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Evacuation Drill Practiced In Charleston
Posted Friday, January 23, 2009 ; 06:00 PM | View Comments | Post Comment
Updated Friday, January 23, 2009; 07:53 PM

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The drill was to prepare for a worst case scenario.

HINTON- -- State and local leaders spent time today preparing for a worst-case scenario...

Research by the Army Corps of Engineers found that a large-scale flood event could potentially cause the Bluestone Dam in Summers County to shift downstream.

The Bluestone was built back in the 1940s and is currently undergoing major renovations.

The Corps of Engineers gathered officials from the state and the six counties affected by the dam to come up with an emergency plan for the unlikely event that it should fail.

Next month, Corps representatives will be holding a series of public meetings to explain the upgrades coming to the Bluestone Dam.

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