October 12, 2010
— DrewM 33 men underground for 69 days.
Video stream here.
The capsule is being sent down now with a medic in it.
I'm not claustrophobic but watching this is giving me the creeps. It's dark, narrow (like 28 inches wide) and the cage will spin and deflect off center since it's not a straight shot.
It's about a 30 minute trip down over a half a mile underground. Once he's down there he will evaluate the miners and decide the order in which they will come up.
The miners were to be closely monitored from the moment they're strapped into the claustrophobic steel tube to be hauled up the smooth-walled tunnel. They were given a special high-calorie liquid diet prepared and donated by NASA, designed to keep them from vomiting as the rescue capsule rotates 10 to 12 times through curves in the 28-inch-diameter escape hole.Engineers inserted steel piping at the top of the shaft. They stopped short of initial plans for the sleeve after it became jammed during a probe of the curved top of the hole, which is angled 11 degrees off vertical at its top before plunging like a waterfall. Drillers had to curve the shaft so that it would pass through "virgin" rock, narrowly avoiding collapsed areas and underground open spaces in the overexploited mine, which had operated since 1885.
A small video camera is in the escape capsule, trained on each miner's face for panic attacks. The miners will wear oxygen masks and have two-way voice communication.
Their pulse, skin temperature and respiration rate will be constantly measured through a biomonitor around their abdomens. To prevent blood clotting from the quick ascent, they took aspirin and will wear compression socks.
The miners will also wear sweaters because they'll experience a shift in climate from about 90 degrees Fahrenheit underground to temperatures hovering near freezing after night falls. Those coming out during daylight hours will wear sunglasses.
Seconds before each miner surfaces, an ambulance-like siren will sound and a light will flash for a full minute. Officials are calling this the Genesis alarm, meant simply to alert doctors that a miner is arriving.
I spent some time in Chile a few years ago and love the place. The people I met were wonderful and uniformly very pro-American. Chileans very much want to be thought of as a serious country and a good partner to major nations.
In addition, Chilean President Sebastian Piñera consciously internationalized the rescue effort. The powerful cable that will pull the Phoenix was made in Germany. The ultra-flexible fiber-optic line the miners use to communicate with rescuers was made in Japan. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration provided design requirements for the capsule. Technology or laborers from Canada, Australia and the U.S. were involved in drilling three shafts that could be used to extract the men. Jeff Hart, the 40-year-old drill operator from Denver who ran the rig that was the first to break through to the miners last Saturday, has quickly become a folk hero in Chile.
They are going to be very proud of what they've accomplished in this rescue. I imagine lots of partying (Chileans love to party) will follow this rescue.
Don't forget Chile also suffered from a major earthquake earlier this year. Their free market economy weathered that disaster rather well.
Seriously, it's a great place. If you are looking for a place to get warm in the winter (they are on opposite seasons), consider Chile.
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Prayers going out for all involved. Good luck and Godspeed -
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at October 12, 2010 06:30 PM (lxuuX)
Posted by: Harry Reid at October 12, 2010 06:31 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Roman Polanski at October 12, 2010 06:33 PM (aOKEC)
Posted by: AuthorLMendez (The Artist Formerly Known As YRM) at October 12, 2010 06:34 PM (xQuuU)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at October 12, 2010 06:37 PM (XDeui)
That being said, these are going to be some grungy guys, Ready the steanbath!
Posted by: Scott at October 12, 2010 06:37 PM (S3AFi)
Let's hope this turns out well.
Posted by: Slublog at October 12, 2010 06:40 PM (/UVAw)
Posted by: t-bird at October 12, 2010 06:41 PM (FcR7P)
I cannot even fathom how they've been 'living'. And how they will resume their day-to-day life.
Prayers to them all. But esp. to the guy that's coming back to the wife that discovered his mistress at the recovery site. Yikes.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 12, 2010 06:42 PM (t6B53)
Posted by: ItalianMama at October 12, 2010 06:43 PM (YRF66)
Posted by: Retread at October 12, 2010 06:44 PM (SOltv)
Posted by: Cicero at October 12, 2010 06:45 PM (Jl3/t)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at October 12, 2010 06:47 PM (ruu60)
I cannot even fathom how they've been 'living'. And how they will resume their day-to-day life.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 12, 2010 10:42 PM (t6B53)
--There was a Taiwan animation about it a few weeks ago. Most humorous was their not having beans in their diet, for reasons you can guess.
Posted by: logprof at October 12, 2010 06:47 PM (BP6Z1)
Posted by: Barney F. at October 12, 2010 06:48 PM (zxpIo)
Who was it -- Shep or Anderson Cooper that reported (falsely) that those miners a few years back were rescued??
