Pike River Coal mine explosion

First pictures from Friday night from the Police roadblock outside the Pike River coal mine.

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News & Politics

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• pike
• river
• greymouth
• coal
• mine
• explosion
• new
• zealand
• nz
• herald

[eeeaten]

angry "they ain't done enough" retards are an embarrassment.

[nzecureuil2]

Please please find these top hard-working blokes and bring them home to their families! Kia Kaha xoxox

But I have to say the media/journo's at those news conferences are asking some seriously fucked up questions; like that prick that compared stuff to 9/11 etc, I could have punched his lights out, what a dick! The last thing they need are dumb questions from some hyped up idealistic pen to paper faggot.

Be strong west coast, heart and thoughts are with you! xox

[blackazdiamond]

@wcocowcocow y dont u go and fuck the ausies your country is paying $10,000 per hour to clean your countrys shit lol

[wcocowcocow]

@blackazdiamond u r an asshole. fuck u

[cindel11]

why is everyone arguing 29 men lost their lives and everyone done what they could to try and save them...if more men went down we would have lost more lives...unfortunately for the minors and the families there were too much gases down there and nothing could be done...media is media they twist stories that shouldnt be twisted...not saying they did though...

[truekiwijoker]

@kraken58 Well you may have your doubt but I KNOW they milked it for every sensationalist angle. And what exactly do you find about anything I've said indecent? I think your belief about impulsiveness must be born out of a limited life experience, and if you are one of the believers that rescue teams should have broken every international protocol of coal mining and rushed into the methane rich environment then I've clearly wasted my time. And P.S. I was talking about Newcastle NSW.

[kraken58]

@truekiwijoker Thank you for your input. However I doubt very much that NZ media "milked" it for all it's worth...On the bodies of 29 good hard working men your statement is rather indecent. Nonetheless I am a firm believer that often in life "impulsive men" are those that saves lives without asking too many questions and at the risks of their own. Bet you have some interesting stories to tell about safety in UK coal mines... Have a good life!

[truekiwijoker]

@kraken58 This same media was repeatedly describing the 29 mens predicament misleadingly as "trapped" when the likelihood of them surviving the first explosion was extremely low. They also kept calling the S&R effort a "rescue" effort and implied that they should charge in there. I would take anything you read in the paper with a grain of salt. Why not wait until the independent enquiries are made before deciding anything was preventable? it's not complacency from me it's impulsiveness from you.

[truekiwijoker]

@kraken58 [shakes head] Look there is no reason to use that tone with me and frankly I find it rude. Seeing as you're interested I once worked as an offsider in a coal mine near Newcastle for three months after which I had enough to get to Kalgoolie and work in a safer and lower paying job in an iron ore pit. That's how I know what I'm talking about. The NZ media have milked this for all it's worth with sensationalism and I do not understand how anyone intelligent believes anything they read.

[kraken58]

@truekiwijoker It appears that you are rather complacent in accepting fatalities and preventable tragedies. May I suggest you read with a bit more "in depth" the information released in today's press and learn for your self that Mining in NZ is well and far behind safety standards related to Australian mines. Should I assume you are working for Gas and Oil New Zealand or any of its affiliates. Are you a mining company CEO ? And that is now for me...that lives here in NZ !

[truekiwijoker]

@kraken58 Reading and hearing some of the guff from the NZ public over this tragedy it seems to me that the absence of much coal mining from NZ since the 1960's has led us to ignorance of this industry. The opinion most Kiwis born before 1955 I would be an outlook on this that is more fatalistic. But what is NOT excusable is this attitude I'm increasingly seeing amongst my countrymen of assuming things and forming a concrete opinion without checking the facts or all perspectives .

[truekiwijoker]

@kraken58 Coal mines in developed countries worldwide are about the same in terms of safety and have about the same rate of electrical failures and ventilation breakdowns - once a week. Even the best ventilation systems and safety measures are no guarantee in coal mines. The only big question with this one is how the ventilation wasn't running again in 4 hours. You need to accept that the world is a crap place and sometimes a horrible thing like this happens and there's nothing that can be done.