More than 3,000 stuck in SA mine
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Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:30 pmby mrjake2002
More than 3,000 workers are trapped deep underground in a South African gold mine after an accident blocked a deep shaft, officials have said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7027122.stmLets hope this doesn't end badly... :-/
Re: More than 3,000 stuck in SA mine
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Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:15 pmby DONTREADMYUSERNAME
Well they said that 300 could be lifted out every hour so they could theoretically get em all out in around 10 hours. Thats not so bad, I mean you can survive 3 days on water alone :-/
Re: More than 3,000 stuck in SA mine
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Thu Oct 04, 2007 2:02 amby spitfire boy
[quote]Well they said that 300 could be lifted out every hour so they could theoretically get em all out in around 10 hours. Thats not so bad, I mean you can survive 3 days on water alone
Re: More than 3,000 stuck in SA mine
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Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:14 amby C
Hopefully, as they say, there is enough ventilation down there (both for "fresh" air, but also to remove 3000 peoples worth of CO2), and enough water, as 30-40degC will not be pleasant at all.
Re: More than 3,000 stuck in SA mine
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Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:35 pmby beaky