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07-05-2020, 10:47 AM
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More Than 160 Killed in Jade Mine Landslide
A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has killed at least 162 people and wounded another 54, officials say, in one of the worst-ever accidents to hit the treacherous industry. The incident took place early on Thursday in the jade-rich Hpakant area of Kachin state after a bout of heavy rainfall. The jade miners were smothered by a wave of mud. Maung Khaing, a 38-year-old miner from the area, said he saw a towering pile of waste that looked on the verge of collapse and was about to take a picture when people began shouting "run, run!" "Within a minute, all the people at the bottom [of the hill] just disappeared," he told. A member of a local civil society group helping in the aftermath of the disaster, said those killed were informal workers scavenging the waste left by a larger mining company. "There's no hope for the families to get compensation as they were freelance miners," she said. "I don't see any route to escape this kind of cycle. People take risks, go into landfills, as they have no choice." |
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07-05-2020, 12:46 PM
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Re: More Than 160 Killed in Jade Mine Landslide
Looks like a lake higher up burst through. Scary shit. Kudos to the cameraman, in the second clip, still videoing when everybody else was fleeing.  |
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07-05-2020, 01:35 PM
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Re: More Than 160 Killed in Jade Mine Landslide
Reminds me of that dogshit movie 2012 when the remaining retards of the human species, John Cussack & co end up in the Himalayas riding tidal waves.  |
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07-05-2020, 08:14 PM
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| My Rank: SERGEANT MAJOR Poster Rank:300 Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which is why several of us died of tuberculosis Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4,272 Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Quoted: 1434 Post(s)
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Re: More Than 160 Killed in Jade Mine Landslide
"There's no hope for the families to get compensation as they were freelance miners," she said. "I don't see any route to escape this kind of cycle. People take risks, go into landfills, as they have no choice." The last time there were freelanced minors, the families got all kinds of compensation....Michael Jackson attorney. |
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07-05-2020, 10:19 PM
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Re: More Than 160 Killed in Jade Mine Landslide
Sucks for the people that died, but holy shit that was awesome. Its kind of easy to forget the power of mother earth.
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07-05-2020, 11:08 PM
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Re: More Than 160 Killed in Jade Mine Landslide
There are people who pay good money for a mud bath. These folks got a free one and all they do is complain.  |
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07-08-2020, 11:30 AM
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Re: More Than 160 Killed in Jade Mine Landslide
The power of the landslide blew the clothes off them. If only I could have that power...
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07-08-2020, 10:12 PM
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| ♚ Legacy Gold Member ♚ Poster Rank:93 Male Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 16,988 Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Quoted: 4657 Post(s)
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Re: More Than 160 Killed in Jade Mine Landslide
Well, for the chicks, at least. I really don't want to look at hairy backsides.
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