I want to say AC. I think he started crying when he found out he had misinformation and they were in fact dead.
That was horrible to watch live.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 12, 2010 06:48 PM (t6B53)
Posted by: Jerry K at October 12, 2010 06:48 PM (3RuDB)
>> This whole thing kinda reminds me of Baby Jessica, the girl who fell down the well.
Yep. I was glued to the set that night.
Posted by: Dave in Texas at October 12, 2010 06:48 PM (Wh0W+)
Posted by: Miner who's wife & mistress met at the vigil at October 12, 2010 06:50 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: gesc at October 12, 2010 06:53 PM (Nz1bm)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at October 12, 2010 06:53 PM (btzPD)
Posted by: David Axelrod at October 12, 2010 06:53 PM (bAySe)
I think they are starting with a couple who are in good shape in case there's a problem, then the weakest, then back to the ones in the best shape.
Part of the job of the medic will be to confirm the order they plan on makes sense.
God bless that guy. To volunteer to go into that? Hero.
Posted by: DrewM. at October 12, 2010 06:54 PM (HicGG)
Posted by: ItalianMama at October 12, 2010 06:54 PM (YRF66)
Posted by: ChiTown Jerry at October 12, 2010 06:54 PM (Do528)
I have consulted with the President of Chile, and my administration has provided the technical expertise from both Department of Mines and NASA to make this rescue happen.
Without my assistance, these miners would have been trapped for an extended period of time, and only because of my actions did this happen so quickly.
I promised the miners the Obama Administration would do everything in our power to have them home by Christmas, and my word is my bond, just ask the American taxpayer and those that have received free health care.
Posted by: Barack O'Bongo, President of USA & Chile at October 12, 2010 06:55 PM (v1gw3)
But that's most of that continent. Sad, but true. Such wasted potential. There, but for the grace of God...
Posted by: DarkLordOfTheIntarWebs at October 12, 2010 06:56 PM (aoLEL)
I said this about five hours ago, and I'll say it again:
Not to sound more insensitive than usual, but who the hell cares?
Posted by: AoSHQ's Truman North at October 12, 2010 06:56 PM (HLGCA)
God bless that guy. To volunteer to go into that? Hero.
Yeah, really brave.
I hope he has a sidearm just in case someone complains about the rescue order.
Posted by: Y-not at October 12, 2010 06:57 PM (osFsP)
Given NASA's recent track record, they could die from food poisoning.
Posted by: nickless at October 12, 2010 06:57 PM (MMC8r)
Had Michael Jackson been alive, we would have been able to "Send Our Love Down the Well."
And all the best to the miners--Chileans are very nice people and many of the women are of fine caliber.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 12, 2010 06:58 PM (DPM1U)
Posted by: David Axelrod at October 12, 2010 06:58 PM (j4xgZ)
Posted by: Retread at October 12, 2010 06:58 PM (SOltv)
Posted by: EZB at October 12, 2010 07:00 PM (fa9yq)
Posted by: Peaches at October 12, 2010 07:00 PM (zxpIo)
Triumph of human spirit and mankind's accomplishments?
Are you running Sean Bielat's facebook page? They posted the following an hour ago (and getting smacked by a lot of readers for it):
Let's hope this Chilean mine story does not bump Sean Bielat off Sean Hannity's show...not looking good right now.
Posted by: Y-not at October 12, 2010 07:00 PM (osFsP)
They were given a special high-calorie liquid diet prepared and donated by NASA
Created by a Muslim at NASA, right??
Let us give credit where it's due!
Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 12, 2010 07:01 PM (t6B53)
Posted by: SJR2 at October 12, 2010 07:03 PM (oCbCP)
32 I wonder if they have a backup capsule. I hope so in case that one gets dented or something.
WINNER
Seriously though. Today is a big deal. But this has been in the news for four months.
Posted by: AoSHQ's Truman North at October 12, 2010 07:03 PM (HLGCA)
Boomers Rock....4 knots to nowhere...
Posted by: Portnoy at October 12, 2010 07:04 PM (azgo2)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 12, 2010 10:55 PM (DPM1U)
--Yeah, their navy is the reason we didn't have one for years.
Posted by: Peru at October 12, 2010 07:05 PM (BP6Z1)
Posted by: some wench at October 12, 2010 07:05 PM (uJBct)
they believe if it's done right, none of them will ever have to work again
Are you kidding? The networks will be fighting one another for the rights to the docudrama.
And if they play their cards right, they can do it like they did with Amy Fisher story. Three different takes-- one with Drew Barrymore, another w/Alysisa (?) Milano, and the last w/some other C-lister.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 12, 2010 07:08 PM (t6B53)
Posted by: President Obama at October 12, 2010 07:09 PM (j4xgZ)
Who else is thinking hoax? Gonna be Geraldo when it comes up.
