Another Mine Fire

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Post by smokerdude » Thu. May. 21, 2015 7:45 pm

At least the moonbats are protecting their own.
http://wnep.com/2015/05/21/dep-uncertain-how-to-f ... e-of-bats/

 
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Post by SWPaDon » Thu. May. 21, 2015 9:12 pm

Insanity at it's finest. :bang:

 
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Post by gaw » Thu. May. 21, 2015 10:10 pm

I guess bats must be pretty dumb because if my house was on fire I would get the hell out. How can the bats be living in a mine if the mine is burning?

 
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Post by lsayre » Fri. May. 22, 2015 9:08 pm

gaw wrote:I guess bats must be pretty dumb because if my house was on fire I would get the hell out. How can the bats be living in a mine if the mine is burning?
Perhaps they are dead already, but no one will know about it if they don't put that fire out soon. Did you ever imagine living in a country where bats were more protected than humans?


 
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Post by wilder11354 » Fri. May. 22, 2015 10:53 pm

bats are in older shafts of the MINES in that area. this isn't an open pit mine only. you got to remember back around turn of century most coal was shaft mined. and shafts were all over the area coal was. And they took out in the range of 25 MILLION tons of caol a year, so now try to visualize how many shafts and how many levels the shafts are on. in other words...miles of shafts on many levels.

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Sat. May. 23, 2015 11:16 am

It's too bad they didn't think to pass a law to protect people. :(

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Post by samhill » Sat. May. 23, 2015 12:04 pm

I would think it's more about the money than the bats, bats are beneficial but are dying off from a fungus. I would tend to think it's more to bide time to figure out what to do. Figure how much they spent on Centralia & haven't even come close to putting it out. Like wilder said many miles of shafts & levels, if they can't shut off the air supply the fire won't go out until the coal is gone.

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