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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (175062)	1/5/2009 12:12:32 AM
From: bentway	Respond to of 306849

They built some houses over a former dump in Oceanside. The dump started emitting dangerous gasses and the city had to drill vent holes and install vents to allow the gas to escape. People in other parts of the world compete to LIVE in dumps! America really is just a nation of whiners..<g> GREEN, recycling kinda peeps!

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (175062)	1/5/2009 8:51:52 AM
From: Think4Yourself	Respond to of 306849

Yeah, but most of California is built on unstable ground to begin with! ;o) I see a bigger problem than just unstable foundations. The dump will outgas methane for decades. If any of the homes have basements, they are accumulation points for methane coming out of the ground. Sooner or later...BOOM! There is an outdoor concert venue near me that is built on a former garbage dump. We used to light the grass on fire. A small area would burn blue for a second or two and then go out. The grass didn't actually burn, just the methane near the ground.