have figured out exactly how farther going to travel before the next individual comes. butch, we ll of course have to hope that they have the best of luck, that their skill, you know, and their abilities come together as they are planning and will, of course we ll in touch with you as we get more details about how this rescue operation is taking place. thank you for your time today. thank you. let s bring in our meteorologist derek van dam to tell us about the weather conditions. derek, it seemed that the weather, the rans had subsided just a bit there with david mckenzie, but is that short lived? well, unfortunately, george, i m seeing some worrying satellite and precipitation trends. all the models that we re looking at, we are really investigating this closely. and all of them show the precipitation and the moisture starting to pick up in intensity
as the rain increases, we re looking at a situation that s almost similar visually to what s happening in japan. the water just starts moving and there is no stopping it. which means that for our divers to be able to get out becomes an unbelievably difficult task. not just to carry out victim, but just get out themselves. butch, how exactly i know that this isn t something that you were working on, but how exactly can they go about getting these boys out in that situation? it doesn t seem like something you can quite just speed up, if you will. they know their pace. you can be sure that they have already practiced what they were going to be doing to get these boys out. they ve worked it one or two times with a mock situation, if you will. they know where their props are going to be, they ve set up for that. even the most veteran cave diver in the world is going to have a difficult time here because we
end with little on no light. for them, the time window is not important. the time window that s important is, okay, boys, let s get ready for the next part of your adventure, we re going home. all right. butch hendrick, thank you very much. we appreciate your perspective. obviously we will be keeping a very close eye on this breaking news. parents, as you can imagine, waiting outside of this cave, they are devastated. they re worried. they re anxious. they told the coach, it is not your fault. they sent him a letter, as well as the trapped boys. i want to read part of that letter to you, and some of the other messages that have been sent to the boys. this one to the coach here. we as your soccer team members parents believe in you and your spirit, that you have been taking good care of our kids. we just want you to know that this is not your fault. we are all here. don t blame you. just want to do not blame yourself. we understand all of the situations that have happen and we are
water that comes in could make that even worse. alison, thank you so much. i appreciate it. we have seen just how treacherous this rescue mission can be. we also saw the former thai navy seal saman gunan who died friday while traversing the murky waters that was flooding the cave tunnels. his oxygen ran out while he was trying to return to the command center. before his passing, he left this message on his instagram account saying, may luck be on our side, bring the kids home. joining me now, an expert on these type of rescues. butch hendrick is a rescue diver and president and founder of lifeguard systems. butch, we know things are getting very, very tight here and people are watching at home. they know that this is a very dangerous situation. i want to, first of all, talk about the rain, the fact that we ve just started to see it rain there. does this make this window of
time much narrower, that they have to make decisions within hours? yes, suzanne, they definitely have to start making decisions. it is not just going to be the rise of the water within the caves as we re seeing, showing how water is rising already, but once the water starts to rise to a certain point the flow, what we would refer to as a current, is going to make it even more difficult for us to get those children out because our divers are going to have to fight the strain of the current. they re going to be using more air, than they have been normally. butch, we understand as well reports that the oxygen level inside that chamber where the boys are is essentially, it is it is decreasing. it is depleting. what happens? you have boys who are as young as 11 years old that are in that chamber. how does that impact their health and their ability to even attempt to make a dive? obviously being low on oxygen is going to almost make them