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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Feb 5, 2010 10:47am
After college I contracted services for Bell Atlantic and my work took me through this area once. This underground coal fire is still burning with no end in site. It's a pretty remarkable story.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_re_us/us_centralia_s_final_days
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_re_us/us_centralia_s_final_days
Glory Days
Posts: 7,809
Feb 5, 2010 10:52am
saw that on the history channel a while ago. pretty strange event. i understand people not wanting to move, but i think for them to deny the fire exists is pretty stupid.
LJ
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Feb 5, 2010 10:52am
Centralia, didn't even have to open the article. Some friends and I are taking a road trip there this summer.
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Con_Alma
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Feb 5, 2010 10:55am
It doesn't take much to determine there's a fire burning there. Simply look down and watch the smoke rising from the ground all around you.
sherm03
Posts: 7,349
Feb 5, 2010 10:55am
I saw this place on the show "Life After People" one night. Pretty amazing to see the old photos where the town was at its peak, and then contrast that with the deserted ghost town it is now. The thing that amazed me were the people that stayed despite the streets breaking and cracking like crazy.
I sure as hell would have had no problem getting out.
I sure as hell would have had no problem getting out.
Glory Days
Posts: 7,809
Feb 5, 2010 10:58am
that and knowing there might be toxic gas seeping into the house and you might not wake up the next morning. you wouldnt have to tell me twice.sherm03 wrote: I saw this place on the show "Life After People" one night. Pretty amazing to see the old photos where the town was at its peak, and then contrast that with the deserted ghost town it is now. The thing that amazed me were the people that stayed despite the streets breaking and cracking like crazy.
I sure as hell would have had no problem getting out.
Chesapeake
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Feb 5, 2010 11:02am
I read the full story, crazy stuff!
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Con_Alma
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Feb 5, 2010 11:02am
Amen. I think the biggest wait was based on how to get out of their house without just losing it...at least I hope that was the case.
When the Feds agreed to start buying property from the people they should have ran right then and there.
When the Feds agreed to start buying property from the people they should have ran right then and there.
LJ
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Feb 5, 2010 11:11am
Glory Days
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Feb 5, 2010 11:14am
^^^^^ well now i am going to have nightmares for sure.
justincredible
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Feb 5, 2010 11:15am
I remember seeing something on this story on tv a while ago. No chance I would've stuck around.
LJ
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Feb 5, 2010 11:16am
Silent Hill was based in CentraliaGlory Days wrote: ^^^^^ well now i am going to have nightmares for sure.
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fan_from_texas
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Feb 5, 2010 8:50pm
That's a wild story--I'd never heard of this before.
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Tinkertrain
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Feb 5, 2010 10:03pm
Reminds me of the John Candy movie Nothing But Trouble.
Sykotyk
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Feb 5, 2010 10:51pm
http://www.abandonthecube.com/blog/visiting-the-gates-of-hell-darvaza-turkmenistan/
That has nothing on Darvaza's Gateway to Hell.
Sykotyk
That has nothing on Darvaza's Gateway to Hell.
Sykotyk
Cat Food Flambe'
Posts: 1,230
Feb 5, 2010 11:20pm
I thought this was going to be another Taco Bell or White Castle thread....
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Con_Alma
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Feb 6, 2010 8:58am
Taco Bell or White Castle? You don't know me very well. 