Posted by: gator at October 12, 2010 07:10 PM (aOKEC)
God bless those miners, may they all make it to the surface safely.
Posted by: NunyaBizness at October 12, 2010 07:10 PM (t/bTi)
This is bothersome, with the kid right there and all.
What if the cable snaps?? Then the kid has to watch that?
I don't think that's the best idea to have him so close.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 12, 2010 07:10 PM (t6B53)
Posted by: gesc at October 12, 2010 07:11 PM (Nz1bm)
Posted by: some wench at October 12, 2010 07:11 PM (uJBct)
Posted by: gesc at October 12, 2010 07:11 PM (Nz1bm)
Posted by: Y-not at October 12, 2010 07:12 PM (osFsP)
Posted by: Anachronda at October 12, 2010 07:12 PM (5qZb7)
Posted by: eman at October 12, 2010 07:12 PM (jkWCW)
He looks damn good. Damn good. Amazing.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 12, 2010 07:12 PM (t6B53)
Read a story about her a couple of months ago.She doesn't remember it at all, and she's got over a million bucks (from all the sympathy money that came in)..
Posted by: OregonMuse at October 12, 2010 07:13 PM (Id5+U)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 12, 2010 07:13 PM (DPM1U)
Posted by: gesc at October 12, 2010 07:13 PM (Nz1bm)
You know who this helps?
John Leguizamo, Edward James Olmos, That Guy from La Bamba, George Lopez.....
Posted by: gator at October 12, 2010 07:13 PM (aOKEC)
They made a movie about this a short time after it happened. It was actually pretty good.
Posted by: OregonMuse at October 12, 2010 07:13 PM (Id5+U)
Posted by: Impressed at October 12, 2010 07:14 PM (Onw8c)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 12, 2010 07:14 PM (t6B53)
Hugs and Kisses....whoa...baby you stink......
Posted by: Portnoy at October 12, 2010 07:15 PM (azgo2)
That Florencio is a pretty fine looking dude...especially since he just spent over 2 months in a mine...ahem.
Great pictures of him and his little boy & wife.
Posted by: Cheri at October 12, 2010 07:15 PM (llSaz)
John Leguizamo, Edward James Olmos, That Guy from La Bamba, George Lopez.....
Posted by: gator at October 12, 2010 11:13 PM (aOKEC)
Oh, no you di'n't?! You left out Estrada!!!!
Posted by: Editor at October 12, 2010 07:16 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: SJR2 at October 12, 2010 07:16 PM (oCbCP)
I know Cheri, right?
I didn't think my initial reaction was appropriate! Glad to know you were right there with me 
Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 12, 2010 07:17 PM (t6B53)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 12, 2010 11:14 PM (t6B53)
Jeebus. Please, take off the lawyer skirt for just a bit. I say that with love, but really.
Posted by: Editor at October 12, 2010 07:17 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 12, 2010 07:18 PM (dkExz)
Posted by: Olliander at October 12, 2010 07:18 PM (j4xgZ)
Oh, no you di'n't?! You left out Estrada!!!!
Didn't he sign on to direct? He'll get a producer credit at the very least.
This has Hallmark Pelicula de la Semana all over it.
Posted by: gator at October 12, 2010 07:19 PM (aOKEC)
Um, it is a bit odd they didn't immediately get him on a gurney, no?
Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 12, 2010 11:14 PM (t6B53)
The only thing I want is a hot shower, a beef empanada, and a little cooter.
Posted by: Antonio Alvarez at October 12, 2010 07:20 PM (v1gw3)
If I weren't an American, I'd be a Chileno in a heartbeat. Being in Chile is like being in America in the 1950s. The country and most its citizens are serious about making a better society, and they're willing to work hard and sacrifice to get there.
Plus, it's a magnificently beautiful place.
Posted by: DelD at October 12, 2010 07:20 PM (oAZ1S)
Posted by: truth at October 12, 2010 07:20 PM (XSD4n)
Didn't he sign on to direct? He'll get a producer credit at the very least.
This has Hallmark Pelicula de la Semana all over it.
Posted by: gator at October 12, 2010 11:19 PM (aOKEC)
Imagine if Anthony Quinn was still alive.
Posted by: Editor at October 12, 2010 07:20 PM (YX6i/)
After they rescue all the miners, they'll throw Geraldo down the well.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 12, 2010 07:20 PM (DPM1U)
Posted by: nickless at October 12, 2010 07:20 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Retread at October 12, 2010 07:21 PM (SOltv)
Posted by: Olliander at October 12, 2010 07:21 PM (j4xgZ)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 12, 2010 07:21 PM (t6B53)
Posted by: brak at October 12, 2010 07:21 PM (nIoiW)
Posted by: Uruguay National Soccer Team at October 12, 2010 07:22 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Barrack Obama at October 12, 2010 07:23 PM (VXBR1)
Posted by: gator at October 12, 2010 07:23 PM (aOKEC)
they believe if it's done right, none of them will ever have to work again
Are you kidding? The networks will be fighting one another for the rights to the docudrama.
