The Pains of Catastrophe in the Flooding of Buffalo Creek, Virginia

Pain after a disaster may be as confusing as pain of sickness. Kai Erikson believes that disasters such as floods in Buffalo Creek, Virginia may lead to a syndrome including numbness, recurrence of events, loss of family, loss of community, and suffering of many other people . The problem caused by this kind of disaster is how to deal with the suffering of the victim. Veena Das and Elaine Scarry believe that the pain is inseparable, but that requires attention. Through extensive research on Key Ericsson 's events and pain in the Buffalo Creek, it is clear that the perception and universality of the victim is painful.

Buffalo Creek Floods occurred in West Virginia in 1972. In this case, Ericsson observed the catastrophic impact of floods on the community on the impact of the Buffalo River earthquake. The difference between "my personal trauma" and "collective trauma" is explained as follows. "My personal trauma means a blow to the heart, meaning a blow to the basic organization of social life through collective trauma, which is a common sense of common sense, Destroy the bonds that hurt them.The collective trauma does not have the sudden nature that is usually associated with "trauma", as the collective trauma plays a role even in slow or insidious influences on the patient's consciousness. However, this is a shocking form that gradually acknowledges that society is no longer lost

On February 26, 1972, the coffee mine community of Buffalo Creek, West Virginia suffered a disaster. "Reservoir" - in practice the dam - was built as a treatment plant for slag and on the central fork of Creek as a narrow place to clean the 4,000 tons needed to clean 4,000 tons of water Part of gallons, and theoretically purify coal every day. The 26th session at 7:59 am. The dam collapsed and 132 million gallons of black water roared in the sky. It began as a "mud wave", picked up the building along the way, turned into a "striking ram" of railroad cramping and rides, and sometimes 20 feet high, killed 132 people. 7 bodies were not found, 3 children had to fill in anonymously because they broke. Some people say that they can not distinguish one another from their bodies with no head.