On 4/6/10 20:51 , bpnjensen wrote:
On Apr 6, 5:11 pm, wrote:
On 4/6/2010 6:02 PM, wrote:

Prayers for the West Virginia coal Miners.
cuhulin

And prayers will do what exactly?

I do think it's pretty terrible that in the USA, in the year 2010, it
is possible for this kind of preventable accident to happen again.
That company ought to pay a lifetime of restitution to the families
whose breadwinners they recklessly employed.

Here is what doofus-in-charge Blankenship said:

"I think every accident should be prevented, that's what the
definition of an accident is," said Blankenship. "Once we know what
happened, we'll know whether it was preventable by someone or not."

This guy is a walking oxymoron. EVERY accident is preventable unless
it is deliberate sabotage. Period. No explosions occur where the
ventilation reduces the volatile gas level to low enough amounts, and
this company did not make the appropriate effort to ensure adequate
ventilation.

Bruce Jensen

On 4/7/2010 12:33 AM, D. Peter Maus wrote:

Actually, coal dust is nearly as explosive as gas in the mines.

Yes it is -- and they were fined for that too, in addition to being
fined for not clearing the methane.

In any event and however you slice it (and as demonstrted by film clips
of the guy's own words), the guy seems to be a real slime ball. Another
example of greed run amok.

I wonder if the fine townsfolk of Montcoal will decide to tar and
feather Blankenship or at least run him out of town on a rail.