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| brucedownunder2 Guru  Joined: 14/09/2005 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1548 |
AS you all know , we have many friends in NZ.. I would like to express my thoughts are with the family of those trapped miners . This is a dreadfull situation and I hope every minute that there will be a happy ending . Thank You Bruce Bushboy |
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| VK4AYQ Guru Joined: 02/12/2009 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2539 |
Hi Bruce My heart goes out to the trapped miners and their families, it is a terrible occupational hazard of mining, and claims many lives around the world. All we can do is pray for their safe return, even though the odds are not in their favor miracles can still happen as we have seen in some other cases. All the best Bob Foolin Around |
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| KiwiJohn Guru Joined: 01/12/2005 Location: New ZealandPosts: 691 |
I am sorry to report that the situation appears very bleak with no positive signs and the gas levels in the mine still very high. TV have a shown a CCTV clip from the mouth of the mine showing the gases and smoke rushing out for 52 seconds and this at a point more than 2kms from where the explosion might have been expected. So far, no one has been able to go in, one bore hole is within a few metres of breaking through and they will immediately start another in another part of the mine. A small remotely controlled vehicle with cameras etc broke down about 500metres into the mine and another is being readied. It is not good, one of the missing men was a school friend of my wife. |
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Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5116 |
From what I've seen on the Australian news, things dont look good. Fingers crossed some or hopefully all have survived. I still clearly remember the Moura No2 mine disaster back in the 90's, and as someone who lives in a mining based comunity, I can tell you the situation in New Zealand is on our minds. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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shawn Senior Member  Joined: 30/03/2010 Location: New ZealandPosts: 210 |
all confermed dead!! |
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| KiwiJohn Guru Joined: 01/12/2005 Location: New ZealandPosts: 691 |
Yes, it is a sad day in the town of Greymouth. They got another drill in and found methane concentrations very high and high temperatures too indicating something is burning. There was another, thought to be stronger, explosion which has extinguished all but the very slimist of hope. |
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| VK4AYQ Guru Joined: 02/12/2009 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2539 |
May they all rest in the hands of their creator, and may the loved ones be strengthened to carry the burden of loss in this time. May the loss of these good men do something to make the profession safer in the future. Bob Foolin Around |
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| domwild Guru Joined: 16/12/2005 Location: AustraliaPosts: 873 |
Sad story unlike Beaconsfield and Chile. Pity no hero could have been found to go in with breathing apparatus and fire extinguisher and torch or pulling a cable (2 km - hardly!) for juice for the lamp. Too heavy obviously but it has been suggested that after the first explosion, when all the gases had burnt there was no chance of a secondary explosion and would have been a window of opportunity. Where was the modern equivalent of the canary? Isn't there a constant measuring of methane levels in the mine??? Taxation as a means of achieving prosperity is like a man standing inside a bucket trying to lift himself up. Winston Churchill |
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