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Strong prayers for the gentleman and the family!!
Good friend needs prayers Quick !!
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We just got a call from Mike daughter, She is really upset now and things are starting to look grim. The rescuers are only 50% down to him and it has been 24 hours !!! Now, I'm not going to act like I know what is involved with a rescue like this but i do know one thing. I could move one **** of a lot of dirt if I worked 24 straight hours with just my little Case 580b. !! These people have D-11's, huge Michigan loaders and a drag line that moves 50 ton in one single scoop at their disposal!!! So what is the hold up. ??
I'm sure they are reciting safety standards to them right now but if they were so worried about safety these two men would not be buried alive in the first place !!
( more on that later )
Mikes daughter asked my wife to come down to the site to be with her so I will have a few other updates soon.
Sorry for the rant, needed to blow off some steam. Please keep the prayers coming because God works in mysterious ways and we are not giving up yet....
I'm sure they are reciting safety standards to them right now but if they were so worried about safety these two men would not be buried alive in the first place !!
( more on that later )
Mikes daughter asked my wife to come down to the site to be with her so I will have a few other updates soon.
Sorry for the rant, needed to blow off some steam. Please keep the prayers coming because God works in mysterious ways and we are not giving up yet....
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A newspaper update is here. We'd all like for rescuers to work faster, especially personal friends and family of victims, in cases like this, but if they've moved 2,000 tons of material, they're probably working as fast as they can. I'm sure they don't want to take any chances of hitting one of the victims with a piece of heavy equipment.
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O.k. A little side story about this that just makes you say Hmmm???
I talked to Keith this morning. He is the third miner that luckily left the pit to get another piece of equipment just before the wall fell. He is also my buddys who is buried son in law. He said they showed up for work that morning and there was a large crack in the highwall. They called the Bureau of mines to come look at it. The inspector came and looked and he said "It was fine" !! 2 hours later and two men are now most likely dead...
This is not good and I'm sure this will get really ugly. But, as always in the coal business, it is all about money and if the pit is closed because of the crack in the high wall no one makes any money.
Thanks for the link bird. Sorry for the rant earlier, it is just VERY frustrating. BTW, 2,000 ton of material is not a whole lot when you consider the machines they have at their disposal. Since posting that I have heard from a friend that was working there last night that they were moving 20 YUKs an hour. Which is about 6,000 ton an hour !! Now that is some progress...
I talked to Keith this morning. He is the third miner that luckily left the pit to get another piece of equipment just before the wall fell. He is also my buddys who is buried son in law. He said they showed up for work that morning and there was a large crack in the highwall. They called the Bureau of mines to come look at it. The inspector came and looked and he said "It was fine" !! 2 hours later and two men are now most likely dead...
This is not good and I'm sure this will get really ugly. But, as always in the coal business, it is all about money and if the pit is closed because of the crack in the high wall no one makes any money.
Thanks for the link bird. Sorry for the rant earlier, it is just VERY frustrating. BTW, 2,000 ton of material is not a whole lot when you consider the machines they have at their disposal. Since posting that I have heard from a friend that was working there last night that they were moving 20 YUKs an hour. Which is about 6,000 ton an hour !! Now that is some progress...
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Prayers have been said or your friend.
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We will continue to pray for the men until they are found. God be with them and their families during this tough time.
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Afternoon Scesnick,
Im reading this post a bit late but you have my prayers for those workers ! May the good Lord look over them in their hour of need !
Hopefully they will be OK !
Im reading this post a bit late but you have my prayers for those workers ! May the good Lord look over them in their hour of need !
Hopefully they will be OK !
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Is there any update here on this story?
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I heard this morning on the national news that they had not found them yet but were still hopeful that they were alive. There is a chance that there is air pockets where they are. That was this morning so things could have changed since then. We will keep praying for them and their families.
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update: 11p thursday
Well, they just found the front of his YUK and they are digging frantically now. We are holding out hope and have every reason to believe he is still holding on. AS our good friend said, who knew Mike his whole whole life, He said that Mike is just about dumb enough to live through this. He doesn't know any better...lol...
I Still have his Miller Lite on ice for him. I plan on pouring it into his I.V. Tomorrow in the hospital ..LOL ( just kidding) PLEASE keep the prayers coming,, they seem to be working...
Well, they just found the front of his YUK and they are digging frantically now. We are holding out hope and have every reason to believe he is still holding on. AS our good friend said, who knew Mike his whole whole life, He said that Mike is just about dumb enough to live through this. He doesn't know any better...lol...
I Still have his Miller Lite on ice for him. I plan on pouring it into his I.V. Tomorrow in the hospital ..LOL ( just kidding) PLEASE keep the prayers coming,, they seem to be working...
