GreyhoundsAreFast
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"A rescue diver says the easiest way to get the Thai soccer team out of the cave is to drug them"
Kinda hard to keep a regulator in your mouth when you're drugged, right?
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"A rescue diver says the easiest way to get the Thai soccer team out of the cave is to drug them"
I'm curious which order they will take the boys + coach out.
"A rescue diver says the easiest way to get the Thai soccer team out of the cave is to drug them"
A rescue diver says the easiest way to get the Thai soccer team out of the cave is to drug them
I came across this article today.
Kinda hard to keep a regulator in your mouth when you're drugged, right?
That's why they choose FFM, but how about the ear drums at depth?
Is it possible that they are considering ruptured ear drums preferable to death?How do you equalize your ears when you are drugged up & dragged down to 90 feet deep?
Do not underestimate the technology and expertise Musk can bring to the think tank. Diving is not the bit he is interested, he is an innovator and problem solver. That could be usefull with the predicament they currently face.A wonderful gesture on Elon's part but............................a herculean (almost imposible) task whichever way you look at it, especially given that time is now of the essence.
And with all due respect, non cavers / non cave divers just don't seem to get it, that is the conditions and the complexity of what the rescuers are up against 'down there'. Undestandable though, as they have nothing in their life experience 'vocabulary' shall we say to relate it to. The devil is in the details (amongst numerous other things going on there).
However, on that note, I think we may find that the rescuers are forced to use what most people would / will find unconventional methods - that at this time pre final rescue attempt are not worth debating / wasting bandwith on before the fact - to 'swim' them out. Lets see how the cookie crumbles though, but it now appears what was first looked upon as the last resort (i. e. 'swim' them out) may now be the only option (whilst, as I imply, possibly using 'unconventual' methods for the swim part). Lets see - and hope for the very best.
If they can complete this whole ordeal with 'only' the one death (may he RIP) then it will be a miracle. But miracles, or what by many are looked up as miracles, do happen! Seen 'em myself, and I am not what you would call a 'religous' man. So here's hoping.
Having sharply pain in the ears & not being able to relieve them would create panic situation. I would think, teaching the boys how to equalize with FFM would be one of the first things the rescue divers teach them, besides being calm & getting used to be in zero visibility.
They don't need to know how to swim as the rescue divers plan to tow them out. May be they would learn how to communicate by arm squeezing or tapping or whatever signal they would use in zero visibility condition.