terça-feira, abril 14, 2026
O Titanic naufragou há 114 anos
Postado por Fernando Martins às 01:14 0 comentários
quinta-feira, fevereiro 26, 2026
A inundação de Buffalo Creek foi há 54 anos
(imagem daqui)
The Buffalo Creek flood was a disaster that occurred on February 26, 1972, when the Pittston Coal Company's coal slurry impoundment dam #3, located on a hillside in Logan County, West Virginia, burst, four days after having been declared "satisfactory" by a federal mine inspector.
The resulting flood unleashed approximately 132 million US gallons (500,000 cubic metres; 500 million litres) of black waste water, cresting over 30 feet (9.1 m) high, upon the residents of sixteen coal towns along Buffalo Creek Hollow. Out of a population of 5,000 people, 125 were killed, 1,121 were injured, and over 4,000 were left homeless. 507 houses were destroyed, in addition to 44 mobile homes and 30 businesses. The disaster destroyed or damaged homes in Saunders, Pardee, Lorado, Craneco, Lundale, Stowe, Crites, Latrobe, Robinette, Amherstdale, Becco, Fanco, Braeholm, Accoville, Crown and Kistler. In its legal filings, Pittston Coal referred to the accident as "an Act of God."
Dam #3, constructed of coarse mining refuse dumped into the Middle Fork of Buffalo Creek starting in 1968, failed first, following heavy rains. The water from dam #3 then overwhelmed dams #2 and #1. Dam #3 had been built on top of coal slurry sediment that had collected behind dams # 1 and #2, instead of on solid bedrock. Dam #3 was approximately 260 feet (79 m) above the town of Saunders when it failed.
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:54 0 comentários
Marcadores: Buffalo Creek, desastre, desastre ambiental, inundação, Minas, USA
terça-feira, janeiro 27, 2026
Três astronautas morreram na Apollo I há 59 anos...

Da esquerda para a direita: Grissom, White e Chafee
- Apollo astronauts frequently aligned their spacecraft inertial navigation platforms and determined their positions relative to the Earth and Moon by sighting sets of stars with optical instruments. As a practical joke, the Apollo I crew named three of the stars in the Apollo catalog after themselves and introduced them into NASA documentation. Gamma Cassiopeiae became Navi – Ivan (Gus Grissom's middle name) spelled backwards, Iota Ursae Majoris became Dnoces – "Second" spelled backwards, for Edward H. White II, and Gamma Velorum became Regor – Roger (Chaffee) spelled backwards. These names quickly stuck after the Apollo I accident and were regularly used by later Apollo crews.
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:59 0 comentários
Marcadores: Apollo I, astronautas, desastre, Ed White, estrelas, NASA, Roger Chaffee, Virgil Grissom
sexta-feira, novembro 28, 2025
O desastre de avião que dizimou a equipa do Chapecoense foi há nove anos...

Postado por Fernando Martins às 09:00 0 comentários
Marcadores: aviação, Brasil, Chapecoense, Colômbia, desastre, futebol
quinta-feira, setembro 11, 2025
O Desastre Ferroviário de Alcafache foi há quarenta anos...
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:04 0 comentários
Marcadores: comboio, desastre, desastre ferroviário, Desastre Ferroviário de Alcafache, linha da Beira Alta
quinta-feira, julho 17, 2025
O voo TAM 3054 caiu há dezoito anos...
Postado por Fernando Martins às 18:00 0 comentários
Marcadores: aeronáutica, Brasil, desastre, São Paulo, voo TAM 3054
terça-feira, maio 06, 2025
O zeppelin Hindenburg caiu há 88 anos
Postado por Fernando Martins às 08:08 0 comentários
Marcadores: aviação, desastre, Hindenburg, nazis, Zeppelin
segunda-feira, abril 14, 2025
O Titanic naufragou (acertou num iceberg...) há 113 anos
Postado por Fernando Martins às 01:13 0 comentários
quarta-feira, fevereiro 26, 2025
A inundação de Buffalo Creek foi há 53 anos
(imagem daqui)
The Buffalo Creek flood was a disaster that occurred on February 26, 1972, when the Pittston Coal Company's coal slurry impoundment dam #3, located on a hillside in Logan County, West Virginia, burst, four days after having been declared "satisfactory" by a federal mine inspector.
The resulting flood unleashed approximately 132 million US gallons (500,000 cubic metres; 500 million litres) of black waste water, cresting over 30 feet (9.1 m) high, upon the residents of sixteen coal towns along Buffalo Creek Hollow. Out of a population of 5,000 people, 125 were killed, 1,121 were injured, and over 4,000 were left homeless. 507 houses were destroyed, in addition to 44 mobile homes and 30 businesses. The disaster destroyed or damaged homes in Saunders, Pardee, Lorado, Craneco, Lundale, Stowe, Crites, Latrobe, Robinette, Amherstdale, Becco, Fanco, Braeholm, Accoville, Crown and Kistler. In its legal filings, Pittston Coal referred to the accident as "an Act of God."
Dam #3, constructed of coarse mining refuse dumped into the Middle Fork of Buffalo Creek starting in 1968, failed first, following heavy rains. The water from dam #3 then overwhelmed dams #2 and #1. Dam #3 had been built on top of coal slurry sediment that had collected behind dams # 1 and #2, instead of on solid bedrock. Dam #3 was approximately 260 feet (79 m) above the town of Saunders when it failed.
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:53 0 comentários
Marcadores: Buffalo Creek, desastre, desastre ambiental, inundação, Minas, USA
segunda-feira, janeiro 27, 2025
O desastre da Apollo I foi há 58 anos...
Da esquerda para a direita: Grissom, White e Chafee
- Apollo astronauts frequently aligned their spacecraft inertial navigation platforms and determined their positions relative to the Earth and Moon by sighting sets of stars with optical instruments. As a practical joke, the Apollo I crew named three of the stars in the Apollo catalog after themselves and introduced them into NASA documentation. Gamma Cassiopeiae became Navi – Ivan (Gus Grissom's middle name) spelled backwards, Iota Ursae Majoris became Dnoces – "Second" spelled backwards, for Edward H. White II, and Gamma Velorum became Regor – Roger (Chaffee) spelled backwards. These names quickly stuck after the Apollo I accident and were regularly used by later Apollo crews.
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:58 0 comentários
Marcadores: Apollo I, astronautas, desastre, Ed White, estrelas, NASA, Roger Chaffee, Virgil Grissom
quinta-feira, novembro 28, 2024
O desastre de avião que dizimou a equipa do Chapecoense foi há oito anos...
Postado por Fernando Martins às 08:00 0 comentários
Marcadores: aviação, Brasil, Chapecoense, Colômbia, desastre, futebol
quarta-feira, setembro 11, 2024
O Desastre Ferroviário de Alcafache foi há trinta e nove anos...
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:39 0 comentários
Marcadores: comboio, desastre, desastre ferroviário, Desastre Ferroviário de Alcafache, linha da Beira Alta
quarta-feira, julho 17, 2024
O voo TAM 3054 caiu há dezassete anos...
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:17 0 comentários
Marcadores: aeronáutica, Brasil, desastre, São Paulo, voo TAM 3054
segunda-feira, maio 06, 2024
O dirigível Hindenburg caiu há 87 anos
Postado por Fernando Martins às 08:07 0 comentários
Marcadores: aviação, desastre, Hindenburg, nazis, Zeppelin






