Rescue underway to save 2 men trapped inside Arkansas grain bin.

Never good.

Hope it goes well but these situations usually don't.

How the heck did he get all the way to the door? I don't know much about these things but do they keep em full? The pressure on their bodies at the bottom has to be intense

Throw in some water, sugar, and yeast, check back in a couple months and they'll have staggered out







Seriously though, hope all comes out good.

What a way to go

And my husband says I shouldn't worry ... we've got some huge arse rice bins and I used to worry when my kids were little that they'd find a way in and fall through the rice.

At least with ours (I guess there could be different types) grain goes up an elevator and into the bins from the top. There is/are door/doors that can be opened but they're of course on the bottom. Rice packs pretty solidly -- I don't know how they'd fall through the rice unless perhaps there was a void?? My husband and his crew stand on TOP of the rice to level the rice so that it doesn't "stack burn".

Then when you want to empty the bin, I believe they use the elevator in the opposite direction to get the rice out of the bins and through the chute into the trucks to take to the mill or barge or whatever.

Not in ours I don't think -- unless somehow there is a void/air pocket. Husband stands on top and levels the rice after a days harvest.

eta: Yes there are access doors at the top typically for ventilation but again, if it's rice it should be pretty firm from what I gather from my husband.