Note that I live in a time zone four hours different from most of you. Which is why I titled the thread as I did. Thank you for changing it. As katlaughing said, the early word - and for several hours - was that they were alive. During Jay Leno's show there was a news break correcting the story.

The time given in each individual post is misleading. I actually started this thread a little after 8:00 PM my time.

In any case, it is horrendous. Jacqui, Miners' Lullaby keeps running through my head.