Pete
the website 'thaiflood' is still active; you can choose the Thai language map with a blog update or the English version with a color-coded status by province. Click 'View this map in English Version'. http://www.thaiflood.com/
BTW the soi in front of the house in Bangkok was almost ankle deep last Thursday, has been reduced to standing water today, but... the drains are still full, as is the klong that runs through the moobahn. Deja Vu, 2011? (Waist-high water for three months...)
As Yogi Berra said... "It's like déjà vu all over again."
My brain is like an Internet browser; 12 tabs are open and 5 of them are not responding, there's a GIF playing in an endless loop,... and where is that annoying music coming from?
Problems worsened yesterday......" Estates fight to stay flood-free - State authorities are gearing up to protect industrial estates in Ayutthaya and Pathum Thani provinces as flood water begins inundating many low-lying areas in the Central Plains....."
Rising water levels in dams along the Chao Phraya River are causing concern, with rain forecast for the Central Plains and Bangkok this weekend likely to put them under increasing pressure.
Authorities are downplaying the prospect of further floods, though they warn that as water is discharged from the dams, the river could breach its banks in some areas. Flooding in the Northeast has claimed at least nine lives over the past week.........
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Floods triggered by heavy rains have claimed at least nine lives in Thailand this month and affected up to 1.5 million people, according to the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department.
Flooding has been reported in 23 of 77 provinces, the department said on Tuesday.........
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Bangkok 'safe' from flooding........"However, floodwater might flow into some areas outside the flood barriers, such as Pak Kret and Rangsit, he said......"
"....Prachin Buri's 304 Industrial Park became the country's first major manufacturing site to be hit by floods this year after a nearby river burst its banks Wednesday. Officials in Si Maha Phot district were rushing to construct an emergency dyke around the industrial estate in tambon Tha Toom to prevent floodwater inundating all of its 500 factories....."
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Source
Northeast, East brace for tropical depression approaching from Vietnam
The Royal Irrigation Department is keeping a close eye on the impact of the upcoming tropical depression from Vietnam, which might affect several provinces in Thailand's Northeast and Eastern regions..........
So much rain, so much flooding, and yet ironically, I'll most likely be spending 300 baht a day getting water delivered within the next two to three months.
Don't try to impress me with your manner of dress cos a monkey himself is a monkey no less - cold fact
^ Why Takiap, city water outages where you live or dried up well? We've had no stoppage at our house this year. In past years they have stopped for 12 hours a day during the dry season occasionally but my storage tanks took care of that but I've not seen any halts in city water this year so far.
My brain is like an Internet browser; 12 tabs are open and 5 of them are not responding, there's a GIF playing in an endless loop,... and where is that annoying music coming from?
