BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. (WOWK) — The Target in the Merritt Creek Shopping Center in Barboursville, West Virginia is falling apart after the road behind it collapsed.
Edit: known issue, Target just thought they could beat nature unlike the last tenant.
This is not climate change, y’all. The Appalachians are an eroding mountain range. The town where my sister lives is in a constant battle to keep the roads from falling into the adjacent creek beds. It’s just an absurdly difficult geography to build on.
I looked up the thing.
Edit: known issue, Target just thought they could beat nature unlike the last tenant.
I knew it was West Virginia.
This is not climate change, y’all. The Appalachians are an eroding mountain range. The town where my sister lives is in a constant battle to keep the roads from falling into the adjacent creek beds. It’s just an absurdly difficult geography to build on.
Fun fact: The Appalachians are older than Saturn’s rings
Yep! Over a billion years old and a major feature on Pangaea.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_the_Appalachians
Climate change can accelerate erosion.
Thank you!