THE VAUGHNS: MINING ACCIDENT IN WEST VIRGINIA

In case you didn't know, Yesterday around 3pm, there was a mining accident in a West Virginia coal mine. There are currently 25 miners found deceased, and still hope to find more alive in a safety chamber underground.

This is not the mine Andy works at, but it really hits home when you are in the mining industry. We all know how hard it is to live in the mining industry, and dread to hear the news of a mining accident. Every night, I think about it, and just wait until he returns home from work. If he is even minutes late, I start to worry. To me...a mining accident is worse than hurricane Katrina, or a tsunami hitting. Even though they are all tragic events, a little piece of me gets saddened for every single family impacted by these mining accident.

Pray for the Mine Rescue teams that are going underground to rescue missing miners. That they will be safe and be able to use there training. This is what Andy does. He is the Captain of one of the Mine Rescue Teams here in Juneau. I know all too well the pressure and the training these men go through to be part of this volunteer team.

The Mine Rescue Team plays a very important role in Mining.

A Rescue team in a mine rescue can only be underground for 2 hours. At that point they are replaced by another team. Last I heard, there were 9 teams for the West Virginia coal mine accident.