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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:06 AM Original message |
CEO of Sago stated that the miners were 2,000 ft. away from |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. excellent question |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. He also commented that they could have joined hands and |
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Mugsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
3. 2,000 "what"? |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Sorry. 2,000 from good air. |
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Mugsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Still not getting it. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. The point is that it took 10 hours from the miners to die. |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. At LEAST 10 hours |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. But, the people on the surface knew, or should have known, |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. They sent in that robotic device first, as I recall |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Safety stations, stashed along the shaft walls say every 500 ft |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Yep |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I read the other day that safety stations were required in |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:59 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. The rescuers could have marched unimpeded to within |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Without a doubt. Either the miners could have walked out |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. 2,000 FEET. |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. I just read today... |
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Drifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. This is a tough situation ... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
6. For pity's sake! |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Sure sounds like he is blaming the victims. |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:21 AM Original message |
Because nobody will pay for new technology |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. The rescuers could have easily walked right down to where |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Sure, but the CEO is implying that the Sago miners could have walked out |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I agree that Hatfield is obliquely suggesting that the miners |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I think Mugsy got it right in reply #7 |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. But Rescuers Could Have Had SCBA |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Another good point! (nt) |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:51 AM Original message |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Naw, rescuers would have definitely had SCBA. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I Won't Ackowledge Anything Definite About Sago's Operation |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. the owner should be fined and imprisoned for criminal negligence |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I'd bet my last dollar... |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:08 PM Original message |
I agree. I read in the paper today that the company was going |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
35. $2million company fund for 12 families |
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wallybarron (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
45. What paper? |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 01:08 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. It was either the USA Today or the Atlanta Journal Constitution. |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. How quickly did they send in the robotic device that got stuck? |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. As I recall, about 15 hrs after the explosion. |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Agree with you there |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. There was no reason not to pump air into their location. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Exactly! That's what I've been attempting to say. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
50. REscuers didn't know at the time.. ANd.. |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
14. What kind of clusterf**k operation |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. I agree. Did you notice that, unlike previous mining incidents, |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Mr. Hatfield said it was a joint rescue operation |
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jarab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
39. So many rescuers have been lost |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. If the shuttle cart had remote controlled capabilities, which it |
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jarab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Metal-on-metal would present an ignition problem ... |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:49 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. The robot they sent wasn't designed for the Sago mine. |
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wallybarron (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. rescue |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. In that case, they should have halved the size of team one |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
42. lots of 20-20 hindsight here |
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jarab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. In hindsight, it appears that |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. The only reason that it is "hindsight" is that it has taken a week |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. actually I asked you something different |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 03:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. If it's your belief that the rescue operation was carried out in the |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. There's no question that there should have been better measures |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 06:24 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. The miners were at 13,000 ft from the entrance. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-11-06 06:41 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. your sense is nonsense |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. We've had terrible tragedies of rescuers being killed. |
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