{"id":578,"date":"2019-12-06T20:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T00:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=578"},"modified":"2022-05-15T18:05:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T22:05:41","slug":"the-flood-of-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=578","title":{"rendered":"The Flood Of &#8217;77"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_580\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-580\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_0051-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_0051-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_0051-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_0051-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_0051-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_0051-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cut at Pikeville, Kentucky.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Appalachia has always been prone to flooding in one valley or another but in April of 1977 the heavens quite literally opened up over the entire region, setting off one of the worst instances of widespread flooding in Appalachian history.\u00a0 Today we tell that story.<\/p>\n<p>You can subscribe to the Stories podcast at RadioPublic, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify and on most other podcast apps.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for listening and thanks for sharing us with your friends.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6892\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-578-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746673\/download.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746673\/download.mp3\">https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746673\/download.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746673\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?powerpress_pinw=578-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746673\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"download.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appalachia has always been prone to flooding in one valley or another but in April of 1977 the heavens quite literally opened up over the entire region, setting off one of the worst instances of widespread flooding in Appalachian history.\u00a0 Today we tell that story. 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