steve m
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| posted on 31/10/10 at 10:10 PM |
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Its all gone very quiet on the Chilean minors ??
Did they ever get out ?
Only joking, as we watched them get out, but it has gone very quiet since
Steve
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PSpirine
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| posted on 31/10/10 at 10:12 PM |
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I think everyone was concentrating more on the miners trapped thousands of feet below and being rescued - the adolescents got less media coverage.
Sorry, someone had to pick up on the "Minors" spelling mistake! 
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steve m
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| posted on 31/10/10 at 10:14 PM |
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oooops, you are right
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plentywahalla
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| posted on 31/10/10 at 10:29 PM |
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I don't think its all been happy families. Some have been suffering serious phsychological issues.
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blakep82
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| posted on 31/10/10 at 10:29 PM |
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what happened to the chinese ones who got trapped like a few days after the chilean ones got out?
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02GF74
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| posted on 31/10/10 at 10:39 PM |
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simples. their 15 minutes of fame is over.
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 31/10/10 at 11:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
what happened to the chinese ones who got trapped like a few days after the chilean ones got out?
An explosion in a Chinese coal mine has killed 21 miners in central Henan province, state media reported.
The accident occurred at 6am local time in a pit owned by Pingyu Coal and Electric based in Yuzhou city and rescue operations were under way, the
Xinhua news agency said.
Rescuers have located 16 trapped miners but must clear tonnes of coal dust from the mine shaft to reach them, Xinhua cited a rescue spokesman as
saying. It wasn't clear if the miners were alive or how far underground they were trapped.
The blast happened as workers were drilling a hole to release pressure from a gas buildup to decrease the risk of explosions, according to safety
officials.
The more than 70 rescuers on the scene faced excessive gas levels and the risk of falling coal which had been loosened by the blast, according to
China Central Television (CCT).
The blast unleashed more than 2,500 tonnes of coal dust, an engineer for one of the mine's parent companies, Du Bo, told Xinhua. The report said
ventilation has resumed in the mining pit but gas levels remain high.
The gas level inside the mine was 40%, far higher than the normal level of near 1%, CCT reported. The type of gas wasn't specified, but methane
is a common cause of mine blasts, and coal dust is explosive.
The bodies of all but one of the 21 dead miners had been retrieved, the report said.
State media said another gas blast at the same mine two years ago killed 23 people.
The explosion comes in the wake of Chile's dramatic rescue of 33 miners trapped for more than two months underground. China's propaganda
and mine officials are likely to face pressure to be just as open about the progress of its rescue efforts.
China's mines are the deadliest in the world, due to lax safety standards and a rush to feed demand from a robust economy. More than 2,600
people died in coal mine accidents last year.
China had its own stunning mine rescue earlier this year, when 115 miners were pulled from a flooded mine in the northern province of Shanxi after
more than a week underground. The miners survived by eating sawdust, tree bark, paper and even coal. Some strapped themselves to the walls of the
shafts with their belts to avoid drowning while they slept.
Mining fatalities had decreased in recent years as China closed many illegal mines, but deaths increased in the first half of this year. At least 515
people have been killed nationwide in coal mines alone.
Dont think it came out as well
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