access to their homes after the 2016 flood weakened the foundation of this bridge and rusted it out. if someone dialed 911 could not come across this bridge -- >> yeah, they'd be afraid they wouldn't make it, that the bridge might collapse. >> reporter: this bridge is connie richards' lifeline to everyday life, including medical care. >> you just keep moving along and pray you get to the other side. >> reporter: but even in the face of severe weather and its costly destruction, neither rader nor richard blame climate change. >> i'm not buying into the whole climate change thing. >> reporter: so if somebody said in order to make sure a flood like this never hits your community again, we need to get rid of coal, what would you say? >> let it flood again. >> reporter: in the second largest coal-producing state in the nation, climate change is a complicated issue. senator joe manchin, one of the key lawmakers blocking the most aggressive parts of climate legislation that would drastically curb greenhouse