Fish Head Soup

She only came to Thailand to audition to play the part of the cave in the planned movie in Chiang Rai.

1 minute ago, Bang Bang said:

Could be but kids are incredibly resilient. And the prospect of attending the biggest soccer match in 4 years might be just the impetus they need to recover. I can imagine them gulping down their medicines, eating hungrily to build strength, and pushing each other, all in order to make that flight to Moscow on Saturday.

They may well do.

A disgusting attempt of garnering publicity by Musk.

Raining hard now.

5 minutes ago, RickBradford said:

Well, they probably know more than you do.

They were showing an infographic taken from a Chinese news website with the water flowing the wrong direction the other day, so I wouldn't rely on them too much if I were you.

1 minute ago, tropo said:

Nothing is going as planned

And you know this how exactly? Has this not gone exactly as planned by the divers? Please tell us more details.

1 minute ago, ratcatcher said:

The Royal Thai Army owns and operates channel 5, thus the connection and information.

So anything and everything that is or has been reported about this operation by channel 5 should be taken as fact? Is that what you are saying?

1 minute ago, RickBradford said:

Good graphic on Thai CH 5 about how  they did this. 

 

Diver in front, with tow rope to child in the middle, who is connected to diver behind, like 3 train carriages. All the child has to do is breathe, and let the divers fore and aft do the rest.

 

Still, easier said than done.

And how does CH 5 know how it was done? Are they just guessing how it may have been done?

3 minutes ago, Artisi said:

lets see who get out ...

Probably kids family.

2 minutes ago, LennyW said:

First one walked out at 5.40 second walked out at 5.50, now in medical tent being checked over, took 2 hours less than they originally predicted.!!!!

Unconfirmed.

4 minutes ago, JHolmesJr said:

so how long do the pros take to make the trip one way?

From reports it seems that from cave entrance to where the kids are located it takes them approx 6 hours. The return journey is approx 5 hours as they are going in the direction of water flow.

Interesting graphic.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/thai-cave-rescue-operation-live-blog-10509946

Why is all the coverage of this on Thavisa being hidden away in the local forum rather than on the main Thailand news forum? Are they following instructions?

Pryut is going to Phuket tomorrow morning and then arriving in Chiang Rai tomorrow afternoon.

3 hours ago, Brunolem said:

There has been some confusion in the numbers provided by different sources.

Not sure about the other participant numbers but for the evacuation the Bitish representation is 10 in total. Consisting of 7 cave divers and 3 support personnel, all sent to Thailand via the the British Cave Rescue Council at the direct request of the Thai government.

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the total UK team will consist of seven experienced cave divers and three non-divers in support to deal with communications into the cave and to provide general support.

http://www.caverescue.org.uk/further-deployment-of-british-cave-rescue-divers-to-thailand/

Media banned from site.

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

13 minutes ago, djjamie said:

Now or never it seems. This drama could easily be turned into a movie.

If someone makes a well researched and detailed documentary it would be great.

4 minutes ago, atyclb said:

"The Tham Luang Nang Non caves are known locally as off-limits, a dangerous place where parents warn their children not to go into, especially during monsoon season."    https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/05/asia/thailand-cave-town-intl/index.html

CNN once mistook the Star Spangled Banner for the French national anthem. I wouldn't take any one single report too literally.