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Originally Posted by silent_jay
Exactly SF, for someone to say 'These guys did what they did to survive a few weeks with no sunlight', or to not think this is a story of 'miraculous survival' tells me some people have no idea what conditions underground are like.
The air sucks and I was in one with the ventilation system working properly, I couldn't imagine one with no working ventilation as these men went through. It's hot and humid down there, which makes it hard to breath, it's like you're in the bathroom with the shower running hot water and your breathing in the steam, the air is constantly moist, and heavy, doing any work, even walking to try and move around sucks and is extremely draining, not to mention the lung and breathing problem they will probably develop from the air they were breathing, just seems some people have no idea what it's like down there, and they think it was like being at summer camp or something once they were found to be alive.
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how's it a miraculous survival? this miracle didnt happen just once or twice, it happened 33 times. no one got physically hurt, everyone stayed sane, they all had a shave before they came up, they had access to news, they had cameras down there and were communicating with their families etc. it seems like the only thing they didnt have was sunlight. and you dont really need that for survival.
water - check
food - check
oxygen - check
clothes - check
medication - check
everything else is an extra when it comes to essential human survival
sure, ive never been in a mine, and no i dont know what kind of conditions its like down there, not do i want to be, but judging by the % rate of survival, it think it's safe to say it couldnt have been dire. i have no idea what sort of ventilation they had in there, but its obvious that it couldnt have been extremely bad if 33 guys spent 70 odd days down there.
again, im glad they made it out alive, but top ranking news it aint.