Posted on 07/08/2018 11:36:04 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant
The first four boys who were trapped in the cave in Thailand have been rescued and are in "perfect" health.
The boys had to travel about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) with oxygen tanks, tethered to cave divers to exit. About 0.6 miles (1 kilometer) of the journey was underwater, where everyone had to wear full face masks.
Reports emerged that the trapped boys did not know how to swim. Swim lessons are rare in Thailand, where the leading cause of death for children under 15 is drowning. Over the past few days, the boys were given lessons in swimming and diving before they started their journey out of the cave.
Experienced cave divers have noted how difficult the dive in Thang Luam Cave is. In addition to having no experience diving, the boys have mostly been without food and medicine for two weeks in tight quarters where oxygen is limited.
On Friday, officials warned that oxygen levels in the cave dropped from 21% to 15%, further complicating rescue efforts. A Thai Navy SEAL commander told reporters he believed there was "a limited amount of time" left to rescue the soccer team.
How they got out For the first four rescues, two divers accompanied each boy, one from the side and one from behind. They made their way back to the entrance of the cave guided by a 3 mile rope. In total, 13 foreign cave divers and five Thai Navy SEAL divers participated in Sunday's rescue, according to Reuters.
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That’s what I want to know. Did the water level rise after they got there.
1) why arent they pumping fresh air into chamber? Im sure they can find a way to make 2 mile tube
..and also put in an exhaust tube...so.that when fresh air comes in out goes the air with c02 in it..
2) how is musk submarine gonna traverse tortuous passages and who carries it over wet but unflooded areas?
All reasonable answers are appreciated.
Yep.
“How is musk submarine gonna traverse tortuous passages and who carries it over wet but unflooded areas?”
English not your first language?
Funnier:
Not your first language English is?
I am watching the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhifWXoW8g8
He is following a report that the second day rescue (may) be about to emerge from the cave, but the information is not real clear yet. There have been ambulances sent to the cave complex (four I believe) and recently a helicopter.
Here is another link, just Thai language, both of those are live links.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIsh7TcjGFk
CNN is saying operation has resumed for the day, according to the first link.
For what it’s worth.
Born in New York city....so yes, English is not my first language. Ya know what I mean? Yeah...uv course ya do.
Dumba## coach.
Thank you for the post. Illuminates how small some of the areas that have to be traversed are. It’s very fortunate that the lost party was found.
It's not, since it's not there and the kids will be out by the time he sends anything there. But, he has a huge team working Social Media making folks think he had something to do with the rescue... guess he's running for president or something.
From the overhead view posted...it is obvious the “sub” is gonna be too large...you’re right...publicity stunt....surprising, cuz Musk has enough going on that he doesn’t need it...
Oh that’s a great map.
I got claustrophobic just looking at some of the moderate spaces they had to crawl through. The smallest ones i just would not have gone into for love or money.
British divers found them but we, America, had over a thousand personnel of all kinds there helping. And the Thai government asked us for the help.
Good lord...I thought it was just a couple hundred yards like from my back porch to my barn I told my wife just tonight
That’s a long swim underwater...for non professionals
A kilometer underwater and another two miles needing bottled air
Too soon. I think they went in at about 2 am EDT. They should arrive at the boys location before 6 am. Then have to come back.
On Friday, officials warned that oxygen levels in the cave dropped from 21% to 15%, further complicating rescue efforts. A Thai Navy SEAL commander told reporters he believed there was “a limited amount of time” left to rescue the soccer team.
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First I heard of that. So they had no choice but to get them out.
The article says yes it did
I realize I broke freeper tradition......I read the article
I’m poking at you ....we all do it ...myself included
I’m guessing maybe five percent read past the excerpt here...and again that includes moi
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