And if they play their cards right, they can do it like they did with Amy Fisher story. Three different takes-- one with Drew Barrymore, another w/Alysisa (?) Milano, and the last w/some other C-lister.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 12, 2010 11:08 PM (t6B53)
We are in talks to get the rights to this story. We just need to figure out a way to get a giant shark into the tunnel with them first.
Posted by: SyFy executive at October 12, 2010 07:23 PM (oVQFe)
Crap. I panic in an MRI machine.
Posted by: Impressed at October 12, 2010 07:24 PM (Onw8c)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 12, 2010 11:21 PM (t6B53)
Yeah, sorry. That was kinda dicky. I was just thinking that if they tried to put me on a stretcher I'd be punching them.
Posted by: Editor at October 12, 2010 07:24 PM (YX6i/)
Read a story about her a couple of months ago.She doesn't remember it at all, and she's got over a million bucks (from all the sympathy money that came in)..
Posted by: OregonMuse at October 12, 2010 11:13 PM (Id5+U)
And she's on city water now too.
Posted by: buzzion at October 12, 2010 07:24 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: AngelEm at October 12, 2010 07:24 PM (PuaGA)
"The Untold Story: How We Ate Rodrigo Fandango to Stay Alive"
Staring Sean Penn and Coo Coo Mandingo
Posted by: Fish at October 12, 2010 07:24 PM (v1gw3)
Posted by: Olliander at October 12, 2010 07:25 PM (j4xgZ)
Posted by: gator at October 12, 2010 07:25 PM (aOKEC)
Posted by: Barrack Obama at October 12, 2010 07:26 PM (VXBR1)
Posted by: David Axelrod at October 12, 2010 07:26 PM (bAySe)
Posted by: AngelEm at October 12, 2010 07:27 PM (PuaGA)
Posted by: gesc at October 12, 2010 07:27 PM (Nz1bm)
Posted by: Preznit Barry at October 12, 2010 07:28 PM (YX6i/)
Since he was essentially a test pilot, they wanted someone equipped to deal with problems should it have come to that.
Posted by: DrewM. at October 12, 2010 07:28 PM (HicGG)
They wanted healthy (mentally and physically) guys to go up the first couple of times in case something goes wrong. They figure a stronger person could deal with the blow of a delay or mishap. After a couple of runs, they'll start bringing up the weaker guys.
Posted by: Y-not at October 12, 2010 07:28 PM (osFsP)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 12, 2010 07:28 PM (uG7PE)
Posted by: DrewM. at October 12, 2010 11:28 PM (HicGG)
Equiped to fall back down the hole and not shit all over himself???
Posted by: Portnoy at October 12, 2010 07:31 PM (azgo2)
Do the miners know that the Texas Rangers have won their first playoff series?
Posted by: Olliander at October 12, 2010 07:31 PM (j4xgZ)
Posted by: Dave in Texas at October 12, 2010 07:31 PM (Wh0W+)
They wanted healthy (mentally and physically) guys to go up the first couple of times in case something goes wrong. They figure a stronger person could deal with the blow of a delay or mishap. After a couple of runs, they'll start bringing up the weaker guys.
Posted by: Y-not at October 12, 2010 11:28 PM (osFsP)
You also want to see how he handles it even if nothing goes wrong. Isn't travelling up the shaft subjecting them to some temperature extremes? Really warm where they are and near freezing in some parts of the rescue shaft?
Posted by: buzzion at October 12, 2010 07:34 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: some wench at October 12, 2010 07:34 PM (uJBct)
Posted by: SJR2 at October 12, 2010 07:35 PM (oCbCP)
Posted by: CanaDave at October 12, 2010 07:36 PM (pmAXX)
Posted by: Retread at October 12, 2010 07:36 PM (SOltv)
Well, to here ALGore tell it, they got some serious lava to get through. That first guy must have ate up all the plutonium since he didn't get all burned up and stuff.
Posted by: Portnoy at October 12, 2010 07:37 PM (azgo2)
Posted by: Impressed at October 12, 2010 07:37 PM (Onw8c)
49Fox has been saying some of the miners are vying to be the last up, it being perceived as an honor to wait.
I'm guessing that it'd be the one who has both a wife and mistress waiting for him topside. Or, given Latin culture, maybe he's the first one out. After he gets extracted from this particular hole he'll have to get busy drilling a couple of others. Lotta' work to do up there on the surface.
