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Thai soccer players still stuck in cave since June 23rd
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In Memoriam   Location: Mukilteoish Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2011 Posts: 11589 
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I'm all for team sports but when asked if I wanted to climb 3 miles into a cave that regularly filled with water, think I would have to say 'no thanks coach, I'll work on my homework'
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/06/asia/tha ... index.html Thai officials ruled out any immediate attempts to evacuate 12 football players and their coach trapped deep inside a system of caves in northern Thailand on Saturday despite concerns over low oxygen levels underground and poor weather forecasts. "No, not today," Narongsak Osottanakorn, the governor of Chiang Rai province, said after being pressed by reporters on rescue efforts. Officials are considering a rescue plan involving a "buddy dive" -- where an experienced adult diver would swim with each boy -- to evacuate the team members, according to a US official familiar with the joint rescue operation. Thai divers would lead the mission and US divers would preposition oxygen tanks, the US official said. The rescue team also includes divers and workers from Australia, the United Kingdom, and other parts of Europe and Asia. _________________ NRA Endowment Member. How did they know my member was well endowed? |
| Sat Jul 07, 2018 2:36 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Nova Laboratories Joined: Tue Oct 25, 2011 Posts: 19173 Real Name: Johnny 5
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A former Thai special forces member, who volunteered to take them air tanks, died, when he failed to leave enough air for himself to escape.. :/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/th ... story.html Attachment: images (1).jpg 'Hero' knows no borders... You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. _________________ NO DISASSEMBLE! Thomas Paine wrote: "He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." |
| Sat Jul 07, 2018 2:42 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: King County Joined: Thu Oct 16, 2014 Posts: 4012
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Guntrader wrote: I'm all for team sports but when asked if I wanted to climb 3 miles into a cave that regularly filled with water, think I would have to say 'no thanks coach, I'll work on my homework' When I heard about it I figured 100 yards, just poke your head inside and see what's up. Oh, they went 5km inside? hahahaha Darwin is their best friend. |
| Sun Jul 08, 2018 6:59 am |
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In Memoriam Location: Mukilteoish Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2011 Posts: 11589
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4 boys rescued so far, took 2 divers per boy 7 hours to get them out. Going back for more soon.
They should leave the coach in there for coming up with this stupid idea. "Hey, lets wait until monsoon season and travel 3 miles into a cave that floods when it rains" https://nypost.com/2018/07/08/first-boy ... -thailand/ _________________ NRA Endowment Member. How did they know my member was well endowed? |
| Sun Jul 08, 2018 9:46 am |
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 Site Supporter  Location: Faxon, OK Joined: Sat Mar 19, 2011 Posts: 18059 Real Name: Chuck
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SCI channel showing documentary already.
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| Sat Jul 14, 2018 6:18 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Bellevue Joined: Tue Aug 6, 2013 Posts: 4895 Real Name: Jennifer
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Elon Musk sure is unhappy that the Thai government dismissed his plan to send a "kid sized" submarine into the cave. Called one of the rescuers, Vern Unsworth, an expat Brit living in Thailand and an expert cave diver, "pedo guy" in a now-deleted Twitter rant.
 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 48366.html Given that the boys were given anti-anxiety medication by a Thai Navy Seal physician--who was, incidentally, the last to leave the cave--and were apparently carried on litters through much of the cave, I'm guessing that even if Mr. Musk's invention had been practical, it still wouldn't have been as safe as the actual rescue plan that actually rescued the boys and their coach. Even light conscious sedation, in the pediatric setting, requires medical monitoring. Elon Musk owes that particular diver and by extension, all of the divers and the thousands of first responders and volunteers who mobilised to support the dive team, an apology. _________________ "The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." ~ Samuel Adams "If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." ~Tenzin Gyatso, aka His Holiness the Dalai Lama "We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves." ~ Romans 15:1 "Ils Ont Les Armes, On Les Emmerde, On A Le Champagne!"~Charlie Hebdo, November 2015 |
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