Coincidental YouTubing and the Underground Fire

@Ronrybs (17925)
London, England
January 13, 2020 12:01pm CST
A short while back, @JudyEv and I had a quick chat about an underground fire in an old coal mine. We couldn’t remember any of the details and I soon forgot about it. I look on YouTube to watch the NBC Evening News, which they upload daily. From my point of view, I am watching yesterday’s news. Without any previous searches, the clip below appeared on my suggestions list. Quite fascinating, but I’d like to find out how it really got started. It also left me wondering how far it could spread. How long before Pennsylvania is off limits? Even with all the changes and those shortly to arrive, I do enjoy YouTube and should really fertle around a bit more. Yeah, I know that is not what fertle means, but I do like how it sounds!
This Pennsylvania town was once an ordinary slice of Americana, but these days, the ghostly ruins of the so-called 'real Silent Hill' has no zip code, no sto...
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (49184)
• United States
13 Jan 20
I enjoy watching YouTube too.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17925)
• London, England
14 Jan 20
Oh yes! I can spend hours watching it
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (49184)
• United States
10 Jun 20
@Ronrybs we even occasionally watch a good movie on it.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17925)
• London, England
11 Jun 20
@Tampa_girl7 Yes, I seen a few on there. I watched one called The Claw and then it turned up the Horror Channel. I do love those 50s B movie Sci Fi
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (86905)
• United States
14 Jan 20
fertle..hmmm
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (86905)
• United States
14 Jan 20
@Ronrybs Love it tho Ron
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17925)
• London, England
14 Jan 20
@RebeccasFarm They keep me amused!
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17925)
• London, England
14 Jan 20
Weird Britishism!
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
16 Jan 20
Travel writer Bill Bryson mentions visiting the town in one of his books @Ronrybs
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
16 Jan 20
@Ronrybs very likely yes, he is a very good public speaker - met him at a book signing he did
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17925)
• London, England
16 Jan 20
I've only read one of his books, can't remember the title. Didn't he use to appear on Radio 4 several years back?
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Rhonda S.
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
18 Jul 20
I've heard about this, it's so crazy that it's still going.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17925)
• London, England
18 Jul 20
It is quite incredible! No surprise that it is beyond me how to deal with it, so no wonder any experts are 'busy' doing something else!
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17925)
• London, England
19 Jul 20
@misunderstood_zombie It was certainly the easiest option and as long as there isn't an endless supply of fuel it must eventually burn out. Just wonder how much damage it will do
Rhonda S.
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
18 Jul 20
@Ronrybs They did one thing right and that was to evacuate the town, then I guess they had other things to do besides stop the fire.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
20 Jan 20
You can find anything on YouTube.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17925)
• London, England
21 Jan 20
I like the history videos. There are a lot of channels and they seem determined to get the facts right
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
21 Jan 20
@Ronrybs Same here.
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Bill McAlpine
@ScotMac (1335)
• Edinburgh, Scotland
16 Jan 20
Where I live there is a similar situation in an old coal mine. A fire is smoldering underground and needs to be watched very carefully or it might burst to the surface. Fortunately, it's not near houses or any other buildings.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17925)
• London, England
16 Jan 20
Shows how limited my searching was as I didn't know there was a similar situation in the UK. Do they know how it started?
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Bill McAlpine
@ScotMac (1335)
• Edinburgh, Scotland
21 Jan 20
@Ronrybs No, I don't think so.
Bojel
@jobelbojel (34730)
• Philippines
19 Jul 20
Have not seen this type on YT. Something that I can watch.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (134752)
• Roseburg, Oregon
18 Jul 20
I hope that fire does not get worse.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17925)
• London, England
19 Jul 20
It is a bit worrying and I fear with no way to put it out it will continue to grow until all the fuel is exhausted
Fleur
@Fleura (29244)
• United Kingdom
14 Jan 20
Jutst watched it now - can't be good for carbon emissions!
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17925)
• London, England
14 Jan 20
Good point, wonder if it is trapped underground, as well?
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Fleur
@Fleura (29244)
• United Kingdom
14 Jan 20
Funny... you and one other friend are the only people I have ever 'heard' using the term 'fertle'. Off to watch the video now...
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17925)
• London, England
14 Jan 20
Fertle and ferkle are two I like to drop in!
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Faye
@FayeHazel (40246)
• United States
15 Jan 20
Interesting. I think there is something similar in New Jersey too...
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17925)
• London, England
15 Jan 20
Ahh, I did briefly wonder if there was more than one, but was too lazy to look!
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Faye
@FayeHazel (40246)
• United States
15 Jan 20
@Ronrybs lol I know what you mean
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