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From: kay.so.or, [DNS_Address]
Subject: One flood-ravaged Kentucky community is suing a coal company, saying i
One flood-ravaged Kentucky community is suing a coal company, saying its negligence made damage even worse LOST CREEK, Ky. — Families along Upper River Caney and Lower River Caney roads recall how the floodwaters that rushed through their narrow hollow turned from a muddy brown to a charcoal gray late last month. Within minutes of the color change, the water rose so high that it picked up homes, cars, sheds, boulders, trees, staircases, swingsets and swimming pools. The debris turned into dangerous projectiles as the water rushed down through the community. Many residents fled into the mountainside and waited out the storm as the ashy water and mud cascaded down the hills that surrounded them. One person from the community is still missing, and another was killed. Officials expect Breathitt County to be without water utilities until December. the rest of the article at the link.... |
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From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: One flood-ravaged Kentucky community is suing a coal company,...
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I hope those folks are taken care of while the trial goes on and even now, that coal company should be doing that now while they wait for their trial. |
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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: One flood-ravaged Kentucky community is suing a coal company,...
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Before I even opened the article link I knew it was going to be about mountain top removal...so sad. |
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