“One Day Longer and Those 13 Boys Would Be Dead”

Re:“One Day Longer and Those 13 Boys Would Be Dead” by bccdee on Saturday July 10, 2021 @05:47PM (#27796691)

This may be a somewhat silly question, but why couldn't they just have used flashlights? I'm sure there's an obvious reason, but I don't know what it is.

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Re:“One Day Longer and Those 13 Boys Would Be Dead” by lamontcg on Sunday July 11, 2021 @01:06AM (#27798591)

They do, but in zero viz there's so much crap suspended in the water that you literally can't see anything more than an inch in front of your face. Its the worst driving-into-a-snowstorm problem you can imagine.

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Re:“One Day Longer and Those 13 Boys Would Be Dead” by ben0x539 on Saturday July 10, 2021 @06:17PM (#27796875)

I assumed it's not just darkness but mud.

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Re:“One Day Longer and Those 13 Boys Would Be Dead” by jgwil2 on Saturday July 10, 2021 @06:02PM (#27796783)

I assume it wasn't just darkness they were dealing with, but also that the water was so muddy it became opaque, in which case lights wouldn't have helped them.

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Re:“One Day Longer and Those 13 Boys Would Be Dead” by bccdee on Saturday July 10, 2021 @10:54PM (#27798147)

Ah of course, yeah that must be it.

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Re:“One Day Longer and Those 13 Boys Would Be Dead” by biasedbrain on Saturday July 10, 2021 @06:00PM (#27796766)

Mud

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