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| Thread ID: 114142 | 2010-11-19 16:57:00 | NZ Mine Explosion | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1154636 | 2010-11-19 16:57:00 | I hope no-one here is involved in this situation. We are watching the news about it here in the States. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1154637 | 2010-11-19 17:30:00 | More here (www.nzherald.co.nz) SJ. No I don't know anyone involved. :( |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1154638 | 2010-11-19 18:32:00 | Still no contact from 24... 12 hours later. Rescuers are sitting on their hands coz of fears of more gas. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1154639 | 2010-11-20 00:33:00 | Actually 29 as at lunchtime. Still no word.. | paulw (1826) | ||
| 1154640 | 2010-11-20 00:38:00 | 2010 really has been a bad luck year for NZ, its kinda getting old, hope they are ok. | Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 1154641 | 2010-11-20 04:31:00 | I'm shocked that they don't go in. Aren't there any air suits they can wear (oxygen is dangerous and most paramedics and firemen carry compressed air here) so they can safely enter then mine? Is it the danger of an explosion or just fear for asphyxiation to the rescuers? Something smells fishy here. What do youse guys get from the rumor mills? |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1154642 | 2010-11-20 04:47:00 | If only it was as simple as that, Joe. Basically, it's the fear of poisonous/combustible gases. They are able to pump air into the mine and it is hoped the miners would have been able to reach a safety refuge. Forget it being 'fishy', everything that can be done, will be done to reach them. I am a "West Coaster" by birth and I know just how the entire region will be suffering. |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 1154643 | 2010-11-20 05:13:00 | Yes I am sure some guys would volunteer to go for at least a look wearing breathing apparatus ! If they don't go in soon, they may die from lack of air ? And I don't like the polcie chief who keeps saying we will get the "guys" out. They are not "guys" in this case, they are men or miners. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1154644 | 2010-11-20 05:23:00 | No amount of 'protective gear' or breathing apparatus would save them if another explosion was triggered. Yes, am sure you are right, Digby, some would volunteer to go in, if they were allowed. I agree with you about the use of 'guys', it irks me as well, but then that seems to be the way our language and respect has been lowered to the extent that some people take it as being normal. |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 1154645 | 2010-11-20 05:36:00 | So if the cop was a rugby player and had referred to the miners as "the boys" instead, it would have been OK?? | Zippity (58) | ||
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