All mines closed by governor in West Virginia today!

[~Z~]

Governor orders all mines in West Virginia to shut down after 2 more miners die in separate accidents.

Who thinks this'll affect some coal production and transport.....

http://hosted.ap.org//dynamic//stories/ ... 2-14-52-18

[sd70accsxt700]

Lets see that will last a whole 10 minuets, until he sees how much money his state is loosing.

[Scooterb]

I wonder if he can legally do that?

[MMRR-24]

From my point of view, that was not a very good idea. Coal is the main industry and TAX PAYER in the area.

[Railzfan]

That’s just plain stupid! What is closing down the mines going to change?

[patrick]

Let me stop all of you and remind you all that several mine accidents have happened in that state in the past 4 weeks and several people have been hurt and or killed. I think its a great idea and agree the mining saftey rules and such nedd to be reworked. Canada had a mining accident last week and every person walked out fine because they were prepared for it.

[MMRR-24]

I am not going get political on this; I want to though.

[MMRR-24]

But do you all know what those guys get paid? $75,000 a year with a lot of benifits. It is a dangerous job, the people who are hired know (should know) that, it is the risk they took.
NOT POLITICAL

[PAT.C]

THE GUV HAS THE POWER TO SHUT THE MINES. AFTER 12 OR 13 DEATHS RECENTLY,IT IS A SMART THING TO DO. ALL MINES WILL UNDERGO A MANDATORY SAFETY INSPECTION AND REVIEW OF SAFETY PROCEDURES. HOPEFULLY IT WILL SAVE LIVES IN THE FUTURE.

[patrick]

I am not going get political on this; I want to though.

Let me just quicky remind you... your wayyy too young to get political and know enough about what your talking about. Nuff said.. i will end it there.

[Scooterb]

1. Do we feel good.

"The whole thing took only about 25 minutes, and then they told us to go back to work,"

Its called a safety meeting. Should be done regularly.


2. You know nothing substantial will be done. MONEY TALKS

Coal provides nearly 60 percent of West Virginia's business taxes.

See 2. Money talks.
"It's certainly true that if MSHA (the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration) were enforcing the laws and regulations on the books vigorously, we believe coal mines would be a lot safer than they are now."


MMRR-24 probably knows more about politics than alot of people on this board does. If I remember right he is planning on a future in it