The Floor is Lava: Centralia, Pennsylvania

This week, Melanie kicks things off with bad puns, we love Butterfingers for all the wrong reasons, Melanie strikes out on Halloween drugs, Brianne will not engage, Melanie is a hell of a fluffer, Brianne gives Melanie a surprise promotion to mayor, 36 steams of pee cannot stop an inferno, a zip code is eliminated, Melanie isn't a flat-earther, no one cares about drinking from garden hoses, and we are praying for Hot Garbage Town, USA.Content warnings: trash/bad smells, fire, urine, gruesome dead deer description, death of a cat, terminal illnesses, child in peril who survives, xenophobic quotes, science denial, giardia, rats.Links:A Town with a Hot Problem Decides Not to Move Mountains but to Move ItselfCentralia Loses Another Resident, Home AbandonedCentralia, PennsylvaniaCentralia, Pennsylvania’s least-populated town, has been sitting on top of a burning mine fire for 60 yearsCentralia’s ‘Graffiti Highway’ is finally getting erasedHow the Mine Fire Nearly Killed Todd DomboskiI Live In Centralia, PA: It's America's Creepiest Ghost TownRemaining handful of residents can stay in Centralia for the rest of their lives, settlement saysSilent Hill: True Story & Real Town's History ExplainedThis Mine Fire Has Been Burning for Over 50 Years