Posted by: genghis at October 12, 2010 07:37 PM (1XErj)
Posted by: some wench at October 12, 2010 07:38 PM (uJBct)
151 OT: in Ann Arbor Michigan, it is now against the law to have a couch on your front porch
Garbage men hardest hit, report at 11
Posted by: Lt.Kilgore at October 12, 2010 07:38 PM (FIDMq)
Malkin just tweeted Justin Bieber's tweet about the Chilean miners.
Excuse me while I go puke...
Posted by: Olliander at October 12, 2010 07:40 PM (j4xgZ)
Especially having to listen to Brendan Frasier for so long.
Posted by: gator at October 12, 2010 07:41 PM (aOKEC)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 12, 2010 07:42 PM (uG7PE)
After he gets extracted from this particular hole he'll have to get busy drilling a couple of others. Lotta' work to do up there on the surface.
Anybody else sense a porn movie coming on?
Posted by: AoSHQ's Truman North at October 12, 2010 07:43 PM (HLGCA)
Posted by: nickless at October 12, 2010 11:38 PM (MMC8r)
Yeah, I'm hearing all this 'shaft' and 'hole' and 'chute' and 'drilling'.....It's starting to creep me out...
Posted by: Portnoy at October 12, 2010 07:45 PM (azgo2)
All of them will get laid tonight.
Hope they flog the dolphin first. Might be a quick session otherwise.
Posted by: gator at October 12, 2010 07:46 PM (aOKEC)
Posted by: rdbrewer at October 12, 2010 07:47 PM (kJ+2R)
I'm singing a tribute, a la Elton John, called "Sweet Child o' Mine".
CD singles and downloads now for sale.
Posted by: Axl Rose at October 12, 2010 07:48 PM (aOKEC)
Posted by: trainer at October 12, 2010 07:48 PM (yCWYQ)
Posted by: Alvin Greene at October 12, 2010 07:49 PM (j4xgZ)
Posted by: gator at October 12, 2010 07:50 PM (aOKEC)
Wouldn't go that far, it's just the other dude didn't get the pun....Hell, I did a here/hear fuck up not very long after that....
Posted by: Portnoy at October 12, 2010 07:50 PM (azgo2)
Posted by: Portnoy at October 12, 2010 07:53 PM (azgo2)
Posted by: Sekhmet at October 12, 2010 07:53 PM (Rp/RA)
Posted by: Alvin Greene at October 12, 2010 07:54 PM (HLGCA)
So that's where Chileans come from.
Posted by: Curious Child at October 12, 2010 07:55 PM (aOKEC)
Obama would have been giving speeches threatening the mining company with a boot to the neck!
Posted by: pam at October 12, 2010 07:59 PM (h8R9p)
Does anyone know if the bore hole is lined with steel casing?
Posted by: Impressed at October 12, 2010 07:59 PM (Onw8c)
Posted by: some wench at October 12, 2010 08:02 PM (uJBct)
First rule of 'Trapped in a Mine Sex-Club ?
We don't talk about 'Trapped in a Mine Sex-Club'.
Posted by: Chilean Brad Pitt at October 12, 2010 11:48 PM (w2Vs0)
This is an example of why I love this site.....
Posted by: Portnoy at October 12, 2010 08:03 PM (azgo2)
Posted by: Alvin Greene at October 12, 2010 08:03 PM (HLGCA)
Posted by: Brett Favre's Publicist at October 12, 2010 08:05 PM (j4xgZ)
Posted by: Brett Favre's Publicist at October 13, 2010 12:05 AM (j4xgZ)
Oh, definitely.
Posted by: DNC at October 12, 2010 08:07 PM (YX6i/)
Does anyone know if the bore hole is lined with steel casing?
The first couple hundred feet from the top are. After that it's nekkid' rock.
Posted by: genghis at October 12, 2010 08:07 PM (1XErj)
Nah we can multitask and follow two stories at once.
Posted by: some wench at October 12, 2010 08:08 PM (uJBct)
The first couple hundred feet from the top are. After that it's nekkid' rock.
I can confirm that
Posted by: Will Folks at October 12, 2010 08:10 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: gesc at October 12, 2010 08:13 PM (Nz1bm)
Posted by: AngelEm at October 12, 2010 08:13 PM (PuaGA)
Posted by: NM Hick at October 12, 2010 08:14 PM (IzuWw)
Posted by: AlGore at October 12, 2010 11:40 PM (vbh31)
At least Chile is no longer in danger of falling into the ocean.
