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John McGary

Whitesburg, one year after the flood

July 28th. A little before 6:30 a.m., Faye and Arnold Weaver heard their granddaughter call out from the first floor of their home on Maryland Drive. The north fork of the Kentucky River was out of its banks and into her bedroom.

“So we jumped up, we looked out the window and there was water everywhere. So we put on our clothes and grabbed a few things and got our vehicles out and went out there. It was just awful. The water was rising so fast. We didn't have time to do much.”

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