Coss Posted January 4, 2017 Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/961494-screaming-panic-as-fire-rains-down-on-koh-phangan-‘full-moon’-nye-party-video/ and http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/calamity/2017/01/02/screaming-panic-fire-rains-koh-phangan-full-moon-nye-party-video/ ... the ultimate in getting wasted really... and I don't know what if anything is lost in the translation, but several police are convinced there were no fireworks... "Reached for comment, Lt. Col. Somsak Noorod of Ko Phangan police said there could not have been fireworks on New Year’s Eve as fireworks are banned. " ’"It wasn’t fireworks,†Col. Somchai said. “I don’t know what it was called. That thing is still here with me.â€He said he felt the heat as well.“I was there at the scene. I’d say it was like a torch, not fireworks,†Somchai said. “It rained down on me too.†Yes they are clearly LED lights, can I have a job and associated tea money with the boys in brown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted January 4, 2017 Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 I mean if you stand that close to firework displays like that ummm yes you're going to get burn ..... :banghead: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted January 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 Apparently, the wind caught the lot and spread it about the revellers, good job I reckon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted January 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 note to self, set up fireworks upwind of next party... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted January 4, 2017 Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 Apparently, the wind caught the lot and spread it about the revellers, good job I reckon. Actually standing directly underneath may have been the safest place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 as if i needed another reason to avoid the mungos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 " Today organisers posted a slick film of the event on Facebook which glossed over the trauma suffered by hundreds of party-goers. An event spokesperson told The Sun that they used fewer fireworks than normal and that they are not aware of anyone being injured. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted January 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 as if i needed another reason to avoid the mungos Yes, I'm all for getting smashed and enjoying some music, dancing even. But aside from things like Woodstock and in Middle Earth there was Sweetwaters, there does not seem to me to be the same attraction to going to a mass event where the "Performer" and I use that word advisedly, is a dude who jives around a bit whilst holding his headphones onto one ear and using his other index finger to fiddle with a record shaped bit of plastic, euphemistically called a turntable. Not to mention being dressed in a "Look" sourced from instagram's coolest "Dude" photos. Say what you like about live music, but at least it is live. And usually the product of the skills of the performer. Imagine going to a fine restaurant and seeing the star chef, prodding a bit of produce at a table, whilst the food you are served, is out of plastic packs, pre-prepared in advance and warmed up in a microwave. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 The star chef is too busy with TV appearances to bother cooking in his restaurants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YimSiam Posted January 7, 2017 Report Share Posted January 7, 2017 Doesn't look to have been that bad, really. For once I'm with the Thais who claim that things have been exaggerated and the media has unfairly condemned them... it was just a bit of alarm, then passed... YimSiam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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