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Title: Mine explosion in WV.
Post by: fudgums on April 05, 2010, 05:36:07 PM: Same county I live in, just down the road from where I live about 15-30 minutes away. :(
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/05/west.virginia.mine.explosion/index.html?hpt=T1 (http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/05/west.virginia.mine.explosion/index.html?hpt=T1)
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Post by: Nefarious on April 05, 2010, 06:26:53 PM: Every time I hear of news of trapped or missing miners my heart sinks.

6 Dead, 21 Missing.
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Post by: ariansworld on April 05, 2010, 06:41:28 PM: Yikes, very sad to hear. I was just through there this weekend, it is only about two hours from me.
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Post by: curry1 on April 05, 2010, 06:53:42 PM: Quote from: fudgums on April 05, 2010, 05:36:07 PM
Same county I live in, just down the road from where I live about 15-30 minutes away. :(
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/05/west.virginia.mine.explosion/index.html?hpt=T1 (http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/05/west.virginia.mine.explosion/index.html?hpt=T1)

Geez hope they get them out alive. I couldn't imagine being trapped hundreds of feet under the ground :pray :salute
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Post by: uptown on April 05, 2010, 06:59:41 PM: :pray God help them
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Post by: fudgums on April 05, 2010, 07:00:04 PM: Quote from: curry1 on April 05, 2010, 06:53:42 PM
Geez hope they get them out alive. I couldn't imagine being trapped hundreds of feet under the ground :pray :salute

The Mine Academy about 3 minutes from my house practice this monthly. Their very trained and have some of the best equipment in the world.
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Post by: fudgums on April 05, 2010, 07:01:09 PM: triple post
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Post by: fudgums on April 05, 2010, 07:02:09 PM: 7 dead, 28 unaccounted for...
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Post by: Getback on April 05, 2010, 08:10:47 PM: Wow! my heart sinks too.
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Post by: allaire on April 06, 2010, 03:51:45 AM: Yahoo news story has the death toll at 25 right now. I hope for the best for anyone still alive and/or missing.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_mine_explosion (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_mine_explosion)
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Post by: thndregg on April 06, 2010, 08:15:09 AM: Although I feel for the workers and their families during all this, this is why MSHA's regulations are becoming increasingly tighter and tighter, to the point the mining industry will eventually be unable to function in the United States because it simply exsists as a hazardous job, yet we prove it is acceptable to import mined materials and shove the hazardous work ever more on places like China, who just recently experienced a coal mine catastrophe of their own.

Coincidentally enough, MSHA will be on our doorstep at my job this morning.
Title: Re: Mine explosion in WV.
Post by: fudgums on April 06, 2010, 10:37:35 AM: Luckily, had some friends that worked there that weren't on shift at the time that it happened. Probably be a day or two before they go back down.
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Post by: fudgums on April 09, 2010, 02:25:06 AM: They just went back in to find the 4 missing...
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Post by: mechanic on April 09, 2010, 02:59:57 AM: tragic news, hope they find some survivors
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Post by: fudgums on April 09, 2010, 03:02:58 AM: Quote from: mechanic on April 09, 2010, 02:59:57 AM
tragic news, hope they find some survivors

As bad as it sounds, I don't believe they will, the explosions killed the guys coming out of the mine on the train, also injuring people at entrance. I hope they do, but after this many hours, I doubt it.
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Post by: mechanic on April 09, 2010, 03:04:50 AM: Dang....doesnt look good. Maybe best we can hope for is a miracle
Title: Re: Mine explosion in WV.
Post by: fudgums on April 09, 2010, 10:35:02 AM: They pulled the rescuers out after smoke was down in the mine. They're drilling another whole near the last safety chamber, but the 96 hour window is up at 3:00PM.