chillian miners

guypjfreak
guypjfreak Posts: 2,281
edited October 2010 in A Moving Train
its amazing wot they can do when pressured .
if only there safety precautions where as good then this may never have happened but now that they have reached them i hope nothing now goes wrong and they are all brought up safely :)
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  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    guypjfreak wrote:
    its amazing wot they can do when pressured .
    if only there safety precautions where as good then this may never have happened but now that they have reached them i hope nothing now goes wrong and they are all brought up safely :)

    Aren't they from Chile? Or are we talking a different thing?
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  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    Yeah I'm pretty sure they are talking about Chile.

    Can you imagine what the famlies felt when they brought up that note that the miners wrote?
    I mean, knowing that your loved one was in a mining disaster, thinking they're dead and then 2 weeks later finding out they are alive and well trapped under the surface! It's nuts...

    This is really an incredible story...
    I read somewhere that the trip down takes 1.5 hours and they have to extract them 1 by 1
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  • guypjfreak
    guypjfreak Posts: 2,281
    haffajappa wrote:
    Yeah I'm pretty sure they are talking about Chile.

    Can you imagine what the famlies felt when they brought up that note that the miners wrote?
    I mean, knowing that your loved one was in a mining disaster, thinking they're dead and then 2 weeks later finding out they are alive and well trapped under the surface! It's nuts...

    This is really an incredible story...
    I read somewhere that the trip down takes 1.5 hours and they have to extract them 1 by 1
    :lol::lol: i swear it she they were Mexico it shall be changed .that will teach me not to preview and check first :lol:
    but it IS amazing wot can be achieved in two weeks i bet they would not have been so quick if they were dead :!:
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    Let's hope they all get out safely but I think some of them would rather stay where they are. :lol:

    Trapped Chile miners emerge to fame, movie contracts - and angry wives
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... wives.html
  • guypjfreak
    guypjfreak Posts: 2,281
    nuffingman wrote:
    Let's hope they all get out safely but I think some of them would rather stay where they are. :lol:

    Trapped Chile miners emerge to fame, movie contracts - and angry wives
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... wives.html
    :lol::lol: there going to make a film aren't they :lol: no more down the mines for them i feel
  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    What a story this is. I hope everyone gets out safely. It is still a long ride to the surface, and so many people must make the trip.
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  • Pepe Silvia
    Pepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    i think they said it will take about 33hrs to get everyone out once they start the elevator thingie
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  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    nuffingman wrote:
    Let's hope they all get out safely but I think some of them would rather stay where they are. :lol:

    Trapped Chile miners emerge to fame, movie contracts - and angry wives
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... wives.html

    Off the subject, but funniest avatar ever. :lol::lol:
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  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    youngster wrote:
    nuffingman wrote:
    Let's hope they all get out safely but I think some of them would rather stay where they are. :lol:

    Trapped Chile miners emerge to fame, movie contracts - and angry wives
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... wives.html

    Off the subject, but funniest avatar ever. :lol::lol:
    It does seem to be popular! :lol:
  • Commy
    Commy Posts: 4,984
    i read about this a while ago, the miners have been trapped underground for at least a month. its great they got them out.


    and yes this better lead to higher safety standards.
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    I heard on the news that they are taking advice from NASA and putting them on liquid diets because the ride up will make them quite nauseous
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  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    Apparently the rescue attempt will begin at midnight. Let's hope it goes well.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11518015
  • guypjfreak
    guypjfreak Posts: 2,281
    not sure of all your time zones 7 up so far fantastic some good news to start the day
    happy Wednesday all :D:D
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    guypjfreak wrote:
    not sure of all your time zones 7 up so far fantastic some good news to start the day
    happy Wednesday all :D:D
    I've been watching some of it this morning. Great news for once. The dumb politicians are pushed to the back for once.
  • TriumphantAngel
    TriumphantAngel Posts: 1,760
    13 safely up so far.

    don't it make you smile?
  • FiveB247x
    FiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    Ok so I tend not to pay attention to these types of stories, mostly because I don't care about them, but here comes my cold viewpoint about it. Yes it's great they were rescued, but why must people call it a disaster or something surprising? Mining miles under ground does lead to these types of problems, and the workers, companies and families all know the risks prior to going in. Seems like people love to make excuses after the fact when something goes bad but hold no real sense of self-determination and culpability before or during. It goes with the territory and albeit unfortunate, there's a very simple answer to these types of problems.. if you don't want the potential issues and results, don't participate in the activity - even if it's a job. I'm sure many will say it's for their family or survival, etc.. but the reality is that it is a choice these people are making and they choose it.. not forced into it.
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  • Cree Nations
    Cree Nations Posts: 2,247
    This is one of the best feel good stories of the 21st century thus far.....why? IMO 9 out of 10 times any type of mining accident tends to end up with the some of.....if not all of the miners sadly...dying. Not in this case. These poor guys(33 of them living in a 5m x 10 m space) have been 700m's under the earth for 2 months.....2 MONTHS! That is insane AND they are pretty much all going to make it? Whats cool about this also is the amount of data they are gathering and learning from. Many miners in the future will benefit from what is happening there
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  • FiveB247x
    FiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    I think you're comments are meant well, but a bit naive. It's more likely they'll learn from it and create a false sense of security in a severely dangerous industry and job compared to get rid of the problem. Anything for a buck.
    Cree Nations wrote:
    This is one of the best feel good stories of the 21st century thus far.....why? IMO 9 out of 10 times any type of mining accident tends to end up with the some of.....if not all of the miners sadly...dying. Not in this case. These poor guys(33 of them living in a 5m x 10 m space) have been 700m's under the earth for 2 months.....2 MONTHS! That is insane AND they are pretty much all going to make it? Whats cool about this also is the amount of data they are gathering and learning from. Many miners in the future will benefit from what is happening there
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
  • Cree Nations
    Cree Nations Posts: 2,247
    lol ..for sure but one can only hope for something positive to come out of a negative situation, you may call that naivety but I call you pessimistic....;)
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  • FiveB247x
    FiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    Nah I'm a realist although many mistake that for pessimism.
    Cree Nations wrote:
    lol ..for sure but one can only hope for something positive to come out of a negative situation, you may call that naivety but I call you pessimistic....;)
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