Comments on: The Smoldering Ruins of Centralia https://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Anonymousx2 https://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/#comment-73483 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:53:14 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=479#comment-73483 I am back.

]]> By: Anonymousx2 https://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/#comment-73346 Thu, 28 May 2020 02:39:45 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=479#comment-73346 Nearly another year gone already.

]]> By: Anonymousx2 https://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/#comment-72848 Tue, 11 Jun 2019 00:04:56 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=479#comment-72848 Just checking in.

]]> By: Anonymousx2 https://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/#comment-72828 Tue, 28 May 2019 01:51:56 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=479#comment-72828 A year gone already.

Another day older and closer to death.

Tango22: Thanks.

]]> By: Tango22 https://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/#comment-72570 Tue, 11 Sep 2018 07:36:04 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=479#comment-72570 For those interested, Centralia opened up the time capsule a few years early due to someone trying to get to any valuables inside.

http://www.poconorecord.com/article/20141007/NEWS/141009663

]]> By: Anonymousx2 https://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/#comment-72471 Mon, 28 May 2018 03:09:03 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=479#comment-72471 Last.

]]> By: eacd625 https://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/#comment-72239 Sat, 16 Sep 2017 22:38:37 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=479#comment-72239 Could this affect global warming? I mean a fire burning that long? Why hasn’t someone tried to use new tech to stop this. so cray

]]> By: Rvcmodz https://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/#comment-39489 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 18:43:41 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=479#comment-39489 Was there in late October. Have been intrigued for years and made it that way after a stay at Hershey Park. Putting aside the history and tragedy of the entire event, there was obviously not a lot to see other than a handful of likeminded gawkers and walkers. The old highway is a mosaic of graffiti which one would expect. Sadly, my kids made it a game to find as many curse words and pictures of private parts as they could. All in good fun i guess. There was a friendly local who pointed us in the direction of a small steam vent and one could spend a good amount of time exploring on foot. There are a few areas of the footprint foundations of some of the former homes. I would come more prepared with maps and such if you have an interest in matching the old photos with what exists now.

]]> By: Moxy dog https://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/#comment-39351 Sat, 18 Oct 2014 21:35:22 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=479#comment-39351 I would love to go there it’s like silent hill hell ya

]]> By: Bill Wilson https://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/#comment-38943 Wed, 28 May 2014 02:40:02 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=479#comment-38943 I grew up in NW Indiana next to Chicago. Not far across the state line were forest preserves with swampy peat bogs. Occasionally during hot dry summers some lower layers of peat would ignite spontaneously and slowly burn until the rains returned and saturated the ground enough to quench the fires. The air quality was already lousy from all the steel mills and refineries so the smoke didn’t really didn’t bother anyone.

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