On Feb. 26, 1972 memories of death, destruction, mud, muck and misery on Buffalo Creek were seared into my brain when a wall of black water kiled 125 people and left 4,000 more homeless.
Monday marks the 46th anniversary.
Surviving a fall into grace
revised March 9
In my line of work I've been around chaos and havoc most of my life. It seems pretty normal.
Growing up in the coalfields of southern West Virginia it was all around me. At my first newspaper job in 1972 at Logan, W.Va. I wrote about it daily. It was part of the fabric of hometown life.
Pepperoni rolls as W.Va. official food
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An $8 million budget shortfall be damned.
The West Virginia legislature has thrown caution to the wind to debate mountain sate's official food because it draws attention to the state's heritage.
Florida annoyances
FROSTPROOF, Fla. — Buzzfeed is reporting the 40 most insane things that happened in Florida in 2012. Mostly it's about events that would drive anyone over the line.
Learn cool stuff on the Internet
All the really cool stuff I know, I learned on the Internet. That's kind of scary. This is a rare kirlian aura photo of a Beltway politician out of uniform.
They wrote it all down as progress
Nothing stands in the way of progress in Volusia County. Not trees, or even good sense. A recent escapade include a cycle trip around the Ormond Loop. It's one of my favorite rides because it's encased in a cocoon of ancient live oaks.
Vegas never sleeps
LAS VEGAS — Hordes of luck seekers descend hourly on the Las Vegas Strip only to be greeted by thousands of people who want to separate them from their hard-earned bucks.
Cala Boca Galvão
I read it on the Internet.
That could be used as a reason to prove a contentious fact. More often it is an excuse. I've uttered that damnable phrase myself.
