Problems In The Control Of The Centralia Mine Fire
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: 232 |
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: 1980 |
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: PSU:000030384996 |
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: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Problems in the Control of the Centralia Mine Fire by :
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: David DeKok |
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: Authors Choice Press |
Total Pages |
: 318 |
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: 2000-04-01 |
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: 0595092705 |
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: 9780595092703 |
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: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis by : David DeKok
The true story of the Centralia mine fire; a government's indecisiveness and a town's struggle for survival.
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: Robert F. Chaiken |
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: 106 |
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: 1983 |
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: UOM:39015078477695 |
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: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Problems in the Control of Anthracite Mine Fires by : Robert F. Chaiken
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: J. Stephen Kroll-Smith |
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: University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages |
: 211 |
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: 2014-07-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780813150567 |
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: 0813150566 |
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: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Real Disaster Is Above Ground by : J. Stephen Kroll-Smith
In the 1950s Centralia was a small town, like many others in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania. But since the 1960s, it has been consumed, outwardly and inwardly by a fire that has inexorably spread in the abandoned mines beneath it. The earth smokes, subsides, and breathes poisonous gases. No less destructive has been the spread of dissension and enmity among the townspeople. The Real Disaster Above Ground tells the story of the fire and the tragic failure of all efforts to counter it. This study of the Centralia fire represents the most thorough canvass of the documentary materials and the community that has appeared. The authors report on the futile efforts of residents to reach a common understanding of an underground threat that was not readily visible and invited multiple interpretations. They trace the hazard management strategies of government agencies that, ironically, all too often created additional threats to the welfare of Centralians. They report on the birth and demise of community organizations, each with its own solution to the problem and its diehard partisans. The final solution, now being put into effect, is to abandon the town and relocate its people. Centralia's environmental disaster, the authors argue, is not a local or isolated phenomenon. It warns of the danger lurking in our own technology when safeguards fail and disaster management policy is not in place to respond to failure, as the examples of Chernobyl and Bhopal have clearly demonstrated. The lessons in this study of the fate of a small town in Pennsylvania are indeed sobering. They should be pondered by a variety of social scientists and planners, by all those dealing with the behavior of people under stress and those responsible for the welfare of the public.
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: David Dekok |
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: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 313 |
Release |
: 2009-10-01 |
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: 9780762758241 |
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: 0762758244 |
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: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Fire Underground by : David Dekok
How a modern-day mine disaster has turned a Pennsylvania community into a ghost town * For much of its history, Centralia, Pennsylvania, had a population of around 2,000. By 1981, this had dwindled to just over 1,000—not unusual for a onetime mining town. But as of 2007, Centralia had the unwelcome distinction of being the state’s tiniest municipality, with a population of nine. The reason: an underground fire that began in 1962 has decimated the town with smoke and toxic gases, and has since made history. Fire Underground is the completely updated classic account of the fire that has been raging under Centralia for decades. David DeKok tells the story of how the fire actually began and how government officials failed to take effective action. By 1981 the fire was spewing deadly gases into homes. A twelve-year-old boy dropped into a steaming hole as a congressman toured nearby. DeKok describes how the people of Centralia banded together to finally win relocation funds—and he reveals what has happened to the few remaining residents as the fiftieth anniversary of the fire’s beginning nears.
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: Glenn B. Stracher |
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: Geological Society of America |
Total Pages |
: 304 |
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: 2007-01-01 |
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: 9780813741185 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0813741181 |
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: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis Geology of Coal Fires by : Glenn B. Stracher
Naturally burning coal fires and those ignited by human activities receive little attention from the media compared to other environmental hazards, but their study is gaining ground. Here, the world's leading experts present their research findings covering topics such as the gases generated in underground coal fires, the origin of gas-vent minerals and land-cover changes due to coal fires.
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: 236 |
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: 1994 |
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: MINN:30000008090270 |
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: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis Proceedings of the ... Annual Federal Depository Library Conference ... and Regional Federal Depository Seminar by :
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: 234 |
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: 1994 |
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: UFL:31262052642880 |
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: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Federal Depository Library Conference, April 20-22, 1994, And, Regional Federal Depository Seminar, April 23, 1994, Rosslyn Westpark Hotel, Arlington, VA. by :
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Total Pages |
: 108 |
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: 1983 |
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: OSU:32435060356151 |
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: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis Report of Investigations by :
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: Ann G. Kim |
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Total Pages |
: 28 |
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: 1991 |
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: UOM:39015078476036 |
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: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Laboratory Determination of Signature Criteria for Locating and Monitoring Abandoned Mine Fires by : Ann G. Kim