Summary Of The Buffalo Creek Disaster By Gerald M. Stern

December 30, 1970 is the day everything changed for 39 families in the small town of Leslie County, Kentucky. The Hurricane Creek explosion was the most deadly coal mine disaster in eastern Kentucky history, and remains the most lethal mining disaster in America in the last 45 years(Lexington Herald Leader). The Hurricane Creek mine disaster was very devastating for the families, friends, and the one man that lived that day. The coal mines play a huge role in the job industry in Kentucky. This tragedy caused the whole company to shut down, which put a lot of people out of work.

On February 26, 1972 the Buffalo creek community was destroyed by a terrible flood. The flood caused many tears, pain and death. In the blink of an eye, people’s lives completely changed; lives were lost, houses were gone and families were destroyed.

On March 12, 1928, the San Francis Dam (made by William Mulholland) collapsed 12 hours after he and his assistant gave it a safety inspection. The broken dam caused about 450 people to be killed. This was the cause of William Mulholland 's horrible reputation. His career came to an end and he lost everyone 's high respect. Some of the people even wanted him to die because he was the cause of them losing some of their family members. Since he didn 't want to cause anymore trouble than there already was, he decided to accept the blame and carry it on his shoulders all alone. Even though it was difficult for him, he took full responsibility for everything that he was accused of. Luckily, the court did not find him guilty. William Mulholland

It was a horrible catastrophe that began with a tremendous refinery blast that was felt in cities thirty miles away; even earthquake instruments in Pasadena registered the explosion. The fire that followed reached two homes, but the heroic efforts of 500 men, armed with shovels, prevented the oil that flowed from broken storage vats from igniting and spreading the fire further into residential areas. All in all fifty dwellings were damaged and a dozen other small buildings

The united states is one of the most empowered country’s from our economy, to our military, but like every other country we have our flaws. Our flaws are found in our judicial system. You can witness these flaws by watching the HBO series paradise lost, a documentary about the West Memphis three, a brutal killing of three West Memphis boys. This court case shows many flaws from the bias to the actual evidence the prosecution shows.

Pearl Woodrum saw her fears realized when the dam burst in 1972. As the residents of Buffalo Creek slept soundly in their beds, they would not be able to envision the horrors that would occur on that dreary February morning. They knew that any time there was a substantial amount of rainfall in Buffalo Creek, the creek would rise and the lack of an early warning system meant they might never know if a heavy rain heralded disaster until it was too late. Residents also knew that the dam was not stable, a fact the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed when it concluded that the dam was “basically stable but could be overtopped and breached.” William Davies was the federal geologist who conducted the study and stated that if the dam broke, “flood and debris would damage a church and two or three houses downstream, cover the road and wash out the railroad.” A heavy rainfall on February 25, 1972 triggered grave concern from many around Buffalo Creek. Jack Kent, the Strip Mine Superintendent became increasingly concerned about the rapidly rising water levels in the dam. On the evening of February 25 he placed a measuring stick in a bank of Dam

My perception of the court system has stayed the same. I have respect for the system due to the impartial sentencing and the structure of the court system to deliver justice. The court system allows an accused person to appeal a decision imposed by a lower court due to errors. The court systems must change over time due to issues arising concerning violation of current laws and citizen rights, the government must make changes to correct the systems or make new laws. For instance, the United States Supreme Court, the supreme law of the land make changes to laws that will affect the nation. The Supreme Court “resolves conflict that raises “substantial federal question”, typically related to the constitutionality of some slower-court rule, decision, or procedure” (Hendrix, 2013, p.212). The changes in laws make things better as it changes. Per, Fischer (2016), one covenant introduces a group of people with a new set of laws; however, the next covenant affirms the same principle, but supersedes the previous covenant (Fischer, 2016, slide 7). The court system is needed for balance and constancy of enforcing the laws. The judge makes sure the sentence fits the crime; consequently, some decision may or may not be favorable for the

Australia should not embed a bill of rights into the constitution, as the United States of America and many other countries have done. The United States of America uses a Bill of Rights, a section of the constitution that is set aside for rights of the people. Australia has uses a mixture of statutory laws, constitutional sections and common law to protect the Australian people’s rights in a superior way, such as having checks and balances to prevent overstepping of power, common law and implied rights, having the flexibility to change or update rights easier than the USA, and the fact that the supreme court and judges in America are extremely politicized, meaning that embedding a Bill of Rights is unnecessary and potentially hazardous.

