Following her retirement from more than thirty years as a successful small business owner, Lisa Olszak Zumstein found new passions in local history and writing. Lisa grew up with eight siblings in the tightly knit rural Appalachian community of Brady's Bend, Pennsylvania, the site of a catastrophic flood in 1980. Drawing on her career as an interviewer, researcher, analyst and compelling writer, she uncovers the broader significance of this disaster. Turning complicated technical information into clear, relatable terms, Lisa captures the material and lasting emotional toll of these devastating events on everyday life in Western Pennsylvania.