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Posted by abutteriss on May 7, 2006, 6:19 pm
Katherine, they are still trying, (this being Mon morn) they have about a
metre and half to go -apparently the rock is 5 times harder than concrete. -
we are all holding our breath - regards Alison B
> Gwen wrote:
>> Good morning - afternoon or whatever everyone, it is just *the* most
>> beautiful autumn day here - sunshine , birds chirping, and just 24c
>> so all is well with the world
>>
>> Actually the whole of Australia ,and I suspect other countries as
>> well ,as it must have made the news is very anxious over the fate of
>> two miners who have now entered their thirteenth day trapped
>> 1kilometre underground. There were three but one unfortunately died
>> and they found him very early in the search
>>
>> The two left are trapped in a cage - which perhaps helped save them.
>> Apparently they are still in reasonably good spirits and a couple of
>> days ago they were able to pass food and vitamin supplements to them
>> and even some papers to keep them occupied, so we are all praying
>> that the last few metres they have to drill will go well - apparently
>> they still have about 7 metres to drill to get to them. This was all
>> triggered by an earth tremor and so they are afraid to hasten with
>> the drilling in case of setting off another.
>>
>> I have no real plans for the day except to just enjoy this fabulous
>> time of year when the weather is always perfect.
>>
>> Hope you all have a wonderful day - and for those in the far north I
>> hope that the snow is far gone God Bless Gwen
>
> I hadn't heard that story, Gwen. When will they be able to rescue the
> miners?
>
> Higs,
> Katherine
>
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