Buffalo Creek Flood April 27, 2008
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The Buffalo Creek Flood occured February 26, 1972, when coal slurry impoundment damn in Logan County, owned by the Pittston Coal Company, burst. The flood occurred just four days after the damn had been declared “satisfactory” by a federal mine inspector.
The flood released approximately 132 million gallons of black waste water on the unsuspecting residents of 16 coalmining communitites.
Students Matt Codispoti and Robert Gillman researched the Buffalo Creek Flood disaster.
Here is their Fact Sheet Buffalo Creek Flood.
To more clearly understand the flood and how it occurred, it’s important to know what a Coal slurry impoundment damn is.
Recently musicians have become instersed in the fllod. here are some links to Music about the flood
Here are some images of flood powere point
