I *used* to live on this street...
"One of the main water lines running out of the West Virginia American Water Treatment Plant has erupted flooding 24st Street and leaving most of the city and surrounding area without water on Friday, June 26, 2009, in Huntington."
A gallery of images can be seen here:
I didn't learn about this until this afternoon... when my neighbors were unloading bottled water from Kroger from a friend's van into their house...
I'm wondering when the photos were taken... because earlier that day, it was impossible to cross under the tracks to get to the part of town above 8th Avenue because of flooding, police and city servants had blockaded the underpasses... yet later that evening, probably around 7:00 or 8:00, my girlfriend and I went out to eat and *I* didn't notice any giant pools of water around 24th street....
West Virginia American Water still has not posted an alert online!!
Unbelievable since their spokesperson spoke with the press regarding this....
"We do have a water main break in Huntington. We’re still waiting on details to find out the severity and the size and the number of customers who are affected,”
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