Mentors Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 (BangkokPost.com) - The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Centre said 55 provinces are now suffering from drought, affecting more than 10 million people. Some of the provinces affected by the drought include Chiang Rai and Mae Hong Son in the North, Si Sa Ket, Nong Khai and Ubon Ratchathani in the northeastern region, and the southern provinces of Trang, Surat Thani and Ranong. Four reservoirs contain contain about 30 to 40 per cent of capacity of water reserves. The government has dispatched more than 286 million litres of water for irrigation and drinking purposes to help villagers affected by the drought. The Centre uses "drought" to describe the annual dry season, from about March to July. http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=127213 there was a heavy Rainstorm in Surat last week, now it's already too dry again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 We had a lot of rain a couple of weeks back in Chiang Rai but it's been dry since. I think the farmers aren't complaining though because they planted a second rice crop and if they get too much early rain it will ruin the harvest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Horribly hot in Bangkok right now. We got a sprinkle the other day, but nowhere near enough. It's damn near a drought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soongmak Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 The two weeks leading up to Songkran no water was coming out of the tap in my house near Pak Chong. F**king inconvenient to say the least. Never been so happy to leave as this time. being without water is worse than being without electricity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pom Michael Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Been raining every day this last week it seems - not a huge amount but enough to water the plants and keep the heat down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 We played in Korat this night. We had rain from 18.00 hours when we past Saraburi till we got back in Bangkok at 01.00 hours. Continuous rainfall. Sometimes very hard. In Korat city all streets where underwater when we left the city at 21.30. So I guess the city of Korat will have enough water to replenish their reservoirs a littlebit Hope it also fell in Pak Chong! Waerth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 Bangkok's been getting rain every night now. Cool enough when it rains, but like a steam bath when the sun comes up. A taxi driver last night told me his sister told him it had "snowed" in Chiang Rai. I presume she meant hail. Thais don't seem to realise the difference between a nice light snowflake and a pea-sized hunk of ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted April 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 it's raining in the lower South Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 Pissing down in Chiang Rai. The Meng Mun have flown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Scrutinizer Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Been raining like a muthafugga every day here the past 10 days or more. Plenty of water in Surin, and more than previous years in our village, and more to come. The 10th is the day we party and send up the rockets to enduce the rain gods to send more rain. Help! Are they nuts!? It's been raining like Noah's Flood is coming! Should be fun. I have a big rocket this year to send up. And bought quite a few bundles of smaller rockets along the highway from Khon Kean as well to play with. Cent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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