‘We’ll have this road punched in in about three days.’ No s–t,”
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CHIMNEY ROCK, West Virginia — Blue-collar workers prevailed over bureaucracy in Hurricane Helene-ravaged North Carolina by rebuilding a highway at breakneck speed on their own terms – allowing residents to finally return home.
Coal miners from West Virginia – whom locals have lovingly dubbed the “West Virginia Boys” – moved a mountain in just three days to reopen a 2.7-mile stretch of Highway 64 between Bat Cave and Chimney Rock washed away by Helene.
Chimney Rock residents who fled the hurricane one month ago will now be able to return home for the first time within a few days, months earlier than they expected. -- More..
Told ya those West Virginia Strip Miners were badass….
…literally everyone is talking about their machinery skills and the risks they know how to take….
Just FYI- these are skills you can’t teach someone, these guys are 3rd, 4th generation Appalachian miners…
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