#garfield Logs

May 31 2015

01:20 rue_house what? is there a coal field fire?
02:11 any69681838 yeas
02:12 any69681838 The worst U.S. mine fire, in Centralia, Pennsylvania, passed its 50-year mark last year
02:12 any69681838 Jharia is famous for a coal field fire that has burned underground ... whose mines were one of the firsts to collapse in underground fire in 1930.
02:12 any69681838 The Wuda coal mining area in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, is one of the largest coal fire areas world-wide.
02:13 any69681838 NEW STRAITSVILLE, Ohio (AP) - An underground coal fire that was started almost 120 years ago is slowly working its way under Wayne National Forest.
02:14 any69681838 an active fire in an abandoned underground coal mine near Sheridan, Wyoming.
02:16 rue_house huh, they dont sufficate eh?
02:16 any69681838 no, the hot fire fumes rise and suck in more air, the heat cracks the ground above and lett he fire exhaust out faster, etc
02:17 any69681838 http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/coal-fire-centralia.jpg <<== surface cracks caused by underground coal fire
02:19 any69681838 They are burning in huge volumes in rural China and blazing in a district of India to such a great extent the flames from some surface coal fires are more than 20 feet high. Here in the U.S., they are burning in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Colorado and Wyoming as you read these words.
06:55 any69681838 The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Saturday a state trooper shot and killed a man who was involved in a fight with two troopers who were trying to rescue him and another man from floodwaters.
06:56 any69681838 "They were trying to get them to come out of the water. They were worried about them getting swept away," Timmons said. "(The men), for whatever reason, were just really upset about having to leave the vehicle there."
06:56 any69681838 At least one man attacked a trooper after reaching dry land and was shot and killed. It was not immediately known how many shots were fired or whether one or both troopers shot.
06:57 any69681838 just goes to show you, it's safer to be swept away by flood waters than to be rescued by cops
06:59 any69681838 Witnesses at Honokohau Harbor in Kailua-Kona reported that a man in his 40s jumped from the pier in an apparent attempt to catch a billfish,... A witness told the fire department the man shot the fish with a spear gun....
06:59 any69681838 "All we know is next thing they know, the man is seen floating," said Whitman. Firefighters tried to resuscitate the man, who had a puncture wound to his right, upper torso. The man was taken to Kona Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Whitman said.
06:59 any69681838 Hawaii County police identified the victim as 47-year-old Randy Llanes of Kailua-Kona. The man's identity has not been released.
07:13 any69681838 concern over zhanx having back surgery : Parents awarded $45.6 million after 14-year-old son was paralyzed during spinal surgery and died years later due to complications
08:41 any69681838 http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/05/29/09/292BAF1400000578-3102061-image-a-49_1432887654872.jpg
09:17 any69681838 the human brain is one of the most complex things known to the human brain
09:57 any69681838 i bet the cat didn't even get wet : http://imgur.com/gallery/Z7jBZLa
10:06 Tom_itx combination of surface tension and cat tension
10:10 Tom_itx if all the coal is burning where will we get coal from?
10:10 Tom_itx the one in PA has been burning for years iirc
10:12 Tom_itx http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/22/pennsylvania-extinguishing-years-old-fire-centralia
10:13 any69681838 a threat to air travel? suddenly, without warning, now?
10:14 Tom_itx they've tried to put at least one out with no success
10:14 any69681838 wait... " Smoke rises from a an underground coal fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania. The state is focussing on putting out a fire in Pittsburgh."
10:14 any69681838 one is in Cenralia, one is in Pittsbourgh?
10:15 any69681838 wow
10:18 any69681838 when widening the interstate here a few yrs ago, they piled up and burned the trees on right-of-way, one fire lit off a coal seam
10:19 any69681838 it blew smoke for weeks, eventually they parked a fire truck and tanker there and just kept water on it 24-7
10:19 any69681838 small seam, maybe a foot thick, 4ft wide
10:27 any69681838 "No CMS found. :-( " on http://dfm.dailycamera.com/article/are-car-keys-a-thing-of-the-past/4bd00d827b9728d0d4be05692b2b0f17
11:17 rue_house from feedback on ebay and aliexpress, I'v worked out that about 5% of people are idiots
11:18 Tom_itx just 5?
11:18 rue_house yes
11:19 rue_house its a biased survey tho
11:19 rue_house its 5% of online shoppers
11:19 rue_house if someone cant firure out how to work their computer, they weren't included in the survey
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