Comments on: Remembering Buffalo Creek

By: ricky

ricky — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:28:06 +0000

i was their at the time i was ten years old i was up watching tv and my dad had heard that the dam was having trouble so went up to find out .well while he was going to the dam i guess he meet people that told him it was to late get as mennie people warned as he could.and he did he out ran the water down the creek blowing his horn.telling people to get out and this was my dad i think he was a hero . my uncle ray grabed me and ran up the hill. i can still remember this little boy on a bed or something being washed down the creek.iam 47 years old now and i look at the names of my friends and class mates that are on this wall that died a needless death that day .and i remember it like it was yesterday even their faces the way everthing looked after and when nite fell just how erie it was .this filing will never leave this isa little of my story

thinks r bragg

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:23:56 +0000

You can read the TRUE story of the $1 million Buffalo Creek settlement (hint, it’s a different one than the Gazette has pushed for 35 years) in the biography of Arch Moore, “ARCH” which is available in better book stores and on line.

By: carroll jett

carroll jett — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:19:54 +0000

Well I can remember the Buffalo Creek disaster.

But wasn’t it declared an act of God?

Also didn’t Gov. Moore make them pay before he left office?

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:55:18 +0000

“All too clearly the tragedy of Buffalo Creek has torn away the mask, revealing the ugly truth that powerful coal interests dominate the government, the environment, and the West Virginia way of life to the detriment of all its citizens. Discussion and action are needed now to transform King Coal, the tyrant, into Citizen Coal, the servant of all â€” before and not after another Buffalo Creek disaster. ”

Thirty-seven years later, the tragedy continues.

By: oljb

oljb — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:32:49 +0000

At the very least, why not the Alaska model? Why not a check for every man, woman and child in the state? You’d think that would be popular enough to get politicians elected to make it happen, until you realize democracy doesn’t go as far in this state as the blind subjugation of our politicians to the interests of extractive industries.