PA Government to close down Centralia forever

[Pentegarn]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_re_us/us_centralia_s_final_days

It's too bad. Centralia was a pretty cool place conceptually, with it's 40+ year long underground fire.

So long Centralia, I wish I had gotten to visit you before you were leveled.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

RIP real Silent Hill :(

If we hurry though we can probably road trip it there before its officially dead.

[Evil Robot]

Is that the town that's getting swallowed up by hell?

[Evil Robot]

http://www.regrettablesincerity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/nothingbut3-300x168.jpg

[Wiffles]

Hi, Judge Alvin ^.^

[Jeanette X]

Why don't they build a power plant over it to harness the heat of the raging fire?

Or is that just not practical?

[Esuohlim]

Because building a power plant on land collapsing in on itself is dangerous?

[Evil Robot]

I BLAME THE BANKERS

[Evil Robot]

tHAT TOWN NEEDS A COMBINATION JUNKYARD/ COURTHOUSE

[Wiffles]

dont forget a mansion with secret passages. and a machine that crushes people ^.^

[Sam]

IT'S MR BONESTRIPPER IT DOESN'T CRUSH PEOPLE GODDAMNIT WIFFLES

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Why have I never heard of that movie until now. :(

[Evil Robot]

With a moat that smells like San Paolo.

[Colonel Flagg]

Why have I never heard of that movie until now. :(

That movie is so bad it's good.

MR. BONESTRIPPER IS HUNGRY! :eek

[elx]

RIP real Silent Hill :(

If we hurry though we can probably road trip it there before its officially dead.
why? it'll be way more fun after it's dead

[The Leader]

No, it won't be because it will just be fields with a lot of sink holes that are on fire. As it is now that's practically all that is left. :(

[Tadao]

What am I missing here? A town with an underground coal fire that releases poison and pollution into the air is now (after many decades) forcing land owners who thought it was a giant conspiracy to move the fuck out and a few people are sad about it in some way or another because they think it's cool. Weird.

[elx]

sounds awesome to me

[executioneer]

it makes me want to find another town with a huge coal seam under it and set that on ifre :eek

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Like if they swept the great chicago fire under the carpet.

[Sam]

IT'S LIKE HELL ON EARTH

[Pentegarn]

What am I missing here? A town with an underground coal fire that releases poison and pollution into the air is now (after many decades) forcing land owners who thought it was a giant conspiracy to move the fuck out and a few people are sad about it in some way or another because they think it's cool. Weird.

It wasn't so much cool (though admittedly a fire that lasts decades is cool) as it was a town of almost legendary status. They based a video game on it even. Protoclown wrote an entire piece on the place. It isn't the town itself going away that is sad, it is that a legendary fixture of middle America (albeit an esoteric one) is going away.

[Dimnos]

You can still go here.

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http://englishrussia.com/images/darvaz_door/2.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_to_hell#The_.22Door_to_Hell.22

[Pentegarn]

That place looks interesting too

[Tadao]

It wasn't so much cool (though admittedly a fire that lasts decades is cool) as it was a town of almost legendary status. They based a video game on it even. Protoclown wrote an entire piece on the place. It isn't the town itself going away that is sad, it is that a legendary fixture of middle America (albeit an esoteric one) is going away.

It's gonna be even more like the game/movie after they get those idiots still living there out of there. I don't think the fire is going away any time soon.

[Fathom Zero]

That's amazing.

[Evil Robot]

So are they going to fence the whole place off and have police hassle anyone who goes near it or will they just not do anything and let people who are lost drive in by accident so they would be like "what the fuck is the deal with place? Its like a fucking scooby doo episode. I just need some gas where are the gas stations with underground tanks?".

[kahljorn]

i sorta figured they'd evacuate everyone and then explode everything

[executioneer]

well as long as there are explosions :(

[Esuohlim]

Or IMPLOSIONS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLlDimM3mQw) :o

[Zhukov]

I haven't hear of this. This is cool.

[Evil Robot]

Thats because "the man" don't want you hearing about it.