Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: oakranger on October 13, 2010, 06:25:33 PM
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30 men out and three to go! A true example of pulling together on a disaster without pointing figures on who fault it is.
:cheers:
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30 men out and three to go! A true example of pulling together on a disaster without pointing figures on who fault it is.
The finger pointing will start tomorrow.
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I was watching that last night .pretty amazing.
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The finger pointing will start tomorrow.
Maybe, but at least they did not do it at the beginning like we do in most cases.
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It takes a while when you take them out Juan by Juan. (Stolen from Ripsnort who stole it from Curval)
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Just wait until the one with the "mistress" emerges. It's gonna suck to be him.
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Last man out! WTG!
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Just wait until the one with the "mistress" emerges. It's gonna suck to be him.
His sister was waiting for him.
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Last rescue worker is out and the rescue tunnel is capped, good show. :salute
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Last rescue worker is out and the rescue tunnel is capped, good show. :salute
The last man out....that is scary to be over 2000 ft underground by your self for a short time. Heck, even being in that pod had to be a bit anxiety too.
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:rock :cheers:
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does Chile sauce come from Chile :banana:
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His sister was waiting for him.
That was his mistress, his wife didn't show.
<S> Oz
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The finger pointing will start tomorrow.
OK wayout, you called it. Now there are talks of why the collapse happen and stop operations at the mine.
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The company that owns the mine already shut down and the owners boot scooted with the money.
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The finger pointing will start tomorrow.
whats remarkable is that the mining company was co-owned by Americans and Chileans.
that means the rescue opperation ran smoothly and efficiently, but they didnt care about pointing fingers :aok
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OK wayout, you called it. Now there are talks of why the collapse happen and stop operations at the mine.
Well, don;t you think they should find out?
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Glad they all got out; It was amazing no one was killed or that anyone died during those 70 days underground. If I was one of those guys, I would never go back into a mine again.
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Well, don;t you think they should find out?
Well yes! However, in America, we just start the figure pointing before or during the rescue operation. Nobody want to take responsibility for their careless actions.
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It was an American individual and American Capital, Ingenuity and Expertise that punched through an drilled the successful relief hole...
A guy by the name of Jeff Hart from Colorado...before 'this' disaster he was drilling water wells for FOB's in the 'Stan...but was called in "simply because he's the best (in the world)"...
Edit: lets put a face on that name....
(http://www.cadframers.com/ah/jeff_hart.jpg)
Mr. Hart being embraced by a sister of one
of the trapped miners after "breaking through"
Jeff Hart was drilling water wells for the U.S. Army’s forward operating bases in Afghanistan when he got the call to fly to Chile. He spent the next 33 days on his feet, operating the drill that finally provided a way out Saturday for 33 trapped miners. “You have to feel through your feet what the drill is doing; it’s a vibration you get so that you know what’s happening,” explained Hart, a contractor from Denver, Colorado. A muscular, taciturn man with callused hands and a sunburned face, Hart normally pounds rock for oil or water. He’s used to extreme conditions while he works the hydraulic levers that guide the drills’ hammers…
Hart was called in from Afghanistan, "simply because he's the best" at drilling larger holes with the T130's wide-diameter drill bits, Stefanic said.
…Geotec operations manager James Stefanic said he quickly assembled “a top of the line team” of drillers who are intimately familiar with the key equipment, including engineers from two Pennsylvania companies — Schramm Inc., which makes the T130 drill, and Center Rock Inc., which makes the drill bits.
…Standing before the levers, pressure meters and gauges on the T130′s control panel, Hart and the rest of the team faced many challenges in drilling the shaft. At one point, the drill struck a metal support beam in the poorly mapped mine, shattering its hammers. Fresh equipment had to be flown in from the United States and progress was delayed for days as powerful magnets were lowered to pull out the pieces…
…Hart has a home in Denver but works for long periods abroad as a contractor for the Layne Christensen company based in Mission Woods, Kansas.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101009/ap_on_bi_ge/lt_chile_mine_collapse_americans (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101009/ap_on_bi_ge/lt_chile_mine_collapse_americans)
And he is a humble man...
Hart decided to leave the mine now that his work is done and will be watching the rescue from a distance.
“I want to let this become the miners’ and their families’ story and let them have their time,” he said.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_16314106 (http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_16314106)
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Mr. Hart exemplifies being an American and the American experience...
:salute America and Mr. Hart
Out
Oneway