Investigative Voices
Podcast Title: Investigative Voices by Lidia LoPinto
Podcast Description:
Investigative Voices is a podcast where facts meet clarity, led by Lidia LoPinto—an accomplished author, engineer, and commentator. With a passion for uncovering the truth, Lidia digs deep into today’s most pressing news stories, breaking down what’s really happening behind the headlines. Unlike traditional media that often spins stories, Investigative Voices provides listeners with well-researched, unbiased reporting, all backed by solid investigations and evidence.
Join Lidia in this journey where each episode uncovers hidden truths, explores critical issues, and sheds light on what the mainstream media might be missing. Whether it's environmental concerns, political mismanagement, or corporate accountability, Lidia LoPinto brings you facts without the fluff.
About Lidia LoPinto:
Lidia LoPinto is an author and retired engineer with a sharp eye for detail and a relentless drive to find the truth. Combining her analytical background with her passion for writing, Lidia has become a commentator who refuses to let surface-level reporting define the narrative. With years of experience in research and technical analysis, she brings a professional, no-nonsense approach to investigative journalism.
In Investigative Voices, she tackles current events with depth, precision, and objectivity—offering listeners a refreshing break from the cluttered noise of media spin. Whether you're seeking the facts or want to dive deeper into hidden stories, Lidia's podcast is the place where truth and investigation meet.
Tune in to Investigative Voices—where every story is supported by research, and every truth is uncovered.
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Investigative Voices
Appalachia Dam Failures: Negligence, Infrastructure Neglect, and the Call for Action
This is the book link: https://a.co/d/dBPiFOM
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How can the recent dam failures in Appalachia be traced back to negligence and misplaced priorities? We explore this pressing question with our guest, Lydia Lopinto, who brings a wealth of insight from her personal experiences with Hurricane Sandy. Lydia has crafted a free e-book designed to support those affected by these disasters, helping them navigate the often-tangled web of government assistance and emphasizing the critical need for flood insurance. She argues passionately about the lack of attention to domestic infrastructure and criticizes the prioritization of international aid over vital home-front investments. Lydia also calls out conspiracy theories, firmly rooting the cause of the disaster in negligence rather than any intentional act.
We don't shy away from the tough conversations in this episode, as Lydia voices her concerns over recent board appointments by President Biden, questioning whether these individuals possess the necessary experience to prioritize and manage essential infrastructure projects effectively. With frustration, she highlights the imbalance in focus towards international initiatives, urging for a shift that ensures robust infrastructure support within the U.S. Our discussion aims to ignite awareness and advocacy, with Lydia sharing her hopes for congressional investigations and change through social media and future publications. This episode is a clarion call for action, aiming to spotlight the urgent need for better policies and practices in maintaining our nation's infrastructure.
Hi everyone. This is Lydia, and today I'm here to let you know that I'm writing a free e-book. My contribution to the disaster that happened in Appalachia is to use my writing skills. I'm retired. I've been writing for years to create an e-book that puts all the information together for people looking to get help for themselves.
Speaker 1:I tell you one thing I was a victim of Sandy and I did have flood insurance, and it took me two years to get the help I needed. And it took me two years to get the help I needed, and it was every day on the phone fighting with these people. Now you're going to get some immediate help from FEMA if you apply and get through all of their bureaucracy that they have. Unfortunately, they are paralyzed by bureaucracy, because that's how government is they always have bureaucracy. So they're going to want you to upload everything and you know, just be patient and just upload whatever they ask for. If you don't have it, there's always a way to get a copy somewhere. Try to get whatever they're going to give you if you can, but don't expect a lot, because they don't really cover a lot unless you have flood insurance, because then the money for the people insured is there as part of an insurance program. So there's money for that and I was able to be compensated because I paid a premium pretty high premium, by the way. So if you didn't have flood insurance, I don't know what's going to happen. If you don't have any kind of anything left of your home, they might want to pay some money to take over the property, and that would be up to you whether you want to take the offer or not. That's just an economic decision. If you want to be compensated for what you lost because of TVA's negligence to maintain the dams, you're going to have to fight and get lawyers.
Speaker 1:So this book is here to help you learn your rights, help you gather all the information as much information as I can get together on putting'm putting into the ebook. It'll be free and it'll be available on Amazon, so it'll be a lot easier for you to find you. Just look for my name, lydia Lopinto, and you'll see something related to TVA's damn failure. At this point, the book is called A Crime Against Humanity, and probably because I'm very emotional today about what happened, because when I found out that this was a, it happened as a result of negligence on their part it made me angry, so I don't know if I'll change the title. Okay, I think it'll probably be more like TVA's lack of maintenance or something more easily searchable, but I was angry. I was angry because because I know for a fact that these dams were built in the 1940s, at a time when America was willing to invest in its own infrastructure, not in Ukraine's infrastructure, and we have sent enough money to other countries to rebuild all of our infrastructure.
Speaker 1:The dams were decaying and nothing was done about it. I just read that recently, somehow the House and the Senate passed a bill funding the repairs of some of the bands. Hello, too little, too late. This should have been done last year or the year before or the year before that. For three years under this administration, nothing has been done.
Speaker 1:Now let me address the people blaming Trump. I can't believe this. Blaming Trump for the flood. He's not president. Okay, there's only six that I could find. Maybe a seventh was just sworn in.
Speaker 1:These are appointed by Mr Biden and they're all activists, pro-green. New Deal to the plants that want to manufacture materials for EV batteries, and they're going to do that from mine materials and also recycling old batteries, which I think is good. You know, they should recycle, they should recycle, but apparently the residents didn't like it because, you know, any kind of plant like that in mining is going to cause some pollution in the water and they weren't assured that they were going to do enough to clean up the water. So, yeah, now don't start thinking that they did it on purpose to get to the mines. No, okay, that's a conspiracy theory. Nobody did it on purpose. This is just the way things work out when government doesn't do their job. This is negligence, and I'm not calling it intentional. I don't think they went and decided one day hey, let's not drain the dams so we can destroy Appalachia, so we can put in the mines. That is ridiculous. Do not fall for these ridiculous conspiracy theories.
Speaker 1:Okay, it's been just neglect and deterioration of our infrastructure. That started a long time ago I think as far back as Obama, maybe even before where the government decided that we are everybody's police. We're going to send troops everywhere to help the world. We're going to rebuild countries like Ukraine and other countries. We're going to send money left and right everywhere, but when it comes to fixing our own infrastructure, we're not going to fund that. And they didn't get the funds. Now, if the dams weren't failing or were overfilled, or they couldn't drain them, or they needed to set up projects to do that. They need people to do that. There's a lot of dams and it wasn't done. Okay, so that's the government failure. This is what happens when the government takes over certain infrastructure, and why? Maybe these things should be privatized. I don't know, because this was just total neglect.
Speaker 1:The people that Biden appointed to the board of director were basically incompetent. Some of them were way too young. They were activists. What do they know about running a damn system? I don't think so. They don't know. Know about running a damn system? I don't think so. They don't know. So, anyway, I'm going to link the book, the Facebook and LinkedIn profiles where I will be posting articles and the link to the book when it comes out, okay, and you'll be able to download that for free over on Amazon. There'll also be a PDF, and I hope that this helps a lot of residents get the money they deserve and get a congressional investigation and teach these people a lesson that they have to prioritize our infrastructure over the infrastructure of other countries. We're rebuilding Ukraine and we're just letting people drown here in the United States. That doesn't make any sense. Okay, it's awful, so that's it.