Chilean Miners

[Loz]

I thought Sky News criticising the rescue teams for pandering to the world media - all whilst maintaining constant coverage feeds - absurdly hypocritical. "I think this feed from the mine we are showing you is impinging on the miners privacy". Well turn the sodding thing off then...

[Ridgley]

It great that they, are finally getting out of there also a reporter mentioned there wives and some mistress are at the site can?t imagine how the wives will feel after all this?

[oilworker]

Initially euphoric - then it will back to the usual moaning about underwear lying on the bedroom floor and toilet seats being left up...

[waynetta]

Wierdly the number 33 is really significant in this whole drama. There were 33 miners trapped. They were first located on august 22nd, which is the 33rd week of the year. The rescue shaft was finally completed 33 days after they started drilling. And today, the day of rescue, is 13/10/10. Add those numbers up and you get.....

[Narnia]

27?

[AlfieNoakes]

And of course, Christ was crucified aged 33.

That's coincedence for you folks!

[jctg]

"number 33 is really significant in this whole drama"

and the miners were trapped for 69 days. 33 plus 33 is 66. plus 3 is 69. Er, will that do?

[Narnia]

Sometime today I bet there will have been 99 posts on this thread. Divide it by three and you get..........

[waynetta]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/df/ABC_News_24_BBC_News_Simulcast_Chile_Mine_Rescue.png/800px-ABC_News_24_BBC_News_Simulcast_Chile_Mine_Rescue.png

[jctg]

Narnia Wrote:

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> Sometime today I bet there will have been 99 posts

> on this thread. Divide it by three and you

> get..........

That's just like TOO freaky!!! LOL!!!! etc etc

[Narnia]

Actually they're going to be short by 4!

[DirtyBox]

Isn?t it great to see those Chilean Miners being released Juan by Juan but to be honest I?ve gone off them. They?re too mainstream for me now, I preferred them when they were underground

[Jah Lush]

Mrs Thatcher is 85 today but ironically she's been knocked off the news by a Government that looks after their miners!

[Mick Mac]

I like that Jah.

[katie1997]

Only met him once but thought he was very nice too.

[HAL9000]

Hurrah! The 33rd and last miner is out - only five rescuers left underground (it would be kinda funny/ironic if they somehow got trapped now, no?)

[waynetta]

They're out too,though I thought it was kinda sad that the giant screen and stuff was switched off whilst they were being brought up and everyone started going home. They were very brave men going down there.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Hopefully, out of this, people will start thinking a bit more about all the thousands of miners around the world and the kind of conditions they have to work in. This kind of event can be prevented

"Vincelot Tobar, who was in charge of risk prevention for San Esteban, claimed its bosses always put production before safety. He resigned in 2009 ? he said out of exasperation at the company's failure to institute safety recommendations. The company claims he was to blame for two of the deaths.

"They never carried out the most fundamental adjustments needed to avoid disasters like what we're seeing today," he said. "They always pushed on production. I was the only risk assessor, without a computer, secretary or even a phone."

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whole article

[waynetta]

Yes this particular mine had a very poor safety record. It paid it's miners more money which is why many of those miners who were trapped opted to work there.

[waynetta]

Silly question, but I wonder if,with all that spare time on their hands,they could have done a bit of mining when they were stuck down there?It certainly would have filled the time and probably earned them a nice commission.

[EDKiwi]

Think they spent most of their time shifting the tons of rubble that were pouring down the rescue shaft as it was made wider to fit the pod.

[KidKruger]

I'd be interested to read more about the alleged dispute / fall-out between the majority of the miners and a certain 5 other miners who were (I think) temporary or contracted/sub-contracted. It was seemingly a significant rift (I mean they were living seperately in the mine by choice) and was hushed-up a bit in the interests of presenting a united front.

I read that they took a collective oath to not discuss this when back on the surface, in favour of securing the best deal for the group in respect of book, publicity and sponsorship deals.

Perhaps a little like the group split which occurred between the survivors of the Andes air crash in the 1970s..

[waynetta]

The Andes lot ate each other after they were rescued didn't they.....or was that before?

[KidKruger]

I hope it was BEFORE waynetta !! at least that's what the book makes out...

[karter]

100? Lm? ?????