Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 17, 2007 18:43:52 GMT -5
I heard on the news that another one of the rescue miners died. These are the guys who are trying to rescue the trapped miners that are getting injured and killed. The governor of Utah has said "no more" and is calling off the rescue for now.
Apparently the original cave in and the subsequent cave ins are due to siesmic activity. Cave ins, two Calif. earthquakes, and the big one in Peru... I'm kind of worried here.
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Post by hannah on Aug 17, 2007 19:28:10 GMT -5
The Utah Mine cave in reminds me of what happened in the mine at Tasmania. Fair enough, the Beaconsfield one wasn't as bad as the Utah one, but two man still survived after fourteen days of being trapped under rocks. But reading up about the Utah mine cave ins, I send my prayers and thoughts to them. I hope you guys stay safe over there.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 17, 2007 19:31:51 GMT -5
I remember hearing about the cave in in Tasmania.
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Post by arianna on Aug 17, 2007 23:55:45 GMT -5
Aye. The rescue has been called off for now. Conditions are just too awful in the mine and they don't want to risk any more injuries/death. I can't imagine having to make that decision. Of course everyone wants to get those guys out, but how many would have to die to do it? Just so you guys know, Huntington is about 130 miles south of here. I've been there many times, since my dad owns apartments there and I went to school in Price (fifteen min north of Huntington and where the hospital is that they took the lesser injured miners to). I haven't read any names I recognize, though. I still feel for that whole community because everyone knows someone in the mines. The towns were built because of the mines and there wouldn't be much of an economy in the area without them.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 18, 2007 0:10:29 GMT -5
I can't imagine making that choice. There's a chance that the trapped ones are alive, but do you risk others to get them out? It's an awful choice to be faced with.
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Post by Lianna Maylorn on Aug 18, 2007 0:35:53 GMT -5
popping in becasue the blueboard cleary doesn't matter to you at the moment, and I'll admit I'm outnumbered anyway...
I was closer tot he Sago one in both distance and effect. Delaware isn't a mining state at all but alot of our grads go to W. VA for post-secondnary schooling and I know for a fact a handful of them had friends among the mining community. It's sort of a friend of a friend thing for me, I don't think any of ours lost anyone in Sago but any tragedy like it or anything to be called a tragedy is something to be concerned about.
But I agree with Drew all the Earth's sudden activity worries me as well, we've stopped caring about the planet we live on and more about our daily lives completely forgetting the two HAVE to coincide. Now I'm not the biggest green-saver on the planet by far but I do realize when we're messing everyting up for ourselves and personally...this is it right here.
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Post by Keagan Gerislynn on Aug 18, 2007 11:46:14 GMT -5
Hey Dancing Dunce, did you hear there's suspicions that we're an item? 2 Blue, 2 Red.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 18, 2007 11:53:40 GMT -5
y'talkin t'me? Tell them you're cute and all, but they got the wrong blonde Gryffie.
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Post by Keagan Gerislynn on Aug 18, 2007 12:08:55 GMT -5
Just giving my back-up dancer the heads up. You're in the employ of the paper. You tell them. I'm too busy recording.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 18, 2007 12:20:17 GMT -5
wait... it's in the PAPER? and the EDITOR let that through? SHEESH!
dang... I must have missed that part. I was reading the important articles *cough*about me*cough*
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Post by Keagan Gerislynn on Aug 18, 2007 12:21:38 GMT -5
As I was reading about me. Quidditch and Rumours. >_< Though I was hoping the paper might be able to tell me the winner of that game. Oh well.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 18, 2007 12:23:38 GMT -5
it was down at the bottom and I didn't actually get that far with the rumors I don't think anyone knows the outcome of that game...
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Post by Keagan Gerislynn on Aug 18, 2007 12:25:06 GMT -5
It's just a bit of information that's gone with the wind.
Shouldn't we all be concerned that nobody remembers? I don't like thinking that someone was messing with my memory. ((Speaking IC, of course))
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 18, 2007 12:29:36 GMT -5
The article is going to be altered as soon as I learn the outcome of that game And of course the editor let it through, why wouldn't she have? *is completely innocent*
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 18, 2007 12:32:18 GMT -5
It's just a bit of information that's gone with the wind. Shouldn't we all be concerned that nobody remembers? I don't like thinking that someone was messing with my memory. ((Speaking IC, of course)) *quickly puts wand away*
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