@Appalshop
“If you get an area that has been strip mined, and the soil has been stripped off…you have a surface that is not fully vegetated and you get no water retention whatsoever, and that is what causes these flash floods.” – Jack Spadaro, mine safety engineer
courier-journal.com
Strip mining aided deadly Kentucky flooding, ex-regulators say. They want an investigation
In past flooding, hydrologists have calculated runoff 1,000 times greater than without mining. Scientists say climate change will intensify heavy rains. Read more HERE
Didn’t need a rocket scientist to tell me that.
What surface mining? Barely any mining going on in KY but they still need to blame the mining industry somehow. Anyone ever think that maybe it simply rained hard for an extended amount of time???
Went right over his head
Lets build more flood prevention lakes. We need more.