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Chilean Miners Rescue: Live Coverage
guardian.co.uk ^ | October 12, 2010 | Staff

Posted on 10/12/2010 3:22:27 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo

Trapped Chilean Miners Rescue Beginning. Live Coverage

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chile; milagroenlamina; miners; rescue
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To: old_sage_says

Where’s Stan Chambers now that we need him?


141 posted on 10/12/2010 6:30:04 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: Raebie

Well, Brit would be much better than Shep and Sean, but having a survivor from Quecreek might have a better understanding of the situation and could comment with much more authority.


142 posted on 10/12/2010 6:31:17 PM PDT by old_sage_says ("Do not wish ill for your enemy, plan it.." Brad Thor)
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To: Nik Naym

then second it posted, I was laughin way out loud


143 posted on 10/12/2010 6:31:17 PM PDT by advertising guy (did you know you can type stuff in here ?)
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To: WellyP

My thought was just the barometric pressure change due to altitude difference.... fleeting navy doc thought. Thanks.


144 posted on 10/12/2010 6:31:40 PM PDT by skippermd
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To: old_sage_says

ditto and ditto..........


145 posted on 10/12/2010 6:31:51 PM PDT by advertising guy (did you know you can type stuff in here ?)
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To: ArmstedFragg
Sad juxtaposition, the silly hats and the worried women.
146 posted on 10/12/2010 6:34:08 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: ArmstedFragg

“Where’s Stan Chambers now that we need him?”

I don’t know too much about him other than he was a celebrated reporter somewhere in CA.


147 posted on 10/12/2010 6:34:48 PM PDT by old_sage_says ("Do not wish ill for your enemy, plan it.." Brad Thor)
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To: skippermd

“Has anyone thought of what to do when these guys get the bends?”

As others have said, there is no worry of that since there is no water involved, so the pressure difference is the same as just gaining altitude, like going up a skyscraper or a ski lift.

However, an interesting thought experiment: If there WAS that kind of pressure down below, they could just have the miners walk under the pipe/hole one by one and they would just shoot right up and out of the pipe like a big spitball from a straw!

I think the biggest “adaptability” issue they are going to face is getting used to daylight again after being in comparatively dim lighting for over two months. I also wonder what it did to their circadian rhythm?


148 posted on 10/12/2010 6:35:05 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
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To: old_sage_says

I’ve been watching the live feed and I just know there
are miners across the country pounding on their TVs
and yelling, “What the f*** are you doing???”.

Why didn’t they line the pit head up with the shaft?
They have to use a snatch block and a strap to center it???
Crikey!


149 posted on 10/12/2010 6:35:16 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: All

Does the pod keep getting stuck?

They lower it, raise it, then wail on it with a sledgehammer.


150 posted on 10/12/2010 6:35:52 PM PDT by Royal Wulff
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To: BunnySlippers

GOOD is the problem. So far only CNN larrykingalive has it as far as I can find.


151 posted on 10/12/2010 6:36:28 PM PDT by dusttoyou (Let the other side get all wee-wee'd up, Remember come November)
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To: skippermd
Sorry, just tuning in... Has anyone thought of what to do when these guys get the bends? Anyone know where the nearest decompression chamber is? Have they talked about this at all? Thanks...

They're not going to get the bends. The pressure differential from ascending 2,000 feet down isn't enough to do more than pop your ears a couple of times.

Ever been on an airplane?

152 posted on 10/12/2010 6:36:28 PM PDT by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: skippermd

700 meters is not much of a change, no different than riding a ski lift. You may have to “clear” your ears but that’s it.


153 posted on 10/12/2010 6:37:15 PM PDT by WellyP
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

Wow, thanks for the info. I certainly wasn’t aware of the situation you described.


154 posted on 10/12/2010 6:37:39 PM PDT by old_sage_says ("Do not wish ill for your enemy, plan it.." Brad Thor)
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To: Nik Naym

Maybe it has been stated already but I must have missed it if it was, how deep are they buried?


155 posted on 10/12/2010 6:38:01 PM PDT by Ron H. (Fire the whole damn bunch of them come November 2!!)
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To: old_sage_says

Stan did the first “person stuck in a hole” TV coverage. Boy, I wish they’d back off on the families a bit, having somebody shove a mike in your face while you’re having a stress breakdown is disgusting.


156 posted on 10/12/2010 6:39:26 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: justsaynomore

Sorry, on the phone. Why not a ladder?. The hole is about 700m deep and 1 meter equals about 3 and 1/3 feet so 700 x 3 (rounded)= a 2100 foot ladder, there abouts. L~


157 posted on 10/12/2010 6:39:38 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo (Don't overthink common sense)
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To: Ron H.

it looks like the wagon wheel is moving again.


158 posted on 10/12/2010 6:40:05 PM PDT by Batman11 (Sarah Palin: "Illegal immigrants are called illegal for a reason!")
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To: Batman11
Is ‘Larry King Live’ the name of his show, or a confirmation of his medical status?

LOL!!

When one considers how much the msm lies......

159 posted on 10/12/2010 6:41:41 PM PDT by don-o ("At this point, Islam is just surging into a vacuum" - Mrs Don-o)
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To: tet68

You know, I wondered the same thing when I first saw that. Maybe, the hole was drilled on a slight angle. Would be interesting to know why the head is set away from the rescue shaft.


160 posted on 10/12/2010 6:42:25 PM PDT by old_sage_says ("Do not wish ill for your enemy, plan it.." Brad Thor)
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