What if the Dam Broke above Marsh Fork Elementary?

Marsh Fork Elementary Before

Marsh Fork Elementary After

Thats a 2.8 billion gallon toxic tsunami creating a 15 foot wall of heavy-metal laden coal sludge crashing down the hollow.
No one would survive.

We can help them by supporting Pennies of Promise as grandfather Ed Wiley walks 455 miles to get some help for these kids.
Learn more here, and at Pennies of Promise.

Here’s another aerial shot from a higher angle.

Marsh Fork Elementary is the tiny thing with the lawn at the bottom left of the image.

About JW Randolph

Raised on the banks of the Tennessee River, JW's work to create progress in his home state and throughout Appalachia has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show, The Daily Kos and Grist. He served first as Appalachian Voices’ Legislative Associate and then Tennessee director until leaving to pursue a career in medicine in 2012.