Posted by: Hank Johnson at October 12, 2010 08:14 PM (WBoPe)
Posted by: GT at October 12, 2010 08:15 PM (Vyrg6)
Posted by: AoSHQ's Truman North at October 12, 2010 08:15 PM (HLGCA)
Posted by: SJR2 at October 12, 2010 08:15 PM (oCbCP)
Posted by: truth at October 12, 2010 08:16 PM (XSD4n)
A Chilean friend of mine once told me, "Chileans are absolutely convinced that every good thing that has happened in the world involves a Chilean in some way. Neil Armstrong? Chilean".
I may have mentioned this a time or two but it's an awesome place with awesome people.
Posted by: DrewM. at October 12, 2010 08:16 PM (HicGG)
Posted by: BethW at October 12, 2010 08:17 PM (gcRbW)
This Val-u-Rite ain't gonna drink itself.
Posted by: Original Mikey at October 12, 2010 08:19 PM (dOatv)
Posted by: AngelEm at October 12, 2010 08:20 PM (PuaGA)
A Chilean friend of mine once told me, "Chileans are absolutely convinced that every good thing that has happened in the world involves a Chilean in some way. Neil Armstrong? Chilean".
Italians are the same way. Columbus, the Pope, the Roman Empire, spaghetti... To hear them tell it, it's like they invented everything.
Posted by: AoSHQ's Truman North at October 12, 2010 08:21 PM (HLGCA)
Posted by: David Axelrod at October 12, 2010 08:21 PM (bAySe)
All the participants show real character and strength. There is no discernible slickness. Sorta like folks who lived where America used to be.
Posted by: Impressed at October 12, 2010 08:21 PM (Onw8c)
Posted by: trapped miner sleeping next to horndog pedro for 33 days at October 12, 2010 08:22 PM (lDrlK)
213 Why are they sending one guy down for every one they bring up? Are they sending more medics or something?
He probably cut in line, back of the line for you buddy!
Posted by: Lt.Kilgore at October 12, 2010 08:22 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: AoSHQ's Truman North at October 12, 2010 08:22 PM (HLGCA)
2nd miner brought up a sack of rocks as gifts for the rescuers. Also gave one to the Chilean president.
Posted by: Olliander at October 12, 2010 08:23 PM (j4xgZ)
Posted by: AngelEm at October 13, 2010 12:20 AM (PuaGA)
Posted by: Portnoy at October 12, 2010 08:23 PM (azgo2)
Posted by: Hank Johnson at October 12, 2010 08:24 PM (WBoPe)
Posted by: AngelEm at October 13, 2010 12:20 AM (PuaGA)
GIA MUST FEED!!!!!
Posted by: Portnoy at October 12, 2010 08:24 PM (azgo2)
Posted by: dogfish at October 12, 2010 08:26 PM (MgiA6)
Obama meets with George Clooney today? Wow. He really doesn't give a sh*t does he?
Posted by: Olliander at October 12, 2010 08:27 PM (j4xgZ)
Posted by: all that copper still in the ground at October 12, 2010 08:27 PM (lDrlK)
Posted by: arhooley at October 12, 2010 08:27 PM (WBoPe)
Posted by: Chliean President at October 12, 2010 08:29 PM (azgo2)
"Why didn't they also try to dig from the other side, China, as well? Just to hedge their bets?"
Posted by: GT at October 12, 2010 08:30 PM (Vyrg6)
Posted by: Uruguay National Soccer Team at October 12, 2010 11:22 PM (YX6i/)
The Uruguayan rugby team is even less impressed.
Posted by: robschr at October 12, 2010 08:31 PM (F5Zip)
I'm glad these guys are getting out.
Posted by: huerfano at October 12, 2010 08:32 PM (No0N3)
"Why didn't they also try to dig from the other side, China, as well? Just to hedge their bets?"
WINNER
Posted by: AoSHQ's Truman North at October 12, 2010 08:32 PM (HLGCA)
Obama meets with George Clooney today? Wow. He really doesn't give a sh*t does he?
Posted by: Olliander at October 13, 2010 12:27 AM (j4xgZ)Obama can pretend to care about Sudan while he gets Megan Fox's email address.
Posted by: arhooley at October 12, 2010 08:33 PM (WBoPe)
Well, because they'd prolly end up in a volcano in Iceland...wait ....Hawaii...wait...I'm supposed to ad lib here...that's what it says right there...
Posted by: Rick 'starting to dig Oprah and Judge Hatchet' Sanchez at October 12, 2010 08:34 PM (azgo2)
The other side of Chile is Israel, that's why.
Posted by: Hank Johnson at October 12, 2010 08:36 PM (WBoPe)
Posted by: Rick 'starting to dig Oprah and Judge Hatchet' Sanchez at October 13, 2010
Well, Rick, it probably is a lot warmer in Chile, despite the name, you know, chilly, than it is in Iceland, cause you know, ice.
