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Fact Check: Did a Kentucky Restaurant Successfully Stave Off Flood by Filling Building with Fresh Water?

By C. Douglas Golden April 11, 2025 at 8:13am

It was a noble — no, noble and ingenious — attempt to stave off flooding by a restaurant. But did it work?

Amid all the flooding in Kentucky this month, you may have seen Andrew Masterson making the rounds. He’s the owner of the Captain’s Quarters Riverside Grille in Prospect, Kentucky, who was trying to keep his restaurant from being flooded by the Ohio River cresting.

His solution, according to a viral video? Instead of getting the muddy waters that spilled over the banks of the Ohio into his establishment, fill it up with clean water before.

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C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he's written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he enjoys spending time with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties).

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Morristown, New Jersey

Education

Catholic University of America

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English, Spanish

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American Politics, World Politics, Culture