One Friday morning in 1966 in a small town in Wales a mining spoils waste tip let go with a river of liquified rubble destroying buildings and a school. Killing 144 people, mostly children in their classrooms. The mechanics of how this happened are simple. The ignorance and economics of why this happened boggles the mind.
Related episodes:
Causality Premium Giveaway Causality Episode 20: Stava DamInvestigation and Reports:
Coal Mining Aberfan Disaster Aberfan Thirty-year Rule Aberfan: The Mistake That Cost A Village Its Children Terrifying Tale Of Bungling Ineptitude Aberfan Lessons Learned Aberfan: The Geological SocietyEpisode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, John Whitlow, Joseph Antonio, Kevin Koch and Oliver Steele.
Episode Gold Producer: 'r'.
To access Premium content Login or Subscribe via MyLibSyn Account
Many Tricks: If you’re looking for some Mac software that can do Many Tricks remember to specifically visit the URL below for more information about their amazingly useful apps. Visit manytricks.com/pragmatic and use the Coupon Code (listen to the episode to get the code) for 25% off the total price of your order. Hurry it's only for a limited time!
53: Callide C Blackout
52: Colonial Pipeline
51: I35 West
50: 737 MAX Ethiopian Air
49: Carmel Fireworks Explosion
48: Instituto Goiano de Radioterapia
47: Hyatt Regency Kansas City
46: Mindbender
45: Granville
44: Beirut Warehouse 12
43: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
42: Royal Canberra Hospital
41: Florida International University
40: Ocean Ranger
39: Therac-25
38: Thunder River Rapids
37: Variola Birmingham
36: Big Dig
35: San Bruno
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free