who doesn't love a mine fire??
lately, i am obsessed with centralia, pennsylvania. i can't stop reading about it; from what i've gathered, in the 1960s a mine fire was started accidentally and it is still burning. and it'll keep burning for the next 250 years. smoke pours out of cemetaries and hillsides, the ground has erupted, there are tons of vents emitting noxious gasses into the air, sinkholes abound and threaten those who tresspass. about 4 people still live in the tiny town, but it appears a virtual ghost town and the zip code no longer exists, because centralia is "municipalis non grata."
there is a documentary about the town, which is in my netflix queue. sometimes, when i should be doing homework, i just think "centralia is still on fucking fire. seriously!" i am going to go there and see this shit first hand. someday soon. i think it'd be a lovely honeymoon destination for newlyweds and will recommend this to my sister when she tells me that she and her boyfriend are going to get married.
there is a documentary about the town, which is in my netflix queue. sometimes, when i should be doing homework, i just think "centralia is still on fucking fire. seriously!" i am going to go there and see this shit first hand. someday soon. i think it'd be a lovely honeymoon destination for newlyweds and will recommend this to my sister when she tells me that she and her boyfriend are going to get married.