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SureUnderstanding358 t1_j8mkvv0 wrote
i like money
ruxtpin t1_j8mq3h1 wrote
Obligatory…
Me sowing: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me reaping: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
artificialavocado t1_j8mw8zx wrote
I always heard growing up it was (slowly) heading west toward Mt Carmel, but maybe that’s just something people say.
Crawlerado t1_j8mx3zi wrote
We were in Centralia Saturday and the steam/smoke vents are no longer venting. It was sad to see the highway all covered up with tailings too…
Unique-Public-8594 t1_j8myc5l wrote
They set their trash on fire
It’s been burning since 1962.
IamSauerKraut t1_j8n4pkq wrote
Sounds like a Billy Joel song.
IamSauerKraut t1_j8n4w4t wrote
One of these underground coal seam fires was raised several times during the survey work for the giant Williams pipeline several years ago. FERC still allowed the pipeline to be built over that area. https://dailyyonder.com/gas-pipeline-proposed-mine-fire-area/2014/11/19/
o_liv_abuse_hole t1_j8nobca wrote
Oops-a-daisy
BarrelDestroyer t1_j8o0ptj wrote
I drive through centralia a lot, the vents for sure still steam on the right day
Crawlerado t1_j8o126l wrote
These were the ones across from the cemetery. The maps show an active vent further East. Does it depend on weather at all? After a rain?
campppp t1_j8o1yqu wrote
Except in this case they definitely started the fire
BarrelDestroyer t1_j8of78m wrote
I notice them when’s it cooler out and mostly on big mine run leaving centralia, if you look up into the woods from the road they are usually steaming pretty good. Also if you stick your hand up to some of the vents, you can very much feel heat from the mine.
OnTheWingsOfAPhoenix t1_j8oj00v wrote
I still don’t quite get it. The chorus sings “ well, we DID ignite it, but we’re tryin to fight it” So, did we or didn’t we Start the Fire?
campppp t1_j8ojnsc wrote
I believe the chorus is "no we didn't light it but we tried to fight it" could be wrong tho
IamSauerKraut t1_j8onam4 wrote
It's been burning, burning, since the world's been turning.
hypotenoos t1_j8op5xw wrote
Why don’t they just wait for some snowfall, put a drone up or fly over in a plane. Should be pretty obvious where the fire is.
OnTheWingsOfAPhoenix t1_j8p8off wrote
HA! I stand corrected!!!! Thanks for pointing that out :)
scotticusphd t1_j8mj25h wrote
> PADEP says it began when the town filled an abandoned strip mining pit with residential trash. Then, they intentionally lit the trash on fire. ... because there was not a non-combustible barrier in place, the fire spread from the trash to the exposed Buck Mountain Coal seam in the pit, and it's been burning underground ever since.
I had no idea that's how the Centralia fire started. This reads like something from the Idiocracy script.