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[Andeerz]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11092343

Wow.  Just, wow.  Plus, look at how deep that mine is!!!  Holy crap!  Cave-ins suck a lot, even IRL.

[iceball3]

holt crap, 600 meters down, for several months... their lucky they have that small vent shaft leading staight to the surface.

[janglur]

I hope they at least got irrigation set up!

[iceball3]

actually, the article said something about hydration tablets, or something. heck if i know how that works.

[janglur]

Well, hydration isn't just H2O.  Pure H2O actually depletes your body of electrolytic salts and kills you, if you're not repleneshing them somehow.

So, most likely, they're sugar-and-salt tablets designed to be put into relatively small amounts of water (or urine).


I'm fairly sure cannibalism will end up happening.  Or just plain psycho murder.  I can't stand living with my roommates, much less being trapped in a tiny area with 33 coworkers.

[Setharnas]

According to a local newspaper, they seem to be much more concerned about the lack of an established still - it said they were joking that beer delivery probably wasn't possible. Obviously, that was before they were told they'll probably have to sit it out for quite a while yet.

I wish for them all to get back home safely, but there's that little part in the back of my brain that just can't help wondering if they're close to the caves yet...

[iceball3]

at least their nowhere near HFS... unless they found it, having to seal them away with a cave in, which produced a shock wave creating another cave in higher up... *shivers*

[breadbocks]

Hmm. I say if the civ country is to lazy to save them, time for them to grab their picks, and get digging.

[Mistercheif]

I'm fairly sure cannibalism will end up happening.  Or just plain psycho murder.  I can't stand living with my roommates, much less being trapped in a tiny area with 33 coworkers.

The article says they actually have about 2 kilometers of space to walk around in.  Sounds like plenty of space to get a decent fortress up and running, as well as get away from people for a bit

[HatfieldCW]

Sounds rough, like a prison.  I spent a couple months in a car with a very good friend of mine one time, and we were about ready to throttle one another by the end.  I'm hoping having a couple dozen guys to talk to down there will make it bearable, but man, I'd be hard pressed to choose 30 of my co-workers to get stuck in a hole with.

[Josephus]

This is the second thread on this, but I believe the other one is in GD, so it's all good.

Anyway, these guys are hord corps, and I'm rooting for them all to get out alive.

[Neo3d]

     If they are anything like the coworkers I've worked with, they will smile and wave to each other but secretly hope the ceiling collapses on the others... muhwahwahwa.  Time to go for that management position. 

[Xenxe]

LOL ok there was a related article on the article you linked

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11090563

[gtmattz]

LOL ok there was a related article on the article you linked

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11090563

72 migrants?? That is one huge migrant wave, maybe that explains the situation?

[Maggarg - Eater of chicke]

According to a local newspaper, they seem to be much more concerned about the lack of an established still - it said they were joking that beer delivery probably wasn't possible.

I would be berserk in about a week.