The flood ravaged 17 communities in the Buffalo Creek valley and will be remembered as one of the worst man-made disasters of the 20th Century.
A memorial service was held at the state Capitol Monday afternoon with Buffalo Creek flood survivor Arley Johnson speaking.
Johnson told of the horrors of the flood to a crowd of environmentalists with very few Buffalo Creek survivors in attendance.
It’s sad that environmental groups such as the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition use a memorial service for such a tragedy to push their agenda.
We really expected a memorial service in which many survivors gave their stories in remembrance of the tragedy.
However, most in attendance were wearing anti-mountaintop mining t-shirts and buttons and were talking about how horrible mountaintop removal is for the mountains and the streams.
Environmentalists have their place, but it shouldn’t have been at this memorial.
A solemn day of remembrance should have been observed by Logan Countians and those who were affected by the terrible flood.
However, the service was marred by the environmentalists’ presence.
We agree that mountaintop mining needs to be done responsibly and with safeguards for human lives, however, this was clearly a case of wrong place at the wrong time.
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