The Buffalo Creek Disaster
The Buffalo Creek Disaster

Author: Gerald M. Stern

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2008-05-06

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0307388492

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The "suspenseful and completely absorbing story" (San Francisco Chronicle) of how survivors of the worst coal-mining disaster in history triumphed over corporate irresponsibility—written by the young lawyer who took on their case and won. One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot tidal wave of water, sludge, and debris crashing into southern West Virginia's Buffalo Creek hollow. It was one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history. 125 people were killed instantly, more than 1,000 were injured, and over 4,000 were suddenly homeless. Instead of accepting the small settlements offered by the coal company's insurance offices, a few hundred of the survivors banded together to sue.

The Teton Dam Disaster
The Teton Dam Disaster

Author: Dylan J. McDonald

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0738548618

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While cameras rolled, the newly completed Teton Dam collapsed shortly before noon on June 5, 1976. The resulting wall of water, 80 billion gallons strong, battered town after town during its three-day rampage through the Upper Snake River Valley in eastern Idaho. Impounding the flood-prone Teton River, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation dam failed during the reservoir's initial fill, ripping homes from foundations, drowning thousands of livestock, and stripping acres of valuable topsoil. Amazingly only 11 lives were lost during the disaster, as most residents heeded the flood warnings. Presenting photographs from local newspapers, archives, museums, historical societies, and witnesses, this book documents the dam's spectacular failure, the tremendous damage, and the Herculean cleanup and rebuilding process following one of the worst engineering disasters of the last 50 years. Today the investigation into why the 305-foot-tall earth-fill dam crumbled-ironically a dam built for flood control-still prompts debate.

Engineering Characteristics of Arid Soils
Engineering Characteristics of Arid Soils

Author: P.G. Fookes

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2020-08-26

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 1000099806

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Soils formed or now existing under arid climatic conditions cover more than one-third of the world's land surface. Many have unique characteristics which can pose difficult geotechnical problems. This text considers these problems and suggests ways of overcoming them.

Teton Dam disaster
Teton Dam disaster

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Natural Resources

Publisher:

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13:

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Dam and Levee Safety and Community Resilience
Dam and Levee Safety and Community Resilience

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2012-10-11

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 0309256143

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Although advances in engineering can reduce the risk of dam and levee failure, some failures will still occur. Such events cause impacts on social and physical infrastructure that extend far beyond the flood zone. Broadening dam and levee safety programs to consider community- and regional-level priorities in decision making can help reduce the risk of, and increase community resilience to, potential dam and levee failures. Collaboration between dam and levee safety professionals at all levels, persons and property owners at direct risk, members of the wider economy, and the social and environmental networks in a community would allow all stakeholders to understand risks, shared needs, and opportunities, and make more informed decisions related to dam and levee infrastructure and community resilience. Dam and Levee Safety and Community Resilience: A Vision for Future Practice explains that fundamental shifts in safety culture will be necessary to integrate the concepts of resilience into dam and levee safety programs.