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Leslie B Ford
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Water and Health Scientist. PhD Candidate in Biobehavioral Health at Penn State. Interested in understanding how water distribution and procurement practices affect physical and mental health among marginalized populations.
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Kentucky weather just keeps getting crazier and crazier this week.
April 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Today, we are prepping for severe weather. It wasn't that long ago that tornados destroyed parts of W. KY, now we are preparing for similar severe storms. Here's the starting point for the drainage ditch at my house. They are calling for 8-15 inches of rain in the next 7 days on top of what's here.
Map from the National Weather Service showing Kentucky's severe weather risks. There is a medium to high risk of tornados, medium risk of hail, high risk of wind, and medium to high risk of flooding. The severity of the risk increases from left to right across the state with Western Kentucky having a level 5 risk of severe weather and Eastern Kentucky having a level 1 risk. Picture of a drainage ditch just past a road tile with 8-10 inches of standing water in it. The ditch is slightly analyzed with an additional foot of steep sides before tapering into sloped grass for about 3 feet. The ditch is to the side of a side street and serves as a major water corridor for the neighborhood.
April 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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#WaterInsecurity in action today in my home county. Two weeks ago we had a catastrophic water main break (under a parkway!). Temporary measures including tanker trucks, bottled water, and a temporary line were implemented. Today the new main is being connected!

*Photos from the water district.
Image shows the temporary water line which is a 12 inch black PVC line being run over a bridge into an embankment of dirt. To the side you can see a silver pickup truck from the water utility and a tractor in the distance in front of it. Image shows a red truck pulling a trailer with a large blue plastic water tank strapped to it. Two individuals are filling the tank with water at the Water districts treatment plan from their 40,000 gallon reservoir. In the distance you can see a silver tanker truck that has already been filled.
March 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM