Eastern Kentucky Has Been Underwater, but You Probably Didn’t Notice
An out-of-sight, out-of-mind mentality can take hold when people lose their connection to nature. My mother situated me on her hip, took a deep breath, and stepped off our porch into the icy floodwaters. I was 2 years old. It was March 1974, and the rain had been pummeling Lily, Kentucky, for two …
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