I agree that lightning has to be a frickin one in a billion thing, but what could have caused the explosion of this type. If it was behind a sealed/abandoned area, it would not have been the fault of the owners, or the fire boss would it? How was anyone to know that anything other than black dant(or whatever it is called) would have been behind that wall?

I normally do not stand behind the corporate man, but I think this company should come out a little cleaner than what most would in this situation.

They didn't truly add to the media mess, and confusion. Yes, they should have went to the church about 1 AM to say wait we have other information we are trying to determine, but at least they were trying to wait until they got the facts one way or the other.

I would doubt that there is a mine anywhere with a perfect record of inspection. We would have to close down the entire coal industry to work in those of perfect working conditions. Of course we do not know how severe those violations were either.