Miners, 2010

It appears CNN is once again playing The Miner Show. This time they have as much as announced the four remaining missing miners are dead. Of course, I've been checking in on it hourly. 7.8 quake in Indonesia? Meh. Miners? Any news about the miners?

Of course, I want my miners to be safe, but I was also a little concerned about the flooded China miners. I didn't play them very close attention, especially because I was half-awake listening to NPR whenever I heard about them. So, in my continuing effort to remain transparent, here I give you another example of "Live Blogging My Stupidity." I'll blog what I think happened and then we can see how far off I am.

A mine in China flooded, and while hundreds died, another hundred saved themselves by strapping themselves up high on the walls of the mines. Then, some of those coal mine carts floated past and the miners leapt off the walls, into the coal mine carts and they floated to safety.

Okay, as I type that it sounds like a scene from Fantasia. I'm willing to bet it's ten percent reality (mine flood) and the rest is brain wave / radio wave interference.

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Oh, I wish I'd been watching CNN China the last few days. From NPR.org:

"The miners had spent eight days underground and were soaked through. Some had hung from shaft walls by their belts for days to avoid falling into the water when asleep. Later, they climbed into a mining cart that floated by."

Unreal.

Comments

[TravelSkite]

Yeah, but you missed the bit where they stayed alive by eating BARK. From the prop shafts in the pit. Nibbling away like beavers in the dark, weighing nutrition against the likelihood of causing a collapse.

And some say carpentry can be dangerous.

[Sherri]

I've suffered from having NPR infiltrate my early morning consciousness. I've had some very damn strange dreams because of NPR. It's like a drug, but the side effects are less apparent.

[Tami]

You know I don't even listen to NPR, anymore. I just wait for my friends to report the NPR news to me. It works way better than you'd think, and I have more time for music.

[TheQueen]

Big Dot - Ew. But, isn't the world's largest dam in China? That must have inspired them to be the beaver.
Sherri - There should be a term. NPREM (pronounced "En" "pee" "arr" "ee" "em")
Tami - At least Gary has stopped saying "National Public Radio" instead of NPR. That saves time.

[3]

According to Supernatural, it's the Apocalypse. Bend over and kiss your ass goodbye.

[TheQueen]

3 - Supernatural is to you : (as) Barenaked Ladies is to me.