Posted by: huerfano at October 12, 2010 08:37 PM (No0N3)
Posted by: Full Frontal S American Yeti at October 12, 2010 08:37 PM (azgo2)
Posted by: arhooley at October 13, 2010 12:27 AM
It's the rebel underground.
Posted by: huerfano at October 12, 2010 08:38 PM (No0N3)
Plug the damn Hole...
What? You know someone back there is sweatin' bullets right now..
But back to me
Posted by: Preznitt Ladies Tee at October 12, 2010 08:40 PM (lDrlK)
Hell yes. You'd think they founded Israel or something.
Posted by: Hank Johnson at October 12, 2010 08:40 PM (WBoPe)
Posted by: C*ntessa Brewer at October 12, 2010 08:41 PM (HLGCA)
Posted by: dogfish at October 12, 2010 08:41 PM (MgiA6)
Posted by: Impressed at October 12, 2010 08:41 PM (Onw8c)
Posted by: Impressed at October 13, 2010 12:41 AM
Yes, it's almost a pretty as the Texas flag, but not quite.
Posted by: huerfano at October 12, 2010 08:43 PM (No0N3)
Posted by: Impressed at October 13, 2010 12:41 AM (Onw8c)
Yes. Some extremely witty and intelligent poster here made a snarky comment about the insensitivity to the indigenous peoples, too.
Posted by: arhooley at October 12, 2010 08:44 PM (WBoPe)
Posted by: C*ntessa Brewer at October 13, 2010 12:41 AM (HLGCA)
FTW
Posted by: Olliander at October 12, 2010 08:44 PM (j4xgZ)
Posted by: Hank Johnson at October 13, 2010 12:40 AM
Hank, I didn't even know it was losted.
Posted by: Sheila Jackson-Lee at October 12, 2010 08:44 PM (No0N3)
Posted by: Impressed at October 13, 2010 12:41 AM (Onw8c)
Did ya notice me shootin' all you midgets the moon right behind it??? I know it's kinda hairy but just look for a brown bush with a really wrinkled coconut in the middle...
Posted by: Full Frontal S American Yeti at October 12, 2010 08:45 PM (azgo2)
Posted by: arhooley at October 12, 2010 08:45 PM (WBoPe)
Posted by: AoSHQ's Truman North at October 13, 2010 12:42 AM (HLGCA)
Yes, and kick ass, at that. It was a pleasure, arhooley.
Posted by: Editor at October 12, 2010 08:45 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Full Frontal S American Yeti at October 12, 2010 08:47 PM (azgo2)
Posted by: arhooley at October 12, 2010 08:48 PM (WBoPe)
Posted by: Full Frontal S American Yeti at October 13, 2010 12:47 AM
Ummm, yeah.
Posted by: Barry Obama at October 12, 2010 08:49 PM (No0N3)
Posted by: KZnextzone at October 12, 2010 08:50 PM (lDrlK)
Posted by: KZnextzone at October 12, 2010 08:54 PM (lDrlK)
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 12, 2010 08:54 PM (gRbfU)
Posted by: Impressed at October 12, 2010 08:55 PM (Onw8c)
Posted by: ParisParamus at October 12, 2010 08:58 PM (GGjFD)
Posted by: Impressed at October 13, 2010 12:55 AM (Onw8c)
Those experts talking about PTSD -- they sound like the global warmenists. "You may not see it right now, but the disaster is coming!!!!!" (heavy salivation)
Posted by: arhooley at October 12, 2010 08:59 PM (WBoPe)
Posted by: GT at October 12, 2010 08:59 PM (Vyrg6)
Posted by: Impressed at October 12, 2010 08:59 PM (Onw8c)
Posted by: some wench at October 12, 2010 09:00 PM (uJBct)
Posted by: ParisParamus at October 13, 2010 12:58 AM (GGjFD)
Maybe they're hoping the last guy hasn't thought that far ahead.
Posted by: arhooley at October 12, 2010 09:01 PM (WBoPe)
269 We have advised the Chilean government to send one dude down for every one they bring up. That way, the rescue lasts forever.
Stimulus!
WINNER
Posted by: AoSHQ's Truman North at October 12, 2010 09:02 PM (HLGCA)
Posted by: Portnoy at October 12, 2010 09:02 PM (azgo2)
Posted by: Yehudit at October 12, 2010 09:03 PM (9QPKF)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at October 12, 2010 09:03 PM (btzPD)
Posted by: Olliander at October 12, 2010 09:05 PM (j4xgZ)
Posted by: Ensign Chekhov at October 12, 2010 09:07 PM (B91/L)
Posted by: Impressed at October 12, 2010 09:08 PM (Onw8c)
Posted by: KZnextzone at October 12, 2010 09:08 PM (lDrlK)
Posted by: Olliander at October 12, 2010 09:09 PM (j4xgZ)
Italians are the same way. Columbus, the Pope, the Roman Empire, spaghetti... To hear them tell it, it's like they invented everything.
