@JaciBea yes, that is what I am learning. How the hell did they get that deep into the cave. I guess when you are lost underground you are really lost

@btroje From what I've read, they were trying to outrun the rising waters.

@kiramea yeah storm coming in

I thought that too, but this is the beginning of Munson Season and if he was not familiar with that cave... it was a grave error! You would have thought that he would have done some research on it before hand! Caves have never interested me and they never will, now!

Exactly what I've been thinking.

Maybe they only went that deep to escape the incoming water. But I could be wrong.

One diver has died.

@Ellatynemouth Yes, I heard/read. Very sad.

Rainy season on its way. Three miles, five hours cave dive to get out. Using standard tanks would require several tank changes for each kid. Cave diving is extremely hazardous as evidenced by the fact that one of the expert Thia divers has already died on regress from spotting air tanks. Rescuers can get to them, but cannot at this point get any of them out. In short, the situation is NOT stabilized. I would give those kids no more than a 50/50 chance of getting out alive. Note: I am a former SCUBA diver and would never cave dive.

@dahermit

Yes. What ever they're going to attempt, they're going to have to try before September. Once the rainy season arrives, the situation will become far worse than it already is.