give back. I’ll give their videos a watch and help them keep going.
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u/Deivi_tTerra 1d ago
The people not even slowing down when they drive by and splashing him are pissing me off.
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u/evanwilliams44 1d ago
They probably don't want to sit in the giant puddle. That is not the time to slow down, It could be argued they shouldn't have driven through it, but stopping part way is not the move once you have started.
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u/Senior-Friend-6414 17h ago
As long as the water isn’t deep enough to go into the exhaust pipe, then your car won’t stall
Pretty important for anyone that ever driven during a flood, seemingly small easy puddles will deceptively be just deep enough to stall cars
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u/AnnaKateMakes 1d ago
Not that I think he should get splashed, but if you slow down or stop when you’re driving through water it can flood your engine. So there is a practical reason to not stop. These people also could just be assholes
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u/heartofmidlothian278 1d ago
That's not how that works at all. Moving at speed through water is more likely to flood the engine as it creates a bow wave which enters higher up than it would if you just went slowly through it. It also causes far more instability.
You're supposed to go slow through water, and not go in it at all if you think it's too deep.
Going fast quite literally solves zero problems, but creates a lot more.
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u/Generalkhaos 22h ago
Pretty sure driving faster has a higher chance of causing the water to cascade into your engine vs driving slower which can leave the water level sitting lower
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u/the-namez-brain 1d ago
Why did I think I was going to hear the audio of the video? I’m an idiot. I never unmute Reddit and the one time I’m like “this will not have dumb music” I’m dead wrong. Literally nothing about this video suggested I should unmute it. I feel like an idiot.
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u/Valuable-Analyst-464 1d ago
It’s almost guaranteed that 80% of videos have dumb music on them. There is a sub without music, but I forget to check it.
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u/YoureAmastyx 1d ago
It’s safe to assume that if there’s a TikTok logo, it’s not worth unmuting. They’ll even overlay music on clips where the original sound is relevant.
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u/Particular_Archer499 1d ago
It's either shit music or some moronic commentary. I rarely enable sound because of it.
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u/elmontyenBCN 1d ago
I find it very unsatisfying that a private citizen has to do this instead of a public employee.
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u/Booziesmurf 1d ago
I used to follow someone who would do this on TikTok. I recall him saying that he could get fined for doing it instead of the people being paid to do so.
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u/llestaca 1d ago
Why did he think he could get fined?
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u/MoosedaMuffin 1d ago
If for some reason something went wrong, it could be considered “tampering or defacing” public property. For example, if the drain had been intentionally blocked because of a maintenance issue, like a clog in the line. Usually that would marked off with tape and cones.
In my town when that happened, all of the surrounding neighbors received a knock on the door and a flyer to warn them. We were notified that the drain was being intentionally blocked for a few days while the town was waiting on a county pump truck to clear a clay mud clog /storm debris. (There is a railroad and their clay berm under an overpass washes out every few years when we get big rain)
We were at increased risk of flash flooding regardless of whether they blocked it but if they didn’t block it, it could flood 6 more blocks before it reached a branch line. The previous time that happened, 3 cars were washed down the hill and a manhole cover was washed away and damaged a police car blocking the flooded intersection. They had the fire department on standby with their hoses to pump water up to the branch off just in case. They also put up “No Parking” “Warning: Flash flood risk”signs and had an officer posted in the area to warn people when we had a squall line if heavy thunderstorm go through.
For the record: The only way I could see someone being charged though is if a civil employee was a petty ass… or it was a previously warned of situation like this.
Edit: missing word
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u/SimonBarfunkle 1d ago
I’m assuming they use something more proper and official-looking than leaf litter and junk to block the drain.
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u/Zaximeows 1d ago
Because the people that cause you trouble (law enforcement) are not the same people that decide if you are in trouble (courts) and the time spent between A and B can be expensive. Interesting that the city could potentially charge you for this but they would instantly shred any bills you send the city for water damage to your vehicle.
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u/Booziesmurf 1d ago
I can't totally recall, but I would assume that if he damaged the drain, or caused the drain to damage vehicles.
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u/Common-Concentrate-2 1d ago
How would the city clean up stuff that isn't stuck in the drain yet? A lot of this material (leaf litter, trash, etc) isn't even in public areas until the rain falls and washes it into the street. Before the rain it was on private property or was attached to a tree or whatever.
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u/424f42_424f42 1d ago
Proper drainage.
If say a carpet floated over and covered the drain, sure that's unexpected. I didn't see any type of debris that would be unexpected.
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u/Dr_Allcome 1d ago
It's easy to build a storm drain that would work even with all the debris. The problem is that kids kept drowning in them so we made the openings smaller.
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u/LocalSlob 1d ago
There's probably 10000 drains in NYC, not to mention all the other work created for Water Utilities during heavy storms.
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u/alligator_loki 1d ago
Ok so? They are part of city infrastructure and need to be maintained.
This is like the dirty sidewalks all over the country. America doesn't like spending on maintenance.
Isn't stuff like this why we have a government and a civilization and society? So we can collectively delegate this task and pay for it through taxes, instead of private indivials being responsible for their city?
I would love tax dollars to go to pay someone to unclog drains and power wash all the dirty sidewalks.
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u/hivoltage815 1d ago
Why though?
Isn’t a system where everyone takes care of their own block far more efficient?
I’d rather see people engage in community than expect everything to be taken care of for them. Cities can support a distributed model by anointing block captains for flow of communication and providing tools and resources.
My block does cleanups every month and we actually find joy in being neighborly in the process.
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u/moredrinksplease 1d ago
I did this once, on a much smaller scale, it was very enjoyable. Nobody else cared but I didn’t care about that. Felt good
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u/Ok-Push9899 1d ago
Chapter 10 in "TikTok Ruins Everything". Post10 has been doing this for years over on Youtube, no music, no edits, just satisfyingly hard work, generally out in nature.
