Mekong Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Industrial estates won't flood but other areas still inundated The IEAT purchased 20 km of flood barriers 2.4 metres high from UK brand Hesco three months ago for 141 million baht. http://www.bangkokpo...-survive-floods I decided to look up HESCO products and found that an 11 SQM barrier is $6.30 at 2.4 M high that is 4.58 Meters length. 20KM is 20,000 Meters 20,000/4.58 = 4366.8 Units required, I will round it up to 4,500 to cover 20KM 4500 x $6.3 = $28,350 or THB 885,000 yet they claim to have spent over $4,500,000 which is enough to build a barrier in excess of 3,250 KM long. Jeezus Christ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Prachin Buri, Kabin Buri...not wastelands but a far cry from 2011. floods that had stopped world's hard disks manufacturers and computer industry, then Honda, Canon...and sent the ripples throughout the world. Wife was born in Prachin Buri, she is telling me about the floods but no significant industry there. Rescue measures yes but nothing as 2011 as the impact to confidence of the multinationals operating there. More like people thinking: Floods in Thailand 2011 - Thai floods in 2013. Several times a year a catastrophic flood pictures can be seen from Pattaya while the rest of the country wonders what is it all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 27, 2013 Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 Locals rally as floods ravage Prachin Buri Torrential rain in Sa Kaeo on Wednesday night sent massive run-off into Prachin Buri's Kabin Buri district, leaving the community under four metres of water. The district's outskirts were also overwhelmed by the run-off, with water levels on Unakul Road reportedly reaching depths of one metre. The flooding enraged local residents who have complained it is being caused by sluice gates remaining shut to protect areas downstream. Villagers yesterday blockaded a road in Kabin Buri municipality, calling on authorities to deal with the problem. They have threatened to dig up a road along the irrigation waterway in tambon Wandan to discharge the floodwater from the area. The water levels in Kabin Buri municipality continued to rise Thursday as more water kept coming from Sa Kaeo. All municipality roads were flooded and impassable. In Prachin Buri's Si Maha Phot district, floodwaters rose another 20cm and started to swamp Ban Khok Mai Dang, where flooding had not been seen earlier. Water management expert Seree Supratid of Rangsit University's College of Engineering said the Prachin Buri flood was the result of poor water management. The province has flooded every year since 2011. This year's rainfall was not as heavy as last year, but flood levels are higher and the situation is the worst in 25 years, he said. Local authorities did not open water gates to drain floodwater to farming areas for fear of causing conflict between farmers and other residents, Mr Seree said. If the sluice gates were not opened, the flood situation would get worse, he said. Meanwhile, 16 districts in Ubon Ratchathani have been declared flood disaster zones. More than 2,000 houses and 20,000 rai of farmland in 62 tambons have been flooded after days of heavy rain. In Chaiyaphum, the Chi River Thursday burst its banks, causing damage to three weirs in tambon Thung Thong of Ban Khwao district. More than 300 houses in tambon Thung Thong municipality were submerged under 1.8m of swirling floodwater. The run-off also spread to Chatturat district, flooding eight more tambons there. A 64-year-old local, Noree Chanachai, of tambon Lahan was swept away by floodwaters and was believed to have drowned while fishing late on Wednesday. In Nakhon Ratchasima's Muang district, the water levels of various waterways also rose. A canal overflowed and flooded Ban Na Tom in tambon Nong Krathum. Lertviroj Kowattana, director-general of the Irrigation Department, said Thursday flooding in several northeastern provinces, including Prachin Buri, could ease within the next seven days. Several Central Plains provinces were still struggling with floods Thursday, however. In Phitsanulok, five districts - Muang, Bang Krathum, Wang Thong, Wat Bot, Nakhon Thai - have been declared disaster zones with 1,249 houses and 4,721 rai of paddy fields under water. The Chao Phraya River rose 10cm in Ayutthaya Thursday, aggravating the flood crisis in Bang Ban district. Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi insisted Thursday this year's floods would not be as critical as those of 2011 because there was still 12,300 million cu/m of capacity in reservoirs. http://www.bangkokpo...ontinue-to-rise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted September 27, 2013 Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 >Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi insisted Well, he insisted, that makes me feel better...NOT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 27, 2013 Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 New storm approaching, more heavy rain A new tropical storm is developing in the South China Sea, currently about 380 kilometres west of Manila in the Philippines, the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC) in Hawaii warned on Friday. The weather system is moving in a west-southwest direction at about 10km per hour, the JTWC warned. It was expected to strengthen into a tropical storm and reach coastal areas of Vietnam on Monday or Tuesday. The Meteorological Department in Thailand on Friday issued a warning for people in 23 provinces in four regions to brace for heavy rain this weekend. The department said a monsoon trough is now prevailing in the lower part of the North, the Northeast, the Central Plains and the East and it will trigger widespread scattered rain with heavy falls in some areas. People living near hillsides and waterways in Tak, Sukhothai, Kamphaengpeht, Phitsanulok, Phichit, Phetchabun, Chaiyaphum, Roi Et, Nakhon Ratchasima, Buriram, Surin, Si Sa Ket, Amnatcharoen, Ubon Ratchathani, Nakhon Sawan, Uthai Thani, Lopburi, Saraburi, Prachin Buri, Sakaeo, Nakhon Nayok, Chanthaburi and Trat should prepare for heavy rain and possible flash flooding on Saturday and Sunday, it warned. In Khon Kaen, it was announced Ubonrat dam will begin discharging about seven million cubic metres of water per day to keep the level in the reservoir below capacity, and people living downstream were warned of sudden flooding. Deputy provincial governor Songpol Champaphan said Ubonrat dam currently holds 1.09 billion cubic metres of water, or about 60% of its capacity. "About 27 million cubic metres of water are coming into the dam each day and this volume is higher than the safety level. "It is necessary to discharge about seven million cubic metres of water in preparation for more heavy rain to come," Mr Songpol said. People in some areas of Muang and Nam Pong districts were likely to experience flooding, he said. The Meteorological Centre in the Northeast reported that about 10% of the region was getting rain and 60% of Khon Kaen could expect more rain, especially in early October, he added. In Si Sa Ket, flooding was reported to be easing off, with water levels in different parts of the province starting to recede. Suksan Boontosaeng, chief of the provincial disaster prevention and mitigation office, said 21 of 22 districts in Si Sa Ket had been hit by flooding, but the situation was beginning to stabilise. The water in the Mun river, in the north of the province, was almost four metres higher than its banks on Friday morning, but was gradually dropping by about two centimetres per hour. Water levels dropped by 12 centimetres on Thursday, he said. Water levels should return to normal this weekend if there is no more heavy rain, he said. http://www.bangkokpo...ooded-provinces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted September 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2013 Twitter: Eastern Bangkok susceptible to flood, following release of huge volumes of water from dams in the North, Bangkok Gov. Sukhumbhand warned /The Nation Govt rushing to dig drainage canals around Bangkok to tackle potential floods /The Nation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted September 28, 2013 Report Share Posted September 28, 2013 Two years to dig out the canals...now they rush to do it? Can you say, farkin idiots...WTF??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted September 28, 2013 Report Share Posted September 28, 2013 Am I mistaken or have I had a pic removed........twice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 28, 2013 Report Share Posted September 28, 2013 I noticed this afternoon that the shelves of bottled water in the grocery are almost empty. I also saw Thais loading their shopping carts with sacks of rice and many jumbo packs of instant noodles. I don't think this is a good sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyinEwa/Perv Posted September 28, 2013 Report Share Posted September 28, 2013 Are you gauging things to come on Thai behavior? Just as one would watch the animal world in the pre dawn of a natural disaster?? Interesting. Maybe their fortune tellers do know something after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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