The Koreans are the same way. The printing press, skyscrapers, a phonetic writing system.
Posted by: arhooley at October 12, 2010 09:10 PM (WBoPe)
Posted by: Anachronda at October 12, 2010 09:11 PM (B91/L)
Posted by: KZnextzone at October 12, 2010 09:13 PM (lDrlK)
Shep was on earlier and it was brutal. Does he have pictures of Rupert fucking livestock? How has he kept his gig??
Posted by: GT at October 12, 2010 09:14 PM (Vyrg6)
( My *T* key seems to have taken the day off).
Posted by: Impressed at October 12, 2010 09:19 PM (Onw8c)
Posted by: NunyaBizness at October 12, 2010 09:19 PM (t/bTi)
Posted by: arhooley at October 12, 2010 09:21 PM (WBoPe)
Really? Is the higher air pressure needed to hold up the mile of rocks above the miners? Sounds fishy. Maybe a moron or moronette can splain this.
Posted by: Impressed at October 12, 2010 09:27 PM (Onw8c)
Posted by: Impressed at October 13, 2010 01:27 AM (Onw8c)
--The same reason air pressure is lower on top of mountains is why it is higher underground. Lower altitude = more atmosphere on tip of you.
Posted by: logprof at October 12, 2010 09:41 PM (BP6Z1)
http://tinyurl.com/29r25fd
Posted by: NunyaBizness at October 12, 2010 10:06 PM (t/bTi)
Posted by: Gride at October 12, 2010 10:21 PM (DTyjM)
28 inches?
I'd be down there for a few more weeks.
Diameter, not circumference, I reckon. In waist size, that'd be, let's see, 28 x 3.14159 = 87".
Posted by: rdbrewer at October 12, 2010 10:21 PM (kJ+2R)
Google says AP at a depth of 2 miles pressure = 2x sea level, or about 29.7 psi. AP at 1/2 mile = 29.7/4 plus 14.7 or about 22.1 psi. Its late and I am an idiot but that doesn't seem a great difference.
Posted by: Impressed at October 12, 2010 10:22 PM (Onw8c)
And R. Lee Ermy.
Best to all.
I am unworthy.
Posted by: Impressed at October 12, 2010 10:44 PM (Onw8c)
Posted by: unworthy at October 12, 2010 10:53 PM (Onw8c)
Or a worm hole.
Posted by: unworthy at October 12, 2010 11:19 PM (Onw8c)
Posted by: rawmuse at October 12, 2010 11:45 PM (NhERI)
Posted by: rawmuse at October 12, 2010 11:47 PM (NhERI)
Posted by: Aaron at October 12, 2010 11:50 PM (XUIJ5)
Posted by: Gride at October 13, 2010 02:21 AM (DTyjM)
I'm sure as soon as they could, they sent down shaving kits for everyone. Keeping up grooming and hygiene habits is a great morale booster in such a situation.
Posted by: Aaron at October 13, 2010 12:00 AM (XUIJ5)
Crap. I haven't watched MSNBC for a brazillian years.
Vishnu forgive me.
Posted by: unworthy at October 13, 2010 12:37 AM (Onw8c)
Posted by: Vic at October 13, 2010 02:59 AM (/jbAw)
They don't, and never have.
Unions aren't legit.
Posted by: maverick muse at October 13, 2010 03:08 AM (H+LJc)
Chile's geographic tectonic volatility are their miners' living nightmare.
Posted by: maverick muse at October 13, 2010 03:11 AM (H+LJc)
I've found that MSNBC >> CNN > Fox when it comes to "disaster" or "breaking crime" coverage. The guy on Fox last night wouldn't take a fucking breath. Greta, and later some blonde studio person, kept trying to ask questions but he was talking so much they couldn't.
'Glad to wake up this morning and see that they're still chugging along on the rescue.
Posted by: Y-not at October 13, 2010 04:57 AM (osFsP)
Italians are the same way. Columbus, the Pope, the Roman Empire, spaghetti... To hear them tell it, it's like they invented everything.
The Irish invented lost causes and sad stories. An Irishman has an abiding sense of tragedy with sustains him through temporary periods of joy.
Posted by: trainer at October 13, 2010 05:52 AM (K5X44)
Posted by: MRI Veteran at October 13, 2010 06:20 AM (gbCNS)
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Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 13, 2010 06:56 AM (eKPEk)
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