Latest reports indicate that the drill hole might have missed the miners. David Locklear <dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote: The news claims that rescuers have drilled into the mine near where the miners were thought to be and placed a microphone.
I have been in cave passages where I could not hear a person who was in the cave, because they were around a few bends in the passage. So just because there is no sound, doesn't mean there is no hope. Also, they may be asleep, or resting to conserve energy, or maybe they are exhausted from trying to escape on their own, or from lack of food and water. Maybe they are out of light and can't find their way to the microphone. Or maybe they are dillusional and don't understand what the hole is for. Or maybe they are too injured to move towards the microphone. The other thing I wonder is how straight did they drill to hit the chamber. Don't drill wander off quite a bit, especially over 1,000 feet? Since they don't have a radio location device in the mine, I don't see how the rescuers can claim any accuracy of hitting the chamber. Am I missing something? I hope the miners are found alive and well. But I can't stop thinking about the movie, "The Cave," where the miners were trapped for so long that they became troglobitic. David Locklear --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
