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| Thread ID: 114194 | 2010-11-22 03:18:00 | Pike River Coal Mine | Digby (677) | PC World Chat |
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| 1155583 | 2010-11-24 10:41:00 | "Before the West Coast tragedy, New Zealand had seen its share of mine disasters, with 181 people killed since 1896." Compare that to our road toll.... In some respects you make a good point, but it's not too often we lose 29 of our people over a long 6 days amid saturated media coverage. |
The Hitcher (14826) | ||
| 1155584 | 2010-11-24 10:44:00 | That's exactly it - something new to 'report' about - road tolls are boring now... | SoniKalien (792) | ||
| 1155585 | 2010-11-24 10:49:00 | I made an event, I think it would be appropriate if we took a moment's silence on Friday around 4pm. www.facebook.com |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1155586 | 2010-11-24 11:45:00 | I made an event once. I got a moments silence out of it too. Then some fool opened the lounge windows and they regained conciousness... | SoniKalien (792) | ||
| 1155587 | 2010-11-24 19:49:00 | I don't want to start anything at this stage as I feel we need to get over the sad loss. But I just saw this on the BBC's site by some UK mining expert "Methane gas is explosive in atmospheric ratios between 5% and 15%. In coal mines in the UK, we aim for less than 1% methane. At 1.25%, the power automatically cuts off, and at 2%, all miners are evacuated. At Pike River, the fact that there was an explosion suggests the methane reached 5% or more. So, either the warning system was inadequate, or it was not sufficiently monitored. Once the initial explosion occurred, the following would have been lost: * Communication * Monitoring of the mine atmosphere * Ventilation " Very interesting. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1155588 | 2010-11-24 19:57:00 | No Doubt over time, with the inquiry's etc, it will come out (maybe) as to "what went wrong" | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1155589 | 2010-11-24 21:14:00 | I haven't noticed on the net any apologies or humility from those who wanted to rush into the mine. Just silence. Or looking for blame. | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1155590 | 2010-11-24 21:26:00 | I noticed the same as it happened. | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1155591 | 2010-11-24 21:33:00 | No Doubt over time, with the inquiry's etc, it will come out (maybe) as to "what went wrong" What I say. It would be nice if all self appointed 'experts', including the news media, could just breathe through their noses for a while and wait until ALL of the evidence is in, and can be analysed. Ditto with murder trials etc. |
John H (8) | ||
| 1155592 | 2010-11-24 22:01:00 | I haven't noticed on the net any apologies or humility from those who wanted to rush into the mine. Just silence. Or looking for blame. It is an established principle, and on internet forums in particular, that if you can't be right, you should be wrong as forthrightly and insensitively as possible. I would now propound a further truism, which I would call the 'Pike River' principle, that if proven to be an ass, those who for whom the first principle has been soundly established, having aspired to be an ass or on achieving assdom, the first action taken is to suddenly become intensely interested in a variety of domestic, study or business activities that do not require the use of a computer. Cheers Billy 8-{) :xmouth: |
Billy T (70) | ||
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