In 1962, the small mining town of Centralia, PA accidentally ignited an underground seam of anthracite coal beneath the town--- which sounds like a pretty big deal for a mining town, but they pretty much ignored it until it was too late.  WAY too late. Now 60 years after ignition, Centralia is a ghost town with less than 10 diehard residents living directly above the still-raging mine fire. 

 Graham and Will explore a timeline of events that demonstrate how apathy, mismanagement of resources, and misinformation can and have lead to a localized apocalypse from below in our very first episode of the Local Universe Podcast. 

Sources: Fire Underground by David DeKok,  Centralia: The Town that Was - Chris Perkel and Georgie Roland (2007)