naval distress situations that you bang on the hour and on the half an hour. and the reason why you do that is because you allow three minutes of banging to make sure the people know you re there, you re in distress, and then another 27 minutes to be quiet so that the expedition looking to find you can identify you and it s quiet around you. and then on the 30 minute, again, you bang again. it s common practice within naval. and you do have on board the french navy person, paul henry nargeolet, and he would know that. it s interesting. i had not considered that, the idea that banging at the top and at the half of each hour, which is not a natural cycle in nature, would indicate that there is an idea that there is a human behind that or an intention behind that banging. that is not just some sort of ocean noise that would be
a human behind that, or an intention behind that banging that is not just some sort of ocean noise that be occurring every 30 minutes. no, exactly, imagine how unlikely it would be that nature, precisely on the half hour, it would do that banging noise. it s pretty much inconceivable. therefore, i think we have a very high degree of confidence that those banging noises come from the submersible. that was actually the good news island to day, that they are there, they re most likely alive, and we have a fighting chance. so, that s good news. so, if the people on board have less than a days worth of oxygen left, are there things they can do to try to stretch that supply out? i mean, obviously, you re trying to remain calm, i got sleeping, in order to reduce the amount of, you know, breath you re taking. but is that all that somebody can do? absolutely. that is what you can do. take it easy, don t stress, don t panic, use as little
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