Disastrous History: A Disasters of History Podcast

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There Ain't Much in This Town: Buffalo Creek Disaster

This week’s episode covers the Buffalo Creek Disaster in Buffalo Creek, West Virginia in 1972. Before listening to this episode, there is some in depth talking of survivor guilt and PTSD. I don’t want any listeners to have any issues listening to this episode and if you feel you need to talk to someone, please reach out or call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 800-273-8255.

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  You've gotta know when to hold 'em: The Winecoff Hotel Fire

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  I Feel My Temperature Rising: 1980 Eruption of Mount Saint Helens

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  Island in the Night: The Grand Island Tornado Outbreak

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  A Burning Ring of Fire: The Cocoanut Grove Fire

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  I Hear that Train a Coming: The Balvano Train Disaster

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  Highway to Hell: 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans Disaster

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  On the Streets of Philadelphia: One Meridian Plaza Fire

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  Take Another Little Piece of My Heart: The 2011 Joplin Tornado

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  When the Waves Turn the Minutes to Hours: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgera…

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  It Takes A Lot Of Water To Wash Away New Orleans: New Orleans Levee Failur…

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  High Black Water, Devil’s Daughter: Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi

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  Underneath a Louisiana Moon: Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans

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  We’ve Never Been Licked: 1999 Texas A&M Bonfire Collapse

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  That Coal is Gonna Bury You: The Aberfan Disaster

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  Be True to Your School: New London School Explosion

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  We Didn’t Start the Fire: The Great Fires of New York City