The whole mountain is porous rock. So yes, it was dry when they went in and it started storming, trapping them and forcing them further and further back. Whether they should have been in there is a different story. At least the kids werent glued to their phones and actually left their home.
Is there an underground cave restaurant that I’m unaware of? Did the rescue divers bring snacks when they rescued the first few?
Even flash flooding in exposed canyons in Utah can trap and kill hikers. Caves and canyons funnel water, so it can become a roaring river quickly and made worse, if you go the wrong way. I imagine if the coach saw flash flooding coming down the exit path...the path wouldn't need to be completely impassable for him to retreat further into the cave. It would just need to seem like it might get worse if they try to go back into the direction the flash flooding is coming from.
Every helicopter parent in America is like, "see, this is what can happen if they join a soccer team."
Apparently the cave is pretty popular. The first 600 feet or so is mostly an open cavern, then it narrows down into small caves. There a lots of warning signs to not go in past that point, and other points beyond...but apparently they coach and team ignored those signs. There was a rain storm in the mountains that day and it trapped them by flash flooding in behind them. From one of the articles: The Tham Luang Nang Non caves are known locally as being dangerous and off-limits, a place where parents warn their children not to venture - particularly during monsoon season.
I’m kind of curious if the coach will get charged with a crime. He endangered a bunch of minors by taking them somewhere off limits and dangerous. A person has died as a result of his actions. What was he planning to do with a bunch of minors in a dark, remote cave?
Dumb. Sure, it was poor judgement for one chaperone to take 12 kids into a cave by himself. Who knows what happened from there? Maybe he was trying to keep the kids where they should have been. Maybe he's the hero of the whole thing. Would those kids have survived without him? Let's not jump to conclusions. Especially by asking what he was planning on doing in a dark remote cave with a bunch of minors. Lol
Now 10 are out. Looks like they started today's operation much earlier. 2 more children remain, their coach, 3 seals and a doctor. I hope they get all out by today.
yay! Mission Accomplished! Bonus: One day we will get a good movie out of this incident. A much needed break from all of the comic book crap.
I'm still scratching my head over how the one rescue diver ran out of air? I assume he just lost track of it but that's a hell of a thing to lose track of in diving. Generally speaking, would you really be cutting it that close with the air tanks? Ideally, you would change over to a new air tank with plenty of time to spare. It's like, among all the other things he was doing, he forgot to put on a fresh new air tank. Kind of ironic considering he was moving air tanks. It's just weird, sad, and tragic. Feels like it should have been a perfect rescue and one freak accident prevented that. It kind of feels like the joy of having them out is now overshadowed by the one death. Everybody gets to go home except for the one.
