Geologists race to collect perishable data as Kentucky residents ‘scared to death’ over floods amid Trump cuts …
“It doesn’t matter if people don’t believe in climate change; it’s going to wallop them anyway … This is a new world of extremes and cascading hazards”
— Ryan Thigpen, geologist
They shouldn’t be scared, though. This is exactly what Kentucky voted for.
“Yet statewide, two-thirds of Kentuckians voted for Trump last year, with his vote share closer to 80% in rural communities hit hard by extreme weather, where many still blame Barack Obama for coal mine closures.”