[HN Gopher] A local TV station investigated an underground mine ...
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A local TV station investigated an underground mine fire in
Pennsylvania
Author : DoreenMichele
Score : 38 points
Date : 2023-05-12 15:26 UTC (7 hours ago)
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| onychomys wrote:
| > There are over a dozen active mine fires throughout the state
| of Pennsylvania.
|
| The most surprising part of the story is in the second-to-last
| paragraph!
| FollowingTheDao wrote:
| My family are coal miners from that area for three generations
| (Kulpmont, PA). As a kid my uncle used to take us up to
| Centrailia to see the melted roads. My grandfather and two uncles
| had Black Lung. They used to strike and get beaten by the
| "police" for it.
|
| The coal companies never cared and never will. I saw what they
| did to these communities. Now they are all suffering from the
| opioid epidemic[1]. Glad these two are doing some real local
| reporting.
|
| [1] https://www.northcentralpa.com/news/crime/mt-carmel-
| doctor-p...
| lc9er wrote:
| My great-grandmother lost two (teenage) brothers in
| Pennsylvania mining accidents in the early 1900's. The coal
| companies were more than happy to grind through the expendable,
| cheap, often immigrant, population of the region.
| FollowingTheDao wrote:
| Yes, when I was doing my ancestry i found several of my
| relatives death certificates where cause of death was "Mining
| Accident", and many of my family were also missing fingers.
|
| These are the people who built the county, and what did they
| get...
| hettygreen wrote:
| Part 1: https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/burning-coal-
| cou...
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| Part 2: https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/burning-coal-
| cou...
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| Part 3: https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/burning-coal-
| cou...
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| Part 4: https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/burning-coal-
| cou...
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| I stopped by Centralia on a road trip, it's a bit of a "tourist
| destination" in the atlas-obscura sense.. It was a very weird
| place. Roads were buckled everywhere, smoke was coming out of
| cracks.. enitire neighborhoods were abandoned and houses missing,
| etc.
| pengaru wrote:
| Orthogonal but the early 90s film Nothing But Trouble [0]
| starring Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, John Candy, and Dan Akroyd
| incorporates a likely Centralia-inspired mine fire into the
| overarching story. It's a ridiculous film but worth watching,
| they definitely don't make em like this anymore.
|
| [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uOBF6r040U
| geocrasher wrote:
| they definitely don't make em like this anymore.
|
| And for that I'm glad. Chevy Chase only did the film as a
| personal favor to Dan Akroyd. That movie is ridiculous alright,
| and as a younger person, nightmare fuel. It's grotesque on an
| almost-horror level.
| mike_d wrote:
| It might not be for everyone, but this was one of my favorite
| movies growing up. You could make the same comment about
| Beetlejuice (of which I am excited they are making a sequel).
| pengaru wrote:
| You sir are someone I could probably enjoy a favorite
| movies marathon with.
|
| Raising Arizona is another from that era which really
| clicked for my young mind...
| numbsafari wrote:
| Chevy Chase using a car phone is worth it for the historical
| perspective.
| rhcom2 wrote:
| Tupac's acting debut too
| mistrial9 wrote:
| great story and kudos for those involved in this..
|
| fyi it is in Wikipedia for some time
| francisofascii wrote:
| Is it? The Centralia fire is in Wikipedia, but this second
| "Girardville North II" fire does not seem to be.
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