Neither would I Robert. I am quite familiar with the site due to some work resulting from DoC requirements. The access road was scary enough for me (when it was being built). I know a few of the guys missing, not well, friends of friends and their kids on league teams. My sister is quite good friends with several of the wives. It will be interesting to see why this happened in the inquiry, let's just say some locals are not surprised.
It must be traumatic over there Shunda. I shouldn't joke but is the geology stable enough for a site- visit by Gerry Brownlee? My concerns are: why wasn't provision made for this outcome? It seems to me that when the possibility of an accident of this scale exists, you only go ahead with the activity if the possibilities are covered. To go ahead anyway, hoping that a certain situation won't arise, seems foolhardy. I mean from managements point of view. As a broad principle.
I think there are more than a few people here beginning wonder. Not being able to test air because of cloud cover seems pretty ridiculous when you consider the nature of the Paparoas. But in saying that, the whole idea is to stop the mine blowing up in the first place, they didn't, and it needs to be established why. Firedamp explosions are extremely difficult to survive. If the worst is realised, it is going to be very significant for the community here. And as far as Gerry goes he should be sent down to drag the bodies out, might change his mind on 'sexy coal'. Nothing sexy about it.
Coal might not be sexy, neither is Gerry, but once again brick bats for both of you for hassling a person over their body image. As for provisions being made Robert, do you have an ambulance follow your car around in case you crash....
Southernright - if, as I suspect, you are Gerry's lovin' brother, then I apologise for ribbing him (indirectly - I'd be very surprised to learn that he reads my blog). I doubt that he'd be miffed to learn that I make light of his weight. I have to say though, that he's set himself up for a bit of lightweight lampooning through his sexualizing of coal (I wonder if he is going to continue to use that line and will he up the ante with lignite by calling it both sexy and dirty?) As to your ambulance analogy - I take all reasonable precautions when driving. I reckon this mining company hasn't. Do you reckon they have?
Who would know, mining is a dangerous business and like crossing the road, eventually someone will get hit. I'm from the Coast and know a few of those blokes, poor buggers. Gerry is not my brother, I don't even like his politics, I just prefer to pull down policies not people!
I'll try Southernright, to refrain from teasing Brownlee, otherwise I'll be needing to build some sort of cabinet to store the brickbats you keep awarding me! I'll stick to saying that Brownlee's a bully and has intentions to brutalize the environment.
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Neither would I Robert.
I am quite familiar with the site due to some work resulting from DoC requirements.
The access road was scary enough for me (when it was being built).
I know a few of the guys missing, not well, friends of friends and their kids on league teams. My sister is quite good friends with several of the wives.
It will be interesting to see why this happened in the inquiry, let's just say some locals are not surprised.
It must be traumatic over there Shunda.
I shouldn't joke but is the geology stable enough for a site- visit by Gerry Brownlee?
My concerns are: why wasn't provision made for this outcome?
It seems to me that when the possibility of an accident of this scale exists, you only go ahead with the activity if the possibilities are covered. To go ahead anyway, hoping that a certain situation won't arise, seems foolhardy. I mean from managements point of view. As a broad principle.
I think there are more than a few people here beginning wonder.
Not being able to test air because of cloud cover seems pretty ridiculous when you consider the nature of the Paparoas.
But in saying that, the whole idea is to stop the mine blowing up in the first place, they didn't, and it needs to be established why.
Firedamp explosions are extremely difficult to survive.
If the worst is realised, it is going to be very significant for the community here.
And as far as Gerry goes he should be sent down to drag the bodies out, might change his mind on 'sexy coal'.
Nothing sexy about it.
Good point re Gerry Shunda - I hope someone (later) will ask him does he still regard coal 'sexy'.
Coal might not be sexy, neither is Gerry, but once again brick bats for both of you for hassling a person over their body image.
As for provisions being made Robert, do you have an ambulance follow your car around in case you crash....
Southernright - if, as I suspect, you are Gerry's lovin' brother, then I apologise for ribbing him (indirectly - I'd be very surprised to learn that he reads my blog). I doubt that he'd be miffed to learn that I make light of his weight. I have to say though, that he's set himself up for a bit of lightweight lampooning through his sexualizing of coal (I wonder if he is going to continue to use that line and will he up the ante with lignite by calling it both sexy and dirty?)
As to your ambulance analogy - I take all reasonable precautions when driving. I reckon this mining company hasn't. Do you reckon they have?
Who would know, mining is a dangerous business and like crossing the road, eventually someone will get hit. I'm from the Coast and know a few of those blokes, poor buggers.
Gerry is not my brother, I don't even like his politics, I just prefer to pull down policies not people!
I'll try Southernright, to refrain from teasing Brownlee, otherwise I'll be needing to build some sort of cabinet to store the brickbats you keep awarding me! I'll stick to saying that Brownlee's a bully and has intentions to brutalize the environment.
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