Thailand - FOUND ALIVE - Officials Believe 12 Boys And Coach Trapped In Cave , 23 June 2018

[zencompass]

"Poonsak Woongsatngiem, a rescue official with Thailand’s interior ministry, told the Guardian the water had been reduced by 40% in the past few days, clearing a 1.5km stretch of dark, jagged and muddy cave channels that the boys would need to traverse."

"The focus of Thursday’s operations is a third major basin along the route where water still reaches to the ceiling."

"Clearing the third basin would leave another 2.5km of path to the boys, whose ages range from 11 to 16. A Chinese diver at the site, Wang Ying Jie, said about half that remaining path would be walkable in the right conditions; the maximum water depth they would need to cross is about six metres."

"Wang said most of the boys remained in good health but three had intestinal issues and were in some pain."

"Officials were also scouring the jungle above the complex to find new openings that could be drilled to extract the boys more easily. The children were breathing, he said, so there was very likely a shaft somewhere to the top.“We have around 20 to 30 teams surveying on top to find the closest and most precise spot,” he said."

Thai cave rescue: army drains site in bid to free boys before monsoon

I bolded the sentence which is so hopeful! They made progress already!

 

[Hazelnutty]

Praying!

 

[Amonet]

I'm with you-- I feel any and all of the rescuers would be loathe to leave these boys. But it worries me that they may have to pull rescuers out. Sometimes that happens. No one wants additional casualties, and the types of rescuers they seem to have need of here are highly skilled, multi-faceted sorts of people. (e.g. trained medics who are also spelunkers, who are also expert cave divers.) Hard to find anyone to fill those shoes. (Or fins, as it were. )

Given that there was an earlier suggestion of taking 4 months of food down to the boys and two medic Seals staying with them...at the point they made the decision to leave them there they would have had to evacuate everyone else from the cave system.

I don't know, but they might have less highly trained divers in the early sections of the caves who are there for support in the dry areas, and if those areas are at risk of flooding, then those people would have to be evacuated.

 

[zencompass]

The deep compassion and absolute commitment to bring those boys out safely shows such great faith in humanity!

 

[Bravo]

The deep compassion and absolute commitment to bring those boys out safely shows such great faith in humanity!

Yes and the way countries have pulled together. I wish it was this way all of the time. Another conversation for another time. Also wanted to add Zen your posts are always so kind and compassionate. I can tell you have a very big heart.

 

[zencompass]

Thank you Bravo. You are so kind. We are all so much alike on this site.

The reason Websleuths is my go-to whenever any tragedy occurs, is that everyone on here feels the same way I do. Everyone's compassion and caring is visceral and evident in the posts I find so moving.

I always find great comfort during tragic times when I am on this site because I feel the deep compassion and genuine humanity from all of you.

Namaste,

 

[enelram]

"The Boys Could Walk Out By Saturday"- update here-
and Coach was a Buddhist Monk for 10 years prior-

Latest as Thai cave rescuers face 'race against time' to free boys

 

[Elainera]

I never dreamt I'd be praying for pumps. But there you have it!

I hope they've solved the issue of getting more power/electricity for more pumps. Maybe they have.

I hope they bring in lots of generators, if they haven't already. Monsoon rains are notorious for collapsing the normal power supply.

 

[Bravo]

I know there is a weather link here somewhere but anyone know off hand when exactly they expect the rain on Saturday? TIA

 

[enelram]

I know there is a weather link here somewhere but anyone know off hand when exactly they expect the rain on Saturday? TIA

Can't answer your question exactly but something I read this AM
that maybe isn't know is that there has been considerable rain this
week- Wed-Thurs.- that really didn't make the news. Could be the reason that one chamber re-filled after it was being pumped out.
Turning off pumps overnight while raining probably helped to
cause this.
Remember earlier in the week they predicted rains on Wed.?
Well it seems they did get additional rains on Wed. but it just wasn't reported.

 

[*Verdigris]

I know there is a weather link here somewhere but anyone know off hand when exactly they expect the rain on Saturday? TIA

...didn't know off-hand, but I looked it up.

Forecast for now is showers starting 07:00 Sat
so already in the morning

Mae Sai Hourly Weather - AccuWeather Forecast for Chiang Rai Thailand

 

[Bravo]

...didn't know off-hand, but I looked it up.

Forcast for now is showers starting 07:00 Sat
so already in the morning

Mae Sai Hourly Weather - AccuWeather Forecast for Chiang Rai Thailand

Thanks so much for looking it up. So they basically have overnight and part Friday to get that water level down.

 

[Elainera]

...didn't know off-hand, but I looked it up.

Forcast for now is showers starting 07:00 Sat
so already in the morning

Mae Sai Hourly Weather - AccuWeather Forecast for Chiang Rai Thailand

From my experience accuweather is very unreliable, especially with timing of rain.

 

[*Verdigris]

Thanks so much for looking it up. So they basically have overnight and part Friday to get that water level down.

And let's hope the forecast is wrong, and the rain will start much later...!

 

[Bravo]

I checked the weather link and states showers Sat. but drenching rains Sunday. So with luck weather will be just that and buy them a bit more pumping time.

 

[Elainera]

Can't answer your question exactly but something I read this AM
that maybe isn't know is that there has been considerable rain this
week- Wed-Thurs.- that really didn't make the news. Could be the reason that one chamber re-filled after it was being pumped out.
Turning off pumps overnight while raining probably helped to
cause this.
Remember earlier in the week they predicted rains on Wed.?
Well it seems they did get additional rains on Wed. but it just wasn't reported.

They turned off the pumps overnight? I did not see this reported. All of them (said to be about 100 pumps now)?

 

[*Verdigris]

From my experience accuweather is very unreliable, especially with timing of rain.

LOL... just wrote the same thing! hahaha

 

[enelram]

They turned off the pumps overnight? I did not see this reported. All of them (said to be about 100 pumps now)?

Yes, I re-read it also- sorry I didn't save the link.

 

[*Verdigris]

I love this post!!!!

Thank you, Amonet! Made me smile! ...

 

[*Verdigris]

So, is it absolutely decided then, that there's definitely nothing like a diving sack/cocoon that they can be put in, and pulled through, in case the most narrow parts don't get fully pumped out?