muff528 3 #1 March 6, 2013 CHILE 2010 - Mine shaft collapses out in the middle of nowhere and miners are trapped in an air pocket a half mile down. Drill 2500 feet through solid rock - RESCUED! USA 2013 - Sink hole opens up under a house right in the middle of town. Man is trapped less than 100 ft. down under a little rubble. Knock the house down, fill the hole with some gravel and call it a day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #2 March 6, 2013 Quote CHILE 2010 - Mine shaft collapses out in the middle of nowhere and miners are trapped in an air pocket a half mile down. Drill 2500 feet through solid rock - RESCUED! USA 2013 - Sink hole opens up under a house right in the middle of town. Man is trapped less than 100 ft. down under a little rubble. Knock the house down, fill the hole with some gravel and call it a day. And leave a tombstone on site. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #3 March 7, 2013 Yeah, last I heard they were thinking of placing a memorial monument over the location of the hole and turning the place into a kiddie park. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,488 #4 March 7, 2013 QuoteCHILE 2010 - Mine shaft collapses out in the middle of nowhere and miners are trapped in an air pocket a half mile down. Drill 2500 feet through solid rock - RESCUED! USA 2013 - Sink hole opens up under a house right in the middle of town. Man is trapped less than 100 ft. down under a little rubble. Knock the house down, fill the hole with some gravel and call it a day. 1. Take a 55 gallon drum and throw a mouse on the bottom. Then, fill it with varying size of rocks that allow for an air pocket and wait three days. 2. Take a 55 gallon drum and throw a mouse on the bottom. Then, fill it with wet sand and wait three days.Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #5 March 7, 2013 QuoteQuoteCHILE 2010 - Mine shaft collapses out in the middle of nowhere and miners are trapped in an air pocket a half mile down. Drill 2500 feet through solid rock - RESCUED! USA 2013 - Sink hole opens up under a house right in the middle of town. Man is trapped less than 100 ft. down under a little rubble. Knock the house down, fill the hole with some gravel and call it a day. 1. Take a 55 gallon drum and throw a mouse on the bottom. Then, fill it with varying size of rocks that allow for an air pocket and wait three days. 2. Take a 55 gallon drum and throw a mouse on the bottom. Then, fill it with wet sand and wait three days. 3. Recover the body and then fill the hole with whatever you want. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,488 #6 March 7, 2013 QuoteQuoteQuoteCHILE 2010 - Mine shaft collapses out in the middle of nowhere and miners are trapped in an air pocket a half mile down. Drill 2500 feet through solid rock - RESCUED! USA 2013 - Sink hole opens up under a house right in the middle of town. Man is trapped less than 100 ft. down under a little rubble. Knock the house down, fill the hole with some gravel and call it a day. 1. Take a 55 gallon drum and throw a mouse on the bottom. Then, fill it with varying size of rocks that allow for an air pocket and wait three days. 2. Take a 55 gallon drum and throw a mouse on the bottom. Then, fill it with wet sand and wait three days. 3. Recover the body and then fill the hole with whatever you want. You do know they tried, right? At what point do you jeopardize more lives to reclaim a dead one?Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #7 March 7, 2013 isn't that how you make zombies ?scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #8 March 7, 2013 good point... couldn't trained rescuers in harnesses, be tethered by safety lines, to a damn Crane...and lowered into the hole to search for and recover the victim.... , as per reports that i have seen it wasn't real deep.... and it must have had some sorta bottom>>> but Maybe Not...If the soil got unstable the Emergency people could be Pulled UP....no????? amazing that in the State of Florida, a guy named Bush,,, is involved,,, and they don't spend hundreds of millions to go get him......i always thought that Fla. would do ANything.... for someone named Bush... jmy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #9 March 7, 2013 Quote... You do know they tried, right? At what point do you jeopardize more lives to reclaim a dead one? Yes, they did try ...the night of the event. They looked down the hole, got the hell out of the house and that was pretty much "it". I think they had the technology and hardware to recover they guy's body, just not the will. Even now, after filling the hole, they could dig down and retrieve him. But my point was that we've recovered bodies in much more daunting and dangerous conditions. Earthquakes and tsunamis, mine disasters, storms, air crashes on the sides of mountains and in jungles and at sea, recreation-related accidents in wilderness areas, boating disasters, etc. ...all far less accessible and arguably much more dangerous to undertake. Here they had easy access to the site, stable ground less than 100 ft away, no problem bringing equipment in, nice roads, no time constraints, etc., etc. In fact they had problems keeping gawkers on their lunch breaks away from the area. But, this was just one guy, just a bumpkin ...and his family will get over it in time anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
