In today's Cleveland history...

[vichan]

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[katbcoll]

I caught part of a documentary on the Cuyahoga river last year some time. I remember them talking about that and the changes/clean up they're doing (still!). I wish I'd been able to watch it from the beginning. The local PBS stations never replayed it, unfortunately.

[vichan]

Huh. I don't think I've ever caught a documentary on the Cuyahoga, except for the little fifteen-minute spots that are aired in various parts around the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

Good to at least know there's one out there. :)

[katbcoll]

found a blurb about it from last year: http://www.wviz.org/WVIZ/programming/the_return_of_the_cuyahoga/

Plus a youtube clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmIRtKEYPBU

[i_want_2]

*Sings*
Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn!
Burnin'!

To mass fires, yes! One hundred stories high
People gettin' loose y’all gettin' down on the roof - Do you hear?
(the folks are flaming) Folks were screamin' - out of control
It was so entertainin' - when the boogie started to explode
I heard somebody say

Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burnin'!

[ozma914]

yep -- that remains a much remembered event, all these years later.