being in such tight quarters. >> reporter: look around the small west virginia town of clandenan. it's without a school. joe manchin is blocking it. this neighbor lost safe access to their home after the bridge was rusted out. >> someone dialed 911 could not come across this bridge. >> they'd be afraid they couldn't make it. 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 raider 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