Many thanks, Charles. I had forgotten many of the details and this story is a REAL candidate for "Ripley's Believe It or Not" if it is not already there! Al Messer --- cbrumbelow@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > You are right, Al. Centralia PA Here is a web site > about it. > http://www.offroaders.com/album/centralia/centralia.htm > > We went through there (more-or-less) years ago and > it was quite disconcerting. > > Charles > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > > There is an underground fire in one of the coal > fields > > in, I think, Western Pennsylvania that has been > > burning for years and now one town is sinking due > to > > the coal support of the upper earth being burned > away. > > > > Al Messer > > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.