Underground coals are burning a town for years!

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My friends stopped by in Pennsylvania, and looked around a place which called Centralia. It used to be a town back in 1962. The town was banned around 1980's (?) because of the coal burning underground for years, and it is still burning now. The ground is very warm... the roads are little hot. The town's name on the maps was removed. The government tried to sell the town property, and no one wants to buy it because it is too dangerous. I am surprised that the scientists do not know how to stop the burning coal alive underground for so many years because I thought that we have the technologies that would solve the problem, but it is not. What a shocking news.

Here is the link:

http://www.offroaders.com/album/centralia/centralia.htm


P.S. I was told that the underground burning coals are still expanding slowly that leave other towns to worry in the future.
 
Interesting read--seeing that there are a few diehard locals resisting every attempt to move out while some believe that there's more than what the eye sees. Yet, seeing it possibly burning for another century is staggering!

Thanks for sharing this with AD'ers. ;)
 
Yeah I remember watching a show about that place.

however if you use Google Earth,
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Number/83567

and it is on the map. not removed.

no, public are not banned from visiting that town.

read that link in first post. I recall on tv show that there are some residents still living there because they saved some lands.

As for Google Earth, I am not able to find high resolution image of that area.
 
Yup, I still remember that. There is no way to stop the burning.... No technology can stop it.
 
diehardbiker65 said:
Yup, I still remember that. There is no way to stop the burning.... No technology can stop it.
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Then where's 'Superman' when ya needed him?! :lol:



:D (sry, I just couldn't resist--heh)
 
:lol: Actually he is busy with his girlfriend, that is the problem!

Roadrunner said:
Then where's 'Superman' when ya needed him?! :lol:
:D (sry, I just couldn't resist--heh)
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Wow, I didn't know about that! That's a very interesting info about that town. It looks like a ghost town and looks spooky, too. I hope they find a way to stop the fire from spreading underground.
 
This is VERY interesting and VERY educational. Just to think how the underground coals are burning under the ground is definitely staggering. It just makes me wonder how amazing and awesome of what the nature has to offer for us. To burn for another century has to have the scientists to be rambling up to gather up tons of informations on how to make it stop but even with the technology, sometime things are made not to be stopped and let it go.
 
Wow this indeed is an interesting reading.. Thanks for sharing the link with me and others. I love natural phenomena so that is one of mother nature. Wow! I would love to watch a show about that. Anyone know what the name of show? Would it be on Discovery or Science channel? Or perhaps would it be on tape or dvd? I wonder? Please share. :D
 
Sounds like perfect place to be during freezing cold winters and save $$ on the heating bills. :D
 
WOw, its very interesting.. I live right next to PA.. (2 minutes drive to their borderline from my home).. I am always :jaw: with strange folklores and stories that is odd but true. Thanks for bring this up and Ill look into it more.
 
Amanzing story, I read whole thing information..

I think something underground may have "cyrpt" Hot lava inside and near the future will come new volanco or moutain something like that..

Can't you see that so many faults lines all over the grounds and road too. *Breath breaking* So many fogs coming out from the heat escape underground! Amanzing!

Anything find the solve problem why is that hot or warm floor as underground?

I would love to pay visit out there One day.. I love to exploring centrala, Pennsylvania.
 
sillycat said:
Sounds like perfect place to be during freezing cold winters and save $$ on the heating bills. :D
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Like that thought! Iceland uses geothermal energy for it's people as it is so easily available. FYI - It is a "hotspot" and the magma is right underneath it. Yellowstone is another one as well as Hawaii.
 
Wow that's very interesting... ouch that is gonna be very long time... would be interesting to visit Centralia town in PA... some day.
 
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