Coffeyville KS - 11th and Walnut

A short video of the intersection at 11th and Walnut in Coffeyville KS, taken on July 1st, 2007

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• coffeyville
• southeast
• kansas
• flood
• 2007
• underpass
• underwater
• 11th
• street
• walnut
• intersection
• city
• water
• damage
• destruction
• rebuilding
• oil
• refinery
• spill

[starchild198709]

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

[Spongemom1019]

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.

[margaretsch]

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.

[Spongemom1019]

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.

[margaretsch]

Sad. How's the recovery going?

[Spongemom1019]

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.

[AmericanPatriot90]

@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

[DaMirrorLink]

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]

@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.

[Darkwolf787]

I am so glad I moved away from this broke-ass town. I hate it.

[jdmitchell2]

I was there a couple of months ago. My uncle Bill lives in Mound Valley

[AmericanPatriot90]

I used to live there also, I loved that town!

[AmericanPatriot90]

Farmland?

[starchild198709]

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