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Related: About this forum6 Months After Biblical Eastern KY Floods, Debris Hanging In Trees, Housing Nowhere To Be Found
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Every extreme weather disaster leaves a lasting mark, often displacing people in its path. But the biblical floods in Eastern Kentucky have highlighted a deepening reality that many communities face as climate change fuels catastrophes of greater intensity and frequency: a housing crisis that persists long after the immediate disaster has faded. I just dont think people can grasp what a huge issue housing is, says Roll, the chief executive of the nonprofit Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky. People need housing now; they need a place to live now. They need to know theres a light at the end of this tunnel.
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Mile after mile, county after county, the hills and hollers of Eastern Kentucky are littered with reminders of the floods that unleashed sudden and staggering suffering, killing more than 40 people and leaving hundreds of families homeless. Spray-painted orange Xs left by search teams are still visible on waterlogged, abandoned homes. Front steps still stand after the houses to which they were once attached were ripped away by the rushing water. Vehicles lie twisted and mired in mud. Tree branches are littered with pieces of lives upended basketball hoops and tricycles, toilets and Christmas decorations, headboards and books and pieces of metal roofs.
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Without the means to repair damaged homes, obtain mortgages or scrape together rent, some people here are living in homes without electricity or running water, doubling up with relatives, staying in camping trailers or even tents often with no end in sight. Some have moved away. Between cash-strapped local governments, under-resourced nonprofit organizations and slow-moving federal recovery efforts, many residents have concluded that they are largely on their own.
We already had a housing crisis, said Scott McReynolds, the executive director of the Housing Development Alliance in Hazard, Ky. The floods made the problem far worse. Its staggering, he said. Folks are having to make hard decisions. One recent analysis found that 6 in 10 Kentucky families with homes damaged in the floods have annual incomes of $30,000 or less. Thats roughly what it costs to repair a home that sustained an inch of water damage on the first floor, said Eric Dixon, a senior researcher at the Ohio River Valley Institute, a think tank that conducted the study.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/03/22/kentucky-flooding-disasters-housing/
Miguelito Loveless
(4,438 posts)owned by Young Earth Creationists?
Seems like a perfect place for the people to go who lack housing.
jimfields33
(15,474 posts)The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)So good luck Kentucky.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,486 posts)Shows where his priorities lie. Same with ole Mitchie! Not with the people of Kentucky.
As for the Republican Legislature there, cutting taxes and services did not help the state at all. POOR fiscal planning on their parts. BUT! They want the people to vote for them.
atreides1
(16,046 posts)The majority of people in that area will vote Republican, in the next election!
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,486 posts)They are suffering from Stockholm Syndrome and they do not even know it.
cbabe
(3,441 posts)Six Days in August: The Story of Stockholm Syndrome
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On the morning of August 23, 1973, a man wearing a wig, makeup, and a pair of sunglasses walked into the main branch of Sveriges Kreditbank, a prominent bank in central Stockholm.
Delphinus
(11,808 posts)to use, campaign slogans, etc., to get them to wake up?