In his quote, Raymond Sugarman argues that tort law allows individuals to be compensated after injury, guarantees effective deterrence, and that it operates at low cost. Tort law provides individuals with the means necessary to receive compensation when injured, however, this does not always like Sugarman states “make the injured whole”. When considering the injured party it is important to note that there are other factors besides the monetary compensation that cannot be fixed by tort law. Tort law also does not serve as a bulletproof strategy for deterrence. In many cases deterrence through tort law is not visible or at best minimal but defiantly not “guaranteed”. As a result society does not benefit from these cases very often. Because these

Unmasking administrative evil is a book about the relationship between evil and public administration and other related fields. This book analyses the evil of how unjustly or needless pain and suffering or death on other human being, not seeing other human being as human. Every reader of this book will have different interpretation and meaning to this book because people view things differently and will view administrative evil. Administrative evil is believed that it is neither private nor public but could be made from the perspective of the private sector, it can be traced back to American tobacco industry. Some argument was also stated in this book about administrative evil Some argument was also stated in this book about administrative evil, the first argument is that administrative evil enables a new and bewildering form of evil making that it is easy for ordinary people to do evil even when they do not intend to do so. The second argument is that no one should accept an overt invitation to commit an evil act, such invitations are rarely evil because administrative evil wears mask. The third argument in this book looks at

A hill of aspens, glowing golden, shines on the right side of the trail while the left side is a pine-covered hill. Between the two is the trail, a magical escape from reality. This is my sanctuary, of Buffalo Peaks wilderness. The trying experience of hiking through the mountains with 40 pounds on your back, the straps of your pack rubbing the skin off your hips and shoulders. The tension building in your muscles as you struggle under the weight. The pain that can only be diluted by a yoga session and a trip to the hot springs. Sun salutations in a lush, meadow valley. Warrior one and reverse warrior in the heat of the sun, relaxing from the miles we traveled just the day before.

“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce, is a story that drastically depending on what perspective you look at it from. Is it about a man who is just trying to protect his home, or is he an enemy of the state? Maybe the man is skilled enough to make a quick escape back to his home and family; perhaps he’s a delusional man seconds away from death. Did he deserve to die just because he didn’t follow the rules of oppressive tyrants? Or did he get his just deserts for trying to disrupt the peace? Just like many things, the only way to be sure of what happened to Peyton Farquhar is by looking at it from all possible sides.

“As Peyton Farquhar fell straight downward through the bridge he lost consciousness and was as one already dead.” (Bierce 8 ) “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is a short story written by Ambrose Bierce. Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States and was an American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer and satirist. He also enlisted in 1861, eventually achieving the rank of lieutenant and fighting in several noted battles and campaigns. In “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”, a Southern plantation owner named Peyton Farquhar is hanged during the American Civil War. At the moment of his death, he dreams that the rope breaks, allowing him to escape down the

In 2001, director Antoine Fuqua released the film “Training Day,” starring Ethan Hawke and Denzel Washington. Denzel Washington won a Best Actor award in 2002, from starring in this movie. “Training Day” is a crime film/thriller. Police drama, that involves a veteran officer, who is now a detective, taking a rookie, a former security guard, on his first day with the Los Angeles Police Department narcotics unit. In the movie “Training Day,” Alonzo Harris and Jake Hoyt are the two main characters’ names. For my Ethical Analysis essay I have chosen to compare these two characters. Their personalities, their actions, and the passion they have for their jobs are the main ways to compare the two.

Historical background: One of the deadliest natural disasters in Canada was the NEWFOUND HURRICANE. It was Nova Scotia a geologist who found out about this hurricane. This event took place in the year 1775 in the month September, it was a created by a huge storm, the effect of this storm was the rise of the sea which rose up to 20 to 30 feet tall, and approximately 4000 people died in this storm, most of them were from Ireland and England which got drowned on the Grand Banks. It destroyed more than 700 boats. The people died when the storm started (When all of a sudden it got really windy and then the hurricane came) there were more than 2000 fishing boats that got lost because of this storm. This storm came unexpectedly so all the people weren't prepared for this storm, and that was the reason so many people died in this storm. After this storm there were dead bodies close and in the sea, as time passed their bones washed away. This hurricane was