Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Underground fires Date: 21 Dec 2025 23:10:26 GMT Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <10h9gr2$tuo4$1@dont-email.me> <10hb0cd$1a5kd$1@dont-email.me> <10hbkqn$1di3b$21@dont-email.me> <10hbo42$1fjnp$7@dont-email.me> <10hjfof$3ukif$1@dont-email.me> <10hjkgl$lr0$1@dont-email.me> <6rs81mx8nk.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <7a9e1mx6ep.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <6lsg1mxg46.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <7kgi1mxriu.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net jp4PJQUuSTtFGlhwLYFeVgL6ed+dM6DPlWromtZWvpqsCdIrYk Cancel-Lock: sha1:oAOymD4CROFHtvhiibuZ1oEc5W0= sha256:ZDO/fONU177JHec45mNqRXannI4WiU/JwUh2FJu3f+g= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:79666 alt.comp.os.windows-11:28788 On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 15:24:48 -0500, c186282 wrote: >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Pit > > Yep, they delayed The Problem. Likely will NEVER have the money to > actually deal with it. https://clarkforkrivercleanup.org/cleanup-history The Berkeley Pit is only part of the problem. The state's suit against ARCO was a classic. ARCO's position was 'We only bought the assets, not the liabilities'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda_Smelter_Stack The rest of the story is Anaconda bought the land downwind of the stack where the fumes were killing everything. Even today there isn't much besides a few stunted trees. Probably not a good place to camp. For real creativity, build a golf course on the toxic waste. https://nicklausdesign.com/course/oldworks/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milltown_Reservoir_Superfund_Site There were a lot of nervous people in '96 when it was thought the dam might go. They don't mention the pickerel :) There used to be a annual Pickerel Derby at the reservoir. Before the dam was removed they poisoned the reservoir, not wanting to release a bunch of voracious fish. The downstream fishing access sites used to have signs saying not to eat the fish too frequently and to not eat the pike at all. The signs have been revised to not eat any of the fish. The settling ponds at the abandoned pulp mill are starting to leak into the river. Yet another clean up. Smurfit-Stone filed Chapter 11 in 2009 so good luck getting blood out of that turnip.