sounds like they're worried they will run out of oxygen in the chamber and that the rising waters in the next few days will threaten to inundate their location. They're going to try to swim them out in the next few days.

Also it looks like it would be three different dives separated by long stretches of scrambling/climbing. And they're trying to pump the water down so that the kids mostly have air above their heads. But it isn't just stagnant water, it's a goddamn underground river, that's why they can't really pump it out completely. Or rather, it's like three different underground rivers, so pumping out the base doesn't do anything for the most treacherous parts.



As far as divers dragging panicy kids along, an experienced diver died the other day when he was just responsible for himself. Sounds like its hard enough to take care of just yourself. And that "narrow flooded passage" is 70 cm wide. And these kids didn't know how to swim. Jesus christ.

Says it was some guy who English was his 4th language but still knew what he was saying, and tried to pretend not to be able to speak English at all after. Also he WON the pot. Polk ****ed up the tweet.

Surprised with the DQ. Given what people get away with at the poker table, I though the N-word would elicit nothing more than a warning if it's a first offense.

I suspect that there was a lot of more subtle racism at that table building up to that.

How did the kids get stuck there? Out on a random team outing to explore super deep into a cave system when the river started flowing more heavily and trapped them?

did he drop a hard r ****** or *****?

sounds like they practiced around the cave and had been there numerous times before. Went in deeper than normal and it rained and a flash flood trapped them.

Forfeit/DQ from tournament. Multiple year to lifetime ban.

Also ban Polk from twitter for 3 months for ****ing up the account of the story.

I love how Scott Pruitt was the second highest vote getter even after like half the forum rage quit voting for him

The coach had taken them into the cave before. There are warnings posted and the locals know the danger during rainy season. For whatever reason, they went in anyway and got cut off by rising water. The experts are saying don't dive them out except as last resort. It sounds like that is what it's coming to. It's a hell of a call to have to make.

That Thai cave story isn't going to end well.

Yes

big fanboi of Noze' posting in SE lol.. this real world connection is too cool. Used to love that show

Yeah. I think some get out. Some don't. kids can be pretty remarkable if they know what to do, though.

I think they're all getting out, but it sure looks like they're stuck there for four months.

At every rally i imagine. Not going to win over much republicans, but maybe increase dem turnout. It is the most important policy right now, but purely for strategy im more optimistic about the harley davidson thing, you take trumps "real america" type of image and just undress him infront of everyone.

I think just the opposite. Either they all survive or all die. I don't see much middle ground here.

Traveling for the next few days, but I can answer anything easily after Monday.

agree, and I don't think it's going to end well. Hoping for the best.

Yup, definitely interested in this, especially if you're talking early seasons.

My understanding is there's a very good chance they all drown if they're still there for the next big rain storm.

And if they don't all drown they could die of hypoxia

Yeah. The low oxygen levels and the unrelenting rains of monsoon season make it unlikely that any of them survive.

New developments stopped happening, so journalists and pundits couldn’t draw eyeballs by talking about it anymore. That means it’s time to move on. Toddler internment camps will go the same way.

Some personal news: I had my second child about a week ago (mom and baby both doing well!). We spent our pediatrician appointment yesterday getting harangued by the doctor ( not our regular doc, who is on vacation) for only breastfeeding 8 times a day and supplementing with formula rather than doing 10 times a day. Related: breastfeeding is good and beneficial, but also an insane cult that is steeped in deeply patriarchal assumptions about parenting.

Congrats, but yeah, that sucks about being formula-shamed. MrsWookie couldn't ever seem to produce enough milk, so formula for us was essential.

Our first baby was in NICU for the first three days of life, so we had a good story, but this one was not, and people are pretty unsatisfied with “combo feeding worked well for our first child, and we are not very interested in waking up every 2.5 hours to nurse at night.”