Posted on 10/29/2010 2:59:51 PM PDT by JoeProBono
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Residents of a central Pennsylvania coal town decimated by a mine fire have gone to federal court to try to prevent state officials from evicting them....
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Re the OP's article, Allentown must have been the subject of one of Stephen Segal's bombs, "Fire Down Below."
I grew up nearby (Frackville). I remember reading about parents putting oxygen on their kids at bedtime so they didn’t develop CO poisoning in the night. My dad would have loaded us in the car and left the house keys in the door. Crazy, crazy to stay for any reason.
It would be interesting to walk around and explore these ghost towns or what’s left of them, Pripyat especially.
“What company would insurance the properties?”
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Most of the houses in Ashland are insured. But it is a known issue that the coal vein several miles away is on fire and has caused Centralia to be abandoned...If the fire follows the vein (its fuel) underneath Ashland, there’s no reason for a government (taxpayer) bailout of those who stayed knowing the risks. The fire has been a problem for decades...not a natural disaster...and was apparently started by the locals burning trash.
Free heating...no wonder
Thanks; I’ve never seen that movie. Was it with “Action Segal” or “Fat Segal”?
“It would be interesting to walk around and explore these ghost towns or what’s left of them, Pripyat especially.”
If that is the one that was on “Life after People”, it is very spooky; like Pompeii (near Vesuvius) it is almost frozen at the moment of the disaster. Things that wouldn’t normally be left behind are all over, as though the evacuation was hurried (understandably).
What I mean is if the homes are currenlty insured, and the homeowners are covered under their existing policies, what company would issue new policies, to new homeowners, if it is common knowledge that catastrophe is so near? The current homeowners have to await the catastrophe or abandon the homes altogether.
This is one of the problems with “rebuilding New Orleans”; the French Quarter was the only “insurable” area because it is above sea level. Why build new homes in the low-lying areas if no company would insure them? Your annual premiums would be 50% of the cost of the home!
We have similar problems in part of north Jersey, related to flooding; the government should have never allowed developers to build in this area, but they did anyway. The government bought out the homes that were most effected; the others simply sell at a lower rate. It is odd to see people living with their water and gas heaters on the second floor, but that is the price they pay to buy a cheap house in one of the most expensive markets in the US; they are less than one hour west of NYC.
It’s “Neru jacket 24/7.” I.e., fat segal.
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Well put; I haven’t watched any of the newer stuff. I liked his earlier stuff, which was probably less serious and dopier; he’s just not credible as any kind of action guy any more. Also, any new stuff made by anyone usually has been filled with politically correct social messages.
Segal plays a federal agent for the EPA and breaks (actually, mostly kills everybody) up a ring of polluters in the Appalachian mountains in eastern Kentucky.
The guy can't act worth spit.
“The guy can’t act worth spit.”
He really can’t; when Mad TV had a skit about him (in which he kicks the Dalai Lama’s ass), the actor playing him did a great job (a big fat guy, Will Sasso?), keeping his eyes squinted the whole time...
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