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[cory]

I heard a report that drilling a hole is not a great option cuz unless they have near exact coordinates of where the boys are, drilling a well placed hole is a total crap shoot.

 

[MasterBlaster]

You'd think a diver could bring a GPS locator gizmo down there and they just drill towards the signal. Hell, that's how they do it on jack-up rigs offshore.

 

[FireFighterZero]

I think about the job they did with those miners.

This diving thing sounds VERY risky.

 

[pantheraba]

About 2000 feet of drilling in what I read. That's a lot of dirt blocking a GPS signal. My handheld Garmin loses the signal in heavy tree cover.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I say wait. Send them all the shit they possible could via diver, and just begin the long wait. Better than being dead. They'll all probably become rich after all of this, anyway... or not. At the very least they'll still be alive.

 

[pantheraba]

Something seems to have changed:

From CNN: 9:29 a.m. ET, July 3, 2018
Rescue teams could start trying to get the boys out as soon as tonight
It's just after 8 p.m. in Thailand's Chiang Rai Province, and officials tell CNN that they could start rescuing the boys and their coach as soon as tonight.

"We heard from the deputy governor of Chiang Rai here, and he said that if they can, if it's appropriate and if ? if it's not going to risk the boys' safety, they will get them out tonight. They will at least start getting them out tonight," CNN's Anna Coren reports.

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1014125938307559424

 

[squisher]

I read that there are heavy rains coming in the next few days, so maybe that's prompting them to act ahead of time.

 

[stig]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/books/laura-ingalls-wilder-book-award.html

Are you guys trying to compete with Sweden in political correctness

 

[BlackSmith]

The minority’s pursuit of political correctness in the US is hysterical Stig.

 

[squisher]

You insensitive bastads. . Someone needs to pay!

 

[Altissimus]

Stokes Litter even with redundant air isn't gonna cut it there ... Good way to lose the patient

 

[pantheraba]

It sounds like the passageways are too narrow for a litter. They have got a really bad situation there.

 

[squisher]

I heard that it sounds like they might make an attempt to swim/dive out based on mega rains coming by Saturday. Read that all the gear was prepped and being sent in today and that some 'leader' was asking for an assessment of the kids abilities/training and the plan would be to start with the youngsters that had shown the greatest adeptness so far.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Just saw this on the news - dayum!

 

[pantheraba]

Whoa...green, too. Great reactions by both...wonder if he is in trouble for not grabbing her though??

 

[MasterBlaster]

The rest of the story.

 

[cory]

Great story but how did the lions not get shot by poachers?

 

[MasterBlaster]

I'm guessing they were surprised and overrun. They coulda been camping, they had the gear... maybe it was at night.

 

[cory]

Yeah makes sense.

I read very recently that one outfit is training a fleet of dogs to track (and probably disable) poachers. That sounds like it could be an extremely effective tool.

Dogs are so dang awesome

https://www.apnews.com/a223553a7b874868846971f5f402e096

https://video.nationalgeographic.co...se/meet-the-dog-trained-to-take-down-poachers

 

[MasterBlaster]

They need a BUNCH of Diegos!!!

 

[Steve Mack]

The minority?s pursuit of political correctness in the US is hysterical Stig.

It's getting that way here as well.

 

[BlackSmith]

The only mental illness that I know of to be contagious..

 

[Fiddler]

Six boys now above ground


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44757804

 

[squisher]

Cool. I'd heard that they started.

 

[FireFighterZero]

F'ing A.