As if life in West Virginia is not difficult enough:

Thirteen coal miners are trapped following an explosion in a mine shaft in the US state of West Virginia.

The blast happened about one mile (1.6km) underground at the Sago Mine in Buckhannon shortly after 0800 (1300 GMT), local officials said.
Rescuers who moved in to try to pull the miners to safety were forced to abandon their effort after finding no way to reach the group.
Six other men were reported to have escaped from the mine unharmed.
A senior emergency management official in Upshur County, West Virginia, said that immediate rescue efforts had "hit a wall".
Specialist mine rescue workers were being scrambled and sent to the scene of the blast.
Terry Farley, of the state Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training, told the Associated Press news agency that there was no immediate explanation for the blast.
The Sago Mine is located in north-western Virginia, some about 100 miles (160km) away from the state capital, Charleston.