> Indeed! For instance: is the water rising rapidly or not? How much time
> is there to save (most of) them?

I don't remember the exact details, but the rate of rise of water was 
given as a range of values, the worst case was bad enough that there 
would be nowhere near enough time to get everyone out.

> The choice is left to the persons in the cave/mine, definitively. If
> speed is an issue,/and/ speed of action also depends on the people
> trapped, I guess the fastest/fittest people first to get most people
> saved. That's a tough one to decide. If only speed matters and the
> victims are helpless without the outside, it doesn't matter much who
> gets out first. The most altruistic will probably die (as is shown in RL
> examples).

Indeed, it's going to get messy.

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