Rescuers rush to reach 11 trapped in China coal mine

11 miners were trapped in a coal mine explosion; relatives and friends are standing by, hoping for the safe return of their companions. It has been confirmed that 5 more people have died by Sunday, increasing the death toll to 26. This has come in unexpectedly just shortly after the similar Chiliean mining incident. The world is still celebrating the safe return of 33 miners in Chile, but I'm sure that they will deal with this cautiously like the previous incident. I'd say that China's mining industry is the most dangerous in the world because a similar event occured at the same mine last year and killed 23. Thousands of miners were killed last year and leaders are trying to improve mining safety.

China is the largest producer and consumer of coal. The Chinese produce about 40% of all the coal in our entire world. Their vast reserves will last for another 48 years and some coal reserves are yet to be developed. Mining in China is said to be the world's deadliest because of their worst safety record. Most of the accessible coal is in northern China opposed to the south where it is polluted by sulphur and ash, making it unusable for most things.

Tommorow is quiz day for math and presentation day for our Igbo project. I'm researching religion for our group presentation and I was not suprised at how accurate Chinua Achebe depicts the Igbo in Things Fall Apart. The life of an Igbo was heavily centered on religion. There are many gods in Igbo culture. There was a god of the sky, a god of the earth, water, etc. Their supreme deity, the god of all gods in Igbo religion was called Chukwu. Sacrifices were made to please the gods.