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glatt · 06-04-2013, 11:26 AM

Just stumbled across this one. This is from some guy's Facebook page on the abandoned coal mines of NEPA.
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Apparently, when they stopped coal mining in NE Pennsylvania in the 1960's they shut the pumps off in the mines, and the mines filled up with ground water. The people living in the low parts of the valleys started to get flooding in their basements as the water in the lower parts of the mine was under intense pressure and was looking for a way out. In the winter, the water would freeze and would act like a slow moving glacier, destroying foundations and damaging houses in these valleys. Since Wilkes Barre and Scranton are both in the valley, this meant that lots of houses were potentially at risk. So officials came in to figure out what to do, and they decided to drill holes down into the mines down in the valleys to let the water escape. So for the last 50 years, there has been all this water coming up out of the mines at these boreholes. It's pretty nasty water. Fairly acidic, and with an extremely high iron content. It kills all aquatic creatures in the creeks that are fed in part by these bore holes, and goes on to pollute the Chesapeake Bay before it reaches the Atlantic ocean. The biggest point source of pollution for the Chesapeake is one of these boreholes called the Old Forge Borehole. There's talk of building water treatment plants to treat this water, but it hasn't happened in the last 50 years, so we'll see.

Anyway, I think it's a cool picture of an interesting thing I'd never heard of before. This particular borehole is in Wilkes Barre in Solomon creek, behind the Dollar General.

ZenGum · 05-01-2013, 07:14 AM

Wait a goddamn minute.

This dude has unlawfully scaled a 900 foot radio mast at night, artfully photographed a rocket launch, and got home by parachute???!!!

xoxoxoBruce · 05-01-2013, 07:22 AM

Well, that's a guess, since the highest elevation in the whole damn state is about 350 ft. But it seems the most logical solution, although I can't find it on Google Earth.

glatt · 05-01-2013, 07:57 AM

He also made a "hasty egress" which, to me, means that he got the hell out of there before he could be spotted.

glatt · 05-01-2013, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I can't find it on Google Earth.

At 28 degrees 36' 35" N and 81 degrees 03' 34" W, there is a roughly 2500 foot tall tower 28 miles away from launch pad 39A.

He could have been halfway up that one. I didn't look for the tower that is in the shot. Depending on the zoom he was using, that one could be pretty close to his camera, or really far away.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-01-2013, 08:37 AM

That takes me to the Philippines?

glatt · 05-01-2013, 08:42 AM

Maybe I typed it wrong?
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Gravdigr · 05-01-2013, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

28 degrees 36' 35" N and 81 degrees 03' 34" W

Copy/paste that (^^^) , without the words 'degrees' & 'and', into GooglEarth. You get Glatt's pic.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-01-2013, 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Copy/paste that (^^^) , without the word 'degrees', into GooglEarth. You get Glatt's pic.

I did, 28, 36' 35" N and 81, 03' 34" W, and it takes me to the Philippines. I just did it again without the comma after 28 and 81 and got same thing.

OK, had to take out the "and", then it went to Florida.

Gravdigr · 05-01-2013, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Wait a goddamn minute.

This dude has unlawfully scaled a 900 foot radio mast at night,...and got home by parachute???!!!

Six times, no less!

Quote:

I travelled 5 hours round-trip to this location for at least 5 prior night launches

glatt · 05-01-2013, 10:18 AM

Too much of a time waster.

I think the picture was taken at the coordinates I gave before, and the tower in the left side of the image is located at 28°46'39.22"N, 80°53'18.17"W.

Hard to tell from the photo if the lights are the town of Titusville or the NASA facility.

Anyway, I'm done looking.

ZenGum · 05-01-2013, 07:58 AM

There are nine little red dots in a vertical line in the lower left of the picture. Could this be another 900 foot radio tower? If so, this theory seems more plausible.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-01-2013, 08:30 AM

Think I got it, 1,549 feet, Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Holopaw, Florida. It's about 30 miles from the cape.

Gravdigr · 05-01-2013, 10:38 AM

Damn if it don't. That's just weird, as none of those numbers are even close.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-01-2013, 10:46 AM

I should think Google Earth would disregard the "and", hell, they do other places.

06-04-2013, 11:26 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Just stumbled across this one. This is from some guy's Facebook page on the abandoned coal mines of NEPA. Apparently, when they stopped coal mining in NE Pennsylvania in the 1960's they shut the pumps off in the mines, and the mines filled up with ground water. The people living in the low parts of the valleys started to get flooding in their basements as the water in the lower parts of the mine was under intense pressure and was looking for a way out. In the winter, the water would freeze and would act like a slow moving glacier, destroying foundations and damaging houses in these valleys. Since Wilkes Barre and Scranton are both in the valley, this meant that lots of houses were potentially at risk. So officials came in to figure out what to do, and they decided to drill holes down into the mines down in the valleys to let the water escape. So for the last 50 years, there has been all this water coming up out of the mines at these boreholes. It's pretty nasty water. Fairly acidic, and with an extremely high iron content. It kills all aquatic creatures in the creeks that are fed in part by these bore holes, and goes on to pollute the Chesapeake Bay before it reaches the Atlantic ocean. The biggest point source of pollution for the Chesapeake is one of these boreholes called the Old Forge Borehole. There's talk of building water treatment plants to treat this water, but it hasn't happened in the last 50 years, so we'll see. Anyway, I think it's a cool picture of an interesting thing I'd never heard of before. This particular borehole is in Wilkes Barre in Solomon creek, behind the Dollar General.

05-01-2013, 07:14 AM	#2
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Wait a goddamn minute. This dude has unlawfully scaled a 900 foot radio mast at night, artfully photographed a rocket launch, and got home by parachute???!!! __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

05-01-2013, 07:22 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well, that's a guess, since the highest elevation in the whole damn state is about 350 ft. But it seems the most logical solution, although I can't find it on Google Earth. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-01-2013, 08:37 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That takes me to the Philippines? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-01-2013, 07:58 AM	#12
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	There are nine little red dots in a vertical line in the lower left of the picture. Could this be another 900 foot radio tower? If so, this theory seems more plausible. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

05-01-2013, 07:57 AM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	He also made a "hasty egress" which, to me, means that he got the hell out of there before he could be spotted.

05-01-2013, 08:42 AM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Maybe I typed it wrong?

05-01-2013, 10:18 AM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Too much of a time waster. I think the picture was taken at the coordinates I gave before, and the tower in the left side of the image is located at 28°46'39.22"N, 80°53'18.17"W. Hard to tell from the photo if the lights are the town of Titusville or the NASA facility. Anyway, I'm done looking.

05-01-2013, 08:30 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Think I got it, 1,549 feet, Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Holopaw, Florida. It's about 30 miles from the cape. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-01-2013, 10:38 AM	#14
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Damn if it don't. That's just weird, as none of those numbers are even close. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-01-2013, 10:46 AM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I should think Google Earth would disregard the "and", hell, they do other places. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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