Some people lost everything in the floods that devastated eastern Kentucky, and many didn't have much to begin with
Evelyn Smith of Cary, Ky., gathers clothing at the Knott County Sportsplex in Leburn, Ky., Friday, July 29, 2022. Smith lost everything as fast rising floodwaters forced her from her home, and the sportsplex is being used as a evacuation center. JACKSON, Ky. — — Evelyn Smith lost everything in the floods that devastated eastern Kentucky, saving only her grandson's muddy tricycle. But she's not planning to leave the mountains that have been her home for 50 years.
For many people who lost their homes, connections with family and neighbors will only grow in importance in the aftermath of the floods, which wiped out homes and businesses and engulfed small towns. Still, in a part of the state that includes seven of the 100 poorest counties in the nation, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, they may not be enough for people already living on the margins.
He thinks some people who can afford to leave will do so, with younger people — less likely than their elders to try to rebuild where they are — more likely to look for jobs elsewhere. Holliday thinks an old friend died in one of those mobile homes, which was swept away by floodwaters and hasn't been seen since. He isn't the only one trying to account for people in what Gov. Andy Beshear called “one of the worst, most devastating flooding events" in Kentucky's history.
The North Fork of the Kentucky River reached 20.9 feet in Whitesburg — more than 6 feet over the previous record — and crested at a record 43.5 feet in Jackson, said National Weather Service meteorologist Brandon Bonds. At a briefing with Beshear, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said more help is on the way. And the governor opened anSatterwhite said many residents will want to remain, kept in place by attachments to extended families and support networks that sustain them through good times and bad.
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