Not apt for claustrophobics

[Arcadia]

difficult to have an opinion about this article when the lives of 33 persons are in a sort of subterranean delay... I hope all go well for them!

http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elmun ... 08-29.html

[stilltrucking]

I am claustrophobic it is hard for me to think about them I get such a feeling of panic and dread when I do think about me being down there with them

I don't understand why it will take three months.


From the google translation of the pagina article

When the collapse occurred were pirqueros who volunteered to penetrate into the mine to rescue thirty-three to force a pick and shovel. La oferta de los pirqueros conmovió a la audiencia, sobre todo porque llegó cuando la tecnología aún no daba resultados. The offer of the pirqueros thrilled the audience, especially because it came when the technology was not yet results. Pero la oferta fue rechazada, lo cual generó un duro debate y un aluvión de críticas al plan del gobierno. But the offer was rejected, which caused a fierce debate and a barrage of criticism of the government's plan.

[stilltrucking]

When I heard they would be trapped down there for three months I thought of this movie which I saw with my father in 1951. I do not have many happy memories of him, he is the reason I am claustrophobic today. But I do remember the day he took us to the movies. A good day.

This guy was reminded of that movie too.

The Chilean miners are too close to Billy Wilder for comfort



We should heed Wilder's warning in Ace in the Hole, his 1951 satire about a hack who will do anything to keep his story alive

The week's most dramatic news story had, for me, a weird echo with cinema. In the northern Chilean city of Copiapó there has been wild rejoicing, combined with the sober sense of a strange ordeal ahead. Thirty-three people had been trapped inside a collapsed mine for 17 days, but at the beginning of this week rescue workers established contact with the men – who were basically safe and sound, having been trained for precisely this eventuality and strictly rationed what little food they had while drinking water from their diggers' radiators.

But there are to be no immediate scenes of the men emerging from their hell to be hugged by sobbing relatives – far from it. They must resign themselves to months of waiting underground while their rescuers, with »

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog ... lly-wilder

[stilltrucking]

Notes for the Underground


FOR the past two decades, NASA has been studying what happens to people when they are enclosed in small spaces for long periods of time. The research has yielded insights that might be of use to the 33 Chilean miners, who are likely to be trapped underground for months.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/opini ... ml?_r=2&hp

[Arcadia]

so, two claustrophobics in a thread not apt for claustrophobics...!

gracias for the links s-t, I´ll read them later!

[Arcadia]

I liked this Dorfman´s article: "The true miracle"

http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/socie ... 09-05.html

[Steve Plonk]

Hope to God that the authorities get the miners out of that
mine really soon. Thirty-three of them? That's quite a few
trapped souls. We had a really bad explosion in West Virginia, USA,
not too long ago. Only one person made it out.

[Arcadia]

Thirty-three of them?

well, steve, in parallel? there is also a thirty-two persons´s group in expectation these days. See:

http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/contr ... 09-25.html

[Steve Plonk]

My family and I saw the last of the Chilean miners, on CBS news, being rescued with the cinch elevator capsule! It was really heartwarming to see them all get back safely--including their rescuers. With a great Chilean group effort, and help from other countries, including the USA, the Chilean miners are on the surface. Hurray!
Our prayers are with them and their families for their continued health and recovery.

[Arcadia]

yeah, it all went well!!!!! All the channels here were broadcasting that, very moving and at the same time a bit familiar-strange those images of a happy landing from the other side of the earth...!!!!! the only kick in the ass for me was to see Piñera & wife as comadronas...! From what I know the mining work conditions are very precarious in all our countries (here with the plus of Menem´s laws during the nineties and the dubious position of the actual government), hope that change soon!