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1. I was in the middle of a huge flood there in 1977...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2022, 01:21 PM

Jul 2022

When the water runs off the mountains, it gathers in the valleys rather quickly. Especially if there are new strip roads for strip mining, or if the environment has been damaged. (The natural environment cannot absorb and balance the water as the strip roads are like ditches) That is what happened in '77, in my opinion.

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