"A diagram of the mine can be found here. Currently the miners are unaware of the possible three to four month stay underground."
Seems sort of rude to withhold information like that. Personally, if I was stuck in a hole, I'd like to know just how long the people trying to get me out thought the process was going to take.
Man.. I would really hate to be down there.. Even with all the stuff they are giving them.. That mine might collapse or something as they are drilling the new hole.. Hope they come out alright though.. With so much support I figure they will be fine..
"Currently the miners are unaware of the possible three to four month stay underground."
It's not true, they are aware it could take until Christmas.
But there is also another piece of hi-tech equipment that is on its' way (still going to take 4 days to get there) that is going to try and enlarge the current path they are using to get them supplies big enough (60 cm) to pull them up one by one.
But even this procedure, if successful, will take around a month to complete. And then it will take 5 hours to pull each miner up - one at a time - they are 700m deep.
They could lower a WIFI router into the mine and just run a wire from the router to a modem above ground to get internet access for a PSP or a laptop or any other WIFI device down there.
If I was stuck down there I'd want internet access at the very least so I could IM and e-mail ad read the news sites and everything else..
What the hell else are they going to do until they get out anyway?
I can tell by these comments that most of you aren't married. I would have traded anything to be stuck down there if I were still stuck with that psycho witch.
[citation][nom]Netherscourge[/nom]They could lower a WIFI router into the mine and just run a wire from the router to a modem above ground to get internet access for a PSP or a laptop or any other WIFI device down there.If I was stuck down there I'd want internet access at the very least so I could IM and e-mail ad read the news sites and everything else..What the hell else are they going to do until they get out anyway?[/citation]
LOL, a bunch of grown up dudes that worked their lives in mines are now being trained to be gamers. At least they'll be able to beat games that I don't even have the time to even play. Next thing you know, they'll be leaving the mines to go to a local gaming store to buy consoles.