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32 reactions · 12 shares | This week on #InsideAppalachia, we hear a documentary by Jessica Lilly about the Buffalo Creek Flood of 1972. 50 years later, how is that disaster inspiring a new generation to take better care of the land and water? Check out that story and more here: https://buff.ly/3heSkrI | West Virginia Public Broadcasting | Facebook

98K views · 1.6K reactions | This week marks the anniversary of a coal waste dam killing 125 people when it collapsed in 1972. Ten years after the Buffalo Creek Flood, the same corporate control that left 4,000 people homeless thwarted their rebuilding. Watch the full film here: https://loom.ly/HDlu6ds  "Buffalo Creek Flood Revisited," Mimi Pickering, 1984, Appalshop Archive preserved | Appalshop | Facebook