| The White Stripes – This Protector Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Actually, I've been told this song is alluding to the Buffalo Creek Flood that occurred in West Virginia in 1972. The flood was caused by the collapse of a dam that was built and maintained by the Pittston Coal Company. Only four days after the dam was declared "satisfactory" by a federal mine inspector, it burst spilling 132 million gallons of black waste water that killed 125 people and injured several thousand as well as leaving 5000 homeless. | |
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