By: jerry newsome

jerry newsome — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:26:26 +0000

the lake i fish in has spots i can drop my anchor at when i pull it up it is cover with black slug dont get me wrong i love the deep mines i worked there 30 years i love the hills the way they they are mining is dangerous we have not had a big flood since 1977 it has been 34 years of taking our hillsoff the only thing that grows back is small thees and some grass when the next big flood come i hope the only ones hurt is the oner of the strip mines not there children because it will happen and it will be worse if they didnt take off our hills for the fast coal there would be coal too mine for a lot more years and put a lot more miners to work one thousand deep miners would buy more supplys and cars than one hundred dirt movers and the rain water would have a place too go than too run down bare hills and put black slugs into our drinking water with all there chemicals maybe deforming our chridren just think what i wrote and when the big flood hits call all your rep, and thank them for taking all that money from the coal lobbiest good luck my friends

By: Angela Romagnoli

Angela Romagnoli — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:13:54 +0000

If people could only see what I see on Google Earth in southern West Virginia (where I’m from originally). They could readily see how much mountaintop removal has already been done and how it must stop immediately. We cannot afford to have even one more mountaintop removed. These are some of the most beautiful hills on earth being destroyed forever. It is outrageous that it has been allowed to go this far. I’ll bet these WV politicians have never seen the vast extent of actual damage that Google earth shows. And keep in mind Google earth satellite photos may not include some of the recents mountain top removals.

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By: jerry newsome

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