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The article is pretty lighthearted, but after a day in an elevator, I’d be pretty worried about dying of dehydration. I suppose you’d know that you’d probably b
by setgree 4y ago
The article is pretty lighthearted, but after a day in an elevator, I’d be pretty worried about dying of dehydration. I suppose you’d know that you’d probably be rescued on Monday no matter what, but Friday to Monday is 3 days, which is about as long as a human can go without water. (Admittedly he got trapped late Friday night.)
- mproud 4y agoI’m not so sure about that. People have been trapped in rubble and other places without water for up to a week and still survived. Obviously there are other factors to consider, like how recently someone ate or drank, their fitness level, the temperature, etc. but someone could certainly go longer than three days.
- setgree 4y agoSo nothing here is ironclad but it looks like some of those trapped folks might have had a bit of water and food [0] > In Turkey, for example, experts say those who were stuck in collapsed residential buildings may have had access to some source of water or food. That article cites "the rule of 4s" which I've always heard this called the "rule of 3s" (3 minutes without oxygen, 3 hours without shelter, 3 days without water, and 3 weeks without food), and that's what Wikipedia calls it but who knows. Per a BBC article [1], the longest someone has ever survived without water is 18 days, but a wikipedia article about that person says that he "survived by ingesting condensed water" [2] [0] https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/18/health/turkey-quake-rescues/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/18/health/turkey-quake-rescues/i... [1] https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201016-why-we-cant-survive-without-water https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201016-why-we-cant-surv... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Mihavecz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Mihavecz