Fistful develops superpowers and lays waste to the village

[MillCreek]

http://online.wsj.com/articles/radioactive-waste-in-st-louis-at-risk-from-smoldering-trash-1406219385?cb=logged0.45125289033258875

Behind a paywall, but the article describes how a subsurface garbage fire at the West Lake landfill is moving towards a section of buried radioactive waste.  After the radiation is released in St. Louis, we will all soon wish that we had been nicer to Fistful.

[SADShooter]

Fistful: "I AM SCRAP IRON MAN!!!"

[AJ Dual]

Our radiation regs are so strict and overly-cautious, I'm willing to bet that in comparison to the majority of that waste, living in Denver, taking more than 4 high altitude cross-country airline flights, having granite countertops, or some vintage Fiestaware is more exposure.

[MechAg94]

So is the radioactive waste buried in with the garbage?  I highly doubt that.

[vaskidmark]

Damn thing wants me to subscribe or log in.  Any chance you have a copy/paste copy?

stay safe.

[230RN]

Here's a freebie link to the subject:

http://www.kmov.com/news/mobile/Koster-says-Bridgeton-landfill-owners-are-withholding-information-on-underground-fires-239696701.html


I would not be surprised if there was some overlap  between the active dump site and the household dump site, given the withholding of information and the money involved.

The Boulder CO rifle club is situated on what used to be a city dump.  Before it became formalized (ca. 1966) there was an underground fire going on at all times, and you could see smoke rising from cracks in the ground.

I don't know if it ever went out.

There was a place near Marshall CO (yes, that's the correct spelling) where smoke constantly rose from the ground.  But that was from an underground abandoned coal mine fire.  I used to prowl around there and do some shooting, but it was unfenced, unposted, and very thinly populated at the time... like one per square mile... the "one" being me. :D

So, trivia, but indeed underground fires do occur and are hard to extinguish.

Terry, 230RN

ETA: Found some links to the coal seam fire, FYI:

Marshall, specifically:
https://bouldercolorado.gov/pages/coal-seam-qr

Colorado in general.  They're more common than I thought:
http://mining.state.co.us/Programs/Abandoned/Reclamation/Documents/Mine%20Fires%20Information/2005%20Statewide%20Mine%20Fire%20Report%20(Boulder-Fremont%20Counties).pdf
Boring terrain, but try 39.9500°, -105.2200°

[Perd Hapley]

I promise to use my powers only for the good of mankind. Unless I get X-ray vision, which I'll just use for the obvious.

[onions!]

I promise to use my powers only for the good of mankind. Unless I get X-ray vision, which I'll just use for the obvious.

Going to former war zones and speeding up the removal of land mines and un-exploded bombs?Kinda like Princess Diana with a slight southern drawl?For the good of all mankind?

Or just looking at girls,like the TSA?

[280plus]

Going to former war zones and speeding up the removal of land mines and un-exploded bombs?Kinda like Princess Diana with a slight southern drawl?For the good of all mankind?

Or just looking at girls,like the TSA?

Please, for once let's give fisty the credit he deserves. Of course he'll be checking out girls.

[Perd Hapley]

Oh, I meant that I'd help them locate the underground hazards, of course.

[AJ Dual]

Please, for once let's give fisty the credit he deserves. Of course he'll be checking out girls.

So... he has a skeleton fetish?

[280plus]

You heard that too?

[RoadKingLarry]

Fistful: "I AM SCRAP IRON MAN!!!"

I was thinking more along the lines of "The Toxic Avenger".

[charby]

So is the radioactive waste buried in with the garbage?  I highly doubt that.

Could have some old medical or industrial type waste from before 1972. Landfill could also be a superfund site also that hasn't been cleaned up or deemed stable for a later clean up date.