@Trinity River Bottoms Boomer posted:Where on earth were the by-the-people elected politicians after Agnes tore heck out of the Northeast? A low interest government loan to bail out the railroads would have been The American Way to save them and surely could have helped save the E-L.
Afterall, who rebuilt the highways and airports after that nasty lady dropped all that wind and rain in the NE to begin with? The RRs paid taxes too and had every right to receive aid in their time of need as well.
The Old Woman (NYO&W) shouldda been helped too, however, that's another story in it's own right.
Agnes was almost 50 years ago, 1972. A lot has changed in 48 years.
