I don't know if any of you have been following the news, but in Chile a gold and copper mine collapsed trapping 33 miners who survived by spreading 2 days of rations over 17 days. Untill the 17th day the authorities thought that all the men had died, and even though they've found them they won't be able to drill a whole wide enough to get them out until possibly december, due to the fragility of the ground around what's left of the mine shaft. However they are sending food down.
meanwhile you have 33 men who've been trapped in a very poorly lit underground area for 17 days and may be down there for another 4 months. It's almost 100% certain that more then one of them will be trying to get their rocks off.
I think if someone were to write a story based off this it'd be good. You can read an article here
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/24/MN6Q1F2P90.DTL
and just google for more info if you want.
meanwhile you have 33 men who've been trapped in a very poorly lit underground area for 17 days and may be down there for another 4 months. It's almost 100% certain that more then one of them will be trying to get their rocks off.
I think if someone were to write a story based off this it'd be good. You can read an article here
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/24/MN6Q1F2P90.DTL
and just google for more info if you want.
Good one!
