Gihrenia

Yes. I still trust that method, Plan A.

The diver who passed away was doing heavy labor (building the airtank ropeline) for hours before he passed out.

Engineering focused method could work awesomely or not at all, time is of the essence here.

Yes. I'm rather hopeful. It hasn't rained heavily for a couple of days, but just now it has started pouring though.

He wouldn't get any flak from the mainstream public, the fringes are attacking him.

IMHO I think it's a dumb thing to do getting into that cave near the rainy season but I also understand that shit happens. Mad props to him for keeping them alive.

It's more like "No smoking, oxygen compressing area, explosive", at least that's the one I saw.

Unless there's some freakish storm, it won't get too bad, but weather up here could get unpredictable.

Suffocation like that unlikely, they will have to sqeeze in and share 10 sq.m. space though.