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1. Warm air carries more water than cooler air, with W.V.'s topography, and how people homes and towns were

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 07:53 PM

19 hrs ago

…. built along rivers, creeks, and streams up in the hollows along with large areas of what used to be forested land or stream bank vegetation being effected by the coal industry floods will happen. And
that is true through out Appalachia.

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