khunsanuk Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Hi, My wife mentioned that on the news this morning they mentioned Lad Prao, Bangkapi and Ramkhamhaeng would get flooded tomorrow about noon. About 1m of water. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Ramkhamhaeng has always flooded. I remember kids swimming there and playing in boats in the 1980s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzz Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 I haven't seen any pictures of cobras swimming around in the flood. Some pictures on the plight of the wildlife during the flood wouldn't be a bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Follow http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23ThaiFloodEng Many pictures tweeted like this one of Motorcycles in trees: http://twitpic.com/73f7vx Pictures of huge snakes and centipedes occur as ell from time to time. And off course pics of other flooded places. Many locals tweeting about the flood situation where they life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Thais can be so F*****in stupid! My ex-gf with whom I still have good contact lives right next to Klong Lardprao with her Thai husband. I spoke to them to tell them move your shit to the second floor. This guy says no need the waterlevel is not high in the Klong it will never flood here I asked them you have food for your baby and rice? Again no need it wont flood. I then asked what if it will flood? He said I will organize something then .... They life right next to Klong Lardprao on the 1st floor of a 3 story house. Their floor is below the Klong water level. 2nd floor slightly above. 2nd and 3rd floor is where the rest of his family lives so they should move there. Yet they refuse I will at least now when the Klong starts flooding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Thai flood cause revealed: rain! There has been a lot of discussion about the causes of Thailand’s floods: environmental degradation; forest clearing; filled-in water ways; the inauspiciousness of a female Prime Minister; a hydrological plot to destabilise Yingluck; dam management; the revenge of Mother Nature for the excesses of modernity; etc. etc. Some of these deserve further discussion, in particular the vexed issue of managing water releases from dams (a particularly complex issue given that dams serve multiple purposes) but we don’t want to lose sight of the fact that the primary cause of flooding is very high rainfall. The following graphs, which compare the 2011 monthly totals (January to September) with the 30-year averages for those months are revealing. In Chiang Mai the nine-month total was 140 percent of the average; in Lamphun 196%; in Lampang 177%; in Uttaradit 153% and in Phitasulok 146%. These are only a few locations (and all of them from lowland sites – rainfall is heavier at higher elevations) but they give a clear indication that 2011 has been an exceptionally wet year and that this has been widely spread across the Chao Phaya catchment. http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2011/10/19/thai-flood-cause-revealed-rain/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Hi, That is fantasic news. Means nobody in the government has to accept blame for this debacle. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldFun Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 it had indeed rained a lot lately. in fact it never really stopped since .... july ... or even songkran ...still haven't stop actually convenient excuse indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted October 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Unless this data is brand new the fact remains that excess rainfall should have provoked action months ago, which it clearly did not so still someone to blame in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Months ago? Careful, careful..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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