Bleakest thing I’ve read in a while: “Burning Town”, about Centralia, Pennsylvania, and all the government ineptitude and bureaucratic fuckery that destroyed it. Same deal as Love Canal, for the most part. But very depressing. Could have been prevented at a number of points, but never was. - Kotaku In Action 2

Bleakest thing I’ve read in a while: “Burning Town”, about Centralia, Pennsylvania, and all the government ineptitude and bureaucratic fuckery that destroyed it. Same deal as Love Canal, for the most part. But very depressing. Could have been prevented at a number of points, but never was. (archive.is)

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– SoctaticMethod1 8 points 254 days ago +8 / -0

Ah, the place that inspired Silent Hill's setting. Just shows the incompetence of bureaucracy in general. Although I do remember America did almost nuke itself TWICE and there is more of a reactionary stance than a preventative stance to disasters.

A lot of the disasters over the years can be avoided by proper maintenance and using your head to know don't introduce fire elements to an exposed coal vein..

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