thanks richd... maybe those most affected didn't want to much revisit these things in song....

case in point.... The Buffalo Creek flood in West Virginia in 1972, when the dam holding back a lake of coal sludge broke, after heavy rains and wiped out the town... 125 killed, many more injured and left homeless... two of my friends from Ireland found out about this through some W.Va musicians... did their research and wrote a song called 'Blackwater' They visited the community later on, played a small concert there and presented their song... it opened up a lot of feelings in the listeners that had mostly been buried for years..but they were very grateful that somebody had set their story to words and music... when they were all but forgotten by everyone else esp. the Company and Gov't... there were settlements, but really a few crumbs was just another insult... anyhow, I'll leave you with the 1st two verses... and Jayto, I'll send you an MP3 of it


       "I don't sleep well when it rains
         Just feel the raindrops beat the ground
         And I'm back there running from the horror
         Everytime I hear that sound

         From deep inside the mountain cried
         As stinkin' mud began to slide
         One crumblin' dam just couldn't hold
         Blackwater back anymore"

'Blackwater' by Enda Cullen , Ian Smith...