Originally Posted by bkcunningham1

Stopped the floods? You really do live in another world don't you. If you honestly believe the TVA projects in eastern Tennessee were for the common good of the Appalachian people, you really need to read some history. Not propaganda. History. The electric power was needed for aluminum plants for airplanes and bombs. There's even more to it than that if you would open your mind and read for yourself a little bit. Read the history of Oak Ridge, Tenn., and you'll see the story of the Secret City built by the US government for development of uranium and plutonium in the 1940s. I'm not being argumentative. Just stating facts.