Everything in Its Path: Destruction of Community in the Buffalo Creek Flood
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (913 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0671240676 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Michael F. Kennedy said Essential reading for West Virginians. I was 1"Essential reading for West Virginians" according to Michael F. Kennedy. I was 12, growing up a couple of counties away, when the dam burst at Buffalo Creek in 1972. It was just the latest disaster in less than a decade to afflict what I thought was my cursed native state: The Silver Bridge collapse, the explosion at the Farmington No. 9 mine and the Marshall University plane crash.This book is in three parts, the first describing the disaster, the second a historical overview of Appalachi. , growing up a couple of counties away, when the dam burst at Buffalo Creek in 197"Essential reading for West Virginians" according to Michael F. Kennedy. I was 12, growing up a couple of counties away, when the dam burst at Buffalo Creek in 1972. It was just the latest disaster in less than a decade to afflict what I thought was my cursed native state: The Silver Bridge collapse, the explosion at the Farmington No. 9 mine and the Marshall University plane crash.This book is in three parts, the first describing the disaster, the second a historical overview of Appalachi. . It was just the latest disaster in less than a decade to afflict what I thought was my cursed native state: The Silver Bridge collapse, the explosion at the Farmington No. 9 mine and the Marshall University plane crash.This book is in three parts, the first describing the disaster, the second a historical overview of Appalachi. ashley mangus said ashley. My father was 10 years old when the flood came roaring down, and destroying everything he knew. He had to flee with his mother and father and a sister, and ashley ashley mangus My father was 10 years old when the flood came roaring down, and destroying everything he knew. He had to flee with his mother and father and a sister, and 4 brothers. He remembers everything, and still to this day, when it rains, he goes outside and always watches the creek to see if it is going to flood, because after Buffalo Creek Flood, he was in several smaller floods. He remembers seeing the bodies tangled up in. brothers. He remembers everything, and still to this day, when it rains, he goes outside and always watches the creek to see if it is going to flood, because after Buffalo Creek Flood, he was in several smaller floods. He remembers seeing the bodies tangled up in. "An Appalachian disaster" according to Bomojaz. On Feb. 26, 1972, a mining company dam broke, sending 1An Appalachian disaster On Feb. 26, 1972, a mining company dam broke, sending 132 million gallons of water rushing down Buffalo Creek in Logan County, West Virginia. Death and property destruction were great, but even worse was the devastation of the community spirit and the long-lasting mental trauma suffered by the inhabitants. Erikson explores what he sees as a major dichotomy in the ethos of the "mountain people" involved in this disaste. 2 million gallons of water rushing down Buffalo Creek in Logan County, West Virginia. Death and property destruction were great, but even worse was the devastation of the community spirit and the long-lasting mental trauma suffered by the inhabitants. Erikson explores what he sees as a major dichotomy in the ethos of the "mountain people" involved in this disaste
Erikson is an American sociologist known for specializing in the social consequences of catastophic events. Kai T. He is the author of Everything in its Path, Wayward Puritans, A New Species of Trouble, Catastrophe in the Making, and American Indian Environments.
Following the flood, survivors from a previously tightly knit community were crowded into trailer homes with no concern for former neighborhoods. The result was a collective trauma that lasted longer than the individual traumas caused by the original disaster.Making extensive use of the words of the people themselves, Erikson details the conflicting tensions of mountain life in general—the tensions between individualism and dependency, self-assertion and resignation, self-centeredness and group orientation—and examines the loss of connection, disorientation, declining morality, rise in crime, rise in out-migration, etc., that resulted from the sudden loss of neighborhood.. The 1977 Sorokin Award–winning story of Buffalo Creek in the aftermath of a devastating flood.On February 26, 1972, 132-million gallons of debris-filled muddy water burst through a makeshift mining-company dam and roared through Buffalo Creek, a narrow mountain hollow in West Virginia
Erikson is an American sociologist known for specializing in the social consequences of catastophic events. . About the Author Kai T. He is the author of Everything in its Path, Wayward Puritans, A New Species of Trouble, Catastrophe in the Making, and American Indian Environments