burn baby burn. you don't need no water.

Silent Hill?

Bathia_Mapes: Maybe not quite as long, but there's also the mine fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania (new window). It's been burning since 1962.

"... In 2009, John Comarnisky and John Lokitis, Jr. were both evicted, in May and July respectively. In 2010, only five homes remain as state officials try to vacate the remaining residents and demolish what is left of the town. As of May, the remaining residents are mounting another legal effort to reverse the 1992 eminent domain claim; they are currently awaiting a jury to begin proceedings.[9]..."

1) There are people still living there?
2) WHY?

/hot

Your mom's crotch says hi!

home is home even when it goes to hell

Uncle Wiggly: See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_seam_fire


And, especially, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Mountain, which has burned for 6,000 years ...

I remember there is another one that is thousands of years old but I can't find a link. I think it was in Turkey.

FerneJohn: 1) There are people still living there?
2) WHY?

Yes, because it is theirs and they haven't died yet, so they must figure there's no reason to suddenly rush off. Not like they get anything to start a new life, and how normal could these folks be to integrate someplace new?

It is difficult for me to imagine being in that position.

I bet Obama set all those fires to burn up our fossil fuel reserves so that while he's president he can have us running on Sharia wind power.

Has anyone considered the possibility it could be an open tunnel to hell? Let's get it together, Homeland Security...

Just clicked on this article by random and was like "Holy Crap!" That's my dad!! I'm so proud of you dad.

I can't remember the name of the short story, but Stephen King wrote one about a town that had an underground coal mine fire that had gone on for decades, forcing the town above to be abandoned. But in the turn some guy who was a Satanist used the town for Black Masses that would help him become a successful person.

Been to centralia a few times now. Very eerie yet awesome. Shot quite a few rolls of film

I've been to Centralia, it's a nice place. I enjoy exploring old abandoned things. There really isn't much out there.

Shot from where the fire started


Cemetery


Big ol' fire-y crack in the ground. It was probably 50 feet long and 5 or 6 wide

apparently I'm not the only one who presumed this would be a centralia story.

//also came for the springfield tire pic.
//leaving satisfied

Gyrfalcon: I'm not sure which is funnier: that there is this fire in the first place, or that state officials think they can put it out somehow.

They think if only they can find all the cracks and seams they can seal them up somehow and starve the fire of oxygen. In a coal seam. In a mine. More than 100 feet underground. In the wilderness.

I mean, keep trying, guys, but you'd have better luck shooting bats with a slingshot and ball bearings in the dark.

Well they did manage to cool it down by about 2,000 degrees, so there is that.

Happy Hours: skinink: I can't remember the name of the short story, but Stephen King wrote one about a town that had an underground coal mine fire that had gone on for decades, forcing the town above to be abandoned. But in the turn some guy who was a Satanist used the town for Black Masses that would help him become a successful person.

So Stephen King wrote a boring and convoluted story. Thanks for the information.

FerneJohn: Bathia_Mapes: Maybe not quite as long, but there's also the mine fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania (new window). It's been burning since 1962.

"... In 2009, John Comarnisky and John Lokitis, Jr. were both evicted, in May and July respectively. In 2010, only five homes remain as state officials try to vacate the remaining residents and demolish what is left of the town. As of May, the remaining residents are mounting another legal effort to reverse the 1992 eminent domain claim; they are currently awaiting a jury to begin proceedings.[9]..."

1) There are people still living there?
2) WHY?

What's the difference between a strong-willed rugged individualist and a stupid stubborn jackass?

Which side you're on.

Gyrfalcon: I'm not sure which is funnier: that there is this fire in the first place, or that state officials think they can put it out somehow.

They think if only they can find all the cracks and seams they can seal them up somehow and starve the fire of oxygen. In a coal seam. In a mine. More than 100 feet underground. In the wilderness.

I mean, keep trying, guys, but you'd have better luck shooting bats with a slingshot and ball bearings in the dark.

Putting out the fires in these places is not always *the most* valuable of goals. Years of scientific study, past and future, greatly increase our knowledge in several disciplines. Extinguishing one of these fires could end up being just the icing on the cake.

"Darvaza Gas Crater" aka "The Door to Hell"

The miners dug too greedily and too deep.

You know what they awoke in the darkness of Spring Canyon...

shadow and flame.

Disapproves.

/Hot like the fires below Valkenvania

"Quit screwing around with my goddamned mine!"

TheHighlandHowler:
I've been there. It's eerie, smelly, and sad.

Are you sure you didn't mean to post this in the Lindsay Lohan thread?

I live about 15 minutes away from Centralia and I find it fascinating. Winter really brings out the desolation and gloom. It actually kind of reminds me of 'Fallout' in a way. The roads are amazing to drive on though. The funny thing is that even though only a handful of people still live there you can always count on seeing a Nativity display at the intersection every Christmas. But if you want truly depressing, try Ashland. It's the next town over.

Knara: "Darvaza Gas Crater" aka "The Door to Hell"

That's the one I thought of.

FerneJohn: Bathia_Mapes: Maybe not quite as long, but there's also the mine fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania (new window). It's been burning since 1962.

"... In 2009, John Comarnisky and John Lokitis, Jr. were both evicted, in May and July respectively. In 2010, only five homes remain as state officials try to vacate the remaining residents and demolish what is left of the town. As of May, the remaining residents are mounting another legal effort to reverse the 1992 eminent domain claim; they are currently awaiting a jury to begin proceedings.[9]..."

1) There are people still living there?
2) WHY?


You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.

Mr. Cat Poop: [cf1.imgobject.com image 640x360]

Disapproves.

/Hot like the fires below Valkenvania

came to post this very thing. Instead I leave satisfied.

Good on ya, sir/ma'dam

I would think that if you built a large enough pipe for water into the mine that it would eventually start effecting it. But a pipe wouldn't work maybe a ditch from a local water source.

recatana: Gyrfalcon: I'm not sure which is funnier: that there is this fire in the first place, or that state officials think they can put it out somehow.

They think if only they can find all the cracks and seams they can seal them up somehow and starve the fire of oxygen. In a coal seam. In a mine. More than 100 feet underground. In the wilderness.

I mean, keep trying, guys, but you'd have better luck shooting bats with a slingshot and ball bearings in the dark.

Putting out the fires in these places is not always *the most* valuable of goals. Years of scientific study, past and future, greatly increase our knowledge in several disciplines. Extinguishing one of these fires could end up being just the icing on the cake.

This, very much this, as well as knowledge from putting out the Saddam-Kuwait oil well fires, but... I took him as issuing a challenge, for some reason... *challenge accepted.jpg*

OrionXVI: Love is a burning thing
And it makes a fiery ring
Bound by wild desire
I fell into a ring of fire

I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down and the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire
The ring of fire

I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down and the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire
The ring of fire

The taste of love is sweet
When hearts like ours meet
I fell for you like a child
Oh, but the fire went wild

I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down and the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire
The ring of fire

I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down and the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire
The ring of fire

And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire
The ring of fire
The ring of fire
The ring of fire



And you'll get another ring of fire the next day. And it burns, burns, burns.

Drill a bunch of wells and flood that SOB.