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I heard that when the first rescuer descended, he was shocked at how hot it was.
104 degrees F. & very humid.

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I suppose one adapts a little bit to a certain extent to working in these conditions.
I've lived & worked in scorching dry deserts & southern humid swampy areas,
but the being 'underground' idea, freaks me & many others I imagine.

My claustrophobia is due to an elder sociopath cousin who thought it fun to pin me down
in a sleeping bag while pumping hot air into the bag with his mother's hair dryer hose..
But I digress.

You sharing your experiences & knowledge, are welcome. Thank you.

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And also the West didnt care very much about Ethiopia kicking the shit out the Islamic government of Somalia and then moan about the pirates... and to be honest you might also note that not many Pakistani or Saudi kids went and died fighting Ethiopia either.

We could all trot out the example of the massacre of the Polish village that the Nazi's were initially charged with at Nurembourg, until they found out that actually the Russians levelled the village - so they just forgot about it.

But all of these things dont change the central point to me

The fact that there is so much bad news in the world doesnt change the fact that we can enjoy good news.

Sadly, people being killed in mines is not especially rare. People being pulled out from 700 metres underground is - and thats why the Chilean story was news.