Submitted by Michael Barrick, Appalachian Chronicle, December 18, 2023

BIG ISAAC, W.Va. – In the dark hours on or about November 18, a number of residents living here reported hearing a “roar.” Another resident said of the incident, “I thought it was an earthquake.”

The source of the sound was beyond question for those that heard it – the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) Right-of-Way (ROW) that forms a semicircle about 500 feet up the steep ridges around this tiny farming community.

It wasn’t long after that, said resident Justin McClain, that the MVP started rolling in equipment from all directions, even lighting up the night sky on the ridges above to address whatever happened.

While the MVP and George Eidel, Director of the Office of Emergency Services for Doddridge County have not responded to questions as to what happened on the ridge above Big Issac, drone footage taken in early December reveals an extensive repair of hundreds of yards of the MVP ROW. Read the full article here.

https://appalachianchronicle.com/2023/12/19/drone-footage-reveals-long-repair-of-mvp-section-in-northern-w-va-officials-defiantly-silent/

As always, thanks for reading and please feel free to share and post. – MB