Kids stuck in cave may have to wait until October to get out.

[BustaCapp]

Imagine being stuck 3 miles underground, pitch black, trapped by water and passages small enough for only 1 person to squeeze through?

I cannot imagine the world of anxiety I would be experiencing.

The teacher who led them down there could possibly hold the world potato record.

Two doctors volunteer to STAY with children trapped in Thai cave for FOUR MONTHS if floodwaters cut them off and make rescue attempts impossible, as divers prepare to take pork and rice to survivors
• Twelve Thai boys aged 11-16 and football coach were lost in Thamg Luang cave in Chiang Rai for nine days
• All of the group were miraculously found starving but alive by two British volunteer cave divers on Monday
• Family members who feared their kids were dead rejoiced as they heard confirmation they'd been found alive
• Experts said boys may have to wait for months for water levels to subside because they can't swim or dive
• But there are fears of rain fall in the coming days meaning they may have to learn to dive and swim through narrow gaps themselves

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-rainfall.html

[cobhc]

1. Why are parents letting some child predator take their children spelunking?
2. This is why Americans don't play soccer.

[eXistenceLies]

Can you imagine the panic if the rain waters completely drown them out?

[DesiredUserphag]

ban caves

[Postmort3m]

Humans do some really stupid sh*t sometimes

[sg1976]

Humans do some really stupid sh*t sometimes

Lol.

Rain season starts today
"Hey let's go inside the cave that floods, I'm sure we can beat the coming rain and flood waters"
"Oh hey it must not have started raining yet, lets go another mile deeper into the cave!"
"Help!!!"

[ManletKing09]

Jesus christ OP where have you been? Long time...

[NukYavlen]

Why anyone would go 1 mile deep in a cave is beyond me.
Play stupid games...
Hopefully they rescue them.

[backmarker]

I may be stateing the obvious. But why not pump water out?
Digging could potentially cause a collapse.

[SeymourGains]

Simpsons already did it

[Howiester]

Dumb cavecels

[NukYavlen]

I may be stateing the obvious. But why not pump water out?
Digging could potentially cause a collapse.

They already are. 10k litres per hour but it only lowers water level by 1cm / hour.
They are expecting heavy rain too.

[doughnutking]

I'd imagine most if not all of these kids are good swimmers.

You also have to love Thai people and their positive outlook. The kids still smiling after being stuck in the dark for 9 days starving, lol at the cheeky lil ******* in the middle with the torch.

[7rmr]

Dailymail gonna Dailymail. That is the worst case option being floated at the moment.

Alternatively they could teach the kids how to use a scuba tank and then guide them back out the cave. I know a couple other options were put forward as well.

Very exciting they were all found alive, but looks like it's still a long road ahead.

[Muzzlrpress]

Sucks man. They're just kids.

[NasStan]

I agree it was potato to go in there in the first place due to the likelihood of rain but the only reason they've ended up so deep into the cave is that they had to go further in to get to higher ground when the water started rising.

I'd imagine most if not all of these kids are good swimmers.

You also have to love Thai people and their positive outlook. The kids still smiling after being stuck in the dark for 9 days starving, lol at the cheeky lil ******* in the middle with the torch.

Rescuers are considering how best to bring to safety a group of boys trapped in a flooded cave network in northern Thailand.

The 12 boys and their football coach were discovered alive on Monday.

Divers reached them nine days after they entered the caves and became trapped by rising waters caused by heavy rainfall.

More heavy rain could see water levels rise and threaten the air pocket where the group has taken refuge.

Attempts are being made to reduce the risk of this by pumping water from the underground system.

Professional divers are battling the difficult conditions to bring food and medicines to them, highlighting the complicated nature of any rescue.

A phone line is being installed so the boys can talk to their families.

Earlier, the Thai military said the boys would need to learn to dive - or wait months for flooding to recede before they could get out of the caves.

Food would need to be sent in for the next four months if the scuba-diving option was ruled out, the military added.

It is believed that most of the group cannot swim, complicating what would already be a difficult rescue.

The Thai authorities have appealed for donations of full-face scuba diving masks small enough to fit the boys in order to reduce the risk of their breathing apparatus coming loose as they travel through flooded passageways.

The group is also in a weak state after days without food.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44692813

[LordBroly]

emotional roller-coaster for the parents. They just found now they're told they can't come home for four months? I hope they all make it home safely

[MiscInformed]

<-- * never going into a cave with a povertyball coach crew *

[doughnutking]

So what is the story with the first divers who reached them being British? Do the Thai's not have rescue teams good enough to dive in these caves?

[Legz422]

JFC! What kind of idiot is that coach?! If one of them were my son and he made it out alive I'd prob kill him. lol

I really hope every one of those boys make it out alive. So terrifying for them and their parents.

<-- * never going into a cave with a povertyball coach crew *

Situation is not funny but I did laugh at this.

[cobhc]

I really hope every one of those ladyboys make it out alive. So terrifying for them and their parents.

The setting is Thailand so I had to FTFY.

[TheBrentmeister]

So what is the story with the first divers who reached them being British? Do the Thai's not have rescue teams good enough to dive in these caves?

Probably not as good. When times get tough, the big nations step in

[NasStan]

So what is the story with the first divers who reached them being British? Do the Thai's not have rescue teams good enough to dive in these caves?

I think there's just various routes you can take in the cave so they had to look in all directions, so needed more divers

There were teams from all over the world helping to look, including Australia and the US.

[jeshelton]

Poor kids. They should rescue all of the kids and leave the coach down there.

[PowerRanger]

Everytime a cave thread is posted on the misc it reminds me of the nutty putty cave death

fuk caves srs

[menseks]

i'm all for doing cool things, but fukk spelunking.


https://i.imgur.com/cxEkp1O.jpg

[SerbianSickKant]

why not give them air tanks and they grab onto pro divers and they take them out?

[devin45k]

Couldn't imagine having to smell other people's chit nuggets for months on end.

[Voidgaze]

Everytime a cave thread is posted on the misc it reminds me of the nutty putty cave death

fuk caves srs

That was a very depressing story. Fuking sucks to go out like that.

[umop3pisdn]

Reminds me of this