Madison County Historical Society Vice-President Penn Bowers opened Sunday’s historical review of The Great Madison County Flood of ’95. Part 2. This time the society reflectedn on the response to and the memories from the flood as seen through the eyes of county residents who experienced it. PJR video and photo by Chuck Jackson.
Thirty years ago, Madison County residents experienced the Flood of 1995.
In May, the Madison County Historical Society held a remembrance of the event in the county auditorium with JMU Professor L. Scott Eaton, PhD, gave attendees the science behind the abnormal rain event and mudslides in the Graves Mill area of the county…