This is really sad....
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raum
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We buy coal from these guys,..
In memory of those that keep the lights on by living in darkness...
Ch
In memory of those that keep the lights on by living in darkness...
Ch
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I was awake last night when the announced that they found the 12 alive. There was breaking news and everyone was happy. When I woke up this morning I thought the news had it wrong. I couldn't believe they would screw that big of news up. Incredible! I would be very upset if I was one of the families. That's sad.
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Damn that is horrible...Is there nothing more they could have done to protect themselves..? I don't know anything about mining...
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Yeah...the person/people who reported to the news crew that 12 were alive should be fired...if they hold a job in the media...that is beyond horrible....
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What a horrible mistake to make. Geez...
My heart and prayers goes to these families. What a way to start the new year
My heart and prayers goes to these families. What a way to start the new year
"If there were no eternal consciousness in a man, if at the bottom of everything there were only a wild ferment, a power that twisting in dark passions produced everything great or inconsequential; if an unfathomable insatiable emptiness lay hid beneath everything, what would life be but despair?"
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it's not the media,.. it was the guy on the radio...
he said "we found them, and we are checking for vital signs"
the hq thought this was an indication they had reason to think they were in shape enough to have vital signs.
thus, they said "they're alive",.. and the press ran with it. but they didn't start it.
he said "we found them, and we are checking for vital signs"
the hq thought this was an indication they had reason to think they were in shape enough to have vital signs.
thus, they said "they're alive",.. and the press ran with it. but they didn't start it.
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My heart goes out to those families and friends...
But I have to question the reason for the miner's deaths. In today's day and age (especially in West Virginia from where our country recieves the majority of its coal) how have we not devised a safer environment for mining- and if that isn't possible, a quicker and more efficient method of rescuing trapped miners.
It's not that the technology isn't advanced enough, it's that the plan of action isn't there. It's the inertia of whole system. The command center was filled with representatives from the mining company, the state government, and the federal Mine Saftey and Health Administration- and yet everyone was just waiting for the next person to make a move.
It's not that I don't realize that it was a stressful and delicate situation, it's that on July 24, 2002 nine miners at the Quecreek Mine in Pennsylvania were trapped in a flooded mine for 78 hours after relying on outdated maps, and on Dec. 7, 2001 in Brookwood, Alabama there was an explosion resulting in 13 deaths- with so many events so recent and tragic has no one thought to improve the standards?
But I have to question the reason for the miner's deaths. In today's day and age (especially in West Virginia from where our country recieves the majority of its coal) how have we not devised a safer environment for mining- and if that isn't possible, a quicker and more efficient method of rescuing trapped miners.
It's not that the technology isn't advanced enough, it's that the plan of action isn't there. It's the inertia of whole system. The command center was filled with representatives from the mining company, the state government, and the federal Mine Saftey and Health Administration- and yet everyone was just waiting for the next person to make a move.
It's not that I don't realize that it was a stressful and delicate situation, it's that on July 24, 2002 nine miners at the Quecreek Mine in Pennsylvania were trapped in a flooded mine for 78 hours after relying on outdated maps, and on Dec. 7, 2001 in Brookwood, Alabama there was an explosion resulting in 13 deaths- with so many events so recent and tragic has no one thought to improve the standards?
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You'd think..
But: "It just costs too much money"..
(not an excuse in my opinion, they make more than enough money as it is)
But: "It just costs too much money"..
(not an excuse in my opinion, they make more than enough money as it is)
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