Southern California Hot Spot Hits 812 Degrees, Baffles Experts

[Prrkitty]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,398484,00.html

Quote: The ground is so hot in one part of Southern California it can melt the shoes right off your feet.

An unexplained "thermal anomaly" caused a patch of land in Ventura County, just north of Los Angeles, to reach a temperature of over 800 degrees on Friday, baffling experts who have been monitoring the area for weeks.

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Yep... that's hot. Not sure I'd want to live in Ventura County at this point. Let's hope the anomaly stays limited and doesn't spread to heavily populated areas.

[phattonez]

Wow, strange. We haven't had out of the ordinary temperatures here this summer, so I wonder why it's only been noticed this year.

[Russ]

Wow. You really could fry an egg on the sidewalk! :D

[rock_nog]

You know, it reminds me of this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania

Absolutely crazy - a coal mine has been on fire under the town for 46 years.

[Masamune]

You know, it reminds me of this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania

Absolutely crazy - a coal mine has been on fire under the town for 46 years.

I've seen it. There's smoke constantly billowing from the ground. It's really cool.

[ShadowTiger]

I've seen it too. I was on vacation there a few years ago. Took a tour of the mines and the railroad they had around there. Pretty awesome, I guess.

[Cloral]

Wow, that's right near where I live. From the sounds of it, its along the way into the condor sanctuary north of Fillmore.

My guess is that they're right about it being a subterranean oil fire. There's a good bit of hydrocarbons in the ground around here. Heck, the mountain north of where I live is called Sulfur Mountain because it always smells of the stuff.

[Trevelyan_06]

Somewhere in near earth orbit a spaceship with a giant magnifying glass has a load of aliens laughing their asses off. If in fact, they have asses.