Also, to give everyone an update, the east side has no houses except for a few, and they aren't allowed to rebuild cause of contamination which makes no sense because a few businesses that the town has a hand in their pocket were allowed to. Coffeyville is pretty much now a petty crime.
damn i use to live right down the road on 10th. i walked to the flood. luckily it didnt hit me but unfortunately it hit a few friends of mine. It was all contaminated water from the refinery where i use to work
That side of town is still far behind what it used to be, and it's been two years now. Most of the streets still don't have houses on them. Now they're building a new highway and putting a Walmart Supercenter out where it flooded before. I just don't understand people.
yeah i know i live in baxter springs now. i moved from that town last year. that town had all the shitty houses any way lol but there were a few good houses. i knew alot of drug dealers and users there. they were flooded out. but i also knew alot of good people. and i go there every so often and i think they have mental problems for building that highway and super center there cause it will flood again as it has in the past. and its not safe for that refinery being there. its contaminating badly
@AmericanPatriot90 They renamed to Co-op then to Coffeyville Resources. Even though they leaked all the oil because they flat out refused to shut down (I was actually there when they were demanded to shut down, water was about to enter the first electric center) but it was too late by that time =/ Nothing ever happened to them cause they paid off the mayor and everything. BP probably could learn a thing or two from them. They even claimed there was no oil when there was.
I rememebr me and my dad giving out water, to the people who didn't have a home. Some people had, dog, maybe even 4 large dogs in their car, blankets, pillows, pictures, any thing that they could grab and load up. So people had small kids in there car. Some people didn't even have a car they would come on a bike. It broke my heart. I might be young but I understand!
It's tragic. I hope the coming year will find solutions for people. I lived in Coffeyville just for a short time, 1987-1988 (almost two years), but became very fond of the place during that time. It was a classic small town. I hope so very much that the flood does not sap the spirit of the town.
It's made it hard for anyone to find a place to live, that's for sure. Most of the people here that owned rental properties have turned around and listed them for sale with the prices raised, trying to take advantage of the settlements that the flood victims got. I find that sad. As far as the spirit of c'ville, its status just kinda depends on who you ask.
It certainly is disappointing to know that landlords would take advantage of an unexpected opportunity based on others' misfortune. Well, time will even things out in the long run, no doubt. But I'm sure there must be a lot of individual tales of despair.
Within the past month or so, they started the process of demolishing all the uninhabitable houses. I don't know what their plans are beyond that. I keep hearing that there are a lot of people still living in what were supposed to be temporary mini-trailers and RVs. Rumors abounded about housing that was supposed to be built a long time ago. I just don't know.
Also, to give everyone an update, the east side has no houses except for a few, and they aren't allowed to rebuild cause of contamination which makes no sense because a few businesses that the town has a hand in their pocket were allowed to. Coffeyville is pretty much now a petty crime.
DaMirrorLink 1 year ago
I am so glad I moved away from this broke-ass town. I hate it.
Darkwolf787 1 year ago
I was there a couple of months ago. My uncle Bill lives in Mound Valley
jdmitchell2 2 years ago
I used to live there also, I loved that town!
AmericanPatriot90 2 years ago
damn i use to live right down the road on 10th. i walked to the flood. luckily it didnt hit me but unfortunately it hit a few friends of mine. It was all contaminated water from the refinery where i use to work
starchild198709 2 years ago
That side of town is still far behind what it used to be, and it's been two years now. Most of the streets still don't have houses on them. Now they're building a new highway and putting a Walmart Supercenter out where it flooded before. I just don't understand people.
Spongemom1019 2 years ago
yeah i know i live in baxter springs now. i moved from that town last year. that town had all the shitty houses any way lol but there were a few good houses. i knew alot of drug dealers and users there. they were flooded out. but i also knew alot of good people. and i go there every so often and i think they have mental problems for building that highway and super center there cause it will flood again as it has in the past. and its not safe for that refinery being there. its contaminating badly
starchild198709 2 years ago
Farmland?
AmericanPatriot90 2 years ago
@AmericanPatriot90 They renamed to Co-op then to Coffeyville Resources. Even though they leaked all the oil because they flat out refused to shut down (I was actually there when they were demanded to shut down, water was about to enter the first electric center) but it was too late by that time =/ Nothing ever happened to them cause they paid off the mayor and everything. BP probably could learn a thing or two from them. They even claimed there was no oil when there was.
DaMirrorLink 1 year ago
@DaMirrorLink Wow...
There is a reason why we moved to South Dakota... XD
My dad used to work there before that happened. We moved in '99
AmericanPatriot90 1 year ago
Man I used to live there... I sure hope the city can recover from all this!
slangman01 3 years ago
I rememebr me and my dad giving out water, to the people who didn't have a home. Some people had, dog, maybe even 4 large dogs in their car, blankets, pillows, pictures, any thing that they could grab and load up. So people had small kids in there car. Some people didn't even have a car they would come on a bike. It broke my heart. I might be young but I understand!
LadyCat12meow 4 years ago
It's tragic. I hope the coming year will find solutions for people. I lived in Coffeyville just for a short time, 1987-1988 (almost two years), but became very fond of the place during that time. It was a classic small town. I hope so very much that the flood does not sap the spirit of the town.
margaretsch 4 years ago
It's made it hard for anyone to find a place to live, that's for sure. Most of the people here that owned rental properties have turned around and listed them for sale with the prices raised, trying to take advantage of the settlements that the flood victims got. I find that sad. As far as the spirit of c'ville, its status just kinda depends on who you ask.
Spongemom1019 4 years ago
It certainly is disappointing to know that landlords would take advantage of an unexpected opportunity based on others' misfortune. Well, time will even things out in the long run, no doubt. But I'm sure there must be a lot of individual tales of despair.
margaretsch 4 years ago
Sad. How's the recovery going?
margaretsch 4 years ago
Within the past month or so, they started the process of demolishing all the uninhabitable houses. I don't know what their plans are beyond that. I keep hearing that there are a lot of people still living in what were supposed to be temporary mini-trailers and RVs. Rumors abounded about housing that was supposed to be built a long time ago. I just don't know.
Spongemom1019 4 years ago