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    #242
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    Two out!


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    #243
    Blazer
    Registered Users Posts: 17,416 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    Official confirmation 2 are out. Great news

    https://www.bbc.com/news/live/44755093?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=5b41fd29f0f2e1066d52517c%26%27Two%20kids%20are%20out%27%20-%20Thai%20official%26&ns_fee=0#post_5b41fd29f0f2e1066d52517c


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    #244
    Lackey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭Lackey


    'Two kids are out' - Thai official
    More from the local Thai official quoted by Reuters in the previous post.
    Tossathep Boonthong, chief of Chiang Rai's health department and part of the rescue team, says: "Two kids are out. They are currently at the field hospital near the cave.
    "We are giving them a physical examination. They have not been moved to Chiang Rai Hospital yet'


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    #245
    Paddy Cow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭Paddy Cow


    Fantastic news. Lets hope it goes well for the rest :)


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    #246
    Lackey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭Lackey


    Reports just out …..3rd and 4th boy out!!


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    #247
    obi604
    Registered Users Posts: 5,488 ✭✭✭obi604


    Lackey wrote: »
    3rd and 4th boy out!!


    Fcuk me. This is unreal. Fair fooks to them all.
    Just hope they get them all out and they can be mentally stable.


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    #248
    murpho999
    Registered Users Posts: 28,391 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Lackey wrote: »
    Reports just out …..3rd and 4th boy out!!

    I only see reports of 3rd boy only being nearly out.


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    #249
    Stheno
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    Lackey wrote: »
    Reports just out …..3rd and 4th boy out!!

    thats all of the first group


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    #250
    SeaFields
    Registered Users Posts: 6,551 ✭✭✭SeaFields


    Lackey wrote: »
    Reports just out …..3rd and 4th boy out!!

    Not yet I think but past the most dangerous part I.e. the part that requires diving equipment. Great news


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    #251
    Seoda1
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    Roger Hassenforder wrote: »
    Two out!

    Great news!!


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    #252
    Lackey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭Lackey


    Stheno wrote: »
    thats all of the first group

    Sky news saying next group will consist of 3 kids


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    #253
    Filmer Paradise
    Registered Users Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭Filmer Paradise


    Glued to this on Sky news now.

    2 out & 2 on the way.

    Hope this goes well!


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    #254
    Stheno
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    Lackey wrote: »
    Sky news saying next group will consist of 3 kids

    yes first group was four then 3 groups of 3

    coach is in last group


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    #255
    Malayalam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭Malayalam


    I want to cheer, but I can hardly bear to cheer until they are all out... :o


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    #256
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,635 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    edit:
    Apart from all that, hope they make it out. The rescuers are true heroes, my respect goes out to them.
    Deleted User wrote: »
    You painted it as the glaringly obvious solution from the start when it's being done now as a last resort. Everyone knew it was possible but so risky it was worth trying other things.

    It's like they are ignoring the glaringly obvious and wasting time coming up with nothing much.

    That "nothing much" resulted in an awful lot of water being removed from the cave. The #1 plan was them walking out.


    I actually agree with one thing. Draining the cave and have them walk out would have been the very best option.
    But how far was this going to get? How long does it take to drain a lake using pumps? And if it rains this lake has a river flowing into it.
    Best option yes. They made the most of it, but walking them out? I don't think they ever envisaged this happening.
    Let's look at other plans. Drilling down to them was an option, but far more complex than the current option. Don't think that was ever seriously in the runnig.
    Yes, diving them out was maybe not a pretty option, it would have been better to build a 4 lane tunnel and have them driven out by air-conditioned coach.
    But really what other options where there?
    Maybe I came on strong and now people are shouting me down. Some have made the point that I was wrong because I didn't write out the rescue plan in intricate detail. Ah well. Sleep lost over this, zero.
    You're making an absolute show of yourself here. So incredibly disingenuous.

    Thanks, I try my best.


    edit agai:

    I will agree to disagree or to agree, I made my arguments, I do not want to drag this further OT.
    My only further thoughts on thius are Go Rescue Team!


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    #257
    Tilikum17
    Registered Users Posts: 1,316 ✭✭✭Tilikum17


    These divers should never have to pay taxes again.


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    #258
    Stheno
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    Tilikum17 wrote: »
    These divers should never have to pay taxes again.

    should never have to work again imo.

    do the likes of the British guys do this voluntarily?


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    #259
    Mr.Crinklewood
    Registered Users Posts: 12,390 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Crinklewood


    Fantastic work so far.

    Bit of info about our own heroes

    http://www.caving.ie/icro/

    https://www.icro.ie/donations.php (icro site itself seems to need a login)


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    #260
    Filmer Paradise
    Registered Users Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭Filmer Paradise


    Stheno wrote: »
    should never have to work again imo.

    do the likes of the British guys do this voluntarily?


    Apparently so.


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    #261
    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    Stheno wrote: »

    do the likes of the British guys do this voluntarily?

    Yup

    All over the world apparently.


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    #262
    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 14,020 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Stheno wrote: »
    should never have to work again imo.

    do the likes of the British guys do this voluntarily?

    Yes. The british lads are a retired firefighter and an IT consultant, heroes.


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    #263
    Stheno
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    wexie wrote: »
    Yup

    All over the world apparently.

    incredible.

    apparently the water levels lowered enough that most of the way was walkable

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/jul/08/thailand-cave-rescue-operation-divers-trapped-boys-live


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    #264
    wexie
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    Stheno wrote: »
    incredible.

    apparently the water levels lowered enough that most of the way was walkable

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/jul/08/thailand-cave-rescue-operation-divers-trapped-boys-live

    I'd imagine that's how they are getting them out so quickly.

    Let's hope those rains hold off for a little while.


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    #265
    Stheno
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    another four expected out shortly

    https://www.bbc.com/news/live/44755093


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    #266
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,635 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Stheno wrote: »
    incredible.

    apparently the water levels lowered enough that most of the way was walkable

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/jul/08/thailand-cave-rescue-operation-divers-trapped-boys-live

    Well, I admit that I am amazed they got so much out.


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    #267
    Paddy Cow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭Paddy Cow


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

    I will agree to disagree or to agree, I made my arguments, I do not want to drag this further OT.
    My only further thoughts on thius are Go Rescue Team!
    You behaved like an insufferable know it all. "I was right all along, aren't I the big man" :rolleyes: The only reason this rescue was possible was because of the break from the monsoon rain, which is rarer than a 30 degree heat wave in Ireland. They got incredibly lucky and were able to lower the water level in the cave. You didn't and couldn't have predicted that. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Doesn't mean the clock should brag about it though.


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    #268
    ebbsy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,739 ✭✭✭ebbsy


    Tilikum17 wrote: »
    These divers should never have to pay taxes again.

    Just like Michael Lowry 😂😂😂😂😂😂


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    #269
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,521 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    They've been able to walk a lot. Makes it a much easier prospect than trying to dive them out a couple of days ago. Also encouraging that it's the weakest that have made it out first.


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    #270
    Lackey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭Lackey


    6 boys out!! Sky news


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    #271
    Tom Mann Centuria
    Registered Users Posts: 10,917 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    Just wonderful news, what an effort from all involved.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



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