Trapped Miners
Posted on August 10th, 2007 by ecthompson
Here’s my problem with all of these trapped miner stories. We are expending hundreds of thousands of dollars on these miners per day. Where was the foresight? Where was the safe room where the miners could retreat to in case of a problem? A safe room that has emergency oxygen for several days to a week. A safe room that has food and water. A safe room that could be easily drilled to because you know the coordinates. I’m just askin’ where’s the forethought? Where’s the thought that we care about human life so much that we are willing to spend the money upfront instead of this Superman mentality when you swoop in at the last minute and try to save the day. Superman is a great cartoon but it is a lousy plan to keep people from dying.
I think they said it was to be law in 2009. You had to give the mine owners time to fund and implement it. Kind of makes you wonder doesn’t it? They hate rules “Don’t tell me how to run my mine” But look how much money time and effort and hopefully not lives it is costing.