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u/wassupdawg-1 1d ago
MRI of the people splashing him (they could have slowed down)
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u/Practical-Ruin-69 1d ago
Am awesome dude, but please don't wade into into flood waters without waders. There is all kinds of bad shit floating in there.
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u/Equivalent-Menu-7922 17h ago
At least he didn’t use his bare hands, like some of the drain uncloggers I’ve seen on here.
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u/zvassy 1d ago
Why is the whole street relying on only one storm drain?
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u/Valuable-Analyst-464 1d ago
Multiple drains all clogged. You can see him in the distance clearing another one.
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u/thats-wrong 1d ago
And why, in this day and age, can we not design a better drain cover that will take in the garbage and somehow deal with it, preventing this? I understand it's costly but I'm not sure if there aren't innovative solutions to be explored.
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u/ennuiinmotion 1d ago
My city floods really bad because of this quite frequently. Ever since I've started seeing these videos I wonder why clearing storm drains isn't part of the city's road maintenance. Someone should be paid to go around and keep these clear during rain events.
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u/Common-Concentrate-2 1d ago
It is. You can see videos of it on youtube. "Catch basin cleaning NYC" and also anyone can report a clogged basin through 311
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u/MyCoffeeIsCold 1d ago
You answers your own question: somone has to be PAID. States, cities, towns, etc. don’t have extra budget for these things.
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u/The_Bud_Obliges_74 1d ago
Mmmm just look at that vortex
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u/nostickystuff 1d ago
This guy cleared that drain more for his satisfaction of watching that vortex than for the neighborhood.
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u/Sea-Fig4999 1d ago
Just be careful doing this- rushing water past your legs + needles inevitably floating by = possible stick… and then the nightmare begins. Thats not thinking about the bacteria and any possible open wounds. Flood waters can be foul. Exercise extreme caution and have plenty of protection.
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u/financially_broke_ 1d ago
Lets take a moment to appreciate ppl like these who care abt environment and others while most of us would've ignored it and blamed municipal for it and moved on.
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u/Ryan_e3p 1d ago
Great, the city can pay for the treatments he will need from getting Hepatitis A through ZZZ
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u/mikemikemotorboat 15h ago
Had a similar situation on my street 3 weeks ago. Decided to be like this guy and go unclog it, only to find the city had tarped around the storm drains in preparation for road resurfacing so there was no way to unblock them. All the nasty water on my legs, none of the satisfaction
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u/Snoring_Eagle 1d ago
I have done this with the drain near my house. It makes the most excellent noise. Like the normal drain gurgling sound, but at the volume level of an F-22 in full afterburner.
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u/MAGNUMXL 1d ago
That man single-handedly saved insurance companies over a million dollars in claims.
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u/jackrabbit323 1d ago
There should be free sports or theater tickets to people who selflessly achieve great acts of civic service.
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u/Fridge885 19h ago
If only there were some city municipalities that could take care of that. Good job citizen Batman approves!
https://giphy.com/gifs/iGGHjzCxell2o
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u/albatross1812 9h ago
That's one way to flush out that weird underground people problem the police were looking into Like a scene straight out of the Titanic where the ship floods.
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u/shalekodemono 1d ago
How did he know where to find it?
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u/Qsnaps74656 1d ago
He lives there
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u/bird9066 1d ago
thank you. I've lived in a few cities in New England and the first thing I do is look for the fire hydrants and drains when I move somewhere.
I've shoveled out a few hydrants but never had to clear a drain. I've lectured a couple of people about blowing leaves down them though. Because that shit will bite the whole neighborhood in the ass
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u/TheGrateCommaNate 1d ago
He lives there and this is his unpaid job now. Because no one else will do it.
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u/Brainbrokeonme 1d ago
Where are all the public works employee's
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u/K12onReddit 1d ago
Maybe clearing other drains? We've had some freak storms up here lately and they are being pulled in every direction.
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u/AbbreviationsWide331 1d ago
Why, in the US, private citizens have to take care of the freaking street flooding? Don't you have people working for the city taking care of this? Making it less dangerous?
I've seen so many of these videos and while it's satisfying I always wondered.
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u/Palanki96 1d ago
Why is there only one for such a big area? Did nobody teach them how to build cities?
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u/OutofCiteOutofMine 1d ago
Somebody fine this man! He’s doing a job for free the city wants to charge 100s of dollars to do
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u/GBrunt 1d ago
You can't just log it with municipal to unclog with a proper suction truck that prevents the crap entering the drains?
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u/Drunken_Jedi_Master 1d ago
Put some respect on the name. This man is Post 10, the hero that no one deserves.
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u/funderfulfellow 1d ago
Is there some trick to find out where the drain is if its completely clogged up and flooded?
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u/PPVSteve 1d ago
not in the city usually, these people are just locals that know the street. In some rural areas they have arrows in the center of the street pointing towards the drain so when its flooded you can get an idea where they are.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TorontoDriving/comments/1jabi46/what_do_these_arrows_on_the_road_mean/
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u/Possible-Estimate748 1d ago
I've done this before though obviously not to this degree. Was just blocked up in one corner of an intersection.
But so many people walk by and just ignore it when all it took was one swipe of my foot to move the leaves and it was cleared.
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u/koolaidismything 1d ago
Shit like this, it’s OUR cities. I try to pick up garbage too if I know I’ll pass a can. Why not? I want to live in a nice place.
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u/Blueporch 1d ago
That can be dangerous. There was that kid who got sucked partway down the drain he cleared by the rushing water, and rescue crews couldn’t get him out in time.
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u/FelineHerder606 1d ago
The cut scenes make